Release
Date: 6/15/15
Boroughs
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Summary from Goodreads
Teen
soldier Mara de la Luz is about to find out what makes her so special that some
would kidnap and kill her—and others, willingly die for her.
ENDLESS
CARNAGE. ENDLESS QUESTIONS.
Mara
is a 16-year-old soldier who’s spent years fighting a war that’s lasted
generations. Wide-eyed children, some just turned thirteen, rarely survive
their first fights despite her best efforts to train and lead them. What she
thinks she wants is to uncover the root causes of the war between the
Protectors and the masked Gaishan, maybe find a way to end it. But what she
really wants is a future—for herself and the others—beyond the battlefield.
Then
she’s injured in combat, and when an enemy fighter not only heals her wounds
but reveals his face, she sees the promise of all she desires. This cunning
teen Gaishan has answers to her questions, but first she must commit treason
and travel beyond the boundaries of her world. She must brave a place where
everything rests on the point of a blade: her loyalties, her friends, her heart.
Excerpt
The two leads, Mara and Dalin,
meet for the first time.
Agony
disrupted Mara’s ability to maintain her energy shield. Dizzy and nauseated,
she pulled off her helmet and tried not to vomit. With one hand she soothed her
horse, with her other hand she pressed hard on the gash. Hot blood trickled
into her boot.
A
Gaishan stepped out from the trees. Its hand came down next to hers, brushing
Mara’s fingers and the wound.
“Don’t
touch me!” she yelled.
The
figure pulled off the Gaishan mask revealing a human face, young and male. His
smile was grim, “Mara, you were out of position.”
Mara’s
breath stopped. She stared into the Gaishan’s silver gray eyes, felt the tremor
of magic cross from his fingers into the torn flesh of her leg. The air
shimmered and shrank, enclosing them. He was light haired and tall, not much
older than any of the Protectors. The pain eased and the burning tapered to a
mild sting.
“Your
questions have answers. But you’re asking the wrong people,” he said.
She
threw a punch at his mask-less face, but the Gaishan blocked it, trapping her
hand.
His
smile relaxed into a grin and he leaned closer. “One of the answers is, this
isn’t your fight.” He slapped her horse on the rear, propelling them back to
the field.
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About the Author
Jenna
Lincoln loves to read, write, and talk about reading and writing. She spent
many happy years as a language arts teacher doing just those
things. After dabbling in Firefly and Supernatural fan fiction, Jenna got
serious about building her own imaginary world, big enough to get lost in for a
long, long time.
When
she comes back to reality, Jenna enjoys her home in beautiful Colorado
with her husband and two daughters.
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