TITLE: Alice in Zombieland
SERIES: The White Rabbit Chronicles -Young Adult series
AUTHOR: Gena Showalter
RELEASE DATE: September 2012
FROM THE BACK COVER:
I wish I could go back and do a thousand things differently.
I’d tell my sister no.
I’d never beg my mother to talk to my dad.
I’d zip my lips and swallow those hateful words.
Or, barring all of that, I’d hug my sister, my mom and my dad, one last time.
I’d tell them I love them.
Yeah, I wish…I wish.
TITLE: The Curse
AUTHORS: Dianna Love & Sherrilyn Kenyon
SERIES: Belador
RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2012
In 2010, Sherrilyn and Dianna launched a new Urban Fantasy series based on a concept Dianna had created in 2003 about the Beladors, an ancient race of Celtic warriors. The first book in the series—BLOOD TRINITY—debuted on the New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller lists.
ENRAPTURED by Elisabeth Naughton
ENRAPTURED is the 4th instalment and April 2012 NEW release in Elisabeth Naughton’s Eternal Guardians series. The Eternal Guardians series follows the lives and loves of 7 warriors descended from the god’s of Olympus, whom fate has decreed as the Eternal Guardians on earth. But this time a warrior is haunted by guilt over the destruction of his brother’s soul and memories of a past, he has somehow forgotten.
Orpheus, son of Perseus, is part daemon, part witch and part Argolean. Searching for the Orb of Kronos-the source of ultimate power-so that he may be able to bargain with the Lord of the Underworld Hades for his brother Gryphon’s soul, Orpheus finally believes he has tracked down the key to the missing Orb. But ‘goth girl’ Maelea has continued to evade capture for close to 3000 years, and refuses to be pulled into the game between Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. With the ability to detect power shifts, Maelea-the bastard child of Zeus and Persephone-knows where Orpheus can find the Orb that will aid in the release of his brother’s trapped soul.
Skyla is Athena’s number one Siren, and has been commissioned to track down the deamon known as Orpheus. But something about the daemon is very familiar and calls to her heart and soul. And it is only when she reaches into her past does she realize that she has been deceived by those who claim to be family and friends. Tailing Orpheus on his hunt for the Orb of Kronos, is becoming more complicated, when she finds herself falling for the man, the warrior and the daemon, who was once part of her past, but is now becoming part of her present and beyond.
Hoping Maelea will lead him to the Orb, or at the very least another element, Orpheus recognizes there is more to the waif-like creature than her ability to sense power shifts. There is an unsettling calm that masks a power that has yet to be unleashed. But when an avalanche engulfs the train taking the trio back through Greece, and nearly takes the life of both the waif and Skyla, Orpheus is stunned when his mind cannot comprehend, that his heart has become one with the Siren sent to take him back to hell. And the flashes of memories, from a lifetime ago, push closer to the surface, out of the abyss, where they were meant to stay.
A new breed of daemon hybrid has surfaced-one which no longer bears the hideous façade, but continues to present the face of a human. Atalanta is awaiting judgment in Tartarus (purgatory), when the news about Gryphon excites her senses. Hoping to harness the strength and knowledge of the warrior, Atalanta makes him a deal he should have refused. Humiliation and shame will engulf the once proud man, and his brother Orpheus, may not be able to bring him back from the abyss.
The Orb of Kronos is in the possession of the warlock Apophis, but without the four elements that will garner the Orb with the ultimate power, Apophis amasses a coven of witches, hoping to draw those who will lead him to the individual who knows where to find the elements. But inhabiting the physical body of a fallen warrior Apophis soon loses his battle in the war for control and the Orb of Kronos.
Betrayal and heartbreak resurface for Orpheus, when the past comes crashing down around. Not only does he suffer the guilt for his brother’s lost and tortured soul, but knowing the only person he loved more than his brother, is the one person who will destroy the heart and soul of a man whose demonic nature, was tamed by love.
As Orpheus attempts the rescue of his brother Gryphon, he is too late to save the life of another close to his heart. And it is only when Skyla listens to her heart and hears the message of the Fates, does she realize, that the man she once knew, in a life long ago, is not the same man, she has grown to love in the life she wanted in return.
Enraptured is a complicated storyline. The history of hatred between 3 brothers-Zeus, Hades and Poseidon, and the mythology behind the many stories of vengeance and the struggle for power, floods the mind with tales only the gods could have dreamed. But Elisabeth Naughton has fused the myth of the gods within a novel that will keep you reading and wanting more. Enraptured tells the story of a warrior so filled with guilt, that his only goal, is to set right, the wrong, he fears may have destroyed his brother’s soul.
And it is within the pages that a small waif-life creature seems to draw the essences of a lost soul slowly back into the light and perhaps onto the pages of another Eternal Warrior. Book 5-ENSLAVED will be released in November of 2012.
READING ORDER:
1. MARKED
2. ENTWINED
3. TEMPTED
4. ENRAPTURED
5. ENSLAVED (Nov 2012)
reviewed by Sandy
Continuing our series on indie authors. The Reading Cafe would like to introduce the author behind GABRIEL-M.A.Abraham
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Hi M.A. and welcome to The Reading Café. We would like to start with some background information.
TRC: Would you please tell us something about yourself?
M.A.: I was born and grew up on the Canadian prairies, near Winnipeg, Manitoba. There were the 7 brothers, my sister and myself. We were a close family and we still keep in contact with each other. We have spread out a bit over the years though with a couple of brothers now living in Kelowna, and the rest of the family in and around Winnipeg.
TRC: You grew up in a very large family in a small town in Canada. Would you please tell us what it was like growing up in a family with so many brothers?
M.A.: In our family there was seven brothers and the two girls. One brother died in infancy, he was our angel… the rest of us? Well… it was a lot of work, but at the same time we were close, and rambunctious would be a good way to describe us… we had a big yard, lots of things to get into (how many children could say they had their own fighter jets in the back of the yard to play in) sure, they were crashed, but they had a cockpit… this was great… then there was any number of other things to get into… stacks of wooden crates 15-20 feet high and 4-6 feet wide (we would climb to the top and run full tilt to jump from stack to stack). The older brothers all had boss cars… every once and a while one would show up to exchange vehicles with the other because they needed to “blow the carbon out of the valves.” (yes, #3 had a car that was legend) Every now and then some guy that would express interest in baby sister (moi)… would find himself sandwiched between two brothers, who just casually took in the guy’s thoughts, before letting them know they were my brothers. We had our own football team, baseball team, raceway… the bros had stock cars, Harleys, and other cool things… grinning.
TRC: Have you always been interested in writing?
M.A.: When I was young I used to make up stories we would play out, all sorts of things, but basically sports was my thing. I played goalie, (in almost all the sports that had one). I was a sprint champion for a while. I started actually putting my stories onto paper at about 13 and never quit writing (my closet has several in rough draft that I should maybe put through rewrite.)
TRC: Gabriel is your first published novel. How has your family supported you on your road to publication?
M.A.: I would have to say my parents were my biggest supporters. Dad used to like to listen to what I wrote (he was a musician and scholar). Mom was more practical, she believed and made sure I had the tools to work with…neither could get me to send one off to be viewed though, I never thought they were quite good enough. My niece Becca probably has done the most to make it happen, she has done all my graphics, made all the connections, and did all the formatting. It helps to have someone in the family that is a graphic artist. The ones who knew I did this sort of thing, and have access to it pushed me to do something about it… there are a lot in the family that don’t even know I write though.
TRC: Name another entity (entities) that supported you throughout your writing experience?
M.A.: I have a few friends who encouraged me over the years. the writers guild has been after me for years to join (I took a course through them once and they found out about my books that way). Just for kicks I let a couple of the girls I met online read the rough drafts and they pushed. I used to play with others on the CF walls with the Elven characters, and when they found out they were actual literary entities they pushed because they said they found the characters interesting and amusing. Then when Sandy asked for an excerpt last November from Gabriel, well… that was what pushed me over the proverbial cliff…lol. I felt committed because I had gotten so much positive feedback from it… then Becca pushed a bit more, and my friend Charlene (who has her Masters degree in Lit) offered to edit them for me so she could get to read them from manuscript. The rest is history.
TRC: If you had to choose, whom do you consider your muse? Your mentor?
M.A.: If you are talking about another writer, I would have to say no particular one. I read great varieties of works on all forums… love to read. I think most writers do. If you are talking about individuals? Again I would have to say no particular person. I have always walked about in a world of my own making. Perhaps life itself has led me in the directions I have taken.
TRC: Do you find anything particularly challenging about writing?
M.A.: I learned how to hate the words re-write. Phrasing is a big deal. I guess when I look back there wasn’t that much of it, but it sure felt like it at the time. Typos and exact spelling for some words can be a royal pain. I know some writers have trouble keeping their subjects in character, and that can be a problem because if you are not focused it is easy to loose track of how they would react to the action around them… getting bored with a character is suicide. I didn’t have a problem with Gabriel (and to be honest Marious’ Story, although it was fun to write, isn’t as good as book 3 was… Book 3 will be called Kings Champion) It is also hard to write when you have so many story lines going on in your head at the same time.
TRC: What was your decision behind “Indie” publication?
M.A.: I was told by several publishing houses not to bother because I was not an established name, with the e-readers taking over as much of the market as they are publishers are reluctant to take on new writers. Another author told me to go this route, she said that she thought my book good enough to make it on its own and if it sold well the publishers would come to me…if it sold well and they didn’t… oh well. She is on her second book, and is contracted to a publishing house now.
TRC: Would you please tell us about GABRIEL?
M.A.: He has returned from the wars a hero to his people, savior of their Empire and honored as such, but his world is empty, despite the peace he has won for his people. There is no light where he lives, no soft touch to comfort him, to push away the darkness of his memories. He lives only to serve his King and the world he lives in. He is the High Lord General Gabriel Eagle Claw, commander of the combined Elven forces Sent into the outside world to bring their people home he travels with his troop to the valley where he has been told they await his coming. There he is to find the life mate to the King and bring her safely to his side, but there is more, for there is a mystery he must solve and claim for his own. She who will bring light and love to his soul, she is his Eden. His one and only, his true soul mate, his love and he vows he will bind her to him forever.
She is like a forest creature, wild and free. Warrior trained along side her brothers. She guards the life and spirit of the forests that surround them, as well as those who live in the valley with them. She also guards a secret, for she is more than just a simple Elven maiden tending to the care of the elements they live in. Within her lives the talent to communicate with the very trees she treats, they tell her tales, stories, tidings of things that have passed. To them she is their guardian. To them she is Tratchar, she who heals their ills, beloved of the Sentinels and their salvation. Beautiful and proud she is no man’s possession, nor shall she be, this she is determined she will never be.
TRC: Have you always had an interest in Elves?
M.A.: No. My sister has had this thing for Fairies, but I have never followed the beaten track. I have read a lot of different stories where Elves were in the background, but hardly ever ones where they were the main characters. For some reason I felt compelled to know more about them… they were something different to check out.
TRC: Your first novel is basically a romance between Gabriel and Eden, and their reluctance to admit their attraction. Will all of your novels follow a similar premise?
M.A.: Each one has their own twist. Gabriel and Eden are very strong personalities, they have their own differences to deal with… book 2 for example, Marious’ Story… Marious is more of a charmer, and he knows how to use his charisma. The heroine (who you will get to meet at a later date probably) is more passive, she is lost in her new world, but inwardly she is a bubbly and loving personality. She meshes well with Marious, and the storyline is completely different. Book 3 will have a hero that is older, a heroine with secrets she holds close. Each one has its own flavor.
TRC: Do you consider GABRIEL a novel written in the romance genre?
M.A.: I would say Fantasy/Romance. Also, face it, if you have read the book, can you really say it is anything else?
TRC: What was the hardest part about writing this book? What were the challenges writing this book?
M.A.: The physical relationship was not easy… I had been told I did not know how to write a love scene before, many years ago… I have always wondered, and probably always will, whether I am doing it right.
TRC: Would you please tell us about the cover art? How did you find the artist etc?
M.A.: Actually Becca found the artist. It was a Tuesday night and I was working on some of the final edits when she called in February. We had been sending off emails to prospective artists for a commission and she was tutoring the one we commissioned in the end. To be honest it was done solely on Becca’s word that the artist was good, because I had never met her. Still haven’t. She quoted a price through the phone, well, up to that point I had been seriously begun considering a forest scene with shadows and a profile of Gabriel ghosted over the scene… like I said time was closing in. On Becca’s recommendation we went with it. She says she would like to do another.
TRC: What are you currently working on?
M.A.: I am beginning edits shortly on Marious’ Story… at the same time I am working on the rewrite for King’s Champion. I am going to the Rockies shortly to visit with #6 bro and baby bro. During that time I will be writing the rough draft for book 4… I am also considering pulling one of the stories I wrote years ago to place into rewrite. I may take that with me.
TRC: Marious’s (Gabriel’s nephew) is next. Will you like to share something about this storyline?
M.A.: Marious’ Story has a lighter relationship with his Life Mate than Gabriel had with Eden. … enemies of the Elven race will begin to emerge. We are introduced to characters from another of the Elven Kingdoms, and we meet some of the main characters from book 3. Marious’ Life Mate is Tamarak and she has power over the birds, which she uses quite effectively at times. All I can say about some of the things that happens is… those crazy Elves.
TRC: Would you like to add anything else?
M.A.: I really don’t know what to say, everyone has a story in their heart and mind, but not everyone can put it into words. It is not as easy as it can sometimes look. I hope everyone who buys the book enjoys it, but you cannot please everyone. The important part is doing the best you can, and that goes for anything.
Gabriel came out of the blue for me, about 2 weeks or so after the death of my mother, almost two years ago. I just sat down with pen and paper and started writing. Gabriel evolved, and by Christmas the same year it was done. I envisioned him as a lone wolf, dedicated to his calling. He is obsessive about his training and takes pride in who and what he is. He is extremely proud, knows his limitations, he also likes to grandstand at times. (you will find out about that in book 2) He is a Master swordsman, so good he has become an icon to other Elves. (you will also learn about that). Eden was made to challenge the hero, to give him purpose. There were times when I wasn’t sure what I even was writing until I put it together. It certainly didn’t start off in the planning stages the way it ended up… had to scrap the outline about a third of the way through. I knew what I wanted, and I guess you could say I allowed the characters to lead me. Marious was meant to be more like Gabriel’s sidekick, but he refused to stay in place. In a lot of ways, the story just kind of … happened.
LIGHTNING ROUND
Favorite Food Turkey
Favorite Dessert I am not a big dessert lover, but I do like carrot pie (yes, I know I am different)
Favorite Movie How Green Was My Valley
Favorite TV Show I am not a big television fan. I have made a point of watching Game of Thrones though.
Last Movie you saw Sanctum
Dark or Milk Chocolate Not a great fan of chocolate… but when I do eat it I prefer either white or milk chololate.
Do you have any pets My Snoop Cat… he is a Seal Point Siamese… and pure attitude.
TRC: Thank you M.A. for talking the time to answer our questions. It is always a pleasure to meet the author behind the book. Please keep us up to date on your latest book release, and let us know about the next chapter in your life as an author.
M.A.: Thank you for having me, it has been a pleasure.
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ENTWINED by Elisabeth Naughton
ENTWINED is the second book in Elisabeth Naughton’s Eternal Guardian series. Set against the backdrop between two worlds, ENTWINED steps further into the realm of Greek mythology using the descendants of the gods and demi-gods as fodder for our senses. Our reluctant hero Zander must make a decision that could destroy his mate, his intended bride and all of their lives. But without the love of the only woman who has ever broken his heart, Zander no longer wishes to remain in the immortal world of Argolea.
Zander is a warrior who has long thought himself impervious to death-a true immortal, so while he contemplates ways to end his existence, he must face the reality that the only woman he has ever loved, betrayed him more than 10 years ago. Without his soulmate, his heart has hardened and he seeks the means to withdraw from the others.
Callia is a healer for her people and a woman who has just completed a 10 year cleansing to rid her soul of the guilt and shame she has brought upon her family. Following an affair with a warrior that left her both devastated and shattered, Callia’s father all but renounced his daughter for the humiliation and hurt. But the truth is somewhere in between.
Princess Isadora must marry and produce an heir before her father, the King succumbs to old age. But with no potential suitors and no Argolean soulmate on the horizon, the King orders Demetrius to marry his daughter. Disgusted with the idea of marrying and mating with Isadora, Demetrius is stunned when Zander steps forward to accept the King’s offer of marriage to his daughter. And Callia, both hurt and humiliated, must perform the pre-wedding physical to determine Zander’s fertility. With their previous history and 10 years of hatred for a betrayal, both Zander and Callia, must face the fact, they do not belong together.
Meanwhile, Atalanta’s 10-year old son, is being groomed to fight in the ways of the demons, but Maximus is not a demon. He is a young boy, lost in a world that is foreign to him. With the markings of a Guardian, Max knows that he does not belong with Atalanta and the demon hordes. Hoping to find the Guardians of Argolea, Max steals a valuable symbol from Atalanta, and goes in search of the Guardians. But a demon attack at a truck stop, leaves Max shaken, and again captured by the very monsters he is trying to escape..
During one of the many demon hunts, Zander and Titus are thrown into a fight, that is almost impossible to win. An injured Zander requires medical aid that only Callia is able to give, and their relationship begins to burn once again, but the memory of a betrayal is still very clear and painful to both. Their emotional wounds are deep, and when Zander accuses Callia of aborting their son 10 years earlier, a stunned and broken Callia, must face the man whom she still loves. Refusing to listen to his soulmate, Zander dismisses her tears as a ploy. When Callia finally reveals the truth about her visit to the medical centre in the mortal realm, a shaken and shattered Zander must admit that he betrayed his soulmate. He left her, thinking she had aborted their child, not knowing that she was trying to save the life of their unborn son. But the betrayal goes beyond the realm of possibilities.
Throughout the storyline, we are privy to the evil underworld controlled and ruled by Atalanta. Amassing an army of demons to destroy Argolea, Atalanta hopes to someday rule, using her ‘son’ Max as leverage. It is Callia who over hears a conversation that reveals their son is still alive, and Atalanta’s son Max is the common thread. But with the knowledge, comes a deeper betrayal by a family member that Callia will never forgive.
Princess Isadora and her half-sister Casey, agree to help Callia with her struggles finding her son. But the revelation of a ‘third’ sister and the prophecy of the Three Hours, proves these 3 ladies are tied closer together by both friendship and blood
Callia and Zander’s relationship strengthens with the discovery that their son may still be alive, but their guilt and shame will prove to be a larger obstacle then they imagined. It is only when Callia refuses Zander’s offer of marriage, because he has accepted the King’s proposal, do we find how deep their love and true feelings will go.
A betrayal by a father, innocence lost and ten years of guilt all culminate together, with a family reunion that is both sorrowful and happy. But a missing Princess and a joining ceremony between two lost souls, opens the possibility of another HEA. Another great storyline in Elisabeth Naughton’s Eternal Guardians series. Elisabeth Naughton is a welcome addition to my favorite author’s list.
READING ORDER:
1. MARKED
2. ENTWINED
3. TEMPTED
4. ENRAPTURED
5. ENSLAVED (Nov 2012)
reviewed by Sandy
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR CASSANDRA CLARE TO PUBLISH THIRD SHADOWHUNTERS SERIES WITH SIMON & SCHUSTER CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING
Cassandra Clare signs up for new LA fantasy series
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer – Mar 13, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Million-selling young adult author Cassandra Clare has signed up for a new fantasy series.
Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, announced Tuesday that Clare has agreed to a three-book deal for “The Dark Artifices,” set in modern Los Angeles. Financial terms weren’t disclosed, but an official with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press the deal was worth in the high seven figures. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the contract and asked not to be identified.
Clare, 38, is known for the series “The Mortal Instruments” and “The Infernal Devices.” The first of “The Dark Artifices” books, currently untitled, will come out in 2015. According to a statement from the publisher, Clare, who placed her previous work in contemporary New York and Victorian England, will continue her tales of the Shadowhunters, a hybrid race “unseen but ever-present, our invisible protectors.”
“The series follows Emma Carstairs, the fiercest warrior and most skilled young Shadowhunter since Jace Wayland, and Emma’s sworn partner in arms, Julian Blackthorn,” the statement reads. “Despite Emma’s complicated feelings for Julian, the two must band together to investigate a demonic plot that stretches from the warlock-run nightclubs of the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica.”
Clare said in a statement that she was sure readers would love both her new and her established characters.
“I know readers will come to love Emma, Mark, Cristina and Julian just as they have loved Jace, Clary, Will, Tessa and Jem,” she said. “Readers have often asked what will happen in the Shadowhunter world after the events of the ‘Mortal Instruments’ and this series will give them a chance to find out.”
More than 6 million copies of Clare’s novels have sold worldwide since she debuted five years ago with “City of Bones.” The fifth of her “Mortal Instruments” series, “City of Lost Souls,” comes out May 8.
Before “City of Bones,” Clare was an author of fan fiction, for which writers make up new stories about popular literary characters and settings. Writing under the name Cassandra Claire, she published Harry Potter fan fiction on FanFiction.net in 2000-01. But after allegations that she had borrowed improperly from fantasy writer Pamela Dean, the website removed her work.
Copyright © 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
MARKED by Elisabeth Naughton
MARKED is the first book in author Elisabeth Naughton’s Eternal Guardians series. A series set in modern day, with a portal to the realm of the immortals, the Eternal Guardian series is comprised of Greek mythology, stories, myths, prophecy and history.
Argonaut leader and descendent of Hercules- Theron- is on a mission. He has entered the mortal sphere to locate his reluctant fiancé (and the king’s daughter) Isadora and return her to the immortal realm of Argolea. She is sick, and slowly dying from a mysterious unexplained illness. But finding Isadora inside a strip-bar, intently watching one of the waitresses is distressing. What would Isadora want or need with a human waitress? And why did the man looking out for the waitress, seem familiar? But when Theron notices the waitress, something deep inside, resonates with an unknown feeling.
Acacia Simopolous, otherwise known as Casey, has been working two jobs, including waitressing at the local strip club to make ends meet. But with Nick as her self-appointed guardian, Casey’s concern is his overprotective posturing and need to keep her safe. What does he know? And now, the beautiful stranger who catches her eye, seems so familiar-perhaps someone she knows or should know. But Casey is not well. Her health is failing, and the doctors have been unable to determine the cause.
Hoping to take his fiancé Isadora home, Theron exits the club, only to find himself facing a group of Atalanta’s demons. When he sends Isadora through the portal between the worlds, he is so weakened that he is unable to protect himself. It is only when Casey arrives, do the stunned demons retreat, but not before Casey notices their register of shock at her sudden appearance. With Casey’s aid and ministrations, Theron is nursed back to health, but he soon senses that there is something different about Casey, and that his attraction to the human, is not normal. It is only when he seduces Casey, does he notice the ‘royal birthmark’ on her back.
Returning through the portal, Theron reports the discovery to the king, who acknowledges, that Casey is his daughter by a human female, and it is Theron’s duty to bring the girl back home, because it is a prophecy that must be fulfilled. As a Miso (half-breed) Casey’s kind is considered beneath the god-like Argonauts, and all children from mixed mortal heritage are hunted or destroyed, before they reveal themselves to the world. Established 1000’s of years before, when the fallen Argonaut Atalanta sold her soul to Hades in exchange for immortality, the prophecy states that the two halves must join to save the people of the immortal realm. The perfect Argolean-one half human strength/one half god strength. Casey and Isadora are half-sisters, and each is one-half of the prophecy. The king reveals to Theron that Casey must be brought back to save Isadora’s life, and their world, and in doing so, end her own.
But Theron is reluctant to release Casey to the King, for there is something about the woman, unlike any female he has met. She is THE ONE. His ONE. His soulmate. But he is betrothed to Isadora, Casey’s half-sister and a woman he does not love. As the war with the Underworld draws near, Atalanta’s demons have been commissioned to ensure Casey’s destruction-the two sisters must never be joined. But Hades, the god of the Underworld, reveals to Casey, the true nature of Theron’s journey to the mortal realm- to retrieve Casey and save the life of Isadora. Betrayed and hurt, Casey resigns herself to the knowledge, that her life will end, one way or the other, and chooses to save the life of her half-sister, than live with the pain of betrayal.
As Casey considers her options, Theron’s heart is destroyed. He has fallen for the half breed, the Miso, and has lost her to the prophecy. Meanwhile, Isadora has struck a bargain with both Hades and Persephone, that will hopefully bode well for her sister. But the joining of the two halves, will change the Argolean Argonauts, as never before seen in their world.
We meet Nick, Casey’s self-appointed guardian and a fellow Miso, as well as many of Theron’s fellow Argonauts. The death of a friend and the innocence of a lost childhood are many of the tragedies that surround warriors and friends. We will be both saddened and awed, by the colony of half-breeds, who have created an underground city for protection against those who’s goal is to destroy and use the Miso’s as cattle. The gods and demi-gods are recognizable, if only by name and reputation, but the story created by Elisabeth Naughton is a true adventure between our world and their’s.
reviewed by Sandy
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