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Category:
Young Adult/Teen
ISBN-10: 1530331625
Type: Fiction
Pages: 236
Copyright: Feb 29, 2016
ISBN-13: 9781530331628
Price: $3.99 (eBook)
One of my first books is Greek Mythology
My name is Kaidance Monroe, and sometimes when I touch people, I see how they die.
"Love, betrayal, mythology, mystery, you name it this has it! Hold onto your horses and Minotaurs people as this ride is definitely going to get bumpy." ★★★★★
After I saw my little brother's death but failed to stop it, my parents abandoned me to a juvenile detention facility. I don't let people touch me anymore. Not my fingertips, not my skin, not my heart. But on the eve of my 18th birthday, a charming stranger seduced me into sharing my darkest secrets. He claimed I was unique, but he wasn't alone in his hunt. I escaped death by a hair's breadth and found myself in a secluded mansion, honing abilities that stoke the fires of divine envy. I didn't mean to make anyone fall for me. Certainly not my would-be killer. And I never imagined how far he would fall.
There's something weird about Sitri, my rugged savior who disappears into the woods at night and seems to shadow my every move. Am I a prisoner or a captive, in this sprawling estate of lost gods and mythological creatures? When my friends are in danger, I'm forced to team up with the fallen angel who tried to kill me - he's beautiful and deadly. He wields the sword, but the death it claims is mine to carry.
"Percy Jackson meets Mortal Kombat. This book seems quite close to the Percy Jackson series, if it had gore, death and totalitarian dictatorship." ★★★★★
"Weaves Greek mythology into real life in a way that makes it excruciatingly hard to stop reading. This is not your G-rated fantasy. It's harsh, twisted and real." ★★★★★
"A dark Gothic Greek mythology urban Fantasy with a highly original and very well-written plot. There are several unexpected twists and turns here and a real shocker at the end." ★★★★★
Excerpt
The tea cup shattered against the floor. The lightning bolt had pierced through the ceiling with tremendous force, sending a cascade of sizzling stone and charred wood down on us. I looked up into the rain to see four more bolts of lightning. Wait, not lightning. I could see figures in the flashes. Hunters.
They tumbled into the room, weapons drawn. Stephanie killed two of them before they took their first step. I heard a high pitched whine as her golden needles found their marks. The other two fell between us. "Run!" Stephanie shouted. I could barely hear her above the roaring wind.
I dashed out of the room with a hunter right behind me as Stephanie faced off with the other. I raced around a corner and pulled on the stocking cap, then flattened myself against the wall. The hunter sailed past me. I held my breath as he paused and looked back at me, narrowing his eyes. His wings shimmered like liquid mirrors behind him. Then he kept going. I was invisible.
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