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For everything, a cost. In a war, people die. Picking her battles is a luxury Amber never has. Still reeling from her brutal duel with the Queen of Diamonds, Amber must win over the Assembly. The price of failure? Her own execution and the utter destruction of Emergence. Traditionalist Athanate are calling her an abomination and baying for her Blood. When those who should be her allies attack her, she must bind enemies to her cause. With time running out to save herself and her House, she must descend into the spirit world, where she has to confront her deepest, darkest fears and understand the horrific truth of her Athanate Bloodline, before rallying her uncertain troops and assaulting the enemy's stronghold in the jungles of Yucatán, the place they call the gate of hell. She must wield unfamiliar and treacherous weapons, she must use and deny her Blood magic... and make another deal with a Lost God to survive. The struggle demands her unique combination of talents, but they come with a lethal weakness. Will it claim her, or can she emerge victorious, bloody and unbowed?
Author
I was born in Africa and left out in the sun too often. After being persuaded that I wasn't going to be able to be a cowboy if I grew up, I got interested in philosophy and psychology. Tending bars proved to me they weren't as much fun as they sounded. While trying to enroll in a class to read Science Fiction full time, I ended up taking an electronic engineering degree which splendidly qualified me to move into marketing. That in turn spawned a late onset career in creative writing. When not writing, I fly a microlight aircraft, or get muddy on a mountain bike. I love reading obviously. Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thrillers, History, Crime, Art, oh nearly everything.
