They want to get out but can't, their colourful wings trapped in darkness.Īwaiting a permanent position with a foster family and accommodated with adolescents, Sophie begins to assimilate to her environment, susceptible to substance abuse, addiction, manipulation, sexual assault and misdemeanours as a minor. The quivering in my chest feels like frantic butterflies under my skin. Cast is a number one New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame.įollow the #AusYABloggers for tour updates, interviews and chances to win She was born in the Midwest, and grew up being shuttled back and forth between Illinois and Oklahoma, which is where she fell in love with Quarter Horses and mythology. Cast is the author of the House of Night novels. Will the Wind Riders and the Pack be strong enough to withstand the God of Death? Will the Great Goddess of Life awaken to join the battle, and if so, will it be as Death's consort, or will the Goddess stand with Mari and her people against the great love of her eternal life? In the next installment of the Tales of a New World series love and goodness are put to the ultimate test. But Mari and Nik have one goal: to reach the plains of the Wind Riders in order to band together to stop Thaddeus from destroying all that Mari and Nik hold dear.īut will the mysterious Wind Riders accept the Pack, or will Mari and Nik and their people be rejected by the mighty Riders and be forced to flee for their lives? And what happens when a rogue Lead Stallion gets too close to the Pack, rejecting all Wind Riders and turning to a stranger for companionship instead? Thaddeus and the God of Death will stop at nothing until they are obliterated from the earth. Mari, Nik, and their newly formed Pack are being hunted. Death has plans of his own and he, too, will use whatever and whomever he must, including the mad Thaddeus Meanwhile, Dead Eye becomes a willing vessel for the newly awakened god, Death. There is only way to stop Thaddeus, but it means a harrowing journey for Mari and Nik into the heart of darkness. He wants the power he believes Mari has stolen from him and his people and he will do anything he must to get them back, even if it means destroying everything in his path. Thaddeus betrayed his own people, killing Nik’s father and destroying their entire clan.

The battle lines have been drawn and Mari, an Earth Walker and Nik, a Companion, who were once from rival clans now find themselves fighting to save each other and their people from destruction.

Stone Girl by Eleni Hale