Riven has fought for a hard-won peace in her world, and has
come to shaky terms with who and what she is—a human with cyborg DNA. Now that
the rightful ruler of Neospes has been reinstated, Riven is on the hunt for her
father in the Otherworld to bring him to justice for his crimes against her
people.
But when she receives an unwelcome visit from two former
allies, she knows that trouble is brewing once again in Neospes. The army has
been decimated and there are precious few left to fight this mysterious new
threat.
To muster a first line of defense, her people need help from
the one person Riven loathes most—her father. But what he wants in return is
her complete surrender.
And now Riven must choose: save Neospes or save herself.
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The Fallen Prince
Excerpt:
The flare of blue fire is blinding.
Then again, it’s gone so quickly that even if you were staring right at me,
you’d blink and it’d vanish. The emissions from the process of
eversion—shifting between universes—are unavoidable. However, I try to be
careful, everting in concealed areas away from people, and away from the eyes
of the Faction and the Guardians. They’re always watching for those who break
the law—those who don’t
remain where they belong.
Me,
more so than ever.
I
belong in Neospes, a domed city in a parallel dimension to the Otherworld. But
I’m here in pursuit of a man who everted over a year ago. A man who nearly
destroyed my world in his quest for power. A man so consumed with retaliation
that to let him loose in either world would be a colossal mistake.
And
so I hunt him. I’ve been hunting
him—across thirty states and always a step or two behind. He’s clever,
brilliant, and a master strategist.
After
all, he’s my father. And he’s my creator.
I
may look like an ordinary girl, but I’m far from one. It’s something I’m still
coming to terms with, ever since I learned the truth. I am a product of genetic
experimentation and advanced robotics. I am the girl with nanoplasm for
blood—the perfect combination of human and machine, an aberration of nature—and
yet, its greatest creation. I am the only one of my kind.
My
name is Riven.
And I am a killer.
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AMALIE HOWARD grew up on a small Caribbean island where she
spent most of her childhood with her nose buried in a book or being a tomboy
running around barefoot, shimmying up mango trees and dreaming of adventure.
An aspiring writer from a young age, Amalie Howard's poem
“The Candle,” written at age thirteen, was published in a University of Warwick
journal. She was also a recipient of a Royal Commonwealth Society essay award
(a global youth writing competition). A Colby College graduate, she completed
simultaneous Honors Theses in both French and International Studies, and
graduated Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa. At Colby, she was cited for research
and criticism in Raffael Scheck’s article, “German Conservatism and Female
Political Activism in the Early Weimar Republic,” and his subsequent book,
“Mothers of the nation: right-wing women in Weimar Germany.” She also received
a distinction in English Literature from the University of Cambridge, A-level
Examinations as well as a certificate in French Literature from the Ecole
Normale Supérieure in Paris, France. She is a member of SCBWI.
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