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Seventeen year old Lillim Callina has faced her fair share of high-powered bad guys. From fire-breathing dragons to Celtic Death Gods, Lillim has seen them all, but when a rival from her past threatens not only her, but her parents, friends, and way of life, only one question remains.
How many people are going to die before Lillim brings him to justice?
Seventeen year old Lillim Callina has faced her fair share of high-powered bad guys. From fire-breathing dragons to Celtic Death Gods, Lillim has seen them all, but when a rival from her past threatens not only her, but her parents, friends, and way of life, only one question remains.
How many people are going to die before Lillim brings him to justice?
- GenresFantasy
151 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 23, 2015
43 people are currently reading
130 people want to read
About the author
J.A. Cipriano
92 books585 followersWhen New York Times Bestselling author, J. A. Cipriano was in second grade, his teacher gave everyone in class a journal to write down whatever they wanted. Their first subject was to write about something they didn’t like. J. A. chose to write about why he didn’t like writing. His reasoning was simple. He had bad handwriting. Even then, he was destined to be an engineer due to his messy scrawl.
Unfortunately, he found through the course of this little adventure that he actually liked writing. That year was sort of the high point for his writing career because he won a writing contest for the state. He got to go to a big dinner and his teacher was all dressed up.
He kept writing little stories, year after year, and in sixth grade, won another contest. In seventh grade, he broke his arm and got the cast signed by both Dean Koontz and Stan Lee. It is, by far, the coolest cast he’s owned. That was about the time he found video games and anime. His writing turned mostly toward fanfiction until about ninth grade when he wrote his first novel, a small book about twenty thousand words called Revelations. In sophomore year, he wrote two more books to complete the trilogy because he saw Star Wars that year and learned trilogies were the cool thing to do.
He rewrote Revelations during his senior year, and his wife swears it is the best thing he’s written. J.A. is not so sure. Every time he reads it, he cringes, but then again, he hates everything he writes, so there is that.
It was about that time, he got heavily involved in a fanfiction writing group, but that isn’t one hundred percent accurate. It was a world based on a popular anime but everything was created especially for this world. It made it so that every story someone wrote was unique.
Imagine writing a Star Wars novel set 1,000 years after A New Hope, where everything that happened was a distant memory and you get the idea. You have the force, some distant memories of the past, and that’s pretty much it.
He wrote about a million words (863K to be exact) for them before he decided to do his own thing. He wrote another novel. He put it in a drawer. He wrote another one that eventually became the basis for The Hatter is Mad. His next novel was Kill It With Magic, his first real novel. It’s not bad, but it’s bumpy. This is unfortunate because the books get loads better as the series progresses.
Since then, he’s written six more novels, four of which are in the Lillim Callina Series, and one in the Abby Banks series. The other is stuck in a drawer for time undetermined. He’s writing his next book now which is about werewolves fighting mummies in Ancient Egypt. After that, he will move onto Abby Banks 2. The Spy Within will come out in June or July.
J.A. also has three chinchillas. Two of them are grey, and because of this, they are named Slate and Cadmium. The third is named Jet because he’s black, and Jet is old English for black. See, creative. He also has a cat named Turtle. This does pose problems for his two-year-old from time to time.
Unfortunately, he found through the course of this little adventure that he actually liked writing. That year was sort of the high point for his writing career because he won a writing contest for the state. He got to go to a big dinner and his teacher was all dressed up.
He kept writing little stories, year after year, and in sixth grade, won another contest. In seventh grade, he broke his arm and got the cast signed by both Dean Koontz and Stan Lee. It is, by far, the coolest cast he’s owned. That was about the time he found video games and anime. His writing turned mostly toward fanfiction until about ninth grade when he wrote his first novel, a small book about twenty thousand words called Revelations. In sophomore year, he wrote two more books to complete the trilogy because he saw Star Wars that year and learned trilogies were the cool thing to do.
He rewrote Revelations during his senior year, and his wife swears it is the best thing he’s written. J.A. is not so sure. Every time he reads it, he cringes, but then again, he hates everything he writes, so there is that.
It was about that time, he got heavily involved in a fanfiction writing group, but that isn’t one hundred percent accurate. It was a world based on a popular anime but everything was created especially for this world. It made it so that every story someone wrote was unique.
Imagine writing a Star Wars novel set 1,000 years after A New Hope, where everything that happened was a distant memory and you get the idea. You have the force, some distant memories of the past, and that’s pretty much it.
He wrote about a million words (863K to be exact) for them before he decided to do his own thing. He wrote another novel. He put it in a drawer. He wrote another one that eventually became the basis for The Hatter is Mad. His next novel was Kill It With Magic, his first real novel. It’s not bad, but it’s bumpy. This is unfortunate because the books get loads better as the series progresses.
Since then, he’s written six more novels, four of which are in the Lillim Callina Series, and one in the Abby Banks series. The other is stuck in a drawer for time undetermined. He’s writing his next book now which is about werewolves fighting mummies in Ancient Egypt. After that, he will move onto Abby Banks 2. The Spy Within will come out in June or July.
J.A. also has three chinchillas. Two of them are grey, and because of this, they are named Slate and Cadmium. The third is named Jet because he’s black, and Jet is old English for black. See, creative. He also has a cat named Turtle. This does pose problems for his two-year-old from time to time.
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March 1, 2017
Wow everything change! Not bad.
August 5, 2016
Lillim is making a bit of progress character progression wise. The magic continues to be pretty fun. Her mom and dad's power/fighting scenes are pretty sweet. This one has a bit of a sad ending to it. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet, I don't mind a bit of a sad ending if it seems to be progressing an overall story but not completely convinced it has so far.
Still the book was good enough that I went out and bought the next book and started reading it right after finishing this one.
I'm pretty interested in the history of the dioscuri, they've been mentioned as Valkryie a couple times in the series which is pretty awesome because I'm a bit Norse Mythology fan.
Still the book was good enough that I went out and bought the next book and started reading it right after finishing this one.
I'm pretty interested in the history of the dioscuri, they've been mentioned as Valkryie a couple times in the series which is pretty awesome because I'm a bit Norse Mythology fan.
October 12, 2016
lillium is just so damn stupid in this book
All in all this book was VERY disappointing to me compared to the other ones, not sure if I wanna finish this series cause of her stupidity in this book.
All in all this book was VERY disappointing to me compared to the other ones, not sure if I wanna finish this series cause of her stupidity in this book.
September 14, 2015
Interesting Read
Another great addition to the series. Lillim is again running and fighting for her and other's lives. The storyline is intriguing and full of twists that suck in the reader. What would you do if an insane ruler wanted you dead just because you were reincarnated from the woman who sacrificed herself so that her people would live? That's what Lillim must face while being run ragged to stay alive. Great read.
Another great addition to the series. Lillim is again running and fighting for her and other's lives. The storyline is intriguing and full of twists that suck in the reader. What would you do if an insane ruler wanted you dead just because you were reincarnated from the woman who sacrificed herself so that her people would live? That's what Lillim must face while being run ragged to stay alive. Great read.
March 30, 2016
I liked this much better than the previous one. The plot answered a lot of questions and though it was as disconnected as ever, I could still enjoy it. The author could have done a little more world building though. Explaining how the discouri world was structured would have been better. But that's just me.
July 28, 2016
Loved it
I loved this fantastic action packed unique book. Lillium is awesome the story is brilliant. Total page turning read. Best to read these books in order. kick ass heroine.
I loved this fantastic action packed unique book. Lillium is awesome the story is brilliant. Total page turning read. Best to read these books in order. kick ass heroine.
April 5, 2016
More adventures of Lilim. Curious to see what happens next.
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