Falling from Grace

The Gift of Grace #3

by Frog Jones

Being rescued ain't all it's cracked up to be.

Andrea's no longer strapped to a stone slab in the demon Cythymau's cave,
having her Sense drained to fuel his summonings. So that's a plus. But
being yanked into the future, complete with forbidden knowledge gained
from her link with Cythymau, has left her vulnerable, terrified, and the
subject of contention for political factions within the Groves.

Worse, the only people that won't try to arrest her are living in hiding.
On a mountaintop. In a small cabin. And hanging out with one of the
creatures that used to be Cythymau's.

They just do not make therapists for this sort of thing.

Meanwhile, Robert's got his hands full trying to start college. His
summoning master Grace's rather dramatic conclusion to Andrea's rescue has
law enforcement doubling down on summoner oppression, and it's all he can
do to go to school with his head down. He's trying to take care of a
traumatized demon-victim. His new master already tried to kill him once.
To top it off, he's now responsible for Rick the Cornuprocyon.
Thirty-foot long telekinetic raccoon demons make the worst housepets.

In a world where just about everyone is out to get them, can Robert and
Andrea survive on their own?

250 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 31, 2016

About the author

Frog met his wife Esther as they attended Eastern Washington University. After a decade, they finally managed to combine their writing talents. Criminal defense attorney by day and fantasy author by night, Frog Jones brings his knowledge of the criminal justice and child protection systems to life in the Grace Under Fire series

Reviews

[Rachel Barnard · Rating 5 out of 5]

“We’d been re-branded from “summoners” to “reality terrorists” overnight in order to give the politicians a bigger gavel.” (Page 8).

Robert and Grace freed Andrea from her centuries’ long slavery to Cythumau in Book 2, Coup de Grace, but is she really free? Though it has only been several decades in this weave, she has been away so long and in captivity so long that being human is now something foreign. But when someone takes a bullet for her, she will have to step up to protect him, right? Meanwhile, Robert is trying to live a normal college life, but summoning keeps getting in the way of his plans. At least, that’s what he tells himself. Robert is still the cause of his own undoing, but with Grace gone, he will have to lead the Spokane Grove out of trouble all by himself. Unless, that is, Andrea is willing to help.

The main focus of this book was on Andrea. The way she processed and thought about everything going on around her was fascinating. Her thoughts were thorough and interesting and quite logical. She is a character with quite the background story to overcome, but she doesn’t always make the sympathetic choice, sometimes her past overwhelms her. Andrea’s perspective was super cool and though I miss Grace, I fell in love with Andrea quickly.

Robert continues to get himself and others into trouble and then has to get them out of trouble. This time, however, the trouble has built up beyond what he’s capable of handling. Or has it? Calling on all resources, Robert will stop at nothing to keep those he loves safe.

Rick the Cornuprocyon continues to amuse in this book and has a decent role to play. The mind link between him and Robert is explored a bit more and is fascinating as an aspect of world building. Summoners and their abilities are also so very, very interesting as world building goes. The rules! The possibilities! Such a cool concept to watch unfold in a world where not everyone is a Summoner and not everyone wants to be.