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Angel Caste #3
Angel Bone
Viv’s life has just got a whole lot more dangerous. Her pledge to care for a child means she must put the child’s needs above her own and delay her search for her mother and the beautiful Thris. She nicknames the little girl Poss and heads for Esh-accom where the Scharii say Poss’s surviving family might be. But Poss falls ill and desperate to save the little girl’s life, Viv calls on her thieving skills and is captured.
To make matters worse, her captor is from the camp she accidentally blew up, the man who pursued her on horseback, the man she only escaped thanks to the pig-bear attack. Yet mystery surrounds him. While he aids Poss, Viv is forced to make a bargain with him that will have terrible consequences.
Viv has had little to do with children and Poss is very untrusting, but as they journey on, love grows between them. They fight their way over hazardous ridges but as they near Esh-accom’s safety, are overtaken by Waradi fighters. The fighters are on the run with Eshadi fighters hot on their heels, and while Viv manages to hide Poss, she is taken prisoner.
The Waradi don’t get far before the Eshadi catch them and a massacre follows. The Eshadi leader believes Viv is in league with the Waradi and, only prevented from executing her on the spot by one of his men, condemns her to a slower, more painful death.
In Ezam, Thris struggles to care for Ky, who is so traumatised by his travels in the folds, that he flees in terror and accidentally transits again. Thris pursues him and they find themselves marooned in an alien fold. After a long search, they discover a way out, but it bears all the signs of a death-trap.
Ash is unaware of his friends’ plight. Desperate to find reasons for the plumage of ascension in his wings, he goes to the White Helixai, but its pristine pools of pure light rob him of memories of the outside world and of the angels there he loves. And as time stretches away, and he sinks deeper into a trance, the words of his blue angel predecessor, Senquar-archae, that light is the lure and light the trap, might well prove prophetic.
Angel Bone is the third book in the deep fantasy-romance Angel Caste series which traces Viv’s time-travel through the rifts in search of the mother who disappeared when she was ten. Unlike many time-slip adventures, once Viv has left our world (Moonsun) she can never return. It is a journey that takes Viv from an abused teenager living amongst addicts, gangs and then in jail, to being healed and redeemed.
Readers who enjoyed the exploration of human and paranormal love, in the flavour of Lauren Kate, Becca Fitzpatrick and Cassandra Clare’s angel series, but who also love the brilliant new worlds of deep fantasy, will love following Viv’s journey, and the journeys of Thris, Ash and Ky, to transcendence.
If you prefer your fantasy set outside the city lights, in beautifully crafted new worlds, with strong female heroes, and a big dash of romance, check out my other deep fantasy The Emerald Serpent, Heart Hunter, and Angel Caste Books 1 and 2: Angel Blood and Angel Breath. Viv’s journey continues in Book 4 Angel Bound, coming in 2017.
Praise for the writing of K S ‘a strong new voice in Australian fantasy writing’ Good Reading; ‘weaves an enthralling story with characters you care about’ The Sydney Morning Herald; ‘a brilliant new Australian writer’ Toowoomba Chronicle; ‘great fantasy’ Cairns Post.
To make matters worse, her captor is from the camp she accidentally blew up, the man who pursued her on horseback, the man she only escaped thanks to the pig-bear attack. Yet mystery surrounds him. While he aids Poss, Viv is forced to make a bargain with him that will have terrible consequences.
Viv has had little to do with children and Poss is very untrusting, but as they journey on, love grows between them. They fight their way over hazardous ridges but as they near Esh-accom’s safety, are overtaken by Waradi fighters. The fighters are on the run with Eshadi fighters hot on their heels, and while Viv manages to hide Poss, she is taken prisoner.
The Waradi don’t get far before the Eshadi catch them and a massacre follows. The Eshadi leader believes Viv is in league with the Waradi and, only prevented from executing her on the spot by one of his men, condemns her to a slower, more painful death.
In Ezam, Thris struggles to care for Ky, who is so traumatised by his travels in the folds, that he flees in terror and accidentally transits again. Thris pursues him and they find themselves marooned in an alien fold. After a long search, they discover a way out, but it bears all the signs of a death-trap.
Ash is unaware of his friends’ plight. Desperate to find reasons for the plumage of ascension in his wings, he goes to the White Helixai, but its pristine pools of pure light rob him of memories of the outside world and of the angels there he loves. And as time stretches away, and he sinks deeper into a trance, the words of his blue angel predecessor, Senquar-archae, that light is the lure and light the trap, might well prove prophetic.
Angel Bone is the third book in the deep fantasy-romance Angel Caste series which traces Viv’s time-travel through the rifts in search of the mother who disappeared when she was ten. Unlike many time-slip adventures, once Viv has left our world (Moonsun) she can never return. It is a journey that takes Viv from an abused teenager living amongst addicts, gangs and then in jail, to being healed and redeemed.
Readers who enjoyed the exploration of human and paranormal love, in the flavour of Lauren Kate, Becca Fitzpatrick and Cassandra Clare’s angel series, but who also love the brilliant new worlds of deep fantasy, will love following Viv’s journey, and the journeys of Thris, Ash and Ky, to transcendence.
If you prefer your fantasy set outside the city lights, in beautifully crafted new worlds, with strong female heroes, and a big dash of romance, check out my other deep fantasy The Emerald Serpent, Heart Hunter, and Angel Caste Books 1 and 2: Angel Blood and Angel Breath. Viv’s journey continues in Book 4 Angel Bound, coming in 2017.
Praise for the writing of K S ‘a strong new voice in Australian fantasy writing’ Good Reading; ‘weaves an enthralling story with characters you care about’ The Sydney Morning Herald; ‘a brilliant new Australian writer’ Toowoomba Chronicle; ‘great fantasy’ Cairns Post.
158 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 2, 2017
About the author
K.S. Nikakis
44 books42 followersKaren Simpson Nikakis grew up in a small country town in NE Victoria, Australia where she rode horses through beautiful alpine scenery. This continues to influence her fiction, nonfiction and poetry works.
She pursued a career in Education including Secondary Colleges, AMECs, TAFE and Universities (Australian and International) and was Assoc Prof and Foundation Head of Melbourne Polytechnic's innovative Bachelor of Writing and Publishing. She holds a B.Ed, M.Ed(Hons) in fantasy, and a Ph.D in Campbell's hero myth, as well as three Diplomas in the areas of Writing and Communications.
She is the author of over 17 fiction, nonfiction and poetry works. Her fantasy novel I Heard the Wolf Call My Name and short story Glass-Heart were both short-listed in the Aurealis Awards 2019, and her poem Deadway was short-listed in the Australian Shadows Award 2020.
Karen is a Communications Consultant and qualified Life Coach and works as a writer and publisher with SOV Media.
She pursued a career in Education including Secondary Colleges, AMECs, TAFE and Universities (Australian and International) and was Assoc Prof and Foundation Head of Melbourne Polytechnic's innovative Bachelor of Writing and Publishing. She holds a B.Ed, M.Ed(Hons) in fantasy, and a Ph.D in Campbell's hero myth, as well as three Diplomas in the areas of Writing and Communications.
She is the author of over 17 fiction, nonfiction and poetry works. Her fantasy novel I Heard the Wolf Call My Name and short story Glass-Heart were both short-listed in the Aurealis Awards 2019, and her poem Deadway was short-listed in the Australian Shadows Award 2020.
Karen is a Communications Consultant and qualified Life Coach and works as a writer and publisher with SOV Media.
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