Thursday, June 17, 2021

Book Beginnings + Friday 56: The City of Zirdai (Archives of the Invisible Sword #2) by Maria V. Snyder

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your ereader and share a non-spoilery sentence or two.


About the Book
Through her courage and tenacity, Shyla Sun-Kissed has awoken the power of The Eyes of Tamburah. But this feat only marks the beginning of the challenges that the magical order, the Invisible Sword, faces to free the underground city of Zirdai.

Though they have allies among the monks and splinter cells inside the city, Shyla knows the Invisible Sword doesn't have the strength to win. With the group fracturing due to the strain of losses from their latest ordeal, thinly veiled suspicions and endless disagreements, it's up to Shyla to forge a new united order.

When both the draconian Water Prince and brutal Heliacal Priestess learn of Shyla's new powers, life becomes even more complicated as they will stop at nothing to capture Shyla and take the magic of The Eyes for themselves. Hunted at every turn and unable to hide, Shyla and the Invisible Sword must use every resource at their command - and unearth new ones - in their race to save the city from destruction. But their enemies always seem to be one step ahead. And the cost to win the battle may be more than Shyla would ever be willing to pay...

Book Beginnings
Sand.
It was everywhere, in everything, and unending. 

 

Friday 56
The five of them stared into the darkness. For the floor to just drop away...that was impressive. She'd never witnessed anything like that before.

What have you been reading lately?

13 comments:

  1. This looks interesting, here is what I'm reading: https://moretoodiscover.blogspot.com/2021/06/book-spotlight-fridays-aggressor-by_0595972118.html

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Sarita! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

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  2. As a fan of the Star Wars prequels that opening made me genuinely laugh out loud! I haven't read the first one in this series but it sounds very intriguing! I hope you have a lovely start to the weekend and do drop by my Friday post if you have the time! - Juli @ A Universe in Words

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    1. LOL! It's been too long since I've watched the Star Wars movies. Maybe after I get all caught up on the Marvel movies, I'll go back to Star Wars. Thanks for coming by, Juli! Have an awesome weekend! :)

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  3. The snippets are intense. Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: “SIX WEEKS TO LIVE”

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    1. Thanks for coming by, Laurel-Rain! Hope you have a lovely weekend! :)

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  4. I still need to read the first book!! Looks awesome! Happy weekend!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Freda! Happy weekend to you too! :)

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  5. Shoot. I still haven't read book one. It's like the more I read, the further behind I get. ;D

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    1. Me too! It's like I'll finish one book, but add five or more to my TBR list. It's neverending, lol! Thanks for coming by, Lark! Hope you have an awesome weekend! :)

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    1. It is! Thanks for visiting, Gillion! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  7. LOL! It's usually just lots of dirt around here. Thanks for visiting, Vicki! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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