This week I'm featuring Come Awake: Five Original Fantasy Stories (Tales from Karneesia Book 4) by Claire Trella Hill. I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of Come Awake. I'm really enjoying it so far. The first snippet is from the first story of the collection, Imani and the Creature Without Fear. And the Friday 56 quote is the first line of the second story, Kai and Keziah and the Desert Slain.
A young magic user returns to her long-lost family and masters her fears to protect her island home from an elemental threat.
A woman flees danger and finds unlikely allies in an undead company of soldiers, a young man journeying home after ten years, and the ghost of a king.
Magic flourishes as Kai and Keziah find their places in the desert, and a long-hidden prophecy emerges concerning the return of the dragons to Karneesia.
Two mercenaries assist a Deaf lady who was accused of murder by a singing bone harp.
And a lonely girl joins forces with a wolf to escape the abusive reach of her mother, a witch.
In these five original stories set in the land of Karneesia, unlikely heroes will rise, and the currents of magic will shift in Come Awake.
Book Beginnings / First Line Friday
When Imani stepped foot into Natimai Harbor, she saw the sea for the first time in nine years.
Friday 56
In Damslar, war was only a state of being, unrest a way of life.
What have you been reading lately?
I'm currently reading Heather by Caitlin Mullen. Her debut, Please See Us, was one of my favorite reads of 2020, so I've been not so patiently waiting for this second book!
ReplyDeleteI don't read too many fantasies, though this book sounds interesting.
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