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Mortal Path #1
Harper Voyager
September 2009
On Sale: August 28, 2009
Featuring: Maliha Crayne
306 pages ISBN: 0061687308 EAN: 9780061687303 Paperback
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Fantasy Urban
Susannah Layhem, a healer unjustly accused of witchcraft in
the 17th century, is ripped from her husband's arms and
thrown in jail. Abandoned by her husband and friends, she's
tied to a stake and set afire. Her raging bitterness draws
one of seven ancient Sumerian demons. The demon Rabishu
pulls her from the flames, and she signs a contract to live
forever—if she does his evil work. Susannah becomes the
Black Ghost, an Ageless assassin gifted with otherworldly
skills and superbly trained in martial arts. She obeys Rabishu's orders and remains a beautiful young
woman. Then she's given an assignment she can't bear to
carry out. She chooses the mortal path instead, and emerges
from three centuries of reluctant service as the demon's
slave. Now Maliha Crayne, she discovers the fine print of
her contract. If she balances lives taken with lives saved,
she'll ascend to a paradise straight out of Sumerian legend.
If she fails, she faces eternal torment at Rabishu's hands.
The ticking clock? Every time she saves lives, she ages. The
deck is stacked against her. She's got her own agenda,
though. Payback time—killing Rabishu and his kin before he
gets his punishing claws on her. Intimately tangled with Maliha's yearning for personal
redemption is her thrilling quest to stop a villain from
selling America's security to the highest bidder. For both
goals, she will need to relearn what it means to be mortal,
to reach out in friendship, and to dare to believe she can
love again. DARK TIME is laced with ancient legends, a heady dash of the
supernatural, and the warmth of awakening relationships.
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