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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
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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 foreverβif 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 timeβkilling 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.
Mortal Path DARK TIME
#1.0
β’ September 2009
 SACRIFICE
#2.0
β’ September 2010
 DELIVERANCE
#3.0
β’ April 2012
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