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Wednesday Books
May 2018
On Sale: April 24, 2018
352 pages ISBN: 1250168457 EAN: 9781250168450 Kindle: B0763STDRQ Hardcover / e-Book
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Young Adult Historical
In this stunning debut, a young Viking warrior must challenge everything she's been taught in order to survive and protect those she loves. A 2018 Most Anticipated Young Adult book that is part Wonder Woman, part Vikingsβand all heart. OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE. Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefieldβher brother, fighting with the enemyβthe brother she watched die five years ago. Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family. She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brotherβs friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people sheβs spent her life hating.
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