Krait’s
Redemption
The
Cat’s Eye Chronicles
Book
Five
T.
L. Shreffler
Genre: YA Fantasy
Publisher: The Runaway Pen
Date of Publication: Sept. 12th,
2017
Number of pages: 300
Word Count: 85,000
Cover Artist: T. L. Shreffler
Tagline: Sora joins forces with
unexpected allies to harness the power of the Cat’s-Eye necklace and save the
City of Crowns.
Book Description:
With winter solstice fast
approaching, Sora and her companions are running out of time. She must stop The
Shade from awakening the Dark God, yet a powerful force has overtaken her
Cat’s-Eye necklace, rendering the stone almost useless. To use the stone, Sora
must learn to trust her instincts and embrace her own inner strength. She joins
forces with unexpected allies, Lord Gracen Seabourne among them, to protect the
City of Crowns. As the city dissolves into chaos, she finds herself barreling
toward an epic battle that will decide the fate of mankind.
At risk to his own life, Crash
returns to the Hive seeking aid against Cerastes. However, the events that led
him into exile have not been forgotten. Will the Hive offer him redemption, or
will they demand he pay the ultimate price for his transgressions?
Join Sora and Crash in their epic
battle to save the City of Crowns!
Excerpt:
Crash watched
the bonfires in the distance.
Each day, more
devotees swelled the Shade’s ranks. Shadow portals transported them from
cities, from fields and mountains—from anywhere—to this forsaken desert.
Nameless warriors pooled beneath a red plateau that towered in the twilight,
blocking the moon.
An army of the
lost, Crash thought. Their burning pyres beckoned to him like lighthouses on a
foreign shore. But he had left those fires behind, walking miles into the flat
desert to sit among the sand.
The Shade’s
encampment might be in the Desert of Ester, but he wasn’t sure. His sense of
certainty had fled long ago. He wondered at this unprecedented gathering. He
wondered at the royal city’s evacuation, so close to winter solstice night.
He watched the
fires glint against the darkness. He watched, and sat, and pondered. At first,
Cerastes’ army had puzzled him. He didn’t know why a Grandmaster, typically a
solitary figure concerned with martial discipline and meditation, would want to
gather so many numbers. But now, as Crash became more firmly entrenched in the Shade’s
activities, he knew what they were about. He had thought Cerastes meant to wage
war against the human kingdom, but he was wrong.
Cerastes wanted
the Hive.
Crash had
realized the Grandmaster’s ambition when the assassin Cobra had issued his last
dying words. It had all become suddenly, perfectly clear. Stop him. Cobra’s
death had returned the arrow to Crash’s compass, and perhaps for the first
time, he knew true north. He knew what he had to do.
T. L. Shreffler is a noblewoman
living in the sunny acres of San Fernando Valley, California. She enjoys
frolicking through meadows, sipping iced tea, exploring the unknown reaches of
her homeland and unearthing rare artifacts in thrift stores. She holds a
Bachelors in Eloquence (English) and writes YA Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and
poetry. She has previously been published in Eclipse: A Literary Anthology and
The Northridge Review.
Website: www.tlshreffler.com
The Cat’s Eye Chronicles: www.catseyechronicles.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/catseyeauthor
Facebook: www.facebook.com/catseyechronicles
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