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Authors: K.L. Gee,Tom Wright
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“So what do you think, Kara?”
Kara was so surprised by Prince Sesto’s sudden attention, she didn’t notice that they turned too early.
“Think about what?”
“About the war,” Prince Sesto said, walking them toward an area of the city where the roofs were built so close together they almost created an archway over the street.
Kara wondered if Prince Sesto really cared what she thought, but he’d asked, so she decided to answer honestly. “I think the practice of slaughtering the slaves is unfounded and cruel.”
“But what of the code? If the Terra take something from us, we must take it from them. Retribution.”
“Better that we enact just revenge and find the men responsible and then kill them.”
“How exhausting would that be?”
“It would be exact though. The keepers say you cannot cheapen the give and take of the Master. You cannot port across a room with only a breath of air. What you take equals what is given. And what is given must equal what is taken.”
“So you believe the keepers’ philosophies?”
Kara nodded. Who didn’t? They were direct servants of the Master and the Alem people.
Prince Sesto turned to her then, stopping in the street. Kara noticed for the first time they had walked into an unfamiliar part of the city, and they were alone. She turned, looking for their escort, and thought she saw shadows.
“Sir, we’ve made a wrong turn. We were going east…”
“Kara, why didn’t your father tell anyone your mother is pregnant?”
Kara started. “What?” She looked again for the escort. “Where are the guards?” She turned back to Prince Sesto, but before she could say another word, she felt a hard blow to her head, followed by a hand around her throat.
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Blood for Blood:
The Stolen Prince
Book 1 of the
The Vengeance War
By K. L. Gee
and Tom Wright
Editors:
Megan Gadd
and Tricia Levenseller
Cover art:
Louise Rasmussen
© 2014 Moonlight Crew Publishing
Disclaimer
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
About the Authors
K. L. Gee learned to write fantasy under the tutelage of the talented Brandon Sanderson. K. L. works as a playwright and storyteller in Seattle and is pursuing an MFA in Creative writing at Lesley University.
I’m Tom Wright. Web developer by day, author… also by day. My wife, Molly, co-founded the Austin Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club, so I read SF/F pretty regularly. After several books, I can firmly say I enjoy fantasy with lots of action. I write what I enjoy, hence the popcorn fantasy.
I live in Austin, TX with my wife, her dog Bear, and my dog Zoe. Zoe is a much better dog than Bear. Molly and I play board games pretty much daily. It’s tough to name a favorite game, but it might be Battlestar Galactica. We also play Ultimate once a week (and when we play league games, I make sure to sign up opposite of Molly’s team, to keep things fun).
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Thanks
Big thanks to the several people who combed over this book for errors. Any remaining errors in the book are my own.
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