Ray Lilly, reluctant hero of Harry Connolly’s novels Child of Fire, Game of Cages, and Circle of Enemies—on sale 8/30—has come a long way since he stumbled into awareness of the deadly, otherworldly predators and the Twenty Palaces society, which exists to combat them. Annalise is a peer of the society, which means she controls the arcane magic and has the iron will necessary not just to erase predators from the Earth, but also any innocent bystanders who might get in the way. Ray, just learning to use the elementary forms of magic, is torn between understanding the need to destroy the predators and his innate distaste for the society’s methods.
In this excerpt from Twenty Palaces, the series prequel novel (not yet published), Ray meets Annalise for the first time. Their relationship begins with desperate action and searing magic, and continues in very much the same vein through the sequel novels. If you haven’t discovered this series, give this a read—and for a limited time you can buy the eBook version of Child of Fire at a promotional cost of only 99 cents.
Click HERE to read the excerpt.
