Ward Against Disaster (Chronicles of a Reluctant Necromancer #3)
Author: Melanie Card
Release Date: January 19, 2014
Publisher: Entangled Teen
276 pages
Summary from Goodreads:
Ward de'Ath should be dead by now. Instead, he’s chasing after a soul-eating creature—that he unleashed— and is bent on stopping her before she slaughters more innocents. Fortunately, Celia Carlyle remains by his side, a nobleman's gorgeous and deadly daughter, who is…well, dead.
Celia claims she’ll champion Ward wherever he goes, even when she thinks his quest is hopeless. He can only hope her pledge comes from her heart, and not because she’s bound to him through his magic.
When they enter Dulthyne, they stumble upon a dark power that threatens the entire town. Ward, with his unreliable necromancy, is determined to help but finds himself ensnared in the lure of white-hot magic…blood magic he struggles to resist. But if Celia’s love is a lie, it might just doom his soul to the dark arts forever.
Ward’s insides squirmed. “We can’t sit here long. She’s a vesperitti,
all her senses are enhanced. If she hasn’t smelled our sweat, she’s
listening to us talk right now.” She’d probably already heard them
approach and could hear his heart trying to pound its way out of his
chest.
Celia drew the silver knife—the only thing that
could kill a vesperitti—from her dagger’s sheath at her hip. “We need to
get her into sunlight to blind her. Get your silver ready.”
Nazarius drew his silver knife and stood.
Celia
glanced at Ward, freezing him with her pale blue gaze. A hint of
emotion swept through her expression but, like it had been since they’d
started hunting Allette four days ago, he couldn’t figure out what it
meant. “Stay here.”
Right. It meant he was a liability in
a fight. And really, going up against a creature faster and stronger
than a man, he was, without a doubt, a liability.
He
opened his mouth to say something. Agree, disagree, wish her to stay
safe? He didn’t know what, but she leapt away and dashed across the
small clearing to the farmhouse’s front door before he could say
anything.
Nazarius was a step behind her. She reached the
door, threw it open, and Nazarius rushed inside, but he jerked back
into the doorway, blocking Celia from entering.
Something was wrong.
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I have always been drawn to story telling. In fact, I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t telling a story in my head or on paper. In grade school, we had journal writing time which I turned into story telling time, weaving tales of magic and adventure that mimicked the fairy tales and myths that I loved to read. It was there, with the help of two very special teachers, that I nurtured this love and started my journey as a writer.I write fantasy, paranormal romance, and everything in between, seasoned with a good dash of adventure and mystery. Join me on my tales of magic, adventure, and romance.
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