To the aquatic people of Zivea, the only thing worse than a coward is a Weeper. Sir Vaine, newly knighted for ruthlessly slaughtering thousands, is both. She is perfectly fine with that.
The cowardice and the Weeping, anyway.
Vaine does everything she can to leave the battlefield behind, using her one royal boon to become a tutor in hopes that she’ll finally be left alone.
Despite her best efforts, she becomes a volatile toy in the hands of the dangerously alluring god-Queen and her bloodthirsrty court.
Each attempt to escape scrutiny increases it.
Even small choices provoke heavy consequences.
And every day, the galaxy becomes more dangerous for the children she’s determined to protect.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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