Locked away, those feelings could not touch her. Another deep breath calmed the shaking of her hands, and she pushed her emotions into a far compartment in her mind. Ī knock at the door startled her out of her mantra, and she straightened up. I do not serve my own will but that of my country. I am its tool and will gladly lay down my life to further this nation’s glory. She repeated the soldier’s creed over and over in her head, using the familiar words to steady herself: I am a soldier of the Republic. With a deep breath, she leaned her cheek against the living room mirror, closing her eyes and taking comfort in the way the glass cooled her skin. Today, she was walking toward death, and that scared the hell out of her. And when the fight was done, you could just walk away.īut today? There was no walking away.
The kills were just mission objectives, and the people weren’t really people at all.
It really wasn’t a problem.ĭeath was clean on the battlefield, and there was no reason to dwell on what it meant. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. As their investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers greater than they can imagine are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the world in which humans are merely game pieces on their board. When Justin and Mae are assigned to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders, they soon realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger. Raised in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the military’s most elite and terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced reflexes and skills. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA).
In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. The first installment of Richelle Mead’s Age of X series has all the elements that have made her bestselling Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series such megasuccesses: sexy, irresistible characters romantic and mythological intrigue and relentless action and suspense. Richelle Mead, the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodlines YA series-whose books have sold more than one million copies in hardcover-delivers the first novel in her new series, Gameboard of the Gods.
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