Sacrifice (Serpentine
#2) by Cindy Pon
Publication Date:
September 27, 2016
Publisher:
Month9Books
Sacrifice,
the sequel to Serpentine, plunges Skybright into the terrifying underworld
where demons are bred and whisks her up to the magnificent Mountain of Heavenly
Peace where the gods dwell.
Stone
is stripped of his immortal status and told to close hell's breach, which
mysteriously remains open, threatening mortals.
Zhen
Ni, Skybright's former mistress and friend, has been wed to the strange and
brutish Master Bei, and finds herself trapped in an opulent but empty manor.
When she discovers half-eaten corpses beneath the estate, she realizes that
Master Bei is not all that he seems.
As
Skybright works to free Zhen Ni with the aid of Kai Sen and Stone, they begin
to understand that what is at risk is more far-reaching then they could ever
have fathomed.
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An Excerpt From Sacrifice:
Stone pulled her into his arms then. Surprised, she
resisted, before submitting to his embrace. He had never overstepped boundaries
since taking her captive, and she knew when he did touch her on rare occasion,
it was for a reason. His armor made no noise when he moved, and when she
pressed both hands to his chest, she felt a tunic beneath her fingers. Soft and
worn.
The
immortal was truly never as he appeared.
“You will
see,” Stone said as he tightened his arms around Skybright’s waist, clasping
her close like a lover.
It was
unexpected, both thrilling and terrifying; his usual warmth felt uncomfortably
hot against her skin.
Then Stone
leaped off the cliff edge.
A
strangled scream tore from Skybright’s throat, but the sudden rush of air
snatched it away in an instant, and she couldn’t draw enough breath to even
gasp as they plummeted toward the lake far below.
OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES
SERPENTINE
is a sweeping fantasy set in the ancient Kingdom of Xia and inspired by the
rich history of Chinese mythology.
Lush with details from Chinese folklore, SERPENTINE tells the coming of age story of Skybright, a young girl who worries about her growing otherness. As she turns sixteen, Skybright notices troubling changes. By day, she is a companion and handmaid to the youngest daughter of a very wealthy family. But nighttime brings with it a darkness that not even daybreak can quell.
When her plight can no longer be denied, Skybright learns that despite a dark destiny, she must struggle to retain her sense of self – even as she falls in love for the first time.
Lush with details from Chinese folklore, SERPENTINE tells the coming of age story of Skybright, a young girl who worries about her growing otherness. As she turns sixteen, Skybright notices troubling changes. By day, she is a companion and handmaid to the youngest daughter of a very wealthy family. But nighttime brings with it a darkness that not even daybreak can quell.
When her plight can no longer be denied, Skybright learns that despite a dark destiny, she must struggle to retain her sense of self – even as she falls in love for the first time.
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Cindy
Pon is the author of Silver Phoenix (Greenwillow, 2009), which was named one of
the Top Ten Fantasy and Science Fiction Books for Youth by the American Library
Association’s Booklist, and one of 2009′s best Fantasy, Science Fiction and
Horror by VOYA. Her most recent novel, Serpentine (Month9Books, 2015), is a
Junior Library Guild Selection and received starred reviews from School Library
Journal and VOYA. The sequel, Sacrifice, releases this September. WANT, a
near-future thriller set in Taipei, will be published by Simon Pulse in summer
2017. She is the co-founder of Diversity in YA with Malinda Lo and on the
advisory board of We Need Diverse Books. Cindy is also a Chinese brush painting
student of over a decade. Learn more about her books and art at http://cindypon.com.
Giveaway Information: Contest ends October 14, 2016
·
One (1) winner will receive a scrabble tile book cover charm (US ONLY)
·
Five (5) winners will receive a digital copy of Serpentine and Sacrifice
by Cindy Pon (INT)
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