Joined
Joined, #1
Joined, #1
by Mara Gan
Publication date: September 12th 2017
Published by: Inkspell Publishing
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publication date: September 12th 2017
Published by: Inkspell Publishing
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Duty and prophecy get in the way of everything.
BLURB
All I ever wanted to do was read
my books, play my sports, and help people. Life and prophecy had other things
in mind.
Helping people is what I do; as
an empath and semi-frequent telepath, I can easily sense and understand
people’s needs and emotions. Sometimes even before they do. Being able to read
everyone’s thoughts and feelings all the time can drive me crazy with anxiety,
but that moment when I can finally make someone’s life better makes everything
worth it.
Unfortunately, I’m also the next
in line to rule the galaxy, I’m the only diplomat most planets will listen to,
assassins try to kill me on an annoyingly regular basis, and a much-vaunted
Prophecy has decreed that I’m going to die. Oh, and someone blew up my home
planet.
Kind of a lot to deal with,
right?
Too bad I just got another
problem: a big, irritating, overbearing bodyguard with serious anger management
issues.
And I think I’m falling for him.
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EXCERPT:
“Great,
Clee,” I said. “Job’s all yours. I’m going to bed.”
Kenzi
covered a snicker as Synie rolled her eyes. “Princess, you know the Yurilians
will only talk to you.”
I
leaned back in my chair and stretched my neck. “Yeah, yeah.”
Kenzi
tilted his head at Synie. “Why will they only talk to the princess?”
Synie
shifted uncomfortably. “King Cepheus was….” She paused, searching for the right
word.
“A
jerk,” Clee supplied unhelpfully.
“Clee!”
Synie barked. “That’s practically treason.”
Clee
shrugged. “Yep. But I already told him that to his face. He agreed with me.”
Cepheus
had a weak spot for Clee, as did we all; her tendency to tell the truth and
lighten the mood at the same time was curiously refreshing. And she was right:
Cepheus was a terrible diplomat.
With
another reproachful glare at Clee, who was no longer paying attention, Synie
continued, “King Cepheus was less than sympathetic toward their grain dispute
with us. Andromeda smoothed things over and managed to talk them down from
outright war.”
Kenzi’s
eyes bugged. “They were going to declare war on us, just for some grain?”
“Food
is a common reason people go to war,” I said. “Or, rather, lack of it. When
people starve, they feel they have nothing left to lose.” Perseus’s words came
back to me: people who have nothing to lose, fear nothing.
That
was true on a global scale as well as a personal one, I supposed.
Kenzi’s
dark eyes turned to me and he gave me an awed smile. I really hated being an
object of awe. I liked doing my job—a lot—and I loved helping people, but at
heart, I was an introvert who wanted as little attention as possible.
Just
my luck, I got the most high-profile job in the galaxy.
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Author Info
A Pacific Northwesterner by birth
and disposition, Mara has lived in Washington DC, Oregon, Japan, and most
recently the beautiful Pacific Grove, California, before returning to her roots
in Seattle. By day she teaches history to unsuspecting teenagers, and by night
she writes books and travels to far-flung places. She loves to be with animals,
read, play sports, and drink more London Fogs than is likely good for her.
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