Catling's Bane
D. Wallace Peach
eBook
(D. Wallace Peach, March 12, 2017)
Catling â Sheâs a weapon desired by those who reign and those who rebel.In the tiered cities of Ellegeance, the elite Influencersâ Guild holds the power to manipulate emotions. Love and fear, pleasure and pain mark the extremes of their sway. But itâs the subtle blends that hook their victimsâ hearts. They hide behind oaths of loyalty and rule the world. Until Catling discovers the gift that will be her bane. She is the shield that disrupts the influencerâs sway.Born in the grim warrens beneath the city, Catling rues the rose birthmark encircling her eye. Yet, it grants her a unique ability, the means to remake a civilization. To the Guild, she an aberration, a threat, and they order her death. No longer a helpless child, Catling has other plans. As chaos shakes the foundations of order and rule, will she become the realmâs savior? Or its executioner?Welcome to a world of three moons, a sentient landscape, rivers of light, and tier cities that rise from the swamps like otherworld flowers. A planet of waterdragons, where humans are the aliens living among three-fingered natives with spotted skin. Where a half-blood converses with the fog and the goddess plans her final reckoning.In the spirit of the fantasy tradition set by Patrick Rothfuss, Karen Miller, and Glenda Larke, follow Catlingâs journey as she grows into the deadly force that shapes the future. She is the realmâs shield, an influencer, assassin, healer, mother, and avenger. And all she desires is to go home.