Books with title A Shard of Amber Light

For fans of "The Gender Game" and "Divergent." Enter a world ruled by blood, sacrifice, and slavery.South Dakota, once a part of the United States, is now ruled by warlords. Cienna, a berserker, escapes her ‘master’ Xiao-Chin after years of faithful service, on a bloody battlefield. But she knows Xiao-Chin will not let go easily. With a child, she's desperate to protect, and a man as close as a brother Cienna chases after freedom, and into the arms of The Nation, the semi-nomadic, thriving descendants of the first people. With them, she finds a burgeoning home until it is ripped away by the shadows of her past. Now the choice to look for answers may be no choice at all, and the answers they find may destroy Cienna and her future. In a world ruled by chaos and blood, hope may yet take flight.

At the beginning of the universe, there was a fight. A fight to end all fights! It was between the goddess of light, Skyla, and the lord of darkness, Travier. This fight was never finished, and it was decided that instead of the two harvesters of the core elements of the universe fighting, it should be two chosen life-forms down on the trillions of planets in the newly-formed universe fighting instead. Many years later, a man created a robot named "SR" to protect his city. SR then becomes what he believes to be a true savior for the people of his small town...but he soon learns not all can be as wonderful as everyone makes things seem. Trying to now dodge violence SR is suddenly roped into the war between the dark forces and the light forces, but all that he wishes is that he truly wasn't."Shards of Light" explores SR's battle against an eon-long argument between two gods, and how he tries to dodge the inevitable. The end of the universe itself. Struggles between friends, foes, and all in between are faced by SR as he searches to find answers, and just stop the fighting that has plagued his universe for centuries. Can he do it, can he really be the one to end it all? Well, there's only one way to find out...

Ice crystalizes around Shilo’s heart, threatening to plunge her into darkness as she’s gripped by evil. And it is only Week Two of her summer-long exile to Sicily. But Shilo will face the evil, and the torment of missing Kenji, because the reason she crossed an ocean is worth that and more. Nonna Marie, her great-grandmother. The one who set their family tree on fire. Years ago, she received The Gift – a miraculous, divine power to heal. The same power bestowed upon Shilo just before her seventeenth birthday. Becoming a Healer has already led to danger and heartache, but it is nothing compared to what lies ahead. High on Mt. Etna, in a centuries-old convent, Shilo will discover the horrors of human trafficking, heroic feats propelled by courage and faith, and the unbearable pain of another loss.On a ballet stage halfway around the world, Melody grand jetés into a life-changing moment. But after years of strenuous preparation, something goes terribly wrong. When she regains consciousness, her ballet dreams lie shattered, piercing Melody with shards of hopelessness. What is life without ballet? And how will she survive this ordeal without Shilo? As Melody struggles to piece together the fragments of her broken life, she reflects on the Nigerian-Russian parents she never knew, and a pair of hauntingly familiar ebony eyes.

Ice crystalizes around Shilo’s heart, threatening to plunge her into darkness as she’s gripped by evil. And it is only Week Two of her summer-long exile to Sicily. But Shilo will face the evil, and the torment of missing Kenji, because the reason she crossed an ocean is worth that and more. Nonna Marie, her great-grandmother. The one who set their family tree on fire. Years ago, she received The Gift – a miraculous, divine power to heal. The same power bestowed upon Shilo just before her seventeenth birthday. Becoming a Healer has already led to danger and heartache, but it is nothing compared to what lies ahead. High on Mt. Etna, in a centuries-old convent, Shilo will discover the horrors of human trafficking, heroic feats propelled by courage and faith, and the unbearable pain of another loss.On a ballet stage halfway around the world, Melody grand jetés into a life-changing moment. But after years of strenuous preparation, something goes terribly wrong. When she regains consciousness, her ballet dreams lie shattered, piercing Melody with shards of hopelessness. What is life without ballet? And how will she survive this ordeal without Shilo? As Melody struggles to piece together the fragments of her broken life, she reflects on the Nigerian-Russian parents she never knew, and a pair of hauntingly familiar ebony eyes. ​