Books with title A Warrior's Legacy: Orestes

Orestes has a secret that he wishes he could hide even from himself. To everyone else at Warrior Peak, Orestes is the model military student--top of his fighting class and son of a powerful division leader. But Orestes knows better. He knows he is from a land far from Warrior Peak, and he knows that the only reason he can swing a sword well is due to his brutal upbringing among the sinister Morroks, who build up their army by kidnapping the children of other races. But when the Morroks start attacking Warrior Peak and its colonies, Orestes has to make a choice. Does he stay quiet even when his past may unlock the secret to defeating the Morroks? Or does he risk alienating those around him--including the woman he loves--by revealing his shameful origins? Orestes's choice may be taken from him, however, as the Morroks begin sending him messages--often written in the blood of others--reminding him that he might not be as far out of their reach as he'd like to think.

Orestes has a secret that he wishes he could hide even from himself. To everyone else at Warrior Peak, Orestes is the model military student--top of his fighting class and son of a powerful division leader. But Orestes knows better. He knows he is from a land far from Warrior Peak, and he knows that the only reason he can swing a sword well is due to his brutal upbringing among the sinister Morroks, who build up their army by kidnapping the children of other races. But when the Morroks start attacking Warrior Peak and its colonies, Orestes has to make a choice. Does he stay quiet even when his past may unlock the secret to defeating the Morroks? Or does he risk alienating those around him--including the woman he loves--by revealing his shameful origins? Orestes's choice may be taken from him, however, as the Morroks begin sending him messages--often written in the blood of others--reminding him that he might not be as far out of their reach as he'd like to think.

Orestes has a secret that he wishes he could hide even from himself. To everyone else at Warrior Peak, Orestes is the model military student--top of his fighting class and son of a powerful division leader. But Orestes knows better. He knows he is from a land far from Warrior Peak, and he knows that the only reason he can swing a sword well is due to his brutal upbringing among the sinister Morroks, who build up their army by kidnapping the children of other races. But when the Morroks start attacking Warrior Peak and its colonies, Orestes has to make a choice. Does he stay quiet even when his past may unlock the secret to defeating the Morroks? Or does he risk alienating those around him--including the woman he loves--by revealing his shameful origins? Orestes's choice may be taken from him, however, as the Morroks begin sending him messages--often written in the blood of others--reminding him that he might not be as far out of their reach as he'd like to think.

It is the eve of Jamie’s serum tournament—the event that will transform her into a formidable, seven-foot-tall, super-Human Morrok. Jamie and her brother have been raised and trained since infancy to lead the Morroks, and they have the fighting skills, practice in deception, and capacity for malice to do it. The only problem? Jamie doesn’t want to take the serum. Although Jamie is resigned to her fate, the sudden appearance of someone from her past opens up a world of possibilities Jamie never would’ve dreamed existed. Jamie knows that choosing anything outside the Morroks will mean death or a life on the run, leaving her brother to fend for himself among jealous Morrok leaders who would sooner cut his throat than follow him. As pressure ramps up from all sides, Jamie must choose: Leave the only life she’s known for the possibility of love, friendship, and even budding romance? Or save her brother and become perhaps the most powerful Morrok the world has ever seen?

Although the Morroks surpass Humans in both size and strength, for generations they have skulked in deserts and moved among Humans only in secret. They train their children with brutal thoroughness and psychological torment, teaching them both to isolate themselves and to kill without thought. Orestes is one such Human trainee for the first five years of his life. But after he is rescued from the Morrok Facility, Orestes grows up in Warrior Peak, a militaristic society that hasn't been to war in three generations and is reluctant to do so even as the Morroks begin to show themselves in the desert just miles from their home. Even in the midst of impending war, Orestes wrestles with the Morroks' hold over his mind and heart as he struggles to fight without malignity, to lead without tyranny, and to love without inhibition. The Morroks, however, are not as quick to relinquish their hold on Orestes, and the reminders of their training, often written in the blood of others, threaten to ruin him before he can lead the Humans in their last stand to defend the land against the Morroks. http://www.awarriorslegacy.com

Michaela Calynda Scott: WarriorShe doesn’t look the part. She’s petite and pretty and prone to tears.But Kayla could barely remember a time when she wasn’t doing battle.The experiences of her childhood might not have caused the disorder that invaded her brain at adolescence, but the two combined to lead her into some very bad decisions. Those decisions, in turn, set off a chain of events that left her orphaned and pregnant at 17.Now she’s a single young mother making her first tentative steps into adulthood, struggling to find real and solid ground under the shifting realities of her own brain. It wouldn’t be possible without the love and support of her remaining family. Building a life near them is the best possible choice she could make for herself and her son. But that means staying in the small town where the barely hidden secrets of her past may rise up, at any moment, to bury her in shame.A year ago, a mysterious legacy had been passed to Kayla and her aunt and her cousins. Along with the legacy came the knowledge that her illness was part and parcel of the mantle of magic that settled around Kayla’s shoulders. It had been hers for centuries.The legacy foretold a challenge ahead, the full nature of which was yet unknown. The message to Kayla, however, was quite clear: the fate of her loved ones—the destinies, even, of their spirits—would depend on her willingness to face down her fears and find the pulse of power that beat at the heart of her weakness.

It is the eve of Jamie’s serum tournament—the event that will transform her into a formidable, seven-foot-tall, super-Human Morrok. Jamie and her brother have been raised and trained since infancy to lead the Morroks, and they have the fighting skills, practice in deception, and capacity for malice to do it. The only problem? Jamie doesn’t want to take the serum. Although Jamie is resigned to her fate, the sudden appearance of someone from her past opens up a world of possibilities Jamie never would’ve dreamed existed. Jamie knows that choosing anything outside the Morroks will mean death or a life on the run, leaving her brother to fend for himself among jealous Morrok leaders who would sooner cut his throat than follow him. As pressure ramps up from all sides, Jamie must choose: Leave the only life she’s known for the possibility of love, friendship, and even budding romance? Or save her brother and become perhaps the most powerful Morrok the world has ever seen?

Michaela Calynda Scott: Warrior She doesn’t look the part. She’s petite and pretty and prone to tears. But Kayla could barely remember a time when she wasn’t doing battle. The experiences of her childhood might not have caused the disorder that invaded her brain at adolescence, but the two combined to lead her into some very bad decisions. Those decisions, in turn, set off a chain of events that left her orphaned and pregnant at 17. Now she’s a single young mother making her first tentative steps into adulthood, struggling to find real and solid ground under the shifting realities of her own brain. It wouldn’t be possible without the love and support of her remaining family. Building a life near them is the best possible choice she could make for herself and her son. But that means staying in the small town where the barely hidden secrets of her past may rise up, at any moment, to bury her in shame. A year ago, a mysterious legacy had been passed to Kayla and her aunt and her cousins. Along with the legacy came the knowledge that her illness was part and parcel of the mantle of magic that settled around Kayla’s shoulders. It had been hers for centuries. The legacy foretold a challenge ahead, the full nature of which was yet unknown. The message to Kayla, however, was quite clear: the fate of her loved ones—the destinies, even, of their spirits—would depend on her willingness to face down her fears and find the pulse of power that beat at the heart of her weakness.