Diamond Splinters

“Kari is a total feminist badass. The series is YA for a fun, independent brainy chick.”
Carmen Joy King


Prep school senior Kari Marriner has a heart-wrenching choice to make: rescue her mother or prevent aliens destroying the Earth.

Having faced down mythical beasts and trans-dimensional villains, Kari has finally unraveled the mystery of the cult-like Temple of Truth and found the diamond sphere that can free her mother from the evil clutches of the Thoth high priests. But to find out how to use the sphere, Kari must team up with the one person she can never trust: Aranara, the treacherous sister of her missing soulmate Noon.

When a submarine trip to the bottom of the Hudson River ends in death and disaster, Kari is scarred, both emotionally and physically. She wants to run and hide but digs deep and finds new sources of inner strength. As the storm of the century hits New York, a child’s life hangs in the balance and Kari gambles everything in a final confrontation with the genocidal Thoth.

Diamond Splinters is the thrilling conclusion to JB Dutton’s EMBODIED trilogy. The first installment, Silent Symmetry, was published in 2013 and reached the #1 spot on Amazon’s free Kindle ebook Futuristic & Sci-Fi Romance chart. The sequel, Starley’s Rust, was released to critical acclaim in 2015.


Goodreads raves for the Embodied trilogy #1, Silent Symmetry

“...so hard to put down” 5-star review

“The concept is unique, interesting, gripping” 5-star review

“...a bizarre and scary world” 5-star review

“Kari's adventure was thrilling!” 4-star review

“It's unique (never read anything like it before)” 5-star review

“...filled with mystery and danger” 5-star review

“...can't wait for the sequel.” 5-star review

“Who doesn't love hot aliens?” 5-star review