Sins of the Zodiac

Book catalog

11 May

Written By Anzhelika Li

You haven’t met tainted souls like these before or enemies that hate each other as deeply as these characters do.

1. NEVER KEEP by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

SYNOPSIS

The dragons are lost. The elements are at war. Enlisting isn’t optional. And I’m falling for a man who wants me dead.

I’m a wielder of hearts and summoner of corruption. Heir to nothing and born to a fool in the wrong damn month. But I’m also one of only two Fae in this divided land of hellions who might be starting to see through the lies we’ve swallowed for so long.

In the year we turn twenty-one, conscripts from across the warring nations of air, fire, earth and water are sent to Never Keep—the only place in our besieged continent where our magic can be Awakened. But something is wrong inside Never Keep. Something which might extend far beyond the reaches of this desolate fortress. Within the gothic walls of this frigid castle in the snow, we’re left to hold our own against the brutal Fae from the opposing lands.

The Reapers are merciless. The Royals are lying. The Werewolves run rampant and Vampires roam the wastelands in bloodthirsty covens. But even though death lurks in every shadow of the Keep, it’s the least of my worries.

I’m delving into secrets the stars don’t want me uncovering, making alliances with Fae born to be my enemy, falling for a sinner while promising my heart to a different heathen and somewhere amid it all, I’m supposed to win a war.

I thought the only thing I had to do was survive my magical instruction. Turns out, fate doesn’t favour the wicked.

2. ECHO FORT by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

SYNOPSIS

The sky is burning. The Reapers are keeping secrets. Vampires roam the wastes. And I’m headed down a path of destruction which can only end in death.

I’m a soul cast adrift on a tide of grief and lies. A clock ticking down the moments to my inevitable destruction, and all I can do is race towards it. The nations are caught in this endless battle for supremacy and it’s hard to see myself as anything other than a pawn in the twisted games I’m helpless to control.

The Waning Lands are screaming, soaked in blood for so long that even the rivers run red with it. But those screams are whispering riddles that only some of us can hear, begging us to see the signs and listen to the meaning beneath the words we chant so obediently. What if there is something more to this war? What if winning isn’t what actually matters? What if our magic isn’t the thing that truly divides us?

My heart is hardened to the wants of the world and all who occupy it, yet still I hear them call my name. Perhaps it’s time I started listening and found out why the stars have set us this fate. Or if not the stars, then who? Something is rotting at the heart of our lands. So now I have a choice to make. Will I seek out the decay and work to destroy it? Or will I join it in its destruction of this world in vengeance for all the suffering it has offered me?

I’m starting to want things I shouldn’t want. Desire a man I should hate. Care for a warrior I should only wish to harm. The point is, I’m beginning to feel like more than just another pawn in this endless game. But if I want to be the one who rolls the dice then I’m going to have to pay the price of playing for real.

I only wanted to claim revenge for what I’d lost. Maybe Destiny isn’t done with me yet.

Echo fort by Caroline Peckham and Suzanne Valenti

3. CINDER VALE by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

SYNOPSIS

The wild is calling. The war is raging. Our leaders are lying. And I’m starting to play treason all too often in my dreams.

The land is rife with secrets which whisper to me on the wind and the destiny I had so long desired is souring now that I’ve claimed it. I want to follow the path that has been laid out for me, but with every step I take down it, my gut twists with doubts, and my heart pounds to a traitorous beat.

There is a secret in the heart of our lands. I don’t know who’s keeping it, and I don’t know what uncovering it will mean, but I find myself wanting to unveil it for all to see.

I’m torn between the life I’ve always claimed to want and the truth which is calling out for me to discover it. But if I allow myself to entertain these doubts which are rising in the corners of my mind then I may find myself a traitor to all I’ve ever been. Not that my heart minds treachery. It races for a man I should hate, thunders at the promise of his touch, pounds at the thought of his kiss.

I shouldn’t ache for him the way I do. I shouldn’t want any of the things I yearn for in the dead of the night. But my eyes still find him in every room, my mind lingers on him when we are parted, and my soul burns for him in every waking moment. He can’t be mine. I won’t be his. But perhaps fate has different designs in mind for us…

4. ORACLE BAY by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

SYNOPSIS

The stars are mocking us. The mask has fallen. Chaos reigns in the untamed lands. And I’ve lost sight of the woman I was in the face of the one I’ve decided to become.

A truth more all-consuming than we could have ever prepared for has fallen into our laps. The chains which bound us to this place have shattered. And we are faced with the threat of a new alliance or scorning it in favour of a fresh war. One which I don’t trust we could win.

Many secrets have been revealed to us at last, but the full weight of them is more than any of us can bear. Everything we have lived and died for was in payment to this lie. And vengeance now calls my name like the baying call of a bloodhound. It is a call I will answer.

We’ve come too far to back down now. I only worry what following this path to its conclusion will cost us. Because I’ve just realised that I want to claim my future after all.

It calls to me with dark eyes and a shadowed soul. I never should have let myself fall into the trap of him. But here I am in his cage with no desire to free myself from it. All hail the coming of a new dawn, for when the sun rises next, it will illuminate far more than we have ever seen before…