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HarperCollins · Ebook · January 25, 2022
A dark, epic fantasy about a girl who must rethink everything she believes after she is betrayed and hunted by the religion that raised her—from Megan Bannen, author of The Bird and the Blade.
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- Who it’s for
- A dark, epic fantasy where betrayal unsettles belief, and unlikely closeness complicates the fight to survive.
- Themes
- Religious betrayal, Survival under persecution, End-of-world threat
- Pacing
- Fast
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A dark, epic fantasy about a girl who must rethink everything she believes after she is betrayed and hunted by the religion that raised her—from Megan Bannen, author of The Bird and the Blade. Perfect for fans of The Winner’s Curse and The Girl of Fire and Thorns. Gelya is a Vessel, a girl who channels the word of the One True God through song.
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Cloistered with the other Vessels of her faith, she believes—as all Ovinists do—that a saint imprisoned Elath the Great Demon centuries ago, saving humanity from earthly temptation. When Gelya stumbles into a deadly cover-up by the Ovinists’ military, she reluctantly teams up with Tavik, an enemy soldier, to survive. Tavik believes that Elath is actually a mother goddess who must be set free, but while he succeeds in opening Her prison, he inadvertently turns Gelya into Elath’s unwilling human vessel. Now the church that raised Gelya considers her a threat. In a race against the clock, she and Tavik must find a way to exorcise Elath’s presence from her body. But will this release stop the countdown to the end of the world, or will it be the cause of the earth’s destruction? And as Tavik and Gelya grow closer, another question lingers between them: What will become of Gelya?
Faith Under Pressure
A dark, epic fantasy where betrayal unsettles belief, and unlikely closeness complicates the fight to survive.
Come here for
- Religious worldviews tested by a dangerous betrayal
- Fantasy peril with a thread of growing closeness
Expect
- A heroine forced to rethink the faith that raised her
- A tense struggle with stakes that reach beyond one life
Where it sits
| Epic YA Fantasy | 79% |
|---|---|
| Dark YA Fantasy | 65% |
| YA Fantasy Romance | 57% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Survival Stories
- Coming of Age
- Fairy Tales & Folklore for Teens
- Epic YA Fantasy
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- Historical YA Fantasy
- YA Fantasy Romance
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Historical YA - Ancient Worlds
- Authors
- Megan Bannen
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- January 25, 2022
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Religious betrayal · Survival under persecution · End-of-world threat
- Reading lane
- YA Survival Stories