If they band with her, they will face certain death. But when the war spreads its arms and lands on her borrowed doorstep, Shanti has no choice but to reveal her secrets, plunging her saviors into danger. Oblivious to the weapon they now have in their possession, they are content to harbor the mysterious woman until she is well enough to continue her journey. It seems like any other day when Sanders and his band of misfit boys find a foreign woman clinging to life in the wastelands. The problem is, she doesn't believe in her own divinity, and when she flounders, she nearly fails in the duty hanging so heavy on her shoulders. Carrying rare abilities and an uncanny fighting aptitude, Shanti is the only hope of salvation for her people. Since she helped her people defeat a raiding party by using a special power, she's been a hunted woman. Shanti has grown up under the constant threat of war. It is said that when war threatens the world, one individual will be selected by prophecy to lead the Shadow Warriors out of the Land of Mist and reclaim the freedom which has been stolen.
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She falls in love, talks shit in her head but never tells him. The author's way of writing was pretty good, I enjoyed her writing but not her story. It lacked everything, story and plot included. I dont know why I went with the flow and got into the obviously exaggerated hype about this book. It was frustrating, SO FUCKING DRAGGED and had no story and it was a waste of my time. I can totally imagine Jesse barking this as he reads all my reviews and my cuss words! hehehe What the fuck did I just read and waste my time on? I should take my shirt off and confirm what she’s thinking.Ī little something in Jesse's pov. It has only 3 things, controlling guy (not in a hot way), Crazy girl (in the literal way) and sex (without any chemistry) If you need a story to relate to the book, this isn't your cup of tea because the book doesn't have one. 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