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[the-uprising-series]

Man. I love sleeping, though.

I love not thinking anything. Or feeling anything, or knowing anything. Just being off.

It's so nice.

It's why I'm not afraid of death.

[the-uprising-series]

“We’re both creatures of our gods,” she said in a lover’s whisper. She ran his hand along her waist, up to her breast. “Death and Fire. Forces to be reckoned with. Both tools of mercy and hatred.” She placed a hand over his rapidly beating heart. By her grin, he knew she felt it. “There’s a dark power in you, Erik Martin, but you hide behind your mortality.”

-High Priestess Vesta, The Uprising

[the-uprising-series]

“We’re both creatures of our gods,” she said in a lover’s whisper. She ran his hand along her waist, up to her breast. “Death and Fire. Forces to be reckoned with. Both tools of mercy and hatred.” She placed a hand over his rapidly beating heart. By her grin, he knew she felt it. “There’s a dark power in you, Erik Martin, but you hide behind your mortality.”

-High Priestess Vesta, The Uprising

[the-uprising-series]

Enslaved to a cruel master since childhood, Erik Martin is a master assassin who has earned a respected and feared place amongst his lord's court. By day, he serves as the High Lord’s eyes and ears and by night, he kills those who threaten his reign.

When a mysterious High Priestess arrives at court, she offers him a chance at freedom. Erik must choose between the life he has built for himself or a life hiding from a master who will never stop hunting him.