Bøger af C C Mitchell

Life debts, visions, a stone prison, and falling leaves...Nika is gone. She walked into North Manor, into the claws of Sars Rafas, to trade her life for Ecco's. The prince returns to the palace in one piece, but not unscathed. He is locked in his chambers to heal from the wounds Rafas inflicted that could have killed him, and as punishment for defying the king's orders. Ecco's mistakes plague his mind but his feelings of uselessness tear him apart.Ecco is haunted by Nika's absence. He hears her voice and sees her face in place of what is real. She invades his dreams, enticing him to find her, to set her free. His abilities allow him to seek out her mind from a distance, but he cannot find her. Ecco enlists the help of his sister, Rani, to devise a plan that may give them a chance to retrieve Nika from Rafas. First, they have to convince their father, the king, to help.Meanwhile, Kol is torn between following orders and duty to his family. He is perched on a rock outcropping just outside the grounds of North Manor with Garett and Vernier while Ecco's twenty-first birthday celebration approaches. Kol would give anything to be there for his brother, but the three young men have been ordered to watch the manor day and night, not to return to the palace until summoned. Will they be able to follow the king's orders, and what might they see from their lookout above the manor?

Lyukian blood, Essence, balance, and sacrifices...Nika is not yet free. She must pay the debt owed for the king's murder. One last journey to North Manor will mean the end of Sars Rafas or the beginning of a battle that will last a lifetime. Nika must face the madman once more, but this time she is not alone. Ecco and Garret have a plan to outsmart the delusional Lord of the Northern Reach, but what if their plan fails?An army is on the move, sweeping across the Kingdom from the east. Rafas roused the Empire of Muirsid, but they have a purpose of their own and will not stop until the Lucan bloodline is conquered. Muirsid has their own secret weapon that even the Lyukians have no power against. Nika and the young royals will have to look for help in the most unlikely of places if they hope to save the Kingdom.

Slavers, witches, Kingdom guards, and a wild beast...Nika's memory has returned, but her body is broken. After a traumatic event inside the palace, she escapes to ensure the safety of her newly made friends and for the sake of her own freedom. She struggles to evade those who hunt her, traveling alone through dangerous parts of the Kingdom, but also finds help in unlikely places.Her goal is to leave the Kingdom entirely by way of the port city in the west, but her path is twisted to the north by the king's guards and mercenaries hired to capture her. She hears a rumor about strange sightings near the impassable mountains of the north. Desperate to know if she is the only one of her kind, Nika finds a way through the mountains to discover if the rumors are true. Just when all the questions she ever had are starting to be answered, one of her friends is abducted. His life hangs by a thread and she must make a choice that will change her own life forever once again.