In Book 2 of the Immortal Game trilogy, Edie must learn the rules of the game . . . and then play better than anyone else.
Title: Public Enemies
Series: Immortal Game #2
Author: Ann Aguirre
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan
Release Date: 4th August 2015
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Through a Faustian
bargain, Edie Kramer has been pulled into the dangerous world of the Immortal
Game, where belief makes your nightmares real. Hungry for sport,
fears-made-flesh are always raising the stakes. To them, human lives are less
than nothing, just pieces on a board.
Because of her boyfriend Kian's sacrifice, she's operating under the mysterious Harbinger's aegis, but his patronage could prove as fatal as the opposition. Raw from deepest loss, she's terrified over the deal Kian made for her. Though her very public enemies keep sending foot soldiers--mercenary monsters committed to her destruction--she's not the one playing under a doom clock. Kian has six months...unless Edie can save him. And this is a game she can't bear to lose.
Because of her boyfriend Kian's sacrifice, she's operating under the mysterious Harbinger's aegis, but his patronage could prove as fatal as the opposition. Raw from deepest loss, she's terrified over the deal Kian made for her. Though her very public enemies keep sending foot soldiers--mercenary monsters committed to her destruction--she's not the one playing under a doom clock. Kian has six months...unless Edie can save him. And this is a game she can't bear to lose.
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“Better?” he asked.
“A little. How long have we been here?”
“I’m not sure. But probably
not as long as you think.”
“More of the Harbinger’s
tricks?” I tugged at my clothes, only to notice that they’d shifted back at
some point. So… was I wrong before? Am
I wearing the same dress? The
constant unreality might wreck my brain.
“Mostly. I think.”
The Harbinger stopped his
bizarre frolicking to clap his hands, and the sound rang out like thunder, much
louder than anyone else could achieve with two palms. “We have one final
diversion before the feast is ended. Shall I show you?”
Like before, the mob
practically destroyed the ballroom with enthusiasm. By then, numbness had taken
over; I could only exist in a state of abject terror for so long. Along with
everyone else, I watched as two giant amorphous moth-beasts dragged someone up
onto the dais. At first glance, I thought it was a girl but when the person
rolled over, I realized it was a boy, probably fourteen or so, and small for
his age. Definitely human, unless this was the best illusion ever. His terror
was palpable, and it made the immortals nearby stir with avid anticipation.
“Delicious,” something
with sharp teeth hissed.
The boy came up onto his
knees, resting delicate hands on the floor before him in a posture of defeat so
abject that I took a step forward. Bruises ringed his throat and his wrists,
and what he had on could barely be called clothes; the shirt was torn in three
places and the pants had frayed until they hit his knees, revealing filthy
calves and feet that were sliced up as if he was routinely forced to walk across
broken glass. On his right hand, two of the fingers were bent at unnatural
angles, either broken now, or they had been, then they healed badly afterward.
“Kian…” I whispered. “I don’t
like where this is going.”
“This one has a most
impressive survival instinct,” the Harbinger said, indicating the cowering boy
with a flourish. “He’s been my favorite pet for some time. But his luck might
run out today. Shall we find out?”
The audience rumbled in
agreement, and the room changed. I had no explanation for it, but suddenly it
seemed as if we’d moved from the ballroom entirely. We were standing outside an
arena now with a blood-stained pit below. Bones littered the floor of it, along
with broken weapons. Snarls came from the sublevel, enough to chill my blood.
“Time for a bit of fun,” the
Harbinger said.
Before I knew what I planned
to do, I broke away from Kian. He reached for me but I wasn’t stopping. I’d
been passive for too long, waiting and hoping that things would get better. It
was time for me to fight, even if I didn’t know how. Yeah, there might be
fallout, but the Harbinger had to protect me, right? Even if I interfered
with his grisly show.
Scared didn’t cover how I felt
just then. This is a death match, a gladiator fight,
and you’ve never even played Mortal Kombat. You don’t know shit about knives or
swords or whatever. You’re probably going to lose. Horribly.
But I wouldn’t be able to live with
myself if I stood by and watched.
When I climbed up on the stage, the
Harbinger was a statue, lightning eyes flashing astonishment and displeasure.
But he held still and waited for me to play my card. Maybe Dwyer was right, and
I’d end up broken if I participated in their game. I only knew that I was sick
and tired of being moved on the board.
Not read Book One yet? Check it out below
Title: Mortal Danger
Series: Immortal Game
Author: Ann Aguirre
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Release Date: 4th August 2015
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Revenge is a dish best
served cold.
Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn't imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She's not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he's impossible to forget.
In one short summer, her entire life changes, and she sweeps through Blackbriar, prepped to take the beautiful people down from the inside. A whisper here, a look there, and suddenly... bad things are happening. It's a heady rush, seeing her tormentors get what they deserve, but things that seem too good to be true usually are, and soon, the pranks and payback turns from delicious to deadly. Edie is alone in a world teeming with secrets and fiends lurking in the shadows. In this murky morass of devil's bargains, she isn't sure who—or what--she can trust. Not even her own mind.
Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn't imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She's not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he's impossible to forget.
In one short summer, her entire life changes, and she sweeps through Blackbriar, prepped to take the beautiful people down from the inside. A whisper here, a look there, and suddenly... bad things are happening. It's a heady rush, seeing her tormentors get what they deserve, but things that seem too good to be true usually are, and soon, the pranks and payback turns from delicious to deadly. Edie is alone in a world teeming with secrets and fiends lurking in the shadows. In this murky morass of devil's bargains, she isn't sure who—or what--she can trust. Not even her own mind.
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(though I cannot find a cover image for it) is. .
Title: The Girl in the Gray Sweatshirt
Series: Immortal Game 0.5
Author: Ann Aguirre
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Release Date: 14th August 2014
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Before their deal – the one they strike in Mortal Danger – Kian and Edie are connected. But Edie doesn’t know that. She’s a girl in a gray sweatshirt, a girl who believes no one notices her, and no one cares. But Kian does. He just can’t show her how much. Yet.
And Coming 2nd August 2016 it's. . . Infinite Risk, Immortal Game Bk#3
keep an eye out for more details here on Goodreads
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ann Aguirre is a New York Times & USA
Today bestselling author and RITA winner with a degree in English
Literature; before she began writing full time, she was a clown, a clerk, a
voice actress, and a savior of stray kittens, not necessarily in that order.
She grew up in a yellow house across from a cornfield, but now she lives in
sunny Mexico with her husband, children, and various pets. Ann likes books, emo
music, action movies, and she writes all kinds of genre fiction for adults and
teens, published with Harlequin, Macmillan, and Penguin, among others.
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