I received this book for free from Review Copy in exchange for an honest review. A dangerous world where she will have to fight tooth and nail to defend the power and freedom that is her birthright. She has always been different, but even among her extraordinary friends, she and Aidan are special.Īs Allie struggles to maintain her tenuous grasp on the power that threatens to overwhelm her, she worries she will lose herself in this strange new world. She struggles in ignorance, uncertain of what is real and what isn’t. He smiles and welcomes her into his circle of friends, who aren’t exactly comfortable with Allie, but they seem to get her in a way most people don’t.įinally, Allie has a real shot at normal and rides that high right up to her sixteenth birthday when she wakes in agony-an experience Aidan insists they have all faced. When an unexpected move to Kelleys Island brings Aidan McBrien crashing into her life, Allie is thrown by his reaction. She has no cause to believe that equation works differently for her, but there has to be a reason the world treats her like a pariah. Craven (P)2019 Melissa A.Allie Carmichael has always believed life is simple. Emerge: The Assignment (An Emerge novella, available in the Emerge boxset).Emerge: The Catalyst (Short Story available in the Emerge boxset).Emerge: The Volunteer (An Emerge Short Story).Emerge: The Scholar (An Illustrated Character Journal).With others making decisions for them, will they ever truly understand the immeasurable power they posses, or the prophecy that might not be about Aidan after all? As she forges a hesitant friendship for the first time in years, Allie sees a tiny glimmer of the life she wants, and the person she wants to be, but her instincts tell her the timing is all wrong.Īllie and Aidan's paths are about to converge. Half a world away, she endures the same isolation Aidan experiences, but in complete ignorance of her true nature. As Aidan fights a constant battle to control the gifts that threaten to push him over the edge, he dreads the day his world will look to him to fulfill a prophecy he doesn’t believe in.Īllie Carmichael is dying inside and she doesn't even realize it. They can never know how much he struggles just to get through each day, overwhelmed by the pain and loss of everyone around him. He is the most powerful Immortal of his generation, but he chooses to live behind a mask to protect himself, even from those he loves. Alienated by everything that sets him apart, Aidan McBrien suffers in silence.
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