Soul Survivors: Book 1 (EXCERPT)
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Última publicación mar, oct 8, 2024
Secret lovers Emmalee and Niko dream of a quiet life, but they're born into a paramilitary cult-a violent patriarchy that breeds children as weapons-for-hire-and they hate it. If they dissent, they die, and their parents are brainwashed leadership.
Expectations are high for Niko, the son of cult executioners, and his dissociative PTSD sells his emotionless killer image. But Emmalee's empathic sixth sense knows Niko's truth; he's actually a crybaby who hates violence. Similarly, the cult deems Emmalee useless due to her chronic illness, but Niko knows she's the lion-hearted leader the world needs.
To prove her worth to the ableist world, Emmalee sabotages a cult superior's deadly drug trial. Except Emmalee doesn't know Niko's darkest secret; the cult superior is also Niko's sexual abuser.
When Niko's abuser threatens not only them, but the entire nation with a dimension-altering experiment, Emmalee and Niko have to end the abuse cycle that imprisons the US without losing their lives-or each other.
With edge-of-your-seat suspense and prevailing love, Soul Survivors is Book 1 of a psychological thriller series following two survivors' journeys to escape a paramilitary nightmare.
DEBUTS OCTOBER 15TH, 2024! You can now pre-order Book 1! For a list of quick bookstore links, visit https://riverkaiart.com/soulsurvivors :)
This is just an excerpt, however...
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