The Shadows That Dwell Within (The Warrior Queens book #1) (#Wattys2016)
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Three bounty hunters, dubbed The Warrior Queens, must find Erebus, a criminal mastermind who has been unleashing beasts upon the continent. He is thought be after the caveam, a box with the ingredients needed to summon a demon. If he gets a hold of the demon - it's all over.
But tracking Erebus down is harder than they anticipated. His identity is unknown, his followers are devoted and one of the Warrior Queens goes missing. The Concordian bounty hunters must work with Amitician bounty hunters - two countries which have always had tension between them.
There are betrayals, many people die and secrets are unravelled in the first book in The Warrior Queens Series.
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