I throw myself behind one of the larger trees and kick my weight off a protruding root to help lift me onto the lowest branch. It isn’t much of a maze, but it’s enough to buy me a moment.
I duck beneath a low branch, winding behind dormant trees and snow-covered vegetation. The snowfall is fresh enough that my boots sink into the ground with each step, leaving a trail for my predator, but there’s nothing I can do about it. But here there are a thousand places to disappear. I haven’t been within Caelan’s borders since the day I fled his palace. Not like the forests in Victory, with their spacious clearings and limited places to hide. The silver birch is heavy on this side of the forest. I rotate the dagger in my hand and push forward through the snow. The flame of something desperate to survive. THE FOREST IS SILENT, BUT I know I’m being hunted.įrost spreads across my blade, covering the sharpened sea-glass until all that’s left is a small patch of muted red. Along the way, she’ll learn powerful truths about who she can trust and the sacrifices that must be made in order to fight for a better, freer world for all. Stakes are high as Nami navigates old enemies, unexpected allies, and an ever-changing landscape filled with dangers and twists at every turn. And as she tests the limits of her own power, she must also reckon with the responsibility that entails. On the run, only steps ahead of the AI forces pursuing her, and desperate to free her friends, Nami must take the allies she can find, even if she doesn’t fully trust them. And now her family here in the afterlife are gone, captured, and Nami is utterly alone. Ten months since she was betrayed by someone she once considered a friend. It’s been ten months since Nami narrowly escaped the Four Courts and Ophelia’s wrath.
Black Mirror meets Marie Lu’s Warcross in Nami’s continuing adventures as she fights to free her friends in this “fast-paced” ( Kirkus Reviews) sequel to The Infinity Courts by award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman.
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