GHOST IN THE MASK cover art and excerpt
Above is the cover art for GHOST IN THE MASK, designed by Clarissa Yeo.
And let’s have another excerpt!
“Among the Anshani, the Kingdom of the Rising Sun is regarded with fear and horror. For in ancient times, the great pharaohs and their necromancer-priests enslaved us, and held us as their thralls for countless generations.” He grimaced. “Only after the Bloodmaiden rose in wrath and threw down the great pharaohs, binding their spirits to scream forever upon the burning desert wind, were the Anshani people made free. Ever and always, the Anshani people will be the enemies of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun, for if old Maat were ever to arise anew…she would take her first vengeance upon Anshan.”
“The Bloodmaiden?” said Caina. Something scratched at the back of her mind. She had heard that term before.
“A figure of legend and myth,” said Anashir. “The stories differ…some say she was a sorceress of power who was spurned by the pharaoh, and so destroyed the Kingdom of the Rising Sun in vengeance. Or that the pharaoh slew her father, and she took her revenge. She appears in the tales of other nations as well…the Bringer of Dust, the Queen of Crows, the Moroaica.”
“In the version of the story I heard,” said Caina, trying to keep her voice calm, “the pharaoh’s men murdered her father and turned her into one of the Undying, to serve the pharaoh as a concubine for all eternity.”
And she knew it was the true version of the story because she had seen it in the Moroaica’s memories.
-JM
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Love it, love it, love it! Can't wait! It's the biggest bad of them all... but at the same time I love the Moroica and I don't want her to die or the books to end.... just goes to show how great the series is. Please never end!!!
Thanks! One way or another...Caina's conflict with the Moroaica is going to get resolved. :)
I know, I both anticipate and dread the day resolution comes... I hate to ask this but any word on the release date? I know you said late september and I was wondering if you had anything specific? I waited on pins and needles for ghost in the forge, read it in a day, promptly went on your website for more news and then subsequently died when i heard about GITM. You are one of my favourite authors and I'd like to say thank you for always keeping everyone up to date on your work and for the short lengths of time between releases (which of course feel like eons to your fans).I'll stop writing now, and say for all the fellow fan girls out there... thank you, we love you and please keep up the good work!
Ijka wrote: "I know, I both anticipate and dread the day resolution comes... I hate to ask this but any word on the release date? I know you said late september and I was wondering if you had anything specific?..."Thanks! That's very kind. :)
I wish I could be more specific about the release date of GHOST IN THE MASK, but I have a lot of unpredictable responsibilities here in the offline world, and sometimes they take precedence. Like, yesterday I had time to get through 4 chapters worth of editing, but today I'll barely manage one if I'm lucky. So I'm pretty sure it will be in September unless something seriously drastic happens, which hopefully will not be the case.
But September is looking good. :)
