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Balanced in an Angel's Eye
In the byzantine world of The City, Hael is a mere thrall, a low caste servant struggling to keep her mother safe and fed as war creeps ever closer to the great walls of the only home she knows. But Hael has stumbled upon a secret, one which has led her mother into disgrace and her king into prison, and which threatens the very stability of more than one plane of existence.
Hael’s attempt to help her mother only attracts the attention of the arrogant Lord Micah, who wants to use her secret and her knowledge of the covert paths of The City to his own ends. Soon Hael finds herself reluctantly following her new lord through a portal to a place she’s only heard whispered stories Earth.
Every move they make disrupts the delicate balance between the planes and changes the world of humans – a world where her kind are known as angels. Hael and Micah must find a long-lost angel and bring him home before they are trapped in the human world forever.
Hael’s attempt to help her mother only attracts the attention of the arrogant Lord Micah, who wants to use her secret and her knowledge of the covert paths of The City to his own ends. Soon Hael finds herself reluctantly following her new lord through a portal to a place she’s only heard whispered stories Earth.
Every move they make disrupts the delicate balance between the planes and changes the world of humans – a world where her kind are known as angels. Hael and Micah must find a long-lost angel and bring him home before they are trapped in the human world forever.
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First published September 25, 2012
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About the author
Shaune Lafferty Webb
7 books24 followersShaune’s father was an amateur astronomer and her eldest brother an avid science fiction reader, so perhaps it was inevitable that she developed an early enthusiasm for writing speculative fiction.
After obtaining a degree in geology from the University of Queensland, Shaune subsequently worked in geochemical laboratories, exploration companies, and, while living in the United States, at a multinational scientific institute involved in exploration beneath the ocean floors. A decade after returning to Australia, armed with a life-long addiction to SciFi and a broad scope of real-world research and editing experience, Shaune returned to her original passion, the writing of speculative fiction. Her short stories have appeared in AntipodeanSF, The Nautilus Engine, and Blue Crow Magazine.
‘Bus Stop on a Strange Loop’, Shaune’s first novel, was published by Winterbourne Publishing in July 2011 followed by 'Balanced in an Angel's Eye' in 2012.
Her third novel, 'Cold Faith', the first in The Safe Harbour Chronicle series, was released by Hague Publishing in May 2015 and 'Faithless', the second in the trilogy, in April 2017. 'The Unforgotten', the final instalment in The Safe Harbour Chronicle is scheduled for publication in 2019.
In 2018, 'Once a Dog', a furry fiction novel, was published by Jaffa Books; the novel has been nominated for a 2018 Ursa Major Award in the category of Best Novel.
Shaune lives in Brisbane with her research scientist husband, a slightly eccentric border collie and an extremely frenetic terrier.
After obtaining a degree in geology from the University of Queensland, Shaune subsequently worked in geochemical laboratories, exploration companies, and, while living in the United States, at a multinational scientific institute involved in exploration beneath the ocean floors. A decade after returning to Australia, armed with a life-long addiction to SciFi and a broad scope of real-world research and editing experience, Shaune returned to her original passion, the writing of speculative fiction. Her short stories have appeared in AntipodeanSF, The Nautilus Engine, and Blue Crow Magazine.
‘Bus Stop on a Strange Loop’, Shaune’s first novel, was published by Winterbourne Publishing in July 2011 followed by 'Balanced in an Angel's Eye' in 2012.
Her third novel, 'Cold Faith', the first in The Safe Harbour Chronicle series, was released by Hague Publishing in May 2015 and 'Faithless', the second in the trilogy, in April 2017. 'The Unforgotten', the final instalment in The Safe Harbour Chronicle is scheduled for publication in 2019.
In 2018, 'Once a Dog', a furry fiction novel, was published by Jaffa Books; the novel has been nominated for a 2018 Ursa Major Award in the category of Best Novel.
Shaune lives in Brisbane with her research scientist husband, a slightly eccentric border collie and an extremely frenetic terrier.
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November 26, 2016
This is a good read. The story moves along well and the characters are really well developed. I enjoyed the storyline which was a change from other fantasy novels I have read. I will definitely be looking at reading more works by Shaune.
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