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Join Raman and Abby on a quest into the underbelly of their brave new world ....

As a descendant of one of the Founding Families of the colony of New Eden, Abby has lived a privileged existence—up until the moment she wakes up in a rent-by-the-hour hotel room in the worst sector of New Seattle with no memory of how she got there. Friends and family are suddenly strangers, and the only memories in her head can't be hers. When the authorities accuse her of working for the Resistance movement and have evidence to prove it, Abby enlists her only friend, Raman, for help. Their quest takes them into the dark underbelly of the brave new world her family founded and reveals a far-reaching conspiracy which threatens not only Abby's life, but the very foundations of New Eden.

357 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 14, 2015

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Sarah Woodbury

162 books771 followers
With over a million books sold to date, Sarah Woodbury is the author of more than forty novels, all set in medieval Wales. Although an anthropologist by training, and then a full-time homeschooling mom for twenty years, she began writing fiction when the stories in her head overflowed and demanded that she let them out. While her ancestry is Welsh, she only visited Wales for the first time at university. She has been in love with the country, language, and people ever since. She even convinced her husband to give all four of their children Welsh names.

Sarah is a member of the Historical Authors Fiction Cooperative (HFAC), the Historical Novel Society, and Novelists, Inc. (NINC).


She makes her home in Oregon.

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Profile Image for Sheryl Smith.
1,237 reviews6 followers
February 3, 2020
Good twists and turns

This was a good story that involved a lot of intrigue and a bit of action. It alternates between Abby and Raman. Abby is the main character who awakes with no memory of who she is. A lot of the story revolves around her memory loss, but there are twists and turns. I got so involved in the story that I had a hard time putting it down.
28 reviews
September 26, 2017
Great book 💕

Loving these Paradisi books!! This book was so well written! I just couldn't put it down. Not your usual sci-fi.
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174 reviews
December 16, 2019
Good beginning to a new serues

Captures the competing personalities and sets up the new world that is in many way similar to the original Earth because we are humans, after all.
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1,059 reviews1 follower
September 27, 2018
For some reason, I had a hard time getting into this book, so, after twenty pages, I set it aside for a couple of months, and then, when I returned to it, I couldn't put it down! Sarah Woodbury's imagination and writing skills keep getting better; this may be her best book so far.
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412 reviews6 followers
June 9, 2016
I looked forward to reading this after reading Louisa Locke's entry to the Paradisi Chronicles. Unfortunately, this book did not live up to my expectations. Woodbury has a good idea about lost memory and the roles pawns play in political situations. It seems, however, that she did not spend enough time fleshing out the characters and working on plot details. The story is told through 2 (or 3) voices - which all sound exactly the same. This is problematic when one is a 20 year old party girl who has been unable to read for 7 years and another is a young attorney educated at the best institutions. For the plot, she sets up an interesting story and then everything falls into place without any conflict, or even choice or action by the characters. Even the love story is bland, with the two characters falling truly and deeply in love the moment they see each other and progressing to marriage without any conflict - a boyfriend just disappears, years of bad deeds amount to nothing, no trust needs to be built.
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107 reviews2 followers
June 10, 2016
I highly recommend all the books in the Paradisi Chronicles. Written by multiple authors, each one also makes a great stand alone book. So far there is only one book in each series of the Chronicles, however there will be more, so read them now so you don't fall behind!
270 reviews2 followers
September 5, 2015
What a great story...

Sarah Woodbury has an amazing new series.
I LOVED this story...as far in the future as most of her books are in the past.
I can't wait for more!!!
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