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A thrilling, dangerous adventure, this prequel novella to C.J. Redwine’s Defiance and Deception features Quinn, a popular character from the series. Quinn Runningbrook knows a hundred ways to kill a man and make it hurt. He can track, ambush, and torture his prey with terrifying skill—just like his father taught him. But every kill consumes another piece of him, and Quinn longs to stop, to save himself and his sister Willow from becoming like his father—a man who kills for entertainment. But when Quinn refuses to torture a group of trespassers caught too close to the Tree Village where his family lives, and instead kills them quickly, he disobeys a direct order from his father . . . and Willow is forced to do it instead. Suddenly, Quinn isn’t the favored apprentice to the family business of “protecting” the Tree Village anymore. Willow is. When Jared Adams—a courier from the nearby city-state of Baalboden—is caught traveling too close to their borders, Willow is ordered to torture him for information. But Quinn knows that Jared doesn’t deserve torture or death. And he realizes he has to take action…or the fate chosen for Willow and himself by their father will remain carved in stone.
Publication Year: 2014
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0This was a very interesting insight into Quinn & Willow's character, especially Quinn's. We know from the first novel that they were cast out of their village because of something they did and that it was this dark secret, but here we get to see who, why, how and what the consequences were for them as characters. We also get to see a bit of Jared and how they came to meet. I felt for them, and I was glad for them to escape the horrible condition they were in, but it's sad that they were punished for it. I'm curious to see what will become of them in the next installments and what their plot will be.
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