Cimmerian City
by Rae Lori
Release Date: October 10, 2007


Raven Blackheart was a girl with a quick temper who could take care of herself. Then her world changed forever. Witnessing the death of her significant other, and being murdered was a bad start. Then she finds herself living in a desperate future, nothing but a pawn of Tech Corporation, one of the factions who want to control the earth. She doesn’t know if there is anyone left she can trust. A job that forces her to assassinate the vampire-like Dracins, another race Tech Corp sees as the competition makes her uncertain if she has a good reason to live.

Russell Li had been a part of that monster corporation controlling Raven’s existence. He walked away when he saw the truth of what was coming. Now he must help Raven realize her mission and her boss, Tyler Deamond, aren’t what they seem. She must learn to control her rage if she is to survive and keep her sanity. He finds her a teacher, and through those lessons, a new reason to fight emerges in Raven’s life. The question is what will she lose while she tries to help save her world?

This book about an alternative reality fascinates because it is so believable. Dealing candidly with issues like racism, corruption, betrayal, and what we build our dreams on, Rae Lori writes with a very dark edge. This urban fantasy frightens and makes you think as you read. In Raven we have a flawed heroine, conflicted, confused, and struggling to make sense of the unthinkable. Those very flaws make the reader root for her as she searches for the bitter truth. A complex setting, dozens of intriguing secondary characters, and the possibility of love among the ruins of a future earth make this a book you don’t put down. As the first of a series, Cimmerian City holds the promise of a dangerous future, and books that leave us wanting more.

4.5 Beds
Mira Morgan

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