- Genre:fiction
- Sub-genre:Fantasy / Paranormal
- Language:English
- Series Title:Between Lions
- Series Number:1
- Pages:296
- Hardcover ISBN:9780986431715
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BETWEEN LIONS series is a young adult, mythological, urban fantasy thrill ride about the darkly fantastical, supernatural Museion that has secretly protected humanity’s greatest treasures for millennia, and Anna, the sixteen-year-old New York girl who is the unknowing Heir to it all. What critics are saying: “A good, solid, debut novel that has me wanting the sequel!” -USA TODAY "America's answer to Harry Potter: Jodi Baker's TRUST." -The Arriviste "I loved so many things about TRUST. Introducing young people to a pantheon not covered by Percy Jackson. A story with a basis in the library of Alexandria (as a librarian I'm almost required to love that). The way Anna was homeschooled, a more honest example of my experience with homeschooling families than any I have ever seen in fictional media. All the action, the budding love story, and most of all the mystery. I am sure my list is incomplete, but if even one thing on it sparks your interest, you should devour TRUST just like I did. Just watch your back for Were-animals. And liars. And voices in your head. Trust is a brilliant introduction to a series I can't wait to get to finish." -Tina Brison, Librarian & Educator
"Good writing, interesting story, action, Werejackals, gift-giving voices, a surprise rich relative, mystery, a girl who loves books… this was a fun read that I would recommend to readers who enjoy a lot of mystery!" –The Book Devour Blog
" "This book had me captivated… (TRUST) is a story about an ancient library, a mystery involving several cultures, revenge & family dynamic. Who can Anna trust to help her find the answers she seeks on a quest to find her mother, to find out about herself, & eventually to find her destiny as Heir to something thought impossible to the modern world." -GoodReads Reviewer
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TRUST. That’s what the voice inside my head kept repeating when I woke up between the infamous lion statues of the New York Public Library, with no idea how I got there and no memory of the last year of my life. The only person I ever trusted was my mother, who lied about everything. I want to trust myself, despite my missing memories. But hearing a voice inside my head obviously isn’t a good thing, especially since it knows things I don’t… like how to speak Ancient Sumerian, the fact that yellow-eyed people aren’t actually people, and that my mother’s Egyptian ankh necklace was the key to unlocking the truth she hid from me: I’m the last in a long lineage of powerful women whose secrets date back to the ancient Library of Alexandria. Before she disappeared my mother trained me to be an academic centurion. But it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that it’s a terrible idea to accept protection offers from shape-shifting, Were-assassins that despise you, or that you shouldn't take advice from a mysterious, hot guy with a habit of disappearing right before he tells you exactly what you need to know. You also don’t have to read a lot to know that when a supernatural stairway appears behind your closet door you should immediately run the other way. Now, I’m fighting like hell to stay alive while searching for both my missing mother and the truth, desperate to find something or someone I can trust.
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