THE FALLEN PRINCE
by Amalie Howard
Riven has fought for a hard-won peace in
her world, and has come to shaky terms with who and what she is—a human with
cyborg DNA. Now that the rightful ruler of Neospes has been reinstated, Riven
is on the hunt for her father in the Otherworld to bring him to justice for his
crimes against her people.
But when she receives an unwelcome visit
from two former allies, she knows that trouble is brewing once again in
Neospes. The army has been decimated and there are precious few left to fight
this mysterious new threat.
To muster a first line of defense, her
people need help from the one person Riven loathes most—her father. But what he
wants in return is her complete surrender.
And now Riven must choose: save Neospes or
save herself.
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Excerpt:
The
flare of blue fire is blinding. Then again, it’s gone so quickly that even if
you were staring right at me, you’d blink and it’d vanish. The emissions from
the process of eversion—shifting between universes—are unavoidable. However, I
try to be careful, everting in concealed areas away from people, and away from
the eyes of the Faction and the Guardians. They’re always watching for those
who break the law—those who don’t
remain
where they belong.
Me, more so than ever.
I belong in Neospes, a domed city in
a parallel dimension to the Otherworld. But I’m here in pursuit of a man who
everted over a year ago. A man who nearly destroyed my world in his quest for
power. A man so consumed with retaliation that to let him loose in either world
would be a colossal mistake.
And so I hunt him. I’ve been hunting him—across thirty states
and always a step or two behind. He’s clever, brilliant, and a master
strategist.
After all, he’s my father. And he’s
my creator.
I may look like an ordinary girl,
but I’m far from one. It’s something I’m still coming to terms with, ever since
I learned the truth. I am a product of genetic experimentation and advanced
robotics. I am the girl with nanoplasm for blood—the perfect combination of
human and machine, an aberration of nature—and yet, its greatest creation. I am
the only one of my kind.
My name is Riven.
And
I am a killer.
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Author Spotlight:
AMALIE HOWARD grew up on a small Caribbean
island where she spent most of her childhood with her nose buried in a book or
being a tomboy running around barefoot, shimmying up mango trees and dreaming
of adventure.
An aspiring writer from a young age, Amalie
Howard's poem “The Candle,” written at age thirteen, was published in a
University of Warwick journal. She was also a recipient of a Royal Commonwealth
Society essay award (a global youth writing competition). A Colby College
graduate, she completed simultaneous Honors Theses in both French and
International Studies, and graduated Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa. At Colby,
she was cited for research and criticism in Raffael Scheck’s article, “German
Conservatism and Female Political Activism in the Early Weimar Republic,” and
his subsequent book, “Mothers of the nation: right-wing women in Weimar
Germany.” She also received a distinction in English Literature from the
University of Cambridge, A-level Examinations as well as a certificate in
French Literature from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, France. She is a
member of SCBWI.
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