Violence has an echo, growing louder with each reverberation . . . how do you stop its echo once it starts ringing?

Ashme is a New Mesopotamian--a "Meso." She dreams of being a hero, fighting against the brutal Ostarrichi ruling her country. She is an indigo child, her DNA modified by sentient AI, enabling her to control computer systems at will. With this power, she has something to offer the Meso resistance. Her twin brother, Shen, however, suffers from a neurological disorder and needs someone to care for him. Increasingly, that task falls on her.

How can she become the hero her people need when her brother's needs are overwhelming? If she continues caring for Shen while joining the resistance, she risks leading Ostarrichi forces to her home. If she leaves, then looking after Shen will fall to her cousin, who is already overworked caring for his frail grandmother.

As her society collapses into violence, Ashme must choose between her fellow Mesos, her family, and her values.

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Her only goal in taking the camp counselor job far from home was to escape everyone who knew anything about her past. So how does a camper know about her brother…

Sixteen-year-old Nina hates everyone from her school, her town save a single best friend. She’s desperate for a respite from her parent’s divorce and scandal that made her a hermit. But her campers divulge odd things, details of her history they couldn’t know. Believing there’s no way the girls know her secrets she chalks their behavior up to being sensitive kids. Trying to avoid reminders of her prior trauma, she diverts her attention to a live-on-the-edge social crowd and one hot hunky bad-boy counselor.

When things take a dangerous turn one night, she’s forced to divulge the truth about what happened, her past, and what makes some of her campers very special.

Can Nina face her trauma, open up to new friendships, and a world she never imagined possible?

Drops of Sunshine is a captivating YA paranormal read for teens and adults alike. If you like true-to-life characters, heart-felt friendships, and a bit of mystery and romance, then you’ll love Tricia Copeland’s magical story.

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The Bard's Blade is the start of the new Sorcerer's Song fantasy adventure series from Brian D. Anderson, bestselling author of The Godling Chronicles and Dragonvein.

Mariyah enjoys a simple life in Vylari, a land magically sealed off from the outside world, where fear and hatred are all but unknown. There she's a renowned wine maker and her betrothed, Lem, is a musician of rare talent. Their destiny has never been in question. Whatever life brings, they will face it together.

Then a stranger crosses the wards into Vylari for the first time in centuries, bringing a dark prophecy that forces Lem and Mariyah down separate paths. How far will they have to go to stop a rising darkness and save their home? And how much of themselves will they have to give up along the way?

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