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RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS – genre-bending dark fantasy, now available for pre-order from Bad Hand Books

Min, royal daughter of the elven-like Yhathlin, was born to be a diplomat. Representing her nation at the joint American-Canadian embassy in her subterranean city, she was good at walking the tightrope between the edicts of blood and birth-order that governed her people, the bewildering emotions of her human colleagues, and the strict rules of the Yhathlani Treaty. Then her city was overrun by an apocalyptic plague, and her ordered world disappeared in a flood of blood, teeth, and hunger. 

Now, fifteen years later, Min is a refugee in the dying remnants of Washington, D.C.. Alien and alone, with only the voices of those she’s lost to guide her, she has one reason left to live: to protect Sophie, the last living relative of her human diplomats, or die trying.  

“Cold and heavy; that’s the feeling I remember. That’s the feeling of making a decision that kills a part of you and makes you less than you were. I was fifth daughter and humans were my responsibility. From birth, that was my imperative. I had to protect them. And so I chose. I chose to save them, and I left the rest of my people behind.

Please don’t judge me, Sophie. I’ve judged myself enough, over the years. Remember how I was raised, my role. There was no good choice there, no choice that would have left me whole.“