The Golden City

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  • For
  • two
  • years,
  • Oriana
  • Paredes
  • has
  • been
  • a
  • spy
  • among
  • the
  • social
  • elite
  • of
  • the
  • Golden
  • City,
  • reporting
  • back
  • to
  • her
  • people,
  • the
  • sereia,
  • sea
  • folk
  • banned
  • from
  • the
  • city’s
  • shores....When
  • her
  • employer
  • and
  • only
  • confidante
  • decides
  • to
  • elope,
  • Oriana
  • agrees
  • to
  • accompany
  • her
  • to
  • Paris.
  • But
  • before
  • they
  • can
  • depart,
  • the
  • two
  • women
  • are
  • abducted
  • and
  • left
  • to
  • drown.
  • Trapped
  • beneath
  • the
  • waves,
  • Oriana
  • survives
  • because
  • of
  • her
  • heritage,
  • but
  • she
  • is
  • forced
  • to
  • watch
  • her
  • only
  • friend
  • die.Vowing
  • vengeance,
  • Oriana
  • crosses
  • paths
  • with
  • Duilio
  • Ferreira—a
  • police
  • consultant
  • who
  • has
  • been
  • investigating
  • the
  • disappearance
  • of
  • a
  • string
  • of
  • servants
  • from
  • the
  • city’s
  • wealthiest
  • homes.
  • Duilio
  • also
  • has
  • a
  • secret:
  • He
  • is
  • a
  • seer
  • and
  • his
  • gifts
  • have
  • led
  • him
  • to
  • Oriana.Bound
  • by
  • their
  • secrets,
  • not
  • trusting
  • each
  • other
  • completely
  • yet
  • having
  • no
  • choice
  • but
  • to
  • work
  • together,
  • Oriana
  • and
  • Duilio
  • must
  • expose
  • a
  • twisted
  • plot
  • of
  • magic
  • so
  • dark
  • that
  • it
  • could
  • cause
  • the
  • very
  • fabric
  • of
  • history
  • to
  • come undone....
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