The Chosen
Reeks: Black Dagger Brotherhood
J. R. Ward
- A
- scorching
- forbidden
- love
- threatens
- to
- tear
- a
- rift
- through
- the
- Black
- Dagger
- Brotherhood
- in
- J.
- R.
- Ward's
- newest
- novel
- in
- the
- #1
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- series.Xcor,
- leader
- of
- the
- Band
- of
- Bastards,
- convicted
- of
- treason
- against
- the
- Blind
- King,
- is
- facing
- a
- brutal
- interrogation
- and
- torturous
- death
- at
- the
- hands
- of
- the
- Black
- Dagger
- Brotherhood.
- Yet
- after
- a
- life
- marked
- by
- cruelty
- and
- evil
- deeds,
- he
- accepts
- his
- soldier's
- fate,
- his
- sole
- regret
- the
- loss
- of
- a
- sacred
- female
- who
- was
- never
- his:
- the
- Chosen
- Layla.Layla
- alone
- knows
- the
- truth
- that
- will
- save
- Xcor's
- life.
- But
- revealing
- his
- sacrifice
- and
- his
- hidden
- heritage
- will
- expose
- them
- both
- and
- destroy
- everything
- Layla
- holds
- dear
- -
- even
- her
- role
- of
- mother
- to
- her
- precious
- young.
- Torn
- between
- love
- and
- loyalty,
- she
- must
- summon
- the
- courage
- to
- stand
- up
- against
- the
- only
- family
- she
- has
- for
- the
- only
- man
- she
- will
- ever
- love.
- Yet
- even
- if
- Xcor
- is
- somehow
- granted
- a
- reprieve,
- he
- and
- Layla
- would
- have
- to
- confront
- a
- graver
- challenge:
- bridging
- the
- chasm
- that
- divides
- their
- worlds
- without
- paving
- the
- way
- for
- a
- future
- of
- even
- greater
- war,
- desolation
- and
- death.As
- a
- dangerous
- old
- enemy
- returns
- to
- Caldwell,
- and
- the
- identity
- of
- a
- new
- deity
- is
- revealed,
- nothing
- is
- certain
- or
- safe
- in
- the
- world
- of
- the
- Black
- Dagger
- Brotherhood,
- not
- even
- true
- love
- .
- .
- .
- or
- destinies
- that
- have
- long
- seemed
- set
- in stone.
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