Paw
The Bastis Archives, #1
Reeks: The Bastis Archives
L. E. Henderson
- When
- Mitalla
- turns
- three,
- she
- learns
- that
- her
- mother
- has
- kept
- a
- dark
- secret
- from
- her:
- Mitalla
- is
- a
- slave.
Being
- a
- member
- of
- an
- intelligent
- feline
- species,
- she
- has
- never
- seen
- a
- "pink
- and
- furless"
- human
- until
- a
- cruel
- overseer
- takes
- her
- and
- her
- siblings
- from
- their
- seemingly
- safe
- home
- and
- into
- a
- life
- of
- bondage.
Even
- though,
- as
- the
- runt
- of
- the
- litter,
- Mitalla
- has
- struggled
- to
- survive,
- she
- is
- unprepared
- for
- the
- harshness
- of
- the
- desert
- where
- her
- enslaved
- species
- is
- forced
- to
- mine
- a
- precious
- mineral
- collected
- by
- the
- human
- king
- of
- her
- world.
As
- Mitalla
- comes
- of
- age,
- she
- is
- constantly
- seeking
- ways
- to
- escape
- with
- her
- siblings
- into
- "the
- greater
- world,"
- a
- place
- her
- mother
- once
- described
- as
- having
- lush
- green
- grass
- and
- an
- abundance
- of
- food
- and
- water.
- To
- her
- advantage,
- her
- early
- struggles
- have
- honed
- her
- persistence
- and
- her
- wit.
Despite
- her
- strengths,
- cruel
- guards,
- barbed
- wire
- fencing,
- swords,
- whips,
- and
- constant
- hunger
- make
- escape
- seem
- all
- but
- impossible.
Complicating
- matters,
- she
- discovers
- a
- cryptic
- message
- inside
- a
- locket
- her
- mother
- has
- given
- her,
- said
- to
- contain
- the
- song
- of
- the
- world.
- Inside
- is
- a
- confusing
- pattern
- of
- ones
- and
- zeroes
- that
- hint
- at
- an
- unfathomable
- mystery
- about
- the
- world
- she
- inhabits.
Frustrated
- desires
- finally
- erupt
- in
- a
- tragedy
- that
- forces
- her
- to
- make
- a
- decision:
- to
- stay
- and
- suffer
- or
- risk
- her
- life
- and
- the
- lives
- of
- her
- family
- to
- escape.
- Either
- way,
- she
- will
- need
- all
- the
- cunning
- and
- courage
- she
- possesses
- to
- survive.
Paw
- is
- Book
- 1
- of
- the
- fantasy
- series
- The
- Bastis
- Archives.
- If
- you
- enjoy
- nail-biting
- suspense,
- medieval-style
- fantasy
- settings,
- and
- passionate
- (feline)
- protagonists,
- you
- will
- love
- this
- book
- by
- L.E.
- Henderson.
Follow
- Mitalla
- on
- her
- journey
- toward
- freedom.
- Read
- this
- book today.
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