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Hidden
by Eve
Kenin
Futuristic
romance packed with action and suspense
In 2093 in the
futuristic Northern Waste
land, the death of one despot
opens the door for only more as corruption, greed and power influence
the New Government Order. After a history of deadly and continual wars,
country names have disappeared and the world is broken into 4 land
masses, four branches of government. The Northern Waste is a vast and
empty land inhabited by Siberian Ice Pirates, Reavers, corruption. In
this land of outlaws, women are few and far between except in their
relationships to others as wives and prostitutes. Orphans struggle for
survival along with everyone else.
In the midst of
this dangerous, nearly barren land, Tatiana stands
out as an oddity, an independent woman, a kind of waif and warrior
combined. The freezing cold barely produces a shiver in her body.
Raised by a computer, her emotions and heart are close in temperature
to the land in which she now lives. Normal human interactions mystify
her.
Tatiana can read minds and her hand alone has the power to cut through
human bone faster than a knife. Her tattoo marks her as a rebel, a
woman in violation of the law but Tatiana has a mission of justice to
accomplish. She plans to hunt down Tolliver, a genetic and infectious
disease scientist, a man who worked for her nemesis, Gavin Ward. During
her imprisonment, Tatiana saw firsthand the destruction of evil posing
as a good in the scientific research that created a plague that could
now destroy mankind.
When Tatiana’s
hunt leads to a confrontation with a Siberian Ice
Pirate, she can’t help but notice the cool settler on his scooter
watching her. Rugged, ready for action and masculine, Tristan makes her
heart race. Can she trust this man? In the life threatening Northern
Waste where people take and take, Tristan talks about questions of
enlightenment. In their interactions, Tatiana is thrown off by his
politeness, a remnant from a more innocent time of courtly manners and
chivalry. What can he be hiding? Tatiana might be able to read people’s
minds, but this man remains a mystery to her, a man who makes her body
feel alive. Something doesn't quite add up about this man and his
memories. Before she can decide whether he is a friend or foe, the two
must battle an underground trap and hunt down a madman.
Eve Kenin’s Hidden reaches a new
height as the author takes
everything so wonderful in the previous novel Driven
and steps up the level even higher. Dynamic action, an unusual
intriguing romance, a mutated landscape and riveting suspense all work
together, combining the best in science fiction and romantic suspense.
Hot and cold mix together in this romance, casting a classic Petrachian
love theme into a wild new futuristic world. The hero and heroine, two
outcasts in an outcast rough environment, struggle to pursue justice in
a world that no longer cares about justice. A deadly threat brings
together two of the most unlikely people into a conflict that
challenges
both to the core of their identities while also setting them free from
the dark past which haunts them. Friend or foe, they are both to each
other. As their hearts warm, the risk becomes greater not only for
themselves but for others, indeed for all of humanity. Can love, safety
and justice go hand and hand or will they be forced to choose and
sacrifice? Eve Kenin creates unusual characters who excite the
imagination. Spine-chilling conflicts and philosophical dilemmas make
their search for love and justice move the reader’s emotions.
Readers of Driven, the first
Northern Waste romance, will
take delight in revisiting secondary characters with a story that fills
in their history and their present life. Eve Kenin’s landscape in Hidden
comes into play with even more depth and even finer connection to the
characters and their story. In a land of harsh extremes where goodness
seems to be the one missing element, the author places Tatiana and
Tristan, remnants of a past era with hearts and human values intact,
two characters with bodies and moral capabilities able to reach beyond
their pasts to tackle the heightened challenge posed by the land
and the corrupt forces that rule it. Character, plot and emotion are
all finely tuned together by both the landscape and the final scene of
their battle. Eve Kenin has reached a new height with her romance Hidden .
Although this second book brings a satisfying conclusion to Tatiana’s
story and beyond, this reader certainly hopes that Eve Kenin will give
her readers more stories set within the 2093 Northern Waste’s past,
present and future!
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Description:
Tatiana has honed her genetic gifts to
perfection.
She can withstand the subzero temperatures of the Northern Waste, read
somebody's mind with the briefest touch, and slice through bone with
her bare hands. Which makes her one badass chick, all right.
Nothing gets
to her. Until she meets Tristan. Villain or ally, she
can't be sure. But one thing she does know: he has gifts too—including
the ability to ramp up her heart rate to dangerous levels. But before
they can start some chemistry of their own, they have to survive being
trapped in an underground lab, hunted by a madman, and exposed to a
plague that could destroy mankind.
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