The Offering by Kimberly Derting
True love—and world war—is at stake in the conclusion to The Pledge trilogy, a dark and romantic blend of dystopia and fantasy. Charlie, otherwise known as Queen Charlaina of Ludania, has become comfortable as a leader and a ruler. She’s done admirable work to restore Ludania’s broken communications systems with other Queendoms, and she’s mastered the art of ignoring Sabara, the evil former queen whose Essence is alive within Charlie. Or so she thinks. When the negotiation of a peace agreement with the Queendom of Astonia goes awry, Charlie receives a brutal message that threatens Ludania, and it seems her only option is to sacrifice herself in exchange for Ludanian freedom. But things aren’t always as they seem. Charlie is walking into a trap—one set by Sabara, who is determined to reclaim the Queendoms at any cost.
"This was a truly epic ending to the series." --Crystal Perkins, Goodreads Review "The final book in Kimberly Derting’s Pledge trilogy is a thrilling conclusion. I was immediately swept up into it and powered right through. It was pretty much what I wanted with a few surprises along the way."
--Krys at Bibliopunkk Reads
Excerpt
And then Eden
stopped pacing and turned to face me. Her expression was hard to read, but her
mood wasn’t. “I don’t want to be a guard any longer,” she stated with
impervious resolve, and I remembered her the way I’d first seen her when she
was part of Xander’s underground resistance. When all I could think was that
this woman, with her muscular arms and her piercing black eyes, was a weapon in
her own right. “I’m done with all that nonsense. All I want is to get Xander
back.”
I didn’t know if I
could give her that, because I didn’t know if Xander was alive or not. She
surely knew as much too.
I nodded, agreeing
to every unspoken term forging between us. “Good,” I told her, my blood hot and
my skin starting to glow beneath the heat of our new alliance. “Because I don’t
want you to be my guard. I want a partner. And if you help me get to Astonia,
I’ll do whatever I can to help you get revenge.”
Author
Kimberly Derting
Kimberly Derting is the author of the BODY FINDER series, THE PLEDGE trilogy, and THE TAKING (coming April 2014 from HarperTeen). She lives in the Seattle area, with her husband and three children, who often find the outrageous things they say either in the pages of her books or posted on Twitter or Facebook for the entire world to see.
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