Talon (The Talon Saga, #1)
Author: Julie
Kagawa
Release Date: October
28th 2014
Synopsis: Long ago, dragons were
hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of
dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the
dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they're positioned to take
over the world with humans none the wiser.
Ember and Dante
Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate
society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom
before taking her destined place in Talon. But destiny is a matter of
perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been
taught. As Ember struggles to accept her future, she and her brother are hunted
by the Order of St. George.
Soldier Garret
Xavier Sebastian has a mission to seek and destroy all dragons, and Talon's
newest recruits in particular. But he cannot kill unless he is certain he has
found his prey: and nothing is certain about Ember Hill. Faced with Ember's
bravery, confidence and all-too-human desires, Garret begins to question
everything that the Order has ingrained in him: and what he might be willing to
give up to find the truth about dragons.
About the Author
Julie Kagawa, the New York Times
bestselling author of the Iron Fey and Blood of Eden series was born in
Sacramento, California. But nothing exciting really happened to her there. So,
at the age of nine she and her family moved to Hawaii, which she soon
discovered was inhabited by large carnivorous insects, colonies of house
geckos, and frequent hurricanes. She spent much of her time in the ocean, when
she wasn’t getting chased out of it by reef sharks, jellyfish, and the odd eel.
When not swimming for her life,
Julie immersed herself in books, often to the chagrin of her schoolteachers,
who would find she hid novels behind her Math textbooks during class. Her love
of reading led her to pen some very dark and gruesome stories, complete with
colored illustrations, to shock her hapless teachers. The gory tales faded with
time (okay, at least the illustrations did), but the passion for writing remained,
long after she graduated and was supposed to get a real job.
To pay the rent, Julie worked in
different bookstores over the years, but discovered the managers frowned upon
her reading the books she was supposed to be shelving. So she turned to her
other passion: training animals. She worked as a professional dog trainer for
several years, dodging Chihuahua bites and overly enthusiastic Labradors, until
her first book sold and she stopped training to write full time.
Julie now lives in
Louisville, Kentucky, where the frequency of shark attacks are at an all time
low. She lives with her husband, an obnoxious cat, an Australian Shepherd who
is too smart for his own good, and a hyper-active Papillion.
Where you can stalk
Julie!
Twitter, Website,
Facebook, Instagram
Our Thoughts: If there's a book we are UBER excited to DEVOUR as soon as we get a chance to, it's TALON!! October 28th can't come fast enough for us!! We LOVE dragons and haven't read too many books we've really fallen in love with featuring one of our favorite mythical creatures. TALON just sounds so good we're keeping our fingers crossed, hoping it's even better than it sounds ;)
Oh! Annnd if you pre-order TALON you get a really cool swag pack (while supplies last from the publisher)!! (Bridget: Thanks again, Annabell!)
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