So to celebrate, here's the blurb, plus the first page. I hope you like it! Let me know what you think.
There is no cure for being stung.
Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she opens her eyes, she discovers her entire world has been altered—her house is abandoned and broken, and the entire neighborhood is barren and dead. Even stranger is the tattoo on her right hand—a black oval with five marks on either side—that she doesn’t remember getting but somehow knows she must cover at any cost. She’s right.
Those bearing the tattoo have turned into mindless, violent beasts that roam the streets and sewers, preying upon the unbranded while a select few live protected inside a fortress-like wall, their lives devoted to rebuilding society and killing all who bear the mark.
Now Fiona has awakened branded, alone—and on the wrong side of the wall.
CHAPTER 1
I don’t remember
going to sleep. All I remember is waking up here—a place as familiar as my own
face.
At least, it
should be.
But there’s a
problem. The once green carpet is gray. The classical music posters lining the
walls are bleached, their brittle corners curling where the tacks are missing.
My first place ribbons are pale blue instead of royal. My sundresses are
drained of color. And my bed. I sit on the edge of a bare, sun-bleached
mattress, a mattress covered with dirt and twigs and mouse droppings.
I turn my head and
the room swims, faded posters wavering and swirling against grimy walls. My
head fills with fuzz and I try to remember when my room got so filthy, since I
vacuum and dust it once a week. And why is the mattress bare when I change the
sheets every Saturday? And where did my pillows go?
My stomach growls
and I push on the concave space beneath my ribs, against the shirt
sweat-plastered to my skin, and try to remember the last time I ate.
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5 comments:
squee!!!! I LOVE this book!!
Nice article, thanks for the information.
Ditto Michelle! Squee!! I'm so excited for this book! (Still waiting for a Shifting sequel, too. hee hee)
What an opening, Bethany! Can't wait to read it!
Bethany, I loved SHIFTING. Well Done! And I'm one of those who hopes for a sequel, but your new book STUNG
is one I will watch for!
Best Regards,
Jacqueline Stigman NYC
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