Amazon is slacking! The reason that I follow authors on Amazon is so that I can be notified, ahead of time, when they have forthcoming releases. Earlier this week I was looking up to see if Goodkind had plans for a new Angela Constantine novel this year, only to discover that he has written two new novellas with a third on its way! Amazon never notified me of these releases. (Grrrrrrrr)
The 1st new novella is The Sky People - something new and unrelated to any of Goodkind's prior releases. (it was released on January 12th) Here is the synopsis:
Raging River, priestess of the Sun People, has just done the unthinkable.
The Sun People are bound by an ancient law, left by the long-vanished Sky People: they must never kill. To other tribes, who have no such law, the Sun People are easy prey who will not defend themselves. Their game is poached, their stores are raided, their women abducted, their men killed for sport.
But when Raging River and her sister are attacked by a Wolf People raiding party, River fights back and kills one of the warriors. Worse, she has killed the son of their chief.
Now, with the Wolf People vowing revenge and her people facing annihilation, River must do the impossible. She must prove herself as priestess. She must find the mythical Sky People.
That pretty much sums up all that you need to know. It is only 111 pages, and without giving too much away, if you have ever wondered what a Goodkind sci-fi story would be like, this one comes close.
Goodkind has created another riveting story that makes time fly by!
The second novella is Crazy Wanda. This one actually ties into the Angela Constantine stories, which is what I was looking for in the first place! (It was released on November 26th - the day before my birthday - which would have been nice to know, Amazon!!) This one is only 86 pages. Here is the synopsis:
Trouble always finds Angela Constantine.
And Angela's impulsive, hot-tempered colleague Wanda is about to cause more trouble than anyone could know.
Except Angela.
She's not like the rest of us. She sees things we don't - she can recognize a killer just by looking in their eyes. And Angela knows that sooner or later, one way or another, everyone pays for their sins.
She'll make certain of it.
Follow Angela Constantine in this thrilling novella of revenge and justice, as she goes down the rabbit hole after a serial killer in the making.
This one has the perfect title and is a great story! It helps you understand the importance of thinking before acting. Wanda really is crazy!
Both stories get a solid 4/5 Skulls from me.
Now, you may have noticed the third book cover. The Scribbly Man This is an upcoming novella (releasing 4/04/19) This one has me super excited, as it is continuing Richard & Kahlan's story (which ended in Warheart) Here is the synopsis, in case you want to pre-order it:
From the internationally bestselling author of the Sword of Truth series comes a new Richard and Kahlan novella.
"They are the monsters under the bed when you are little, the shape just caught out of the corner of your eye when you thought you were alone, the shadow of something in a dark corner that surprises you and then isn’t there. They stop you dead with a knot of unexpected terror in the pit of your stomach. We have all seen fleeting glimpses of them. Never long enough to see them as I saw them, but it was them. I recognized it the instant I saw it.
“We’ve all seen flashes of them, the dark shadow just out of sight. They could briefly terrify us before but never hurt us because they came from so far distant. They were never able to fully materialize in our world so we saw only transient glimpses of them, the shape of them if the light was just right, if the shadows were deep enough . . . if you were afraid enough.
“I think that the star shift has brought us closer to their realm so that they now have the power to step into our world and hurt us.” — Kahlan Amnell
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