Dark Child: The Awakening (Omnibus Edition) by New South Wales-born author Adina West (
ISFDB) is the 1st in her Dark Child paranormal urban fantasy with romantic elements series starring a pathology technician discovering increasingly disturbing cravings, the strange heritage of her hidden past, and a possibly-heroic destined future, possibly with a destined mate (basically almost every current paranormal urban fantasy protagonist ever, really), originally released as a serialized novel and now collected in one volume, free courtesy of publisher Pan Macmillan Australia's Momentum imprint.
There's no indication on the official Momentum website blog how long this freebie will last, but since it's apparently to coincide with the release of the collected 2nd serial, it probably has a limited shelf-life like Momentum's other recent SF/Fantasy promos.
Currently free @
B&N (also
UK),
Amazon (available to Canadians and in the
UK),
Kobo &
iTunes (both available to Canadians).
NB: If you like this story, the author puts up extras on her
website for this series.
Description
Perfect for fans of The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, this intriguing urban fantasy follows the story of Kat Chanter, who discovers that the world she knows is controlled by ancient creatures who feed on blood. And she might just be one of them …
Lately things have been getting weird for pathology technician Kat Chanter. She's been craving raw meat, and having dreams so realistic they're scary. When she accepts a job offer from the prestigious Hema Castus Research Institute, she hopes she'll have the chance to discover what's wrong with her, but instead, her move to New York thrusts her headlong into a treacherous hidden world, where the wrong move could be fatal …
Tarot, witchcraft and astrology all take on a frightening resonance in Dark Child's richly imagined alternative reality where vampiric beings live among us, hidden by magic. Dark romance tangles with paranormal fantasy and page-turning suspense in this enthralling tale of 'dark child' Kat Chanter, half human and half vampire, who has woken an ancient prophecy and must face a formidable destiny.