Oppression (Children of
the Gods #1)
Release
Date: 09/02/15
346
pages
Summary
from Goodreads:
Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets
her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than
average people, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's well over
eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal.
For Elyse, these things don't make her special. They make life dangerous.
After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as
closely guarded as possible. Now, only one other person in the world knows
about her age and ability. Or so she thinks. Elyse is not the only one keeping
secrets. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very
people the Greeks considered gods. She is one of them, and they have been
waiting for her for a long time.
Some are waiting for her to put an end to centuries of traditions that
have oppressed their people under the guise of safeguarding them. Others are
determined to keep her from doing just that. But for Elyse, the game is just
beginning-and she's not entirely willing to play by their rules
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enjoy this little snippet of OPPRESSION (Children of the Gods #1)
When I
left Cearno’s in a state of half sleep, I found the door to my apartment ajar.
I grabbed the knob and pushed it open with caution, assuming I had forgotten to
close it all the way.
“Hello?”
I asked, just in case.
No
answer. I shut the door behind me.
It
wasn’t until I reached the top of the stairs that I felt something wet on my
palm and realized I had blood on my hand. I made my way to the sink, looking
for where I’d cut myself when I heard her.
“It’s
not your blood,” Kara said from behind me, making me jump a foot in the air.
“What
are you doing here, Kara?” I asked, callous and guarded. The last time I’d seen
her, she’d stabbed me in the leg.
She
was slumped down in the corner, sitting on the floor of my kitchen, a bloody
mess.
My
face registered with shock. “What happened to you?”
I
waited for an answer, but she only glanced at me briefly, annoyed by the
question, and continued staring off into the distance.
“Are
you hurt?”
If she
wasn’t going to talk to me I would find out for myself. I knelt down in front
of her, looking over her blood stained hands, arms and face. She seemed fine.
“It’s
not my blood either,” she said, her eyes finally meeting mine.
Elyse’s Story Continues…
OPPRESSION (Book #1)
UPRISING (Book #2)
REDEMPTION (Book #3)
The Children of the Gods Series
The Descendants have waited long enough for
freedom…
Books two and three in
this series:
About the Author
Jessica Therrien is the author of the young adult paranormal
fiction series Children of
the Gods. Book one in the series, Oppression,
became a Barnes & Noble best-seller shortly after its release in February
of 2012.Aside from her Children of the Gods series, Jessica’s work can also be found in a published collection of flash fiction stories called Campaigner Challenges 2011. Out of over 350 submissions her story, The Soulless, won first place for people’s choice and fourth place in the judging round of Rachael Harrie’s Writing Campaign Challenge. Her story, Saved, is also available as part of the anthology.
Jessica spent most of her life in the small town of Chilcoot, California, high up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In this town of nearly 100 residents, with no street lights or grocery stores, there was little to do but find ways to be creative. Her mother, the local English teacher, inspired her to do all things artistic, and ultimately instilled in her a love for language.
In 2003, Jessica attended California State University Long Beach where her passion for language found her studying Chinese, and in 2005 she moved to Taiwan to study abroad. From 2005 to 2006 Jessica was fully immersed in the Chinese language as she attended National Taiwan University, and in 2008 she graduated from San Diego State University magna cum laude.
Jessica currently lives in Irvine with her husband and two sons. She is planning a re-release of her series through Acorn Publishing in September of 2015. The re-release will include the third and final book in her Children of the Gods series as well as a bonus chapter in the back of Oppression.
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