Girl Under Glass

by Qistina Khalidah (Illustrator), Monica Enderle Pierce

Overview

To protect her young daughter from a madman and a tyrant, Rachel Pryne must trust an enemy, one of the alien warriors who conquered Earth.

It's 2032, the Ohnenrai orbit the planet and human reproduction is failing. A trained medic, Rachel struggles to protect her seven-year-old daughter, Pearl, from the predation of their penal colony's leader. Having fathered the girl by force, Cyrus intends to remove her from her home on her eighth birthday, only six weeks away.

When an injured Ohnenrai soldier appears in her yard one stormy evening, Rachel doesn't realize she's found an unlikely champion. But Ehtishem Mahle's dislike of Cyrus is immediately evident and, desperate to keep Pearl safe, Rachel decides the devil she doesn't know is better than the one she does.

But the Ohnenrai face their own impending doom at the hands of a greater enemy. Rachel's decision to trust Ehtishem, places her and Pearl on an unlikely path to the stars and makes Rachel one of the most important and endangered people to ever set foot aboard an Ohnenrai starship.

The only possible solution to the Ohnenrai's extinction lies within Rachel, but all she wants to do is protect her daughter and see Earth's alien conquerors go straight to hell.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780985976118
Publisher:	Stalking Fiction
Publication date:	11/21/2012
Series:	Glass and Iron , #1
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.65(d)
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Monica Enderle Pierce and her characters have been kicking the crap out of evil since 2012. Her first novel, GIRL UNDER GLASS, was an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award semi-finalist and a multi-category sci-fi bestseller. Of her dark fantasy novel, FAMINE, reviewers have said, "Jeez. Effing heck. I need more now!" and of her epic fantasy romance, THE SHADOW & THE SUN, they've written, "One of the best fantasies I've read in quite some time." Her stories are filled with intrigue, love, adventure, powerful heroines, and intelligent heroes. Monica has an English literature degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. She lives in Seattle, Washington, USA, with her husband, their daughter, a neurotic dog, two crazy tomcats, and a one-eyed fish.

My work includes sensual love scenes, but not erotica. While you won't find any "dangly bits", you will find passion. I also am unafraid of violence. That being said, I'm a firm believer in the right amount at the right time and trusting you, the reader, to fill in the gaps with your own imagination.

I hold an English literature degree from UCLA, which was gathering dust until 2009 when I began work on my first historical fantasy novel. I live in Seattle with my husband and daughter and our two rock 'em sock 'em catbots.