Stack a Deck: Book Four: The Weir Chronicles

by Sue Duff

Overview

Ian's alliance with the rebels brings the wrath of the Pur army crashing down on them, but he is forced to abandon his new allies and travels to Earth's alternate universe to rescue Rayne. As Ian combs the strange, desolate planet in search of her, he discovers the true history of the Weir and his connection to Earth's imminent destruction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997015652
Publisher:	Crosswinds Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/2017
Series:	Weir Chronicles , #4
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sue Duff dreamed of dragons and spaceships before she could read, and it's only natural that she combines both fantasy and science fiction as her favorite writing genre. She is the author of THE WEIR CHRONICLES series, available wherever books are sold. She also writes short stories for Wicked Ink Books and has contributed to TICKTOCK, Seven Tales of Time, and OFFBEAT: Nine Spins on Song. She has has been awarded the PEN award for her writing. Her first novel, FADE TO BLACK was a finalists in the Colorado Gold writing contrest and she's been nominated for Independent Writer of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. When she's not writing, she can be found walking her Great Dane, getting her hands dirty in her garden, or creating something delicious in her kitchen. She calls Colorado home.

Editorial Reviews

2017-06-06
The fourth book in Duff's (Off Beat, 2017, etc.) Weir Chronicles brings together allies old and new as the battle to save two worlds from an evil clan leader continues. In the last book, Ian Black learned that the Primary, the leader of the Pur, is as scheming and manipulative as his Duach brother, Aeros. Ian, the Pur Heir, has struck up an uneasy alliance with the Duach rebels, including their Heir, Jaered. They plan to join forces against Aeros, who plans to finish draining the core energy of Earth and his homeworld, Thrae. But before they can do so, Ian wants to go to Thrae to find Rayne, the woman he loves; he learns that she's in the company of Gwynn, the mother that Ian's never met. Meanwhile, on Earth, Jaered is teaching the newly risen third Heir, Patrick, how to control his powers, such as teleportation ("shyfting") and generating energy blasts. It's slow going—Patrick believed that he was human before he learned that his mother is actually the Duach rebel leader Eve, and he's still shocked by his true heritage. As all three Heirs and their friends prepare for a final, decisive battle against Aeros and the Primary, new secrets will be revealed. Earlier volumes in this sci-fi series sometimes suffered from a surfeit of exposition and too little forward momentum. This time around, though, Duff's world is fully fleshed out, allowing for a quick-moving plot that spans multiple locations and even multiple dimensions. Although the cast of characters hasn't gotten any smaller, they're all well-developed enough to avoid confusion. Duff is especially adept at action scenes—the book's many pitched battles are a joy to read—and Rayne and Ian's romance, which was neglected in the previous book, effectively returns to the forefront here. An exciting, action-packed fourth installment to a series that keeps getting better.

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