Tiger's Promise
A Tiger's Curse Novella
by Colleen Houck
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Pub Date Jun 01 2014 | Archive Date Mar 08 2022
Description
Before the curse, there was a promise. A prequel to the bestselling Tiger’s Curse series, this much anticipated novella recalls the beginning of Ren and Kishan’s story. Before Kelsey there was a girl, raised by a villain, whose love for a hero changed the course of history.
Trapped under the thumb of her abusive and powerful father Lokesh, Yesubai struggles to keep her own magical abilities secret while evading his dark powers. When Lokesh promises Yesubai to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, she becomes the central pawn in his plot to destroy the ruling family and take power for himself. Yesubai is trapped by her father's threats and desperate to protect the man she comes to love, but she knows that any decision she makes will have dire consequences. As dark forces gather around her, Yesubai must decide if she's willing to reveal that somewhere deep within her she has the power to change everything.
Advance Praise
4.5 Stars from IndieReader
In a far away land, a young girl named Yesubai is raised under the control of her father. He is a man who is seen as a most loyal military advisor, but who also is a man with great magical abilities, a violent temper and an insatiable hunger for power that make him a dangerous man. But unbeknownst to him, Yesubai, has powers of her own.
Ever since Yesubai has been a little girl, she has lived in fear of her father, Lokesh. But she knows enough not to show the fear. Instead, she keeps her wits about her and, with the emotional support of her servant and friend, Isha Yesubai quietly hones her powers in the hopes that one day, she will be able to defeat her father and his evil goal of acquiring a full set of magical amulets that will make him invincible. When the time comes, Yesubai must decide whether she can let her father win or whether she will challenge his dark powers.
In this prequel to The Tiger’s Curse series, author Colleen Houck offers an enticing backstory that creates the enchanted world in which good struggles against evil. Yesubai is a captivating strong, young female protagonist. Her voice and language with its propriety reveals the opulence of the land and world in which she lives. Yesubai’s composed and peaceful demeanor is effectively contrasted to the stark and vivid descriptions of Lokesh’s quick and fierce violence: “The little girl lay still, her broken body hung like a lifeless doll tossed carelessly over jagged pieces of stone.”
Houck’s flowing, storytelling style offers a fast-paced and intriguing adventure, that as a stand alone might be somewhat perplexing as it is unclear where the story is heading, but as a quick prequel will no doubt offer some insight to the next book.
TIGER’S PROMISE is a spellbinding story about a young girl’s struggle against evil personified – in her father.
Reviewed by Maya Fleischmann for IndieReader
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781475604085 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
