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    Earthwork
    Earthwork
    Earthwork
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    Earthwork

    By Anna Windsor

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    The Warriors of Ais are too damaged to love. They possess. They dominate. They know no other way…

    Dram Wolfel with his stormy hair, black eyes, and blacker temper, fascinates and terrifies Keli Dunkirk. For years, he has been her master in the arts of Earthwork. Now she wants to learn more from him—but is it more than she can handle? Keli dreams of submitting to the most dangerous Warrior of all, giving herself to him so completely that his slumbering heart might finally wake. She wants to serve him, to obey his every sexual whim, no matter how dark. No matter how painful.

    Somehow she knows the reward will be pleasure beyond her imagination…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNYLA
    Release dateJun 7, 2016
    ISBN9781943772551
    Earthwork
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    Anna Windsor

    I'm finally living my lifelong dream of loving all my jobs. I still work in psychology, I farm, I write—and I have a blast. I'm southern by birth, and I've lived in the south most of my life. My foothill farm is beautiful, and I couldn't ask for a better place to live or write. I find inspiration, peace, joy, and beauty in my family, my home, the woods, and the love of all my many animals. And I do have a lot of animals. I mean, a lot. Dogs, cats, chickens, turkeys, peafowl, guineas, ducks, geese, and oh, yeah—a parrot. Urban fantasy, high fantasy, futuristic science fiction, and historical fantasy are my favorite genres to write or to read. I write almost every day, and I try to finish at least one manuscript every few months. I also try to dedicate a few hours to playing my guitar and piano, photography, playing video games, watching old movies, and walking. I'm thrilled to be able to write, and thrilled that readers enjoy my stories.

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      Earthwork - Anna Windsor

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      Earthwork

      Anna Windsor

      Prologue

      Northwestland, Post-Uprising

      Year 2800

      It goes poorly on the Volcanic Rim. Kiko Lesia quickened her stride toward the Council chamber as the sun sank behind the capitol city of the former North American continent, now called Northwestland.

      Dram Wolfel easily kept up with Council Chair Lesia. Kik was a small woman, but her speed and fluid grace were legendary, like her skills with the bow and blade. Her intelligence and foresight impressed the leaders of coven and tribe alike, and there was talk of Southwestland asking for her leadership as well. Wytch-Native hybrids were rare, but Kik had a powerful Wiccan mother and an equally formidable father from the central tribes. Just like Dram Wolfel. Just like most of the Warriors of Áis, who led the defeat of the Technocrats in the last uprising.

      The Northeastlanders can’t take care of this? he asked respectfully but forcefully. Or the Southeastlanders?

      Kik shook her head, her long black hair falling loose about her shoulders. The Rim is too remote, and too well-fortified. There’s something unusual about the facility there. Akaroa is a military compound, I’m certain, much like the others we’ve destroyed, but this one…

      She trailed off, leaving Wolfel with distinct unease. He waited, still matching her stride without effort, a feat most could not accomplish. Finally she took a breath and continued. There’s an energy to it. I’ve tried to scan it with my mind. Hell, we’ve even tried as a group. The shamans, the high priests and priestesses—from a distance or right up close—we can’t break through.

      Now Wolfel felt the familiar cold pain in his gut.

      Dark magik. There was no other explanation. No amount of science could stand against the energies of the Earth and the combined talents of the Earthworkers. The Rim had to be infested with a perversion of the natural, headed by a shaman or priest familiar with the twisted workings of disease and necromancy.

      The scars crisscrossing Wolfel’s chest and back began to throb.

      Not again. But he knew he would be called to go. And he would go, without question or hesitation. Gods. Goddess. Please, not again.

      His jaw clenched against the pain even as Kik said, almost conversationally, Of course we need you. We need all the Warriors, but I think we need something more, too.

      Wolfel’s unease increased tenfold even as his over-alert mind guessed at her next words.

      We need the woman, I think. Keli Dunkirk. She is very powerful.

      She isn’t trained in fighting. Wolfel stiffened, realizing he was talking through his teeth, unable to relax enough to stop it. She’s a healer by nature.

      She’s powerful. Far beyond anything we’ve dealt with before. Kik stopped

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