The Grasses of Hazma-Din — Jean Lowe Carlson

RITUAL AND RESURRECTION IN A WORLD OF DARK PASSION

Juliette walks out from the Citadel of the Eighth Rise on the evening of Black Sun, to be renewal sacrifice for the Grasses. For her citadel depends on the Grasses of the endless plains of Hazma-Din for survival, just as the Grasses depend upon their yearly human sacrifice.

A thrilling sci-fi romance about the interdependence of all living things, award-winning author Ava Ward paints a rich, haunting world of ancient alien beings, inner wisdom, and the fleeting preciousness of life.

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