Out of the Shadowsby Ashlee Nicole Bye
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Release Date: April 2017
Summary:
From the streets of Melbourne to the bowels of Westminster, the delicate balance between life and death that is so painstakingly maintained by the reapers of The Order of Dark and Light is being tested by the return of an ancient threat. Tensions are rising within the hidden world of The Shadowlands and if this threat is not contained war will be inevitable. And the destruction of the human world is bound to follow in its wake.
Amidst this tension, eighteen year-old Sachi Manning is struggling to cope with the grief and guilt that has plagued her ever since her best friend was murdered six months earlier—that is, until she spots him seemingly alive and well and being held at scythe point by a hooded figure who looks more like a GQ model than the Grim Reaper.Sachi shouldn’t be able to see through the glamours that shield Shadowlanders from the human world, so the reaper in question wants some answers. And so begins the craziest couple of weeks of Sachi’s life as she is drawn into a world of mysteries, magic, monsters, and mayhem, encountering dragons, faeries, soul-sucking demons, not-so-grim reapers, and even the Horseman of Death.With a mix of heart, humor and hair-raising action, Out of the Shadows is the adventure of an afterlifetime, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Paula Weston.
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the Shadows
"...it's flawlessly written. Ashlee Nicole Bye really knows how to write a
story. She has her own voice, the kind that pulls you in and really makes
the world come to life." - Bibliophile Ramblings
"...new authors can either be a smack bang hit or disappointing miss- Ashlee Nicole Bye
is definitely a big old hit! Being her first novel, her writing is beyond
amazing and I cannot wait to see what else she comes up with! The pacing
flows, the writing is descriptive but not overly so, the world is unique and
the characters are amazing." - Bookishfix
"I loved Out of the Shadows. Sachi's world is amazingly complex, full of
supernatural creatures, competing factions and a complicated process for
managing what happens to souls when they die." - Cassandra Page, author of Isla's
Inheritance
"This book was fantastic and promises to be a brilliant series. It is a
delightful read full of page-turning action and intriguing characters with a
hefty dose of humour. A feisty heroine, hot guys, demons, reapers...Out
of the Shadows has it all!" - Cheryl, Goodreads reviewer
"...the entire concept of this sic-fi/fantasy world is on point. The description and
the writing style make for an enjoyable, hard to put down read. I can't
wait to see just what is in store for these characters." - Jennifer
Leigh, author of Incognito
"How come no one knows about this book? It would be a best-seller if they
did!" -
Malissa, Goodreads reviewer
"One successful debut for Ashlee Nicole Bye! Truly succeeded in
captivating me into the Shadowlands world. I loved this book and the
characters even more." - Viridiana, Goodreads reviewerExcerpt:
From chapter six:
The line for the bar was ridiculous, but unsurprising; it was a Saturday night and this was one of the go-to nightspots for Melbourne’s freshly legal drinkers and younger kids with good fake IDs. The only reason Jordy had managed to get a gig tonight was because the DJ they’d had lined up had pulled out at the last minute. The posters in the stairwell leading up to the club were still advertising ‘DJ R-MAGDN’ and Sachi couldn’t help thinking this crowd had clearly dodged a bullet. There was no way a DJ with a ridiculous name like that could possibly be capable of playing good music. Sachi's small stature usually made her an expert at winding her way through the bar traffic, which was why she was often sent on drink runs. It was counter-intuitive, though—it might have been easier for her to sneak up to the front of the bar line, but it was also much more likely she’d be trampled by a group of football players on her way back to her friends. Reaching the bar, Sachi swept her eyes around and noticed the bar staff looked kind of…odd. True, it had been a while since she’d been to this place, but she couldn’t remember noticing anything weird about the staff before. Take the bartender closest to her, currently drawing beers for a group of guys, for example: he was wearing a black t-shirt that read That’s What Sidhe Said and was totally rocking a major Legolas vibe—pointy ears and all. A pretty Middle Eastern girl working the other end of the bar definitely had little horns peeking through her dark curls and wore a shirt that said How D’you Like Your Djinn? And a guy loading a new case of alcopops into the fridge behind the bar not only had pointed ears but wings sticking out from the back of his Wanna Puck? t-shirt. Sachi decided it must be some sort of costume night—maybe they were promoting something? She tried not to giggle like a fangirl when Legolas’s look-a-like smiled at her and asked for her order, sternly reminding herself she wasn’t actually face to face with Orlando Bloom. She placed her order—three vodka, lime and sodas—and absently cast her gaze around the club while waiting for her drinks. Her breath hitched as her eyes landed on a guy leaning back against the opposite wall, his pose one of casual boredom: booted feet crossed at the ankles, hands hidden in the front pockets of black tactical pants, black sleeves rolled up to reveal strong, tanned forearms. And he was wearing a cape—or was it a cloak? Whatever it was, it was long and black and had a hood, which was only partially pulled up over a nest of messy dark hair. He had the kind of face Olivia would probably call ‘rugged’, though to Sachi he looked more like someone at the tail end of a week-long bender. Or like he’d recently crossed over to the Dark Side. Wayward pieces of his untamed hair fell haphazardly across a low brow and heavy lidded eyes. He had broad cheekbones and a nose that looked as though it had been broken at least twice. A long, thin scar ran down the left side of his face, cutting through a day’s worth of stubble. Another scar slashed through his right eyebrow, and yet another dissected the right side of a pair of firm lips, stretching from the upper edge of his mouth down to meet his chin. Even in the darkness of the club, Sachi could see his eyes were a luminous green, the color of absinthe. And they were currently locked on her in a glare so cold it could freeze lava. She supposed he could have been going for some kind of sexy, smoldering look, but she didn’t think so. Those eyes were cutting into her like shards of broken glass, raising goosebumps along her skin. He reminded her of Anakin Skywalker, just after he killed all those Jedi kids. Sachi was sure she’d never seen this guy before, so what was with the evil eye? A hand suddenly passed in front of Sachi’s eyes, fingers snapping. ‘Hey, love—your drinks are up!’
‘Oh, crap! Sorry!’ Sachi pulled out a fifty and handed it to Legolas, cheeks burning. The guy next to her grunted in annoyance and she grabbed her change, her drinks and got out of there as quickly as she could. She cast a last glance back in the direction of Anakin Skywalker, but he was no longer there.
Ashlee Nicole Bye is the author of the SHADOWLANDS series, the first book of which--OUT OF THE SHADOWS--was published in April 2017.
She was born and raised in the always amazing city of Melbourne, Australia. She's a total history geek, a book nerd (of course!), loves watching sport, and is just a little but obsessed with anything fantasy and science fiction related.She's a doting auntie to three awesome little guys and the mom of a crazy fur baby, a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy named Sadie. She's also vision impaired and writes all her stories with the help of Apple's awesome zoom commands and super-sized fonts. Author Links:
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