The Brink of Darkness
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Thank you to the friends who are always there when I’m insecure, exhausted, and hungry (usually all at the same time): Radhika Jones, Tina Jordan, Jessica Shaw, Laura Brounstein, Anthony Breznican, Erin Berger, Peternelle Van Arsdale, Robin Roe, Meeta Agrawal, Bonnie Siegler, Gita Trelease, Adriana Mather, Jeff Zentner, Missy Schwartz, Jill Bernstein, Sara Vilkomerson, Devin Gordon, Janet McNally, Susie Davis, Heidi Heilig, Marc and Francine Roston, Annie Anderson, Sabine Brigette, Diane Smith, David Pickeral, Mike Eldred, Brian and Lyndsay Schott, and Kate Ward.
Finally, thank you to my daughter, Lily, and my son, Theo: I love you more than words.
Read the beginning of X and Zoe’s epic story
X knows only obedience – has only seen hatred. Until one bright soul pierces the darkness …
Zoe rages against a world turning to ice. Her father’s body lies unrecovered in the wilderness and no one seems to care.
X and Zoe were never meant to meet. But when their worlds collide, they dare to love … They stand on the edge of everything – and risk it all.
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