Blood’s Pride (Shattered Kingdoms #1) by Evie Manieri Jo Fletcher Books (August 2012) Hardback, 528 pages Fantasy Rising from their sea-torn ships like vengeful, pale phantoms, the Norlanders laid waste to the Shadar under cover of darkness. They forced the once-peaceful fisher folk into slavery and forged an alliance with their former trading partners, the desert-dwelling Nomas tribe, cutting off any hope of salvation. Now, two decades after the invasion, a rebellion gathers strength in the dark corridors of the city. A small faction of Shadari have hired the Mongrel, an…

Please welcome Evie Manieri to the blog today. Blood’s Pride is her debut novel. So, please give a warm welcome to Evie. I daydream, and am prone to react to stressful situations by pretending to be someone else. For instance when I have trouble sleeping, I comfort myself by thinking about the fictional problems of fictional characters, instead of the bogeys that creep out from under my bed. These are the top ten characters who are likely to take up residence in my head when reality gets to be just…