Broken
Copyright 2012, Pippa Jay All rights reserved, Lyrical Press, Inc. Brilliant flashes of multicolored lights burst and bloomed like flowers in the sky, drawing him onto a small balcony outside. He stood in the shadows and watched them in fascination, the night air cool on his skin and the wind stirring his hair. His quarters overlooked the stone bowl of the plaza in which they had arrived, a deep crater in the craggy mouth of the mountain that cupped the shell-like palace. Even in the glow of the illuminated sky, he could see nothing below the crater's rim or the landscape beyond, all of it hidden by night's dark mantle. The stars were white pinpricks, dimmed to insignificance by the explosion of lights and veiled by a mixture of smoke and wispy clouds. Amidst the noise and flashes, the sound of movement drew his gaze aside. Quin stepped out onto the adjoining balcony to lean nonchalantly on the ledge and admire the show. The display forgotten, Keir immersed himself deeper in the shadows and watched her ...
Details
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 261 pages
- Hardcover 3.4/5
- Genres
Fantasy Young Adult Dystopian Science Fiction Adventure Aliens
- Authors
- Series
- Original title
- Until Darkness Comes
- Original language
- English