Salli
is an avalanche soldier. As a member of the elite paramilitary
force she is responsible for protecting the religious shrines
scattered throughout the mountainous wilderness regions of the
troubled state of Shadene. As a devout member of the Orthodox
Dreaming she freely accepts the faith that life is a dream, and
that true believers will one day be awakened by the coming Messiah.
But there is another faith on Shadene that preaches heresy —
and its existence has sparked horrific acts of terrorism and civil
unrest.
And
suddenly Salli's life has been ripped in two. Her brother —
vanished under a cloud of suspicion — is believed to have
embraced the false religion. As a soldier sworn to safeguard Orthodox
interests, Salli must track him down and return him to the fold.
But as a disciple of the one true Messiah, she must confront the
crisis that now assaults her conscience and her creed. For there
is a woman in the enemy enclave who inspires fervent devotion,
even as she creates doubts and fears and catastrophes — a
personage of great power who impossibly, yet undeniably, shows
signs of being the prophesied one.
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an excerpt from AVALANCHE SOLDER
