Bastard’s Grace by Wendy Palmer
Publisher: Winterbourne Publishing, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9807497-1-7 (digital), 978-0-9807497-0-0 (paperback)
Cover design: Jaz Harlow, Don’t Look Design
An implacable virus spreads across the kingdom of Aspermonde, transforming women into beautiful creatures called Mosaics and stealing their minds, souls, and voices. Mosaics are alien, eerie – and collectable.
Lieutenant Simon Cant collects Mosaics for the king. He is war-scarred and unpredictable, held steady only by his loyal sergeant, Hal. Their latest acquisition, Augusta, is proving difficult: she hasn’t yet lost her mind and willpower to the virus.
Maybe it’s a miracle…and maybe it’s just a sackful of trouble for Simon.
All he wants is to get back to Skysend and hand Augusta – and the problem she represents – over to his king. Meanwhile, rebels want to rescue her, a covetous merchant wants to collect her, her sister wants to castrate Simon, and Augusta herself has designs of her own…
Reviews
I was about 50 pages through [the free excerpt] when I realised I had to have the print copy. I read it in two five-hour sessions – what a fabulous story. I loved the characters, the world, the twist[...]I will certainly be recommending it to friends and family” – a reader, by email.
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