It’s awesome, yet at the same time it’s just downright cruel, to get a cover reveal of the third and final book of Laini Taylor‘s Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, Dreams of Gods & Monsters. And I say cruel because we still have 7 months to go until the book is actually released, which is April 2014!
All the same, it’s a pretty awesome cover with the yellowish tone to complete the color theme for each book.
And now for the excerpt that accompanied this fine cover:
“Step right up, worlds, thought Karou, get your disaster here! She cast again around the table, but she was surrounded by warriors in the midst of a war council, and everything that had been decided here could be filed under “Of course, idiot. What did you think was going to happen?” Still, she tried. She said, “There is no acceptable level of collateral damage. And, humans aside, what about us? How many of us will die?”
“As many as necessary,” responded Liraz from across the table, and Karou wanted to shake the gorgeous ice queen angel of death.
“What if none of it is necessary?” she demanded. “What if there’s another way?”
“Do you have another idea?”
And, of course, Karou didn’t. Her grudging admission—“Not yet.”—was bitter.
“If you think of any, I’m sure you’ll let us know.”
Oh, the slice of her gaze, that sardonic, dismissive tone. Karou felt the angel’s hatred like a slap. Did she deserve it? She darted a glance at Akiva, but he wasn’t looking at her. It was beginning to feel as though he would never look at her again.
“If we’re through here,” cut in Thiago, “we have resurrections to perform before we move.” And that was it. Thought Karou as the council broke up: Cue apocalypse.”
Are you aching for this book yet? I know I am! I ache every time I think about Karou and Akiva! Ache with me.
