Salvage

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Beth and Portia are tired of living as lower-tier citizens on The Chain. When a meteor crashes near their island the couple see an opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty by collecting the forbidden debris before an official retrieval team arrives.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Leaving their island is heresy and getting caught on the way to the treasure could cost them their lives. For Beth it's worth the risk to leave the Baron and her Honor Guard empty-handed.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>They are pursued by a group of Templars led by Malcolm who will do whatever it takes to secure the crash site and maintain the secrets of the ruling class. Along the way they encounter dangerous and alien creatures trek treacherous terrain and uncover secrets that could topple the Baron's empire.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Salvage explores themes of power oppression and the search for truth. It will appeal to fans of commercial sci-fi and adventure novels such as Tamsyn Muir's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Locked Tomb</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> series Brandon Sanderson's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mistborn</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> series or </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Kaiju Preservation Society</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. The novel bridges the gap between YA and Adult fiction and has potential to appeal to both groups.</span></p><p></p>