Steel Time

<p><strong>You’re never too young or too old to experience a paradigm shift.</strong></p><p>Toria Connor is 25 when tripping over an artifact in the ruins of Nacostina thrusts her a century into the past before the city is destroyed during the Last War. Now she finds herself alone. Adrift in a time where she must hide everything important to her from her mercenary career to her true magical ability.</p><p>Victory is over eight centuries old when she follows her adopted daughter. She has seen empires rise and fall but never anything like this. She must survive alone in a city inhospitable to vampires dodging friends and foes from her past alike.</p><p>Both of them know the clock is ticking down to the moment when the city is wiped off the map.</p><p>Now they’re in a race against time. To find each other. To escape the past. And to save the future.</p><p>“Gribble brings the newest generation to the forefront with an adventure reminiscent of Tamora Pierce’s Alanna series. VERDICT: Strong plotting and captivating characters will please fans of fantasy quests.” —<em>Library Journal</em></p><p>“This is a solid first effort that sets the stage for more installments in an intriguing world with complex characters.”—<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><p>“A deviously raucous romp through a modern world filled with were-creatures mercenaries and Victory—a fanged kickass heroine…”—Diana Dru Botsford author <em>Four Dragons</em> and <em>The Drift</em></p><p>“Strong characters rule in this unique debut. Magic murder and mayhem wrapped up in one package—definitely my type of book!”—Maria V. Snyder The Chronicles of Ixia series</p>