Adamant (37 page)
Authors: Emma L. Adams
Ms Weston paused before saying, “Actually, magic-wielders on Aglaia are relatively peaceful, at least with each other.”
“It’s the centaurs I’m more concerned about,” I muttered. “Who else is going, aside from Markos?”
“A small team. You’ll meet here tomorrow at seven.”
“Right,” I said, resigned. Aglaia was hardly an opportunity to pass up, but it felt uncomfortably like the conspiracy scenario I’d ended up mired in at the Alliance a few weeks ago. Assassination, magic, and aggravated centaurs? Still, nobody signed up as an Ambassador purely for the Valerian hover bikes.
“Good,” said Ms Weston. “Best of luck. There are two aims. Reinstate a new monarch before certain disparate centaur groups take power, and find out who killed their leader, if possible.”
“I’m pretty sure most of that is up to them, not the Alliance. They don’t like humans meddling in their affairs.”
Ms Weston drew in a breath. “Well, given the circumstances… Markos will tell you. Essentially, you’ll be acting to stop a group of enraged centaurs from declaring war on humans.”
“Great,” I said. “No pressure?”
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About the Author
Emma spent her childhood creating imaginary worlds to compensate for a disappointingly average reality, so it was probably inevitable that she ended up writing speculative fiction with magic and monsters. She lives in the middle of England, but dreams of exploring the Multiverse. When she’s not immersed in her own fictional worlds, Emma works as a freelance editor and proofreader and reads an improbable number of books.
Emma is the author of various fantasy novels, including the universe-hopping urban fantasy Alliance series and the YA paranormal Darkworld series.
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I would like to thank my beta readers and critique partners, who first read this book and assured me that it didn’t suck, then helped me make it a hundred times better. Thank you so much to Cole, Erin, Jessica and Laura!
Thank you to Amy, for your fantastic work on the cover designs for this series, and for turning my vague ideas into gorgeous designs.
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