Sally Demaray Hull
ASIN: B00F2WZPT2
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 298
Book #1 of the Trilogy: The Nimbus Chronicles. It is a world in which the people are taught from and ruled by a harsh book called: The Book of the Great Teachings. It denounces mercy and pity and promotes brutality in the name of victory. It is ruled by the class called: the Priesthood. The population is made up of Thinkers and Fighters. All honor and rank is obtained by fights to the death in the great arena halls, over which the Priesthood rules. Marriage is simply a contract between two people who never meet. In fact, it is against the law to learn the identity of one's spouse or descendants, who are conceived in test tubes. The Fighters Stormer and Siege, as well as the Thinkers Lore and Logician, and even Priest Thirty-one question all of this, especially after Thirty-one is entrusted with an ancient book that speaks of love rather than hate—of hope rather than despair. And just ...