Cruel Paradise by J.T. Geissinger

Cruel Paradise by J.T. GeissingerAnti hero (noun): 1) A powerful and charismatic man lacking moral character 2) A magnificent bastard 3) Killian Black You dont know me. You think you do, but you dont. The only thing you know is my name, and even thats a lie. Im king of Boston, lord of criminals, ruler of an underworld empire. Or am I? Only one things for sure: I operate alone. Until I cross paths with a brazen little thief who sets my whole kingdom on fire. Just as two wrongs dont

Jack is adrift without Adaira until he sings to the ember-weak fire spirits

Since fleeing the gilded halls of Evergarden for the muck-filled canals of the Marshes

In the East

intertwined with her father’s greatest secrets

dangerous abilities

building her network of spies

But to me he’s still the lost boy with sad eyes and a heart of gold

What would Zooey and his friends do to protect their found family

Ruven's spirit is haunting her

He perishes

and Apollo has the ammunition he needs to protect Olympus

At the dawn of their adolescence