Atlantis Rising
by Gloria Craw
Release Date: 01/06/15
Entangled Teen
352 pages
Summary from Goodreads:
I am different. I have always been different, but no one can know or my life will be in danger. So I hide in plain sight, wearing drab clothes and thick glasses and trying to be invisible. I’m so good at hiding, no one has ever noticed me. Until Ian…the mysterious and oh-so-cute boy I know I need to avoid.
Now I have been seen. And more terrifying still, I am wanted—by those who would protect me and those who would destroy everything and everyone I love. But if they’re all terrified about who I am, wait until they see what I can do…
{Excerpt}
Atlantis Rising
Excerpt (Alison at her locker)
“What’s up?” he
asked conversationally.
Where
should I start? My life has spun
completely out of control, or someone broke into my locker during lunch and
took some of my stuff, or better yet, surprise, I'm not human.
I leaned my back
against my locker, closed my eyes and slid down the length of it to the floor.
A second later I felt Ian next to me. He didn't touch me or say anything
comforting. Which in my messed up state, I took as a sweet gesture. I was so
overrun with dread and fear that I started to shake. I wrapped my arms tight
over my chest and fought to pull myself together.
“Are you okay?”
he asked.
“It’s just been
a really bad day,” I replied.
“Looks like more
than just a bad day.”
“I shouldn’t be
freaking out,” I said. “It’s really not that serious. Someone went through my
locker while we were at lunch. You were right earlier when you said I was
hiding. I’m a private person, and I don’t like that someone poked around in my
things.”
I expected his reaction
to be a shrug or some reassurance that it had been a harmless prank. Instead,
he took a deep breath and looked me straight in the eye. “I think someone has
been following you,” he stated.
That startled me. Could he really
know about the black car that tailed me last night. I couldn’t see how. I tried
to play it off by laughing. “Why would someone follow me?” I asked.
“Maybe its the guy who stole your
book.” I started to object, but he stopped me. “It’s okay, Alison. You’re not
in this alone.”
I wasn’t sure
what he meant by that, but I wanted to get away from him and his concern as
quickly as possible. I tried to get up, but he put a hand on my shoulder and
held me back. “There's a lot I need to tell you,” he continued, “but not here.”
“You have a lot
to tell me about what?” I asked lightly.
He bent his head
to meet my gaze straight on. “You can trust me,” he whispered. “I’m not here to
hurt you.”
I shook my head
at the absurdity of it all. It sounded like he was repeating words from a
movie. Was this really my life?
Gloria Craw grew up in the desert southwest, inspired every day by the wide skies and rich colors around her. After high school, she attended the University of Utah where she majored and got a degree in anthropology. These days, she lives in the ‘burbs’ just outside of Seattle, Washington where she is the shepherd of a husband, four daughters and a very hairy dog.
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