Ice Cold: The Dark Zone and Winter’s Bane Box Set by Taylor Caley (The Aeon Chronologies: First Chronology #1-2)
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Overview: In modern-day, upstate New York, conflicts between natives and foreigners are written in the history books, stories of war and romance are far-off fantasies told by the fire, and we live our lives never believing these tales could ever be real.
For 14-year-old Alex Lee, his life is turned upside-down when he gets lost in the vast Adirondack mountains, only to find himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between hordes of outsiders just like him and a mysterious native civilization he never knew existed – the Ravennites. At first, Alex wants nothing more than to be as far away from this conflict as possible. That is until he sees for himself the misery wrought upon this innocent culture – and a young Ravennite girl sees in him a faint glimmer of light, not knowing if it is hope, desperation, or a budding love.
The life Alex once knew is far behind him. If he is to survive, he must adapt to his new surroundings, accept the part he is destined to play, and if he must, be ready to take a life. But the hardest choice of all, he will soon learn, is if he can put the lives of an entire civilization before the one he cares about most.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Fantasy
Part One: The Dark Zone
The Ravennites: children of the lost Seluitah tribe and the white refugees from the Old World. For generations their civilization had remained hidden and kept secret from the constant, prying eyes of the Outside. Life as the Ravennites once knew it, however, would soon fall to bitter change when enemies from the Outside world seek to take away from them everything they had always known and loved.
Lost and helpless, the Ravennite civilization has all but fallen into ruin. That is, until a young outsider named Alex Lee discovers the hidden culture and the dire situation that has overshadowed them. Suddenly thrown into the middle of the conflict, Alex feels as though he has no choice but to make a stand and help his brave new friends in the fight to take back what is being stolen from them; while along the way gaining an incredible new insight on the life which he had left behind, and developing a powerful bond with a young Ravennite girl.
The choice is his to make: to join with the Ravennites in their fight against their greatest enemies, or to fall into darkness along with all that is left of their hidden civilization, running away is no option. Whatever the path he chooses to take, however, what Alex does not yet realize is the exact nature of the mysterious forces which he constantly senses continue to surround him, and that they have had their sights set on his bloodline for a long time.
Part Two: Winter’s Bane
Born From Darkness. A Legend will Rise.
After many years of fear and suffering, the brave Ravennites of the Dark Zone have come out of hiding and engaged their oppressors from the Outside in an all-out war to reclaim their homes, their lives and their freedom. In the wake of countless victories and losses across the vast, mountainous territories, there are many who attribute their newfound hope to the young Outsider who selflessly turned his back on his own life to save all of theirs: Alex Lee.
Determined to prove his loyalty to the cause, Alex leads a small but daring squad of Ravennite warriors to take the fight deep into enemy territory. As time continues to wear on, Alex’s mind is constantly plagued by many unwelcome thoughts; the fear that the day may come when his valor and his resolve fails the people he calls his family, a growing and restless love for the young Ravennite woman who vowed to fight by his side, and the haunting memory of the night, many months ago, when he reluctantly revealed the location of the last Ravennite refuge known as the Citadel.
Time is running out. Alex’s heart is torn between what he believes is worth fighting for and protecting the one he loves. As he struggles to keep his gallant team, and himself, intact, he soon finds himself before a trial far more malevolent than anything he has ever faced in his life. His convictions are being challenged, his mettle put to the ultimate test, and in his mind, Alex begins to wonder if he is truly losing his sanity – and if he will ever leave the Dark Zone alive.
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