Where Peace Is Lost: A Novel

In the book "Where Peace Falls," Kelana Gardavros, a refugee with a secret, is on a road trip to deactivate a Pale war machine that could destroy a planet. She is accompanied by two strangers, and the journey is filled with dangers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

A brand-new space fantasy novel from master world-builder Valerie Valdes! A refugee with a secret, a dangerous foe, and a road trip that could either save a planet or start a war.

Where peace is lost, may we find it.

Five years ago, Kelana Gardavros lost everything in the war against the Pale empire. Now Kel Garda is just another refugee living on the edge of an isolated star system. No one knows she was once a member of an Order whose military arm was disbanded and scattered across the galaxy. And no one knows that if her enemies found her, they might destroy the entire world to get rid of her.

Where peace is broken, may we mend it.

Kels past intrudes in the form of a long-dormant Pale war machine, suddenly reactivated. If the massive automaton isn't stopped, at best, it will carve a swath of devastation that displaces thousands of people. At worst, it will kill every sentient creature on the planet.

Where we go, may peace follow.

When two strangers offer to deactivate the machine for a price, Kel and a young friend agree to serve as their guides. The journey through swamps infested with predators and bandits is bad enough, but can they survive more nefarious dangers along the way? And will Kels fear of revealing her secrets doom the very people she's trying to protect?

Where we fall, may peace rise.

Weight: 296g
Dimension: 134 x 203 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780063085930