ABOUT THE BOOK
RISE OF THE VISCEREBUS (First Chronicle)
Legends said that in the dawn of time, Prometheus created two beings. First were the humans, and he gave them fire. Then he breathed life into the Viscerebus, also known as Aswangs, and gave them superhuman abilities, shapeshifting power, and the need to consume human viscera. This pitted the two beings against each other. The Vis hunt for sustenance, the humans for survival. Then humans dominated the planet with their superior number and weapons of mass destruction. With two hundred fifty million Viscerebi against seven billion humans, the balance of power became disproportionate.
To survive, the Aswangs allowed their existence to fade into the annals of myths, legends, and folklore. And the humans stopped hunting for the beings they believed do not exist. For centuries, the Aswangs lived hidden in plain sight among human societies.
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Yuana and Roald were born to a privileged existence. Destiny gave them everything one could ask for in life. The one thing they wanted above all else was the only thing destiny denied them both – each other. She was Viscerebus. He was human.
Their love could not thrive in secrecy, but her truth could kill. To tell him had fatal consequences, from her kind, or from her own hand. To keep the Veil of Secrecy would be to disappear from his life forever.
Then fate upped the stakes – she found out she was more Viscerebus than most; he had more reason to hate her kind, and time was running out.
BEASTS OF PREY
In this hidden world, two brothers inherited a tainted name, a deadly disease, and a beastly nature. One brother vowed to rebuild their fortune and restore the glory of their name, the other followed their father’s heinous path. One woman crossed their path, unaware of her bloodline, and a dark past that threatened well-laid plans.
To be with her, the Veil of Secrecy that binds every one of their kind must be broken and sacrifices must be made. Then the deadly disease kicked in and the countdown to death began.
In the end, it became a choice between honour or family, the life with the woman he cherished or her blood that carried their salvation.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in a province known for butterfly knives, strong coffee, and feisty people; raised in a mixed background of agriculture and industry. Her childhood was a combination of rural and urban. By three, she had acquired an incurable reading habit.
As a child, she was a woodland spirit with the power to absorb energy from nature. As a teenager, she had to resort to writing tearful poetry to balance her otherwise happy social life.
One grandfather nurtured her with stories of myths, legends, and fantastical beings; another took her trekking. She collected fairy tales, wrote poetry and short stories, and developed an affinity for herbs, spices, and trees.
She became an entrepreneur and a proud sales professional when she grew up but remained a storyteller to her core. She finally stopped dillydallying and answered her calling to become a writer.
Now responds to Oz Mari G., her pen name.
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