Seventh
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- $3.99
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Hynd Perrent leads a lonely life, rejected by most of society after a debilitating illness permanently changed him. He has spent nearly a decade investigating the disappearance of a military unit, Seventh Dragoons, in a war nearly a century prior, content to immerse himself in the frustrating search and the book he intends to write about it.
When his sister sets him up with a handsome stranger, Hynd can scarcely believe his luck, unable to recall the last time somebody wanted to be near him and did not fear or revile him for his illness. But Julius Ocere has come for a different reason: Hynd's. He wants to learn what happened to the Seventh and prove that his great-grandfather was not a traitor.
While a research assistant isn't what Hynd had hoped for, he takes Julius on. The mystery they uncover is larger than either of them could have imagined, and it will take both of them together to finally put the ghosts of the Seventh to rest.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
White (Blood Tells) sets this charming yet insubstantial romance in a fantastical version of our world, in which a disease called the Blight has killed many and left others disfigured and disabled. Hynd Perrent had the Blight as a young man, and now he's barely able to leave his house without being challenged or shunned by people frightened of contagion. He turns to amateur history to fill his time and begins writing a book on the mysterious disappearance of an entire regiment, the Seventh Dragoons, in a war that took place 150 years earlier. Julius Ocere is a descendent of the only dragoon not to have disappeared, who is considered a traitor, and he contacts Hynd hoping to clear his family name. The two are attracted to each other, but Hynd is certain that no one can possibly desire him due to his Blighted appearance. The setting, plot, and characters are pleasant enough, but they never attain real depth or emotional vibrancy. The book goes by quickly, unburdened by complexity.
