Starley's Rust (The Embodied trilogy Book 2‪)‬

Six months ago, Kari Marriner’s life was torn apart. Just turned 17, she’s looking for answers in her rural Wisconsin hometown. The Embodied seem to have vanished, but now there’s a new, more terrifying visitor from the Dark Universe.

Back in Manhattan, a charismatic English artist named Starley convinces Kari he can find her missing mother if she flies to Paris with him. He also shares an incredible secret from the dawn of mankind. But Starley is not who he seems. Before she knows it, Kari finds herself standing in front of the Mona Lisa with him, yelling out, “He’s got a bomb!”

And that’s when things go totally insane. The Rebel Embodied’s henchman, Cilic, returns to Earth on a deadly mission. The body of Kari’s treacherous friend Aranara is washed up on the banks of the Hudson. But is she really dead? In the Paris catacombs, Kari and Starley are hunted by a nightmarish mythical creature that’s all too real.

A family mystery, an exiled race, freakish beasts, jealousy, love… and death. Kari has to face them all in the fast-paced fantasy thriller .

Starley’s Rust is the spellbinding second novel in JB Dutton’s EMBODIED trilogy. The first installment, Silent Symmetry, was published in 2013 and reached #1 spot on Amazon’s free Kindle ebook Futuristic & Sci-Fi Romance chart.

Goodreads raves for Silent Symmetry

“so hard to put down” 5-star review

“The concept is unique, interesting, gripping” 5-star review

“a bizarre and scary world” 5-star review

“Kari's adventure was thrilling!” 4-star review

“It's unique (never read anything like it before)” 5-star review

“really, really good” 5-star review

“filled with mystery and danger” 5-star review

“can't wait for the sequel.” 5-star review

“Who doesn't love hot aliens?” 5-star review