Genre: Science
Fiction/Fantasy
Description:
Raeth Arteres, a Neumarian, is a prisoner on board the Queen’s
airship. She is about to be interrogated by one of the queen’s henchmen using
an experimental neuro-alterer. Raeth doesn’t expect to live to see adulthood.
Her only hope is to keep the knowledge of her power from the evil Queen so as
not to betray her family or her people.
Author:
Ciara Knight is the author of YA novels and speculative fiction. A
native of Tampa, Florida, she currently resides in Kennesaw, Georgia where she
is working on the third installment of The Neumarian Chronicles series,
Balance. When not writing, Knight loves to travel. She’s even landed in a
helicopter on an Alaskan glacier.
Appraisal:
Weighted is a
gripping novella about survival and loyalty. Ciara Knight does a wonderful job
whetting the appetites of her readers with this 44-page thriller prequel to The
Neumarian Chronicles series. In so doing, the author does an amazing job of
developing her characters, especially the evil Queen and her naïve daughter,
Princess Semara. Raeth soon learns that Semara may be her only hope for
survival, or is she the good cop building trust to uncover Raeth’s biggest secret?
FYI:
Added for
Reprise Review: The
Neumarian Chronicles: Weighted by Ciara Knight was a nominee in the Speculative
Fiction (excluding Fantasy) category for B&P 2014 Readers' Choice Awards.
Original review ran August 29, 2013.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: Michael Thal
Approximate
word count: 10-11,000 words
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