{"product_id":"9781743341773","title":"Dark Child (The Awakening): Episode 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, this intriguing urban fantasy follows the story of Kat Chanter, who discovers that the world she knows is controlled by ancient creatures who feed on blood. And she might just be one of them ...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead? Kat clenched her fists, her stomach a writhing tangle of knots. Her pulse thundered in her ears.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHad this all been an elaborate ruse to trap her? The platelet study; the offer to come and work at the Hema Castus Research Institute; the special attention from Director Norris ... Surely they'd have had no way of knowing who she was. Still, if the Directorate controlled Hema Castus, and the Directorate wanted her imprisoned, even dead, everything took on a much more sinister light. And anyway, why did the Directorate want her dead?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKat has always known she's special. Different. But finding out \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e is still a shock, especially when she discovers the malevolent Directorate, a clandestine organization of untold power, have put a price on her head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForced into hiding in the remote White Mountains, Kat's life is suddenly in the hands of the wild and dangerous \u003ci\u003eunalil\u003c\/i\u003e. But trusting her new protectors isn't easy, since they seem almost as terrifying as the killers who pursue her . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a novella length episode of Dark Child (The Awakening)*, first in the Dark Child series. All five episodes are also available bundled as Dark Child (The Awakening): Omnibus Edition. 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