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=Messenger of Fear=

Excerpt
"" :“Who are you?” :That was the first question I asked the boy in front of me. The pale, solemn young man in the black coat with small silver skulls for buttons. :But he didn’t answer it. Instead he answered the question I never asked, but which was nevertheless what I really wanted to know. :Am I dead? :No, not dead, he told me. :But surely not quite alive, either. How could I be? :I remembered my name – Mara. But, standing in that ghostly place, still shuddering at the memory of the creeping yellow mist that had awoken me in that strange, silent land, I could recall nothing else about myself. :The Messenger sees the darkness in young hearts. If they go unpunished, he offers the wicked a game. Win, and they can go free. Lose, and they will live out their greatest fear. ""

This excerpt is from the 2014 young adult novel Messenger of Fear, written by Michael Grant and published by Katherine Tegen Books.

Sequel

 * The Tattooed Heart