<p><em style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean.</em><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their youth, until fate sent them down different paths. Grief and duty sidetracked Helena’s plans, and Jason came to detest the hollowness of his ambitions.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">These two damaged souls are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena’s home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself “the Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.” A new and perilous purpose binds Jason and Helena together again, as they vow to protect the lost innocent from the wrath of the authorities, no matter the risk to their future and freedom.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever… and perhaps their world as well.</span></p>
<font size="5"><span style="font-family:'Bodoni MT';">Phe Ink crew featured in Newbie Magazine!Check us out!<br /></span></font><span style="font-family:calibri, 'sans-serif';font-size:11pt;"><a href="http://www.newbiesmagazine.com/">http://www.newbiesmagazine.com</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:'Bodoni MT';"><font style="font-size:24px;">Darine Davis is featured as a new author on AAMBC www.aambcbooktours.blogspot.com</font></span><br /><h4>INTERVIEW W/NIA PRODUCTIONS:</h4> <p><a href="http://www.shhimreading.com/blog.html"><span style="font-size:14px;">http://www.shhimreading.com/blog.html</span></a></p> <h4></h4> <h2 style="text-align:left;"></h2> <p><font style="font-size:18px;">Author Spotlight:<br /></font><a href="http://www.pheink.com/"><font style="font-size:18px;">http://www.pheink.com/</font></a></p> <h1><font style="font-size:13px;"><br /><br />- Amazon.com</font></h1><font color="#000000" size="3"></font> <div class="crContent"> <p>Posted February 1, 2009, 2:12 AM EST: A good start to a promising future from a new face in the literary world of urban fiction. A bit racy in its content, Bayou Drama delivers just that, DRAMA! It's a quick, easy read that will not disappoint.</p> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><font style="font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-left:-5px;"><img style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;" alt="4.0 out of 5 stars" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-4-0._V47081936_.gif" width="64" height="12" /></span><strong>Great first book, looking forward to the <br /><br />next</strong> January 30, 2009</font> - Amazon.com<br /><br /><br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">By </td> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1QTPH75VORZ2P/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><font color="#004b91">M. <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Williams<img style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;" class="custPopRight" alt="" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/carrot._V47081519_.gif" /></span></font></span></a> (Houston, TX USA) -</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>For his first outing Darine Davis has captured moments of real life in its raw intensity. It doesn't take but a few pages before the reader is drawn in and invested in finding out the rest of the stories of his characters. I look forward to his next book. </p> <h2 style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:'bodoni mt', serif;"><font color="#000000" size="3"><font size="2">Anonymous</font> </font></span></h2> <div class="crContent"> <h3><font style="font-size:13px;">Bayou Drama has much drama!!!!</font></h3> <h4><img style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;" alt="" src="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/presources/community/images/cust4.gif" /> Reader Rating - Amazon.com</h4> <p>Posted January 5, 2009, 11:06 PM EST: This is a truely different and refreshing change in writing style. His country based humor really had me laughing. A definite page turner. Although the book is short (124 pgs) it is great for a weekend read. The stories vary in situation and puts you in the characters shoes to answer the question "What would I do in this situation?" An erotic but page turning book. It will have you laughing one minute and crying the next. A must read.</p></div></div>