Neteru Academy Books, Shadow Walker, (book 1)

SarahRivera has a lot going on in her life. It’s bad enough that she’s being shippedoff to Temt Tchaas Academy also known as Neteru Academy, a high school forfuture Guardians of the Light who have special powers, but she has to go therewith her cocky twin brother and the rest of her compound brothers and sisters.To make matters worse, everyone has ridiculous expectations of her all becauseher parents are like supernatural rock stars for saving the planet sixteenyears ago. But what nobody—not even her best girlfriend Tami—seems to begetting is the fact that Sarah doesn’t think she’s special, doesn’t want to bea demon-hunting hero and is even afraid of the dark!

So what that her mother was a Warrior Angel and her dad used to be a Hell Council-levelVampire? Opposites attract. Go figure. As far as Sarah is concerned, all shegot from the combination was a pair of fangs that lengthen at inappropriatetimes to embarrass her in front of her secret crush; whereas her brother,Alejandro, got the good looks and cool wings. However, what her parents’ statushas created is drama in her life by ensuring that the mean girls at school willmake her life a living nightmare. Sarah knows her family’s renowned slayerreputation will also ensure that everyone at school will assume she had it easyand should be able to do everything her famous rebel parents can do, when theheartbreaking truth is, she can’t. Not by a long shot.

Once at the hidden boarding school in the Appalachian Mountains, things go from bad to worse as Sarah tries to fit in.Her nightmares increase, and it isn’t just anxiety; her second sight issuddenly developing at a record pace. Layers of secrets are held in thebuilding, held by her parents, and nothing is as it seems. There is somethingreally bad going on at the school, worse than bad—deadly. Only, faculty andadministrators don’t know where to begin to look for the cause as studentsstart to disappear. Sarah must then make a choice to stand on the sidelines orto help use her gifts to save someone dear.  But to do that means facing all of hergreatest fears—along with a demon or two.

Author Bio:  L. A. Banks has written more than 42 novels andcontributed to 24+ novellas. She writes in the genres of YA, fantasy/paranormal,romance, women's fiction, and crime/suspense thrillers. In addition to a busywriting schedule, she is a proud member of The Liars Club, is a board of trusteemember for the Philadelphia Free Library and serves on the Mayor's Commissionon Literacy. Ms. Banks is a graduate of the Universityof Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduateprogram with a master's in fine arts from TempleUniversity. She is a full-time writer living andworking in Philadelphia.

Look for book 2, Shadow Seekers, sometime in 2011…

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The Story Behind This Book

This book is the next generation of characters following on from The Vampire Huntress Legends series by St. Martin's Press 9see - www.VampireHuntress.com ). After many requests, the teen children of the adult hunters in that series came to life in Shadow Walker... www.NeteruAcademy.com This is the first book in the trilogy!

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