Lauri J Owen

Lauri J Owen

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Lauri J Owen is a civil rights lawyer who grew up in Idaho's Treasure Valley. She started reading fantasy novels in the third grade, and other than taking time out to sleep, never really stopped. The oldest child of a homemaker and police officer, Lauri worked for more than a decade in law enforcement. But Lauri's not-so-secret passion is social justice, and so in 2002 she decided to become a lawyer.

After completing U.C. Berkeley's law school Lauri moved to the Alaska Bush, where she fell in love with the magic and majesty that exemplifies her new home state. She now lives in metro Alaska with her elementary school-aged son and her many rescued cat companions, and is hard at work on the next novel in The Embers Series, Blowing Embers.

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

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<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>

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&quot;<em><strong>Blowing Embers  </strong></em>is impossible to put down. The deeply moving love story is woven into the fast-paced action from the first page to the satisfying finale....Vivid characters, intricate world-building and sharp twists and turns of plot make <em><strong>Blowing Embers</strong></em> an absorbing &amp; satisfying tale.&quot;<br /><strong>Lynne Murray<br /></strong>author of <em><strong>Bride of the Living Dead</strong></em><br /><br />&quot;In <em><strong>Fallen Embers</strong></em>, Ms. Owen created a world that readers will never forget. In <em><strong>Blowing Embers</strong></em>, Book Two in this extraordinary tale, the stakes are even higher. With nothing short of her entire future on the line, Kiera will either step up to her role or the fate of her entire kingdom will end before it has even begun....long after you have finished <em><strong>Blowing Embers</strong></em>, you will still be thinking about it and anxiously awaiting Book Three. It is nothing short of extraordinary.&quot;<br /><strong>Rebecca Royce<br /></strong>author of the <strong>Westervelt Wolves</strong> series<br /><br />&quot;Dare to step once more into Lauri J Owen's alternate Alaska, and become ensnared in the mire of politics, dark magic &amp; a sorrow that will rip your heart in two.&quot;<br /><strong>Pippa Jay<br /></strong>author of <em><strong>Keir -- Beyond Redemption</strong></em>