Ascension (Pritchard)

Fast-paced, dark, gritty and fantastic.""Pritchard excellently put together a sequence of events to first grab the reader's attention, pull them along on this rollercoaster ride of events as things seem to calm down only to get spun around again, and ending with an amazing cliff-hanger leaving the readers wanting more.""A page turning story.""Pritchard's novel plays out incrementally and simplistically; it has an easy flow to it, no matter the situation.""Once I'd picked up the book I just couldn't put it down."She was a monster. But the worst kind of monster. One disguised as a living human.Melanie Winters is struggling with university life just as much as everyone else. Exams, lectures, the power to move thing with her mind, the usual worries.After a freak accident that she caused, Melanie is forced to return to her home in the Welsh countryside with her mother to start again.But when strange events begin to occur upon her arrival, Melanie begins to realise that she, and the powers she fought so hard to keep hidden all these years, might be part of something a lot more sinister.The official debut novel from Welsh author Holly Pritchard.

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"A fast paced, page turner""I couldn't put the book down""An absolute gem!""From page one I was absolutely hooked."Melanie had finally come face to face with her own mortality and it was bleak.Melanie Winters has gone from a bright university student to a high class fugitive within months. Now fully aware of the origins of her powers, she has to keep herself hidden in order to stay alive.As she is pursued by Solomon & his forces, Melanie has to fight an unimaginable battle with her rapidly expanding powers.With threats everywhere she goes, Melanie and her allies must find a way to stop the ruthless hunt and suppress her powers from destroying everything they've worked so hard for – including her own life.From the Welsh author Holly Pritchard comes the gripping, explosive follow up in The Ascension Series.

If I don't get my powers under control…I'm going to die.Melanie Winters' battle to stay alive rages on as Solomon & his forces have the one person that she treasures most in his grasp; her mother. The terms are simple – hand herself over in three days or her mother dies.With the stakes even higher than before, Melanie meets allies both old and new to hatch a plan, while her raging powers continue to play havoc on her mind and body.Torn between her fears of losing control and the terror of losing her mother, Melanie has to work against the clock to make her next move – before the consequences become fatal.The third instalment in The Ascension Series from author Holly Pritchard.