Ivory and Bone

Debut author Julie Eshbaughs sweeping prehistoric fantasywith allusions to Pride and Prejudicewill enthrall readers with high-stakes survival, blinding betrayal, and star-crossed love.Hunting, gathering, and keeping his family safethats the life seventeen-year-old Kol knows. Then bold, enigmatic Mya arrives from the south with her family, and Kol is captivated. He wants her to like and trust him, but any hopes of impressing her are ruined when he makes a carelessand nearly gravemistake. However, theres something more to Myas cool disdaina history wrought with loss that comes to light when another clan arrives. With them is Lo, an enemy from Myas past who Mya swears has ulterior motives.As Kol gets to know Lo, tensions between Mya and Lo escalate until violence erupts. Faced with shattering losses, Kol is forced to question every person hes trusted. One thing is for sure: this was a war that Mya or LoKol doesnt know whichhad been planning all along.With riveting action and illustrative prose that leaps from the page, newcomer Julie Eshbaugh will have readers mesmerized.