Emily B. Martin, SUNSHIELD author
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Emily B. Martin is the author of SUNSHIELD (HarperVoyager, available now), an adventurous eco-fantasy that weaves together the lives of a desert outlaw, a young ambassador, and a political prisoner.\\xa0
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Known as the Sunshield Bandit, a former slave named Lark roams desolate canyons, attacking the wagons of human traffickers, and taking from the rich to feed her team and their rescued captives.
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Translator and minor noble Veran has journeyed to a foreign court in hopes of halting injustices perpetuated by the ruling class, but friendly relations have turned inexplicably hostile.
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And walled away in a makeshift cell, the battered\\u2014but not beaten\\u2014Tamsin must figure out who has stolen her from the most important of responsibilities, and how she can escape to right those wrongs.\\xa0
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These three beleaguered activists know nothing of each other, but their common goals will intertwine against corrupt politics, brutal slavery, and ecological destruction.\\xa0
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