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City of Skies (THE VIKING ASSASSIN SERIES Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Farah Cook (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Praise for City of Skies:
“Very exciting story. Well written, and a book I did not want to put down” - Reviewer Bruce
“A must read for anyone who likes Vikings and fast paced adventure.” - Reviewer Cynthia Daniel
“Haven't been this hooked in a series since the Mortal Instruments.” - Reviewer Dandelo
“If you like dystopian books you will love this!” - Reviewer Debbie

ONE GIRL. A DEADLY QUEST. AN EPIC JOURNEY.

Nora Hunt has just joined the deadly quest to discover the ancient legend of the nine worlds of the Vikings. Her post-apocalyptic dystopian world, Triangle of Peace, is the only home she’s ever known. But at sixteen years old, the skilled young warrior joins an elite band of raiders called Jarls. Her mission? Merely to win the perilous battle for the artifacts that awakens the Viking realms and avoid falling in love with the charming boy who just happens to be her worst enemy...and she’s not quite sure which task is more difficult… But when Nora learns the Norse gods bestowed her with a mystical secret tattooed on her back the stakes are higher than ever to claim the great Viking Empires.

Experience the beginning of this fast paced fantasy saga that will have you turning the pages. If you are a fan of Divergent, The Hunger Games and Cassandra Clare you will enjoy this series.

The Viking Assassin Series:
City of Skies
City of Vikings
City of Assassins (out June 2018)
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    12 - 18 years
  2. Book 1 of 3
    THE VIKING ASSASSIN SERIES
  3. Print length
    322 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Publication date
    3 March 2017
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About the Author

Farah Cook was born in Denmark, in the land of the Vikings. She grew up in Copenhagen, and had a rich and highly imaginary childhood spending most of her time outdoors. At the age of twelve, she began writing several short stories to fuel her passion for storytelling. Farah graduated with a BA in Social Science from Lund University in Sweden and MA in Arts from London Metropolitan University. She has lived in many countries, including Germany and New Zealand, but settled in London where she worked as a marketing manager for large financial conglomerates. Her passion for storytelling remained, and at night she started to write all the things she'd imagine, and her novel City of Skies is the first book in the Viking Assassin Series. Farah lives in Guildford, just outside London, with her husband Christopher, and their two sons Benjamin and Noah. She speaks six languages fluently including Danish, Swedish and German, and writes full time while doing her MA in Creative Writing at Surrey University.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MY8OPLH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lindhart Publishing Ltd (3 March 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4341 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 322 pages
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Farah Cook was born in Denmark, in the land of the Vikings. She grew up in Copenhagen, and had a rich and highly imaginary childhood spending most of her time outdoor.

At the age of twelve, she began writing several short stories to fuel her passion for storytelling. Farah graduated with a BA in Political Science from Lund University in Sweden and MA in Arts from London Metropolitan University.

She has lived in many countries, including Germany and New Zealand, but settled in London where she worked as a marketing manager for large financial conglomerates.

Her passion for storytelling remained, and at night she started to write all the things she’d imagine, and her novel City of Skies is the first book in the Shadowislands Saga.

Farah lives in Greater London with her husband Christopher, and their two sons Benjamin and Noah. She speaks six languages fluently including Danish, Swedish and German and writes full-time.

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Jenna
5.0 out of 5 stars Never a dull moment throughout this book it is full of suspense
Reviewed in Australia on 27 June 2017
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This book had me hooked from the very first chapter. Full of action, fantasy and sci-fi my type of book. Never a dull moment throughout this book it is full of suspense. You will fall in love with Nora from the very start and go along with her on her adventure to finding herself.
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4.0 out of 5 stars City of skies
Reviewed in Australia on 14 December 2017
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Rising to the the challenge of her birthright the main character leds a cast of various teens finding their place in adulthood. I love anything viking and the premise of the story is interesting but at times the storyline was confusing and jumpy. Will continue to read this series.
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anita rose
5.0 out of 5 stars I could not out down this book. It was a great read. I cant wait for book 2.. my recommendation is to anyone who enjoys reading
Reviewed in Australia on 2 May 2017
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Please keep up your great writing.
I didnt have anything to fault book 1. And feel that this book warrants 5 stars
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Alexandra B
5.0 out of 5 stars EPIC & MAGIC.
Reviewed in Australia on 17 June 2017
What an epic adventure! This novel is far from ordinary & contains all the good ingredients to make a great story...

Nora is peculiar, like they say, and where she lives, her kind of peculiar -over achiever much- isn't something people encourage. But now that she is training as a Raider in the West, everything is going to change. To be peculiar could be just what she needs.

I loved Nora, but at first, I was kind of disoriented, as I am the sort of person who is very emotional, and kind most of the time. Then I started to understand her better, her background, her hidden feelings... She is fierce, a free spirit, beautiful without overdoing it, strong, clever, brave and she has a big heart, she just doesn't show it off for everyone to see. Oh, and she has some kind of powers, way more than what she's already aware of...

But the story is more than that, it's about legends, trust, differences, a post-apocalyptic world, between dystopia and fantasy... It also pictures the sexy Frederic, very complex, strong and weak at the same time, rival and ally ; the reliable and clever Helena and some promising side characters.

In this book, Nora will learn some truth about who (or what) she is, accept her difference and free herself -if even a little bit- of the boundaries she wrapped around herself and her capabilities.
Step by step, the way to the Shadowislands will appear to be way too real for them to be just a legend... And to unlock it, one must find the key. Will this quest allow treason, or push some people together in a common goal?

A lot of action, some mythology and powers, a touch of romance and family bounds... I wasn't able to put this epic book down. I strongly recommend it!
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Haidji
5.0 out of 5 stars Free Will
Reviewed in Australia on 29 May 2017
Free Will

Every step you take, comes from a decision you made or from a decision someone else (or society) made for you?
Can you decide your path when your future is already determined? How far does your free will goes? Can you make choices in which the outcome has not been determined by past events? Is determinism necessary for free will, arguing that choice involves preference for one course of action over another, requiring a sense of how choices will turn out?
Is your future already determined by your past, society, destiny or premonitions?
Norah tries to make her own decisions in a world where her path seems to be pre determined.
How far can she go? How much can she decide about her own life and future?
What would you do if you would be Norah? Who would you trust?
This book is thought provoking, magic and a page turner.

I am looking forward to read the next book.
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Jeremy Spring
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Australia on 9 June 2017
A great coming of age story, and a great start to the series. There are quite a few coming of age adventure stories focussed on boys, so it was a pleasure to read one with a female heroine. I loved it.
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chris
1.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story but badly composed
Reviewed in Australia on 12 January 2018
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Interesting story but badly written, even though it is obviously aimed at young adults, the writing style is painful, repetitive, full of unnecessary flowing descriptions and could have been edited to 100 pages. I won’t be reading further, struggled through this one!
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ABcd
5.0 out of 5 stars Great good read
Reviewed in Australia on 10 June 2017
Amazing fun read full of action . I enjoyed it from beginning to end. Not a page of boring. Can't wait for the next book in this series.
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Jabbour
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fantasy series for young adults!
Reviewed in the United States on 26 December 2017
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I heard about this series and wanted to read the first book since a while. After downloading it to my kindle, I was from the very first page hooked and was drawn veraciously into Nora’s world. The plot is very fast paced, and the genre is a great mix of sci-fi, fantasy, dystopia and even Norse Mythology. Wow, I just love this book and different characters.

The world building is very authentic and the author shows a new realm evolving after the Vikings. This world is fantastic and very rare. Structured into three divisions, East, where Nora grows up, West and North bearing connotation to the “real world” and it seems easy to follow the virtues of each world. What I really like is the blend of simplicity and complexity merging and forming something new in YA fiction that I have not seen before. I’m totally hooked and have immersed into this fantasy.

For example, Nora’s character in a complex world ruled by a republic that fell corrupt after they were elected and overthrew the Empire. This I find intellectually outlined by the author, who plays with new and exciting ideas and blends them into something original- which is very hard to do, but she does this really well I think and tops it with a historical theme like the Vikings which makes it excellent and a must read.

Nora is drawn into a mystery of finding out who she really is once she finds herself in the West the riddles begin. She meets Frederick, who is mysterious and arrogant, but he also wants to help Nora and has some kind of connection to her I think. He hides his soft side behind a hard mask and that’s what makes him real and believable. He too carries a Viking symbol on his wrist. This I find intriguing, as I want to know what it all means. The author throughout gives small hints about the Norse theme, and I like that, because I know very little about it. It’s almost being drip feed in order to solve the puzzle. Ragnarok which is the Viking doom gets introduced bit by bit also leading into a big mystery of the artifacts Nora must find as a raider.

The central plot is very thought through, clever, mixed with continuous mystery, riddles and quests keeping the suspense high. Nora is a strong character, and what drives her personally is her quest to find her dad. He was also a raider, but we don’t know what happened to him. Lots of interesting questions here. Will she find him? What will their relationship be like? Does he have all the answers she seeks? Is he still alive?

The many quests are fun and smart, and I love the way Dock Harbor is portrayed. A place for academics it seems, where the raiders make themselves fit in as heroes that are on a unique mission to save their world. Again, a very unique blend of a world within an existing world. Dock Harbor reminds me of a university campus, and that warm familiarity is pleasant and well shown, giving the story a great exposition.

Towards the end, when Nora climbs the icy mountains searching for the artifacts, is well-written and action packed. The suspense is very gripping. I’ve never been to Antarctica, but it felt like being in a bleak and barren place and then finding heaven. Nora also comes to term with her feelings, which she’s in conflict with. It’s almost her flaw, the inner battle she has with herself, her inability to trust people around her, her strength which she has to hide, the mystical tattoo on her back.

This story is packed with so many interesting things. It’s so fresh and innovative, and it kept me turning the pages to find out what happens next. And although the end is not entirely a cliffhanger there’s resolution because Nora discovers who Karen is, and that leads the story into a new episode.

The part where Nora meets Allan is extremely suspenseful. Karen is another person holding secrets. When Nora speaks to Frederick who knows a lot about their Viking past, some of the pieces in the puzzle begin to form a picture. Has Nora deliberately been kept in the East to hide something that the Lumini Lords are after? What’s the Empire’s role? What will happen when she joins the elite raider circle? Will she befriend Magnus and what about her friendship to Frederick?

The questions never stop, and that’s the reason I love this book. I have an urge to find out what happens. I want to live in this world, a mix of post Viking new world with fantasy and mystical creatures. I actually looked some of them up, and they’re from Norse mythology. Like the Nøkken on page one.

The first book has been a new discovery, and I didn’t quite expect it. It kind of doesn’t follow any of the rules in storytelling, and still does, setting its own mark in in multiple genres, which makes it unique, because I’ve not seen any other author do this so well.

I’d love to see Nora’s character develop. She’s strong, beautiful and fearless. I can’t wait to read the next book, City of Vikings. I’m sure it will be even better and giving me some of the answers I seek.

Highly recommended first book in the series.
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Alexandra B
5.0 out of 5 stars EPIC & MAGIC.
Reviewed in France on 17 June 2017
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What an epic adventure! This novel is far from ordinary & contains all the good ingredients to make a great story...

Nora is peculiar, like they say, and where she lives, her kind of peculiar -over achiever much- isn't something people encourage. But now that she is training as a Raider in the West, everything is going to change. To be peculiar could be just what she needs.

I loved Nora, but at first, I was kind of disoriented, as I am the sort of person who is very emotional, and kind most of the time. Then I started to understand her better, her background, her hidden feelings... She is fierce, a free spirit, beautiful without overdoing it, strong, clever, brave and she has a big heart, she just doesn't show it off for everyone to see. Oh, and she has some kind of powers, way more than what she's already aware of...

But the story is more than that, it's about legends, trust, differences, a post-apocalyptic world, between dystopia and fantasy... It also pictures the sexy Frederic, very complex, strong and weak at the same time, rival and ally ; the reliable and clever Helena and some promising side characters.

In this book, Nora will learn some truth about who (or what) she is, accept her difference and free herself -if even a little bit- of the boundaries she wrapped around herself and her capabilities.
Step by step, the way to the Shadowislands will appear to be way too real for them to be just a legend... And to unlock it, one must find the key. Will this quest allow treason, or push some people together in a common goal?

A lot of action, some mythology and powers, a touch of romance and family bounds... I wasn't able to put this epic book down. I strongly recommend it!
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Angel13tnt
5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this. It was a slightly new take on ...
Reviewed in Canada on 7 March 2017
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I really enjoyed this. It was a slightly new take on the Dystopian Genre. Nora is very self-aware which is different and she has a lot of caution, which is not something you see in a female main character often. I think people will really enjoy this book. Hope to find out what happens in the second book.
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ascensionist_21
5.0 out of 5 stars Each of us has its very own special talents, which he/she has only to discover in order to use them
Reviewed in Germany on 8 April 2017
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Nora knows what she can do, and Nora knows what she wants. Nora is a hardheaded young woman, and she cannot be discouraged by others. Nora is very resilient, and she gets up again as she falls. City of Skies, the first part of a new fantasy series, has been full-packed with thrilled events and fascinated me from the very beginning. Farah Cook, the author, has created with Shadowislands a tempting world that I would really like to visit, even if this world sometimes is very scary, too. To me, the climax of the story is the following chapter: the cumbersome ascension of a very remote summit, where a magical city is suspected. In addition, the plot can also be read as a parable, which is far more than a pure fantasy novel. This makes them stand out from many other books of this genre. Between the lines, Nora delivers the following message to us, the readers: Each of us has its very own special talents, which he/she has only to discover in order to use them. Each of us can achieve his/her goals, even if there are all sorts of obstacles to overcome, and many weaknesses can counteract our success. I find Farah Cook debuting with City of Skies in a unique way, and I recommend reading the first part of the saga to anyone - fantasy enthusiasts and readers who would not normally fall back on books of this genre. I'm already looking forward to the second part and I'm sure this one will be even better than the first one which already is, literally, fantastic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Finished this book in one sitting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2017
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I really liked the complexity of the main character. She goes through many different changes, and the reader gets to follow her thoughts, which are wild, and untamed, and I found that really cool. I also like the way she handles the changes she’s confronted with – she’s balancing her ethos as a “Judith” that are deeply rooted in her identity, and equally she wants to break free, but doesn’t when to moves to the “West” and realises that her virtues are better. That makes her in my opinion a strong and interesting character. When she meets Frederick she’s drawn to him. He’s complex, smart, arrogant and soft. As a character he’s rich in mystery and complexity – and it’s obvious why Nora is drawn to him. I can’t wait to read book number two to find out what happens between them…
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