Mercy

Product Description The search for Mercy begins ...Mercy 'wakes' on a school bus bound for Paradise, a small town where everyone knows everyone else's business - or thinks they do. But they will never guess the secret Mercy is hiding ... As an angel exiled from heaven and doomed to return repeatedly to Earth, Mercy is never sure whose life and body she will share each time. And her mind is filled with the desperate pleas of her beloved, Luc, who can only approach her in her dreams. In Paradise, Mercy meets Ryan, whose sister was kidnapped two years ago and is now presumed dead. When another girl disappears, Mercy and Ryan know they must act before time runs out. But a host of angels are out for Mercy's blood and they won't rest until they find her and punish her - for a crime she doesn't remember committing ...AN ELECTRIC COMBINATION OF ANGELS, MYSTERY AND ROMANCE, MERCY IS THE FIRST BOOK IN A MAJOR NEW SERIES.Longlisted for the Davitt Awards Review PRAISE FOR THE MERCY SERIES AND THE AUTHOR Longlisted for the Davitt Awards'A sinister and rather fabulous world' - The Age'Gripping . . . by the end, you can't help but wonder who this angel of Mercy will become next' - Sunday Herald Sun 'This thriller has a creepiness that keeps the pages turning.' - Kirkus Reviews 'Mercy['s] sarcasm, courage, and determination will hook readers.' - School Library Journal'Subtly beautiful and utterly intriguing, Rebecca Lim's Mercy series brims with mystery and romance that pull readers through the veil between worlds real and mythical.' - Andrea Cremer, New York Times-bestselling author of the Nightshade series 'A page-turning mystery with touches of romance . . . beautifully written prose; and a dark and twisting plot that kept me guessing' - Laurie Faria Stolarz, bestselling author of Touch and the Blue is for Nightmares series 'What is compelling about this novel is not only its tightly constructed plot but the lyric quality of the writing . . . Not to be missed' - Reading Time'In her U.S. debut, Australian author Lim opens her planned series with a dark and chilling mystery, where the supernatural meets every parent's nightmare. Vivid prose highlighting Mercy's sense of isolation will draw readers in . . . while dramatic tension and the mystery of Mercy's Quantum Leap-style body-hopping ought to keep their attention' - Publisher's Weekly'A racy story of good and evil in a world where angels aren't all sweetness and light' - Sunday Herald Sun'I am 85% sure Rebecca Lim is not of this world.' - Steph Bowe, author of All This Could End and Night Swimming About the Author Rebecca Lim is an award-winning Australian writer, illustrator and editor and the author of over twenty books, including 'Tiger Daughter' (a Victorian Premier's Literary Award-winner), 'The Astrologer's Daughter' (A Kirkus Best Book of 2015 and CBCA Notable Book for Older Readers) and the bestselling 'Mercy'. Her work has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Queensland Literary Awards and Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, shortlisted multiple times for the Aurealis Awards and Davitt Awards, and longlisted for the Gold Inky Award and the David Gemmell Legend Award. Her novels have been translated into German, French, Turkish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian. She is a co-founder of the Voices from the Intersection initiative and co-editor, with Ambelin Kwaymullina, of 'Meet Me at the Intersection', a groundbreaking anthology of YA #OwnVoice memoir, poetry and fiction.