The Way We Were Hunters (Fallen Duology Book 1)

The trouble with the Fallen is they look human.Born tainted by the Drakon, evil creatures that arrived on a meteor and devastated Rosya in a decade-long war, the Fallen harbor dark gifts. Their minds are twisted, their abilities dangerous, and they are deemed a menace by the state.Demoted from marksman following a training accident, Lena is trapped serving as a laundress at a bunker in the middle of nowhere. One mistake away from losing her food rations, she’s in a bad position. But in trying to save a thieving friend from being sent to a gulag, she makes her own life worse and propositions her captain.He’s a menacing Drakon War hero, and behind his back the soldiers call him a vulture because he looks like one. She expects the worst when he accepts, but to her surprise, he’s a decent man—until she volunteers for a mission with him.The objective was simple: go check on Bunker 17, which had gone dark. But when the mist brings the Drakon, and the light dies in the underground coffin, Lena discovers the war hero isn’t a hero at all. He is a Fallen.Set in pseudo-Soviet Rosya, The Way We Were Hunters is the first book of the Fallen Duology, a dark fantasy with dragons and military romance.Content advisory for strong language, graphic violence, and intimate situations. This book will get dark.