WHEN NOTHING IS ALL YOU'VE GOT
Silver Medalist in the Readers Favorite Awards 2017
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"Mad Max meets Cinderella. I couldn't put this book down, one of the best Dystopian reads I've read in a long time" ~ Teresa at Dark And Gritty Blog
“Move like the wind, protect your face, keep your eyes on the target, and don’t get dead.” I am the daughter of a King, but I am no princess. I am loathed by many, but feared by more. To one I was nothing, to another I am everything. I am a pawn in their game, a fighter in their ring. My name is Nada, and this is life in the underworld. |
About this book...
When Nothing Is All You've Got is a thought provoking dark romance, set in a dystopian future where the world buries its problems,(those problems being criminals), in a city far beneath the ground. What would happen in a world that only sees in black and white? What happens when the murky area of grey is taken away? Who suffers for the harsh law of the world above? In the Underworld, there is much suffering and there are many innocent souls trapped in a darkness where hope and salvation are all but non-existent.
Nada is a tough as nails heroine who's seen nothing but the ugly and cruel side of life and has never known soft or gentle. Under that strong facade and seemingly impenetrable shell she has built around herself, lays a girl of vulnerability. While most others have given up, many succumbing to the brutal reality of a life lived below ground, Nada has hope that not only keeps her breathing, but keeps her fighting like the caged animal she has become.
Kingsley Dukes most trusted soldier, the silent assassin, Shadow, was born to a good family, he knew love. He lived in a world of happiness and light, but losing his brother in a hunting accident hardened the man. When stumbling across his girlfriend being attacked by a drug addled citizen of the world above, Shadow fights for her, he kills for her, and his sentence is one of life underground. Shadow is dropped into the darkness from the world above and he stands up fighting and never stops. Unlike others in this cruel world who look at Nada and see nothing but a cold hearted killer, he sees something more. Shadow can see the vulnerability under the tough skin of the volatile cage fighter. He sees it, and he wants to peel back those layers and expose the hardened warrior for who she truly is. Having something you want and love in the underworld is dangerous, because someone is always there in the darkness ready to take it away.
Nada and Shadow stumble through their growing affections for each other, while careful plans for an extraction of the innocent souls trapped beneath the ground grows to offer the reader a spectacular ending.
When Nothing Is All You've got is a world of darkness,cruelty and desperation, and among all that raw carnage you will find a glimmer of hope.
When Nothing Is All You've Got is a thought provoking dark romance, set in a dystopian future where the world buries its problems,(those problems being criminals), in a city far beneath the ground. What would happen in a world that only sees in black and white? What happens when the murky area of grey is taken away? Who suffers for the harsh law of the world above? In the Underworld, there is much suffering and there are many innocent souls trapped in a darkness where hope and salvation are all but non-existent.
Nada is a tough as nails heroine who's seen nothing but the ugly and cruel side of life and has never known soft or gentle. Under that strong facade and seemingly impenetrable shell she has built around herself, lays a girl of vulnerability. While most others have given up, many succumbing to the brutal reality of a life lived below ground, Nada has hope that not only keeps her breathing, but keeps her fighting like the caged animal she has become.
Kingsley Dukes most trusted soldier, the silent assassin, Shadow, was born to a good family, he knew love. He lived in a world of happiness and light, but losing his brother in a hunting accident hardened the man. When stumbling across his girlfriend being attacked by a drug addled citizen of the world above, Shadow fights for her, he kills for her, and his sentence is one of life underground. Shadow is dropped into the darkness from the world above and he stands up fighting and never stops. Unlike others in this cruel world who look at Nada and see nothing but a cold hearted killer, he sees something more. Shadow can see the vulnerability under the tough skin of the volatile cage fighter. He sees it, and he wants to peel back those layers and expose the hardened warrior for who she truly is. Having something you want and love in the underworld is dangerous, because someone is always there in the darkness ready to take it away.
Nada and Shadow stumble through their growing affections for each other, while careful plans for an extraction of the innocent souls trapped beneath the ground grows to offer the reader a spectacular ending.
When Nothing Is All You've got is a world of darkness,cruelty and desperation, and among all that raw carnage you will find a glimmer of hope.
CHARACTER CONCEPT ART
The lead characters Shadow and Nada were brought to life by Australian artist, Jemina Venter
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