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The Student and the Slave
A Young Adult Fantasy Novel by Annie Douglass Lima
Book 3 of the Krillonian Chronicles Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Slave Narrative,
- Street Gangs,
- Martial Arts,
- Dual POV,
- Found Family
This book is for you if you're into...
- Martial arts clashing with street gangs in a fantasy world
- Dual perspectives of freedom and captivity shaping every decision
- Mentor and found family bonds tested by impossible choices
Is this what freedom is supposed to be like?
Desperate to provide for himself and his sister Ellie, Bensin searches fruitlessly for work like all the other former slaves in Tarnestra. He needs the money for an even more important purpose, though: to rescue Coach Steene, who sacrificed himself for Bensin's freedom.
When members of two rival street gangs express interest in Bensin's martial arts skills, he realizes he may have a chance to save his father figure after all … at a cost.
Meanwhile, Steene struggles with his new life of slavery in far-away Neliria. Raymond, his young owner, seizes any opportunity to make his life miserable. But while Steene longs to escape and rejoin Bensin and Ellie, he starts to realize that Raymond needs him too.
His choices will affect not only his own future, but that of everyone he cares about. Can he make the right ones … and live with the consequences?
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