The Shards of the Heart

Sequel to the award winning dystopian novel, The Essence of Aptitude. **************************************************************************************************************** The Fracture grows more powerful by the day. Juliet struggles to unite the Council before the Great Empire of Corpus is overtaken by war. Captured and broken, Gwendolyn and Nyx fight to survive. The Cerebrum and the Fracture scramble to raise their armies. As tensions rise, ghosts of the past threaten to resurface. New alliances are forged in the wake of tremendous losses. In the explosive continuation of the events of The Essence of Aptitude, the fate of the Empire is decided once and for all, with betrayal and suspense lurking around every corner.