Conjuring Fate: Dystopian Fantasy

Ann Gimpel

Sanctuary Book 1 · Ann Gimpel Books, LLC

About this ebook

Gone. Everything. In one fell swoop.

 Maybe it didn’t happen quite that fast, but it sure seemed like it.

I remember everything like it was yesterday. Or, more accurately, I couldn’t forget even if I tried. And I have, tried that is. With every fiber of my being. But the damned tape reel has an automatic replay button, and it blasts through my brain over and over again.

I was just nineteen then. One very long year ago. I’d finished my first year at university and was on vacation between semesters. We were in Mexico at a sorcery retreat when our phones beeped and screamed warning of impending doom. Details didn’t emerge for a long while, but our relative isolation in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains saved us from immediate annihilation.

We should have remained there, but hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

In an ill-conceived attempt to escape, we finally gave up navigating clogged roads, left our bus, and teleported back to the States. I’m not sure if that was the beginning because it felt like the end of everything I’ve ever known.

Survival has reduced me to someone I barely recognize. Some days, I wonder why I bother, but then I pick up the banner and face another day. Better not to think too hard or pick reality apart. If I did, I’d loose my power and burn down the world.

Ratings and reviews

Conjuring Fate, by Ann Gimpel, is the first installment in her Sanctuary series. True to form, Ms. Gimpel takes us on a wild quest filled with magic, danger, adventure, time travel, prophecy, dystopian world-building, steamy sex and sweet romance. The narrative is from dual POV's, adding depth to the storyline. Alia and Rhys play well off each other as the two main characters. It is rewarding to see Rhys mentor Alia, and to watch her grow under his tutelage. Will this rag-tag band of misfits survive? Will they be able to intervene and stop the destruction before it's too late?

Another great story by author Ann Gimpel. I'm enthralled by the mystery of the sudden dystopian world that befalls the characters in this great world-building series. The characters draw you in as they try and learn the what, why, and how of the chaos surrounding them. As they work their way in and out of the different dangers facing them, they finally track down clues that have brought them even closer to the dangers surrounding them. The chills, thrills, mystery, magic, and the beginnings of a hot romance all make for a terrific read. Now I just need to know when book 2 will be out.

About the author

Ann Gimpel is a USA Today bestselling author. A lifelong aficionado of the unusual, she began writing speculative fiction a few years ago. Since then her short fiction has appeared in many webzines and anthologies. Her longer books run the gamut from urban fantasy to paranormal romance. Once upon a time, she nurtured clients. Now she nurtures dark, gritty fantasy stories that push hard against reality. When she’s not writing, she’s in the backcountry getting down and dirty with her camera. She’s published over 100 books to date, with several more planned for 2024 and beyond. A husband, grown children, grandchildren, and wolf hybrids round out her family.