
Cast was born in the Midwest and grew up being shuttled back and forth between Illinois and Oklahoma, which is where she fell in love with Quarter Horses and mythology. With more than 20 million copies in print in over 40 countries, her novels have been awarded the prestigious Oklahoma Book Award, YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award, the Prism, Holt Medallion, Daphne du Maurier, Booksellers Best, and the Laurel Wreath. Cast is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. Cast is the author of the House of Night novels, including Marked, Betrayed, Chosen, and Untamed. The God of Death is looming closer and if the Pack is cast from the plains by the Wind Riders, they will not survive. Driven by love and unshakable determination, Mari, and her Companion, Nik chart a perilous journey as they seek safety and sanctuary. Mari knows their only chance of survival is to reach the plains of the Wind Riders, a legendary people known for their bond with their remarkable horses and their unmatched riding abilities. He will stop at nothing until they are obliterated from the earth. A madman has driven Mari, Nik, and their Pack from the only home they have ever known. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty. Cast, brings us Wind Rider, an epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. Ready to embrace her true destiny…and obliterate the forces that threaten to destroy them all.Book Synopsis #1 New York Time s bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. By forming a tumultuous alliance with Nik, she must make herself ready. Now, darkness is coming, and with it, a force, more terrible and destructive than the world has ever seen, leaving Mari to cast the shadows from the earth. It is not until Nik, the son of the leader from a rival, dominating clan strays across her path, that Mari experiences something she has never felt before… When a deadly attack tears her world apart, Mari reveals the strength of her powers and the forbidden secret of her dual nature as she embarks on a mission to save her people. Mari is an Earth Walker, heir to the unique healing powers of her Clan but she has cast her duties aside, until she is chosen by a special animal ally, altering her destiny forever. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty… Cast, brings us a new epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. #1 New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C.
