Legacy of the Brightwash
Follow the law and you'll stay safe. But what if the law is wrong?
Tashué's faith in the law is beginning to crack. Three years ago, he stood by when the Authority condemned Jason to the brutality of the Rift for non-compliance. When Tashué's son refused to register as tainted, the laws had to be upheld. He'd never doubted his job as a Regulation Officer before, but three years of watching your son wither away can break down even the strongest convictions.
Then a dead girl washed up on the bank of the Brightwash, tattooed and mutilated. Where had she come from? Who would tattoo a child? Was it the same person who killed her? Why was he the only one who cared?
Will Tashué be able to stand against everything he thought he believed in to get the answers he's looking for?
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"If you love a slow-burn murder mystery and political fantasy with superbly-written flawed characters, even more so if you love reading romance, too, make sure to read Legacy of the Brightwash."
-Petrik Leo
"...an excellent start to a richly detailed world."
-Ryan Howse, Grimdark Magazine
"Legacy of the Brightwash is a fabulous story of complex characters making tough moral decisions in a brutal world. The mystery of the washed-up mutilated and tattooed child is extremely compelling, and the impact of the body's discovery on Tashué not only makes for terrific reading, but really engages the reader on both emotional and intellectual levels."
-Douglas Lumsden, author of A Troll Walks Into A Bar
"Legacy of the Brightwash covers everything from aching hearts to high-society soirees, and bullets in the brain - thankfully Matar owns and uses every single tool in the writing shed. Language is used perfectly in any given situation, in more personal moments, the physical scene is defined, but the words are brushed across like watercolour, making it feel soft and organic. Action scenes are direct, bone-sharp affairs that pull you breathlessly on, your pulse ever pounding."
-Bookends & Bagends
"...this book destroyed me in all of the best ways. It broke my heart, moved me to moments of intense anger but also hopefulness, and ultimately delivered one of the best stories I've ever read. If you skip this book you are really doing yourself a considerable disservice. Remarkable doesn't even begin to describe the depth and quality of Krystle Matar's Legacy of the Brightwash."
-Nick Borrelli, Out Of This World SFF Reviews
"I feel like this book simply spoke to my soul. I cried, I laughed, and I felt extremely immersed in the world every time I picked it up."
-Maed Between the Pages
"Krystle Matar has written something truly magical, a tour de force of character building which makes me yearn to be in her world..."
-Justin Gross, FanFiAddict.com
