Sanctum, Sarah Fine
Sanctum, Sarah Fine
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Sanctum

Author: Sarah Fine

Narrator: Amy McFadden

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/16/2012

Synopsis

“My plan: Get into the city. Get Nadia. Find a way out. Simple.”A week ago, seventeen-year-old Lela Santos’s best friend, Nadia, killed herself. Today, thanks to a farewell ritual gone awry, Lela is standing in paradise, looking upon a vast gated city in the distance—hell. No one willingly walks through the Suicide Gates, into a place smothered in darkness and infested with depraved creatures. But Lela isn’t just anyone—she’s determined to save her best friend’s soul, even if it means sacrificing her eternal afterlife.As Lela struggles to find Nadia, she’s captured by the Guards, enormous, not-quite-human creatures that patrol the dark city’s endless streets. Their all-too human leader, Malachi, is unlike them in every way except one: his deadly efficiency. When he meets Lela, Malachi forms his own plan: get her out of the city, even if it means she must leave Nadia behind. Malachi knows something Lela doesn’t—the dark city isn’t the worst place Lela could end up, and he will stop at nothing to keep her from that fate.

About Sarah Fine

Sarah Fine is a faculty member at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, where she runs a teacher preparation program; she is also a Lecturer in education studies at the University of California, San Diego. Her K-12 teaching experience includes working with high school students in Washington, DC, and Chula Vista, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maja (The Nocturnal Library) on November 26, 2012

4.5 stars I have book ADD, I really do. Even when I like a book, by the time I reach the second half, I get impatient, eager to be done with it and be free to discover a new world. It’s a definite downside of having so many books to choose from, and it’s something I need to work on. Therefore, I was......more

Goodreads review by ✨ Helena ✨ on January 11, 2021

And we’re 3/3 on this 5-star streak!!! ☺️ EVERYONE, I HAVE A NEW BOOK BOYFRIEND, NAMED MALACHI. NOW BACK OFF. HE’S MINE!!! 😤......more

Goodreads review by Brigid on October 17, 2012

Yay!! This is out now, so I can gush again!! I could tell you all about how Lela is badass and strong willed and smart, and about how Sarah has written an amazing story of loss and redemption and courage and grief, but I know you're all skimming this paragraph to hear about the boy, right? So let's ta......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on January 08, 2013

4.5 stars Fantastic debut! Written like an adult urban fantasy, and a must-read for fans of Vampire Academy. There is, ahem, a very Dimitri-Rose dynamic going on with this one. Had a great ending, am very curious to see what will happen next.........more

Goodreads review by Keertana on October 03, 2012

Sanctum is one of those books where you think you know what you're getting into when you start it, but it manages to surprise you at every turn. You see, I had this craazy idea that Sanctum was a paranormal/fantasy story of sorts about this girl who went into a mysterious land to rescue her best fri......more

Quotes

“As a modern-day Orpheus and Eurydice, Sanctum will be a hit with urban fantasy readers, who will love its top-notch world-building, page-turning action, and slow-developing romance.” —School Library Journal“In this well-developed concept of the afterlife, details are well-executed and the setting is described flawlessly. Without a doubt, readers will look forward to the next installment of the Guards of the Shadowlands series.” —Library Media Connection“Many original, interesting ideas create this complex world and creatures lurking through the afterlife. [Readers] will be excited to find this is first of a trilogy.” —VOYA

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