Three days to the release of Splintered Light. A first glimpse of Leah:
The girl lies fast asleep on her back with her arms flung above her head as though she’s been surprised. She hasn’t pulled the curtains, and light from the street falls upon her face. If someone were to stand in her room and look down on that face, they would see her eyelids flickering with the rapid eye movement of deep, dreaming sleep. They would notice, even in this weak light, that one of those eyelids is dissected by a faded scar that runs from her forehead through the eyelid, and then to the cheek below. It’s a miracle that the slicing blade left the eyeball intact…