The Iron Warrior (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #3)

by Julie Kagawa (Goodreads Author)

Book Synopsis(Goodreads):

The Iron Prince—my nephew—betrayed us all.

He killed me.

Then, I woke up.

Waking after a month on the brink of death, Ethan Chase is stunned to learn that the Veil that conceals the fey from human sight was temporarily torn away. Although humankind’s glimpse of the world of Faery lasted just a brief moment, the human world has been cast into chaos, and the emotion and glamour produced by fear and wonder has renewed the tremendous power of the Forgotten Queen. Now, she is at the forefront of an uprising against the courts of Summer and Winter—a reckoning that will have cataclysmic effects on the Nevernever.

Leading the Lady’s Forgotten Army is Keirran himself: Ethan’s nephew, and the traitor son of the Iron Queen, Meghan Chase.To stop Keirran, Ethan must disobey his sister once again as he and his girlfriend, Kenzie, search for answers long forgotten. In the face of unprecedented evil and unfathomable power, Ethan’s enemies must become his allies, and the world of the fey will be changed forevermore.

Quote 1:

“”Hey, tough guy.”

I stared at the girl on my bed, unable to do more than blink.  That was her voice, her straight black hair and brown eyes, her smile breaking across her face.  She was here.  How she’d accomplished it, given how impossible it was to travel through the Nevernever alone, I couldn’t comprehend.  Just that she had, completely unexpectedly and unexplained, shown up in my room in the middle of the Iron Realm.

“Kenzie?”

Kenzie leaped off the mattress and, in the two seconds it took for my brain to unfreeze from shock, crossed the room and threw herself at me.

Pain shot through my stomach as the girl collided with my chest, throwing her arms around me and squeezing tight.  The stab through my gut was instant and breathtaking.  I yelped and staggered back, and she immediately let go.

“Oh, God! I’m so sorry, Ethan, I didn’t realize—”

Recovering, I grabbed her wrist, yanked her forward, and covered her mouth with mine.”

—The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa

Quote 2:

“Ash nodded slowly.  “I think that’s all we can hope for now,” he mused, almost too faint to hear.  Closing his eyes, he took a breath, and then his gaze sliced into me again.  “I will not lose my son,” he said in a terrifying yet almost desperate voice.  “Meghan is queen–her hands are tied in this matter–but I will do whatever it takes to see him returned to us.  Ethan, you were his friend, once.  You stood with him when no one else would.  I know that what Keirran has done can never be forgiven, but…would you be willing to do this one final thing?  For Meghan, if  for no one else.  Go to your Guro.  Ask him about the amulet.  See if thre’s anything we can do to return Keirran to himself.  If it’s not too late to save him.”

I swallowed hard.  “Yeah,” I rasped, nodding.  “I’ll do it.  For Meghan.”  For everyone.”

—The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa