Book Beginnings and The Friday 56

I'm linking up with Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings and Freda's Voice for Page 56. Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Pick the closest book on your book stack and join the fun.

The Beginning:

"Aden woke on a cold, hard floor, his head throbbing."

Page 56:

"Another tree slammed to the earth only inches from them. It was not longer safe to stay here but heading out onto open ground left them brutally exposed to the elements."

From Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh. This is the latest book in her Psy-Changeling world and while it tell Aden and Zaira's story it also sets up the politics for future novels.