Well the temperatures have dropped enough over the week to make it feel like fall her in SW Louisiana. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Florida and the Carolina's and everywhere else Hurricane Mike decides to plunder.
Today's guest has shared something he treasures with us before, so we welcome Jeremy Higley back to share more info on his book, Tales of the Darksome Torn: The Son of Dark.
Now, the Darksome Thorn has revealed a new prophecy, and the very evil they failed to kill is working to use that prophecy to his advantage.
Forces of evil run rampant in the land of Duskain. Ancient powers are stirring. A greater darkness is imminent...
...and Skel, the foster son of an elephant herder, finds himself caught in the middle of everything. Will Skel's newly developing powers be a help or a hindrance...
EXCERPT:
Marga
pointed to the south. Zar didn’t turn, but he heard a gasp of recognition from
Skel.
“Aja-aja,”
he said with concern. “Three of them, about two miles away.”
Zar
sighed in trepidation. The aja-aja were rare, enormous snakes prowling the
Eltar plains, preying on elephants and any herders foolish enough to attack
them. They had three heads each and stocky, powerful bodies to match, and could
grow to over forty feet long. They killed and then predigested their prey by
spitting streams of corrosive poison from their mouths.
“The
aja-aja will be no problem,” he bluffed, staring into Marga’s eyes. “I have two
magic-users with me now, a wizard and a Phage. They’re perfectly capable of
dispatching a few overgrown snakes.”
“If
so, then I’ll simply have to wait longer to be reunited with my precious one,”
the
Wyvern said, eyeing the flattened snake corpses around her.
Something
inside Zar began to burn like a fuse at the words “precious one.”
“You
knew her before, I presume,” he continued, his voice much quieter. “Before you
kidnapped her, I mean, and took over her mind.”
“She
was mine to take,” the Wyvern retorted through Marga’s lips. “She was always
mine to take.”
The
last words hissed from Marga’s mouth like a challenge. Zar’s fingers wrapped
around his sword’s hilt. He wanted nothing more at this moment than a way to strike
at
his
enemy, but the Wyvern was far, far away.
“If
you want her,” Zar said, “you’ll have to kill me.”
“Too
risky,” the Wyvern replied. “You crave nothing more than to die for her. To
kill you might break my grip.”
“If
you don’t kill me she will never truly be yours,” Zar said. He walked to within
an arm’s length of her. “As long as there’s breath in me, I will always be
fighting to free
her.”
“I’m
sure you mean that,” the Wyvern said. “Once you’re dead, there’s nothing to
stop me from singing her back to me.”
Jeremy Higley was
born in California but now lives in Arizona. As of 2016 he’s a graduate student
working on a master’s degree in English. He’s also an instructional aide at a
local elementary school, a novelist, and a contributing editor for a nonprofit
student success company called LifeBound.
Find out more about Jeremy by connecting with him at the following locations....
Website: www.darksomethorn.com
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Until next time, take care and God Bless.
PamT
8 comments:
I like Jeremy's character Skel. Hope he keeps him growing and developing through the other novels.
This is classified as a "YA" novel but it can appeal to adults also...anyone who has a sense of adventure.
Hi! That was a great excerpt. Thanks for sharing. Good luck to you.
Thanks all! Skel is one of my favorites. He went through multiple rewrites, trying to get just the right character for the role I wanted him to play.
I loved the excerpt. Wishing you good luck on your book!!!
Your other-world with ancient origins is fascinating! Such characters populate it with amazing powers. Love your creativity!
I am so impressed with the world-building and imagination that went into this. I could never write fantasy. I'm just not that creative. Congrats!
You're all so awesome. :-) Good luck in all your writing endeavors!
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