Blurb:
She killed his father.
She imprisoned and beat him.
And now she thinks he’s her trophy.
Synn El’Asim will do almost anything to
prove her wrong. But he’s only proving her right.
Queen Nix awakened his Mark of power and
inducted him into the House of Wands. She knew what she was doing. The son of
the two most powerful Families standing against her is the ultimate prize.
What she didn’t take into consideration was
that maybe he was too strong for her.
Maybe.
The Families aren’t. They’ve been weakened, and
it’ll take a lot more than one young man with a powerful Mark to take on the
Hands of Tarot.
Genre:
YA Steampunk (Mature)
Length:
316 pages in paperback
All available for
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Joshua
twisted around to glance at me. “We’re gaining altitude, but I don’t know for
how much longer. The other engines won’t take it.”
I
nodded. “Weapons are in place. Just keep us flying.”
He
turned his attention back to doing just that.
I
jumped into the compartment underneath.
It
was cramped. I had no idea who they thought they were going to get in here with
a weapon of any real size. I laid flat on my belly. One of the two ribs of the
compartment was jamming uncomfortably into my legs and I was fairly certain the
other one was trying to take out my spleen. I opened the exterior hatch—
—and
wished I had a pair of goggles and a flight hat. My hair whipped around my
face, the wind making it impossible to see. I closed the hatch and rose.
“Goggles,” I yelled. “I need goggles.”
Joshua
reached down beside him, picked up a leather flight hat and threw it over his
shoulder.
It
missed me by a couple of arm lengths.
He
pulled the goggles off his face and threw them my way.
He
at least got those closer.
I
scrambled to put both of them on and scurried back into my cubby hole. I could
get claustrophobic quick.
This
time, when I pulled the hatch, I could see and my hair wasn’t an issue, though
breathing was. I’d had plenty of experience breathing at high altitude, but not
this high and not this speed.
It
was brutal.
But I didn’t really have time to worry about
it.
Nix’s
planes moved so fast. It was as if we were moving at super slow speed. I
tracked one, but lost it before I could get a bead on it.
The
world rocked and tipped starboard with another ricochet pop.
A
second bird whizzed by. This time, I pulled the trigger—
--and
nothing happened.
Crap!
“Joshua,
what did you do?” I popped my head out of the hole and shouted. “Did you take
the copernicium out?”
“No,”
he ground out, pulling hard on the control stick, trying to regain the altitude
we’d just lost. “I just reduced it. Find something else.”
There
was nothing else. I slipped back into my hole, shook the pistol, and found
another target.
There
was a lot to choose from.
I
pulled the trigger, ready to bolt and find another solution when veins of
lightning lava exploded from the weapon toward my intended target. It hit the
first, then his wingman, and destroyed a third.
I
released the trigger and blinked.
There
were big gaping, melted holes in each of the planes and they were headed for
the sea. Fast.
I
popped my head out. “This thing is fantastic!”
“That’s
bloody awesome, Synn, but get these things off of me!”
December 3: Fantasy Pages
December 4: White Sky Project
December 5: Journey of a Bookseller
December 6: Welcome to My World of Dreams
December 7: Writing from the Middle
December 11: Stories of My Life
December 12: Paranormal Reads
December 13: The Wormhole
December 14: Books in the Hall
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About the Author:
SM Blooding lives in Colorado with
her pet rock, Rockie, their new addition, Mr. Bird, who’s a real bird. She
likes to hike the beautiful Rocky Mountains, and is learning to play the piano
and guitar. Currently, she’s trying to MURDER them both. Friends call her
Frankie.
She’s dated vampires, werewolves, sorcerers,
weapons smugglers and US Government assassins. Yes. She has stories.
She’s also an investigator with a local paranormal investigation group, Colorado Paranormal Rescue!
She’s also an investigator with a local paranormal investigation group, Colorado Paranormal Rescue!
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