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Today on my blog I have the World Aflame Book Blitz. On my stop there is a spotlight, excerpt, and giveaway.
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Jon
Messenger (Born 1979 in London, England) serves as an United States Army
Captain in the Medical Service Corps. Since graduating from the University of Southern
California in 2002, writing Science Fiction has remained his
passion, a passion that has continued through two deployments to Iraq , a humanitarian relief mission to Haiti , and an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan Baghdad , Iraq
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Book 1:
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THE EARTH GIVES
WAY
The sleepy town of White Halls harbors a dangerous secret. On a picturesque
street, two houses down from a lovely little park, in a quaint little home with
a wraparound porch, lives a family that seems rather normal. Sure, their
twenty-year-old son, Xander, still lives at home, but he's going to college and
dating the leader of the schools top sorority. It's all very... normal.
However, when a man is miraculously saved from being hit by a bus, Xander's
life turns in to the living embodiment of the tornadoes he can suddenly create
with a flick of his wrist. Whether he wants this gift or not, Xander must learn
to use his new 'super power' quickly if he wants to survive. For his kind
is a dying race, and when this sleepy town has a sudden influx of new, blonde,
fire wielders, no one is safe, especially Xander. It doesn't help that one of
these blondes happens to be the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Xander can't
deny the instant connection he feels to her so, when she tries to kill him, it
certainly makes things complicated.
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THE EARTH GIVES
WAY
White Halls is no longer a sleepy little town. Its houses lie smoldering on
their foundations. The residents take refuge in their homes, afraid to leave.
And the town’s prodigal son and newest Wind Warrior, Xander Sirocco, has fled.
Xander has lost his family, his grandfather is in a coma, and now the fate of
the world is in his hands. He has no time to figure out his feelings for
Sammy—the Fire Wielder who saved his life after first trying to take it—because
he has a world to save. But how do seven Wind Warriors fight off an army of
Flame Callers… who are determined to burn the world of man down to the earth?
When a whispered word gives Xander newfound hope, he sets off to find the very
thing that could save them all. They say that Elementals—embodiments of the
elemental powers that the different castes wield—are only a myth. Even so, the
hope of finding an Elemental is his only chance to save not only the Wind
Warriors and Sammy, but also the world itself.
Little does Xander know that while he is out chasing the Wind Elemental, the
Fire Elemental is closing in quickly behind him. It has nefarious plans for
Sammy… and it will not stop until Xander is dead.
Excerpt:
“I’m
trying to hold onto sand. I’m clenching my fists as hard as I can to keep it
all together but it’s not just the responsibilities of a Wind Warrior that are
slipping away. I’m slipping away, too. This hole in my chest is getting bigger
every day. At first, it was losing Sammy the first time, despite the fact that
she tried to kill me. Then Mom and Dad—when they died it was like someone took
a shovel to the sides of that hole and dug it as wide as the Grand Canyon.
“Then
you, Grandpa. I don’t know if I ever really told you how I felt about you. It
always seemed silly to tell your grandpa that you loved him but I really did. I
thought I was going to shatter when you died. If losing my parents was like a
shovel digging out the hole in my heart, losing you was like someone taking an
axe and chopping to pieces whatever was left.”
Xander
threw himself back and savored the cool, damp grass soaking through his shirt.
A strong wind coursed through the labyrinth of remaining structures on the
island and rolled over Xander as he lay prone.
“Now
there’s Sammy again, like we’ve come full circle and every point on that circle
was another layer of crap in my life. I sent her away. I don’t even know where;
I couldn’t bring myself to ask Alicia when she got back. I should be happy
about it, right? But I’m not. I know she’s the dynamite that’s going to blow
apart everything I have left. But she was also my anchor and I just willingly
cut the line and now I’m adrift in an ocean that just doesn’t make any sense
anymore.”
A
cloud passed between Xander and the sun, casting the island in a gratifying
shadow. Covering his eyes, he looked up at the sky and noticed the dark edges
to the cloud. In the distance, it was joined by more of its kind, filling the
horizon with a brewing summer storm.
“If
you’re up there, Grandpa,” he muttered as the cloud blew away and the sun beat
down on him once again, “I could use a sign. Anything you can send my way would
really help me out.”
The
first raindrop struck Xander between the eyes. He blinked away the water as it
rolled over his eye and down his cheek. By the time he was able to push himself
into a seated position, the sky darkened as the fast-moving clouds blotted out
the sun.
With
a single crack of thunder, the clouds released their burden over the island.
The rain came down in driving sheets, soaking Xander to the bone and leaving
his tunic and pants stuck to his skin. Sputtering away the rivulet of water
running over his mouth, he stood and looked over at the grave.
“Yup,
it could always get worse,” he nodded to the stones. “Message received,
Grandpa.”
With
a sigh, he walked toward what remained of his house.
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Thank you for stopping by my blog today for the World Aflame Blitz. I would also like to say Thank You to Jaidis for letting me participate in this blitz. DOn't forget to enter the giveaway below.
~Sabrina
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