Date: June 3, 2013
Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy
There will be a touring in the end of June for The Star as well.
Book Description
Abbii
had been afraid of the dark for four long years. She hated the eerie silence
that filled the night.
She
would often try to forget by closing her eyes at night, but she would always be
met by dreams of Shadows that would attack her, dragging her into the Darkness.
Most nights, she would simply lie there with her bedding wrapped tightly around
her, staring at the light coming in through her window, hoping that she would
drift off into a dreamless sleep.
Ever
since that day four years ago, the dark had frightened her; she had thought it
would be a curse throughout the whole of her life, but something changed when
she met him.
The
dark seemed to lose its power and the moon’s light brightened.
Her
dreams didn’t stop; nightmares still stole her sleep, but there was always a
figure of Light that would save her and allow her to wake.
He said
the same thing every night in her dreams. Keep fighting, Abbii.
She
thought that he was part of her imagination, someone that she had created to
save her, until she met him and was drawn into his bright hazel eyes.
His
name was Nate.
Author Bio
I was
born in England in the West Midlands in 1991 where I am still currently living,
growing up alongside one younger and three older brothers.
Books
and writing was an interest that I began to develop from the first years of
secondary school, and on my thirteenth birthday, I began to plan and design the
idea to write a fantasy novel. I finished secondary school with high GCSE’s and
then went on into further education to study English and all aspects of art and
design. After six years of writing, planning and overall editing of the book,
it was successfully completed, containing over 82,000 words, and self published
in the first week of 2011.
With
high expectations in myself, I immediately began to write a second novel in the
series, while keeping my art and design a part of the process. The achievement
of completing the first novel ‘Purest Light,’ allowed the ideas of the second
to flow much easier and it was completed by early 2012. As I was writing the
third and final book, New Beginnings, at the same time, the series was finished
by its publication in 2013.
Writing
is now a part of my everyday and I have started on my newest project, The Star,
which is also planned to be the first of three. Only time will tell.
Links
Twitter:
@clemychum
Buy links
Excerpt
Nate signaled
for her to move forward, watching as she did after a brief hesitation. She
stopped several strides in front of him and waited for him to speak. “How many
windows are there?”
Not really
understanding the relevance of counting windows, Abbii turned to count them.
“No!”
Startled
by Nate’s outburst, she glared at him, more out of shock than malice.
“Without
turning.” He watched as confusion took over her face. “Close your eyes and
focus on the energy of the sunlight beaming through the glass.”
Abbii shuffled
in her place, not really understanding, but when Nate smiled, she did as she
was asked. She closed her eyes, immediately feeling self conscious that Nate’s
gaze was focused onto her.
“Clear
your mind of everything else. Think of somewhere you feel calm.”
Keeping
her eyes closed, Abbii took in Nate’s statement. She felt her heartbeat
increase and her breath seemed shallow, but as she relaxed her shoulders, the
rest of her body seemed to follow. She listened to the faint breeze that
circled through the large space, hearing leaves pitter-pattering against the
wooden floor.
“Anywhere
you feel calm.”
Although
her mind was full of questions and worries and a fear that she would lose
herself, Abbii found that an image began to form in her head. Bursts of blue
and silver light soothed her, and once the image had focused, she realized why.
She could see the lake at The Everglades, with the moon reflected clearly upon
its surface. The stars were shining brightly, and the air was still. The
feeling of calm which enveloped her felt uplifting.
“Now keep
that feeling inside of you and focus onto the light of the sun.”
Not at all
distracted by Nate’s words, Abbii kept hold of the calmness inside of her and
expanded her mind in some way, feeling the energy of the sunlight. She could
feel its warmth and the way it passed through the glass of the bay windows. The
years of dirt and dust made no difference; the power of the sunlight beamed
through it without faltering.
“How many
are there, Abbii?”
Realizing
that she could sense several different areas of the sunlight’s energy, Abbii
realized that each one represented one of the windows.
There are
eight.
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