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Goodreads / Amazon / iBooks / Kobo -- EXCERPT: PROLOGUE Ari He’d been traveling for weeks, following the river westward. A great aerial beast with a broken wing trying to follow the curving lines of a bigger, blacker beast on terra firma. Beneath him, the Lethe River twisted and writhed. Every left turn was agonizing. The wing, bent at an unnatural angle, caught wind where it shouldn’t. The drag was enormous. He often felt as if he were drowning, his wings clasping at the edges of a whirlpool whose edges grew taller and steeper as it closed in on him. And then he’d have to push, soaring up into the air again with labored breathing that sounded louder than a blue whale’s blowhole. As he neared New Babylon he kept a keen eye on the water, searching for boats and sails and men. Men who may not have seen a drakon in decades, perhaps longer. Men who would sound an alarm and alert others to his presence. It was the type of homecoming he wished to avoid. So he’d flown at night and timed his arrival with the new moon. All below was black and gray. Far off there were tall ships lit by lanterns, but closer (thank Luck closer) was his goal – Bradbury’s docks. A man without fire or an electric torch would have been blind. But to a drakon, the world seemed drawn with charcoal and smudged with starlight. Another night, with a different wing and the company he sought, he might have thought it beautiful. He landed less gracefully than he would have liked, skidding to a halt just before hitting a crate that would have tumbled into the Lethe had he not finally found purchase on the dock with his claws. With a last glance around, he shifted. Wings collapsed. Snout, jaws, and teeth were reabsorbed. Claws disintegrated, turning to dust. Tail wriggled and twisted, curling inward, like a snake eating itself. Lungs and heart halved. And then halved again. Head pounding, body shaking, Ari fell to his knees, his right palm pressed against the dock, his left arm cradled uselessly against his side. He was home. ![]()
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5 Comments
Sara Zielinski
12/16/2016 02:02:52 pm
Thanks for telling me about this book.
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Bridgett Wilbur
12/18/2016 10:27:28 am
I would love to read your book.
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John Smith
12/21/2016 12:10:10 pm
Looks like an intriguing book!
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Audrey Stewart
12/21/2016 04:23:08 pm
I can't wait to learn about Drakons. Sounds great!
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Jerry Marquardt
12/21/2016 09:28:30 pm
I would like to thank you for your involvement in this fine giveaway. Thank you for giving us all the chance.
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