![]() Silverwitch
Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / iBooks -- EXCERPT: “I fail to see how we’re lucky. We’re trapped in an unfamiliar world with no way of returning home. The staff is gone, and I have a suspicion that if we find it, we will not live long enough to return it to the sky king.” Maveryck gave me a condescending smile. “Perhaps you will not live long enough,” he said as he stood, and without further explanation, he limped away from me and down a narrow hallway. I hesitated before following him. Navigating alone through a tomb like this would be suicide, so I reluctantly trailed him, barely keeping my temper in check. “Where are you going?” I demanded. “To find a way out of here.” “What then?” I asked. “Where will we go? How will we find the staff? How will we return home? Have you the magic to create portals?” He rounded on me, his jaw clenched. “First, and listen very clearly, I’m not in the habit of answering questions—not from you or anyone else. Second, I’m not your friend, nor am I trying to help you. For the time being, we share the same goal, so I will work with you in order to bring the staff back. After that, our partnership will be dissolved. I’ve never lost an object before, and it won’t happen now. If you impede me in any way, I will aid you no more.” “Have you forgotten who my brother is? Should you return to Faythander without me, what do you think the king will do to you?” “I don’t care.” “You might care when you’re rotting in the Wult dungeons.” “I doubt he would throw me in the dungeons for leaving you. In all honesty, I believe he would reward me.” Now he’d pushed too far. I’d had an ill feeling about this man from the moment I’d met him, and I would tolerate his superior attitude no more. I shoved him against the wall, pressing the weight of my body against him, making the stacks of skeletal remains rattle behind us. “Enough,” I hissed. “I will not tolerate being spoken to in such a manner.” Instead of shying away as I expected, he clamped my wrists in his hands. He used no magic, but the calculated look he gave me sent shivers down my spine. “And I,” he said, “will also not tolerate being spoken to in such a manner.” Fear made my heart beat wildly. Who is this man? It was at that moment I realized how very little I knew about him. Where did he come from? Where did he live? Who were his kin? His gaze locked with mine, and sparks of purple danced in the gray of his irises. I knew he possessed magic, but he’d led me to believe his powers were limited. Had he lied? ![]()
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Jerry Marquardt
1/8/2017 10:01:17 pm
I can't wait to read Silverwitch. I think it will be an excellent book. Thanks for throwing the Book Blitz and Giveaway
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