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9/12/2023

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​I will stop at nothing to get to the truth, no matter whom it hurts or whom I have to kill.


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Day of Death
A Rise of the Dread Series Novel
by LaVerne Thompson
Genre: Dark Romance, SciFi Fantasy

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My name is Piper Adams. I’m young for a special agent to the king, but I’m very, very good at what I do—which is finding the truth. I can temporarily take over and inhabit the mind of another. The Day Walker king knows this and values my gifts. He uses me when others fail. Like in a rare once-in-a-lifetime murder case.

There is unrest in the Kingdom of Day. One of the King’s Men, was brutally murdered just a block away from the palace. The victim is a high-ranking officer of the King’s Men. Local corruption control say he’s a spy and traitor to the Day Walkers and our king. The King’s Men call bullshit.

The king has tasked me with figuring out what really happened. Both sides will try to stop me from getting at the truth. No matter what, I’ll find their dirty secrets. I will stop at nothing to get to the truth, no matter whom it hurts or whom I have to kill. By writ of my king.



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Chapter One​

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I didn’t drink so much I couldn’t hear the soft threads of boots over the cobbled stones. One person. The individual following me made a good attempt at being quiet. With anyone else it might have worked, but I was a King’s Men, a well-trained operative. I hunt others, but it had been a while since I was the hunted. As an illusion generator I could trick others into seeing whatever I wanted them to see. I used this power now.   
Just around the corner was an unlighted alleyway. I knew this area quite well and hopefully it would be empty. I lured him into it, but paused as I rounded the corner and got out of his line of sight. A perfect place to create the illusion of a doorway on the side of the building near the end of the fence. Making it appear as though I’d gone through the door, while I’d really hidden myself along the side of the fence. I didn’t have long to wait.  
A male, over six feet, with a long, dark hooded cloak draped over a soldier’s frame, came into view. I pressed back into the shadows against the fence, blending into my surroundings, waiting for my stalker to walk right into the wall. To my shock, the man stopped near my hiding place. At the last second, before I could use my sword on him, the man raised his blade. A short sword. He’d seen through my illusion. In one swipe, he sliced straight through my larynx. A strangled gurgle escaped my parted lips. In disbelief, I tried lifting my hand to my throat, but my arm was too heavy. I couldn’t quite raise it. My fingers could no longer grip my sword as it fell from my numb fingers, clattering to the ground. The illusion of the doorway vanished, revealing the stone wall. When the man cut my guts open, pulling them outside my body, the pain in my throat dissipated. As my life’s blood saturated the stones, I no longer felt anything at all.  
 
Piper 
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Blood streamed down my cheek as I ran through the square. No one was around at this hour. I could see adults in the distance, but none were near enough to give me aid. Nor would I ask for it. I wasn’t supposed to be here. Bile and acid burnt my lungs, but I dared not stop. Fear fueled my limbs, giving me the speed I needed to put more distance between me and the sound of the older boys’ footfalls who chased me, calling me names. I shouldn’t have gone beyond the gates of the town. Shouldn’t have born witness to Janae’s banishment. Janae, older than me by a month, had been my best friend, but I had to know. See for myself. 
My people, the Day Walkers, from the Kingdom of Day, are no different from the other natio states of our world. Except for the Sepawns, the only powerless state. The Keeper Nation, Intel Dynasty, Giant Empire, and Night Kingdom, all their citizens had powers of some kind. If a child didn’t show some kind of enhanced ability, power, that would benefit the state by their eighth year, the parents got rid of them. Banished from the town, city, or wherever they lived. Taken into the wilds to survive or not. That rule was absolute. No exceptions existed in those states, mine included. The lucky ones died. The fear was for the ones who did not manifest a power and survived. They faced a worse fate if captured by the Dreads. They were the ones who made up the outcasts from every nation.  
At least Janae’s fate, banishment out of the Kingdom of Day, and into the wild at the age of eight, would never be mine. My power manifested a few months ago. I hoped despite everything that my former friend found someone to help her. She was smart and tricky, but none of that mattered. Not to our people and the boys who threw stones at her, then at me when I tried to stop them. Instead, they chased me, but they’ll never catch me. They never have, and this time was no different. They were assholes. That’s when I swore to myself I’d grow strong enough, become one of the finest fighters of the land and hone my skill, so I’d be one of the best. No one would ever throw rocks at me again, or dare to call me a hybrid. At least not without respect. 

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LaVerne Thompson is a USA Today Bestselling, award winning, multi-published author, an avid reader and a writer of contemporary, fantasy, and sci/fi romances. She also writes romantic suspense and new adult under the pen name Ursula Sinclair, her alter ego, who likes her relationships a little more complicated. http://www.amazon.com/Ursula-Sinclair/e/B00415YAVK/

Her stories are highly sensual with erotic elements but she has a few that are considered erotic. Most of her books also have a touch of violence and a few more than that. She enjoys good action scenes in movies and has incorporated some of those elements in quite a few of her books. She is also a certified chocoholic.


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39 Comments
Marcy Meyer
9/12/2023 06:40:12 am

The blurb and excerpt sound really interesting. I like the cover art. Looks great.

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LaVerne Thompson link
9/12/2023 07:26:30 pm


Thank you!

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Alma Fisher
9/12/2023 09:14:24 am

Looks really good

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Cathy French
9/12/2023 09:17:27 am

I love dark reads. This has a great cover.

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Rita Wray
9/12/2023 09:29:51 am

Sounds like a good book.

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Julie Bickham
9/12/2023 10:12:59 am

I look forward to reading this

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Beyond Comps
9/12/2023 10:13:36 am

Great cover!

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Nancy
9/12/2023 11:32:58 am

Stunning cover

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Amy F
9/12/2023 11:45:41 am

Sounds like a really good dark romance read.

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Susan Smith
9/12/2023 01:44:48 pm

This sounds a great book. I like the cover and excerpt.

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wendy hutton
9/12/2023 02:12:02 pm

this sounds like an interesting book

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Wendy Jensen
9/12/2023 02:34:13 pm

Interesting book details.

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Cindy Merrill
9/12/2023 05:54:40 pm

Very dark and disturbing- I though mutant powers seldom manifested themselves until the child reaches puberty.

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LaVerne Thompson link
9/12/2023 07:38:09 pm

Sometimes. The creator of the shared world Rise Of The Dreads made them more like the Spartans who left what they felt to be unfit babies or children who've been maimed out in the wilds to die or live at will or for the kindness of strangers.

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Sherry
9/12/2023 06:25:40 pm

I really like the cover and excerpt.

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Terri Quick
9/12/2023 07:13:29 pm

Great cover

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bn100
9/12/2023 09:32:33 pm

spooky

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Anne Perry
9/13/2023 05:58:45 am

I think that the characters sound interesting and real.

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Nancy Loring
9/13/2023 06:14:14 am

The fates of Piper and Jane have me really intrigued.

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Carol G
9/13/2023 10:32:14 am

Hard to argue with the need to find the truth, but also hard to accept the premise that it doesn't matter who it hurts or kills.

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Piroska
9/13/2023 04:36:51 pm

The book sounds intriguing. Great cover.

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latisha depoortere
9/13/2023 06:15:45 pm

Sounds great thanks for sharing!

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Bonnie
9/13/2023 09:36:21 pm

What an intriguing book! Great cover and excerpt. I'd love to read more.

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Daniel M
9/14/2023 06:38:08 pm

like the cover

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Barbara Montag
9/15/2023 09:56:43 am

I like everything about this - genre title and cover!
Thank you for sharing it with us.

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Ann Fantom
9/15/2023 10:47:19 am

This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.

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Debbie P
9/15/2023 10:50:03 pm

This sounds like a really interesting read.

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Starla B
9/16/2023 10:04:29 am

Piper sounds like such an interesting character. I love the story plot and I can't wait to read more!

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Debbi Wellenstein
9/16/2023 02:23:39 pm

I enjoyed the excerpt. Thanks for the giveaway!

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Jamie N.
9/16/2023 04:18:16 pm

This sounds like my kind of book!

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Thomas Gibson
9/17/2023 02:08:55 pm

Congrats on your tour!

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Christy R.
9/18/2023 01:26:25 am

The book details sound exciting. I love your style in your picture !

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beth shepherd
9/18/2023 11:39:00 am

This looks like a great read

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Stephanie Larison
9/18/2023 12:01:17 pm

Sounds interesting, can't wait to read it!

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Danielle Day
9/18/2023 11:59:24 pm

The book sounds fun.

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Billie Williams
9/19/2023 06:17:38 am

Good luck with your new release.

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Angela (Angel's Guilty Pleasures) link
9/19/2023 09:44:21 am

Sounds interesting.

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Michelle Domangue
9/19/2023 10:00:43 am

Cannot wait to read!

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Sand
9/19/2023 10:25:27 pm

Sounds like a great book!

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