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7/6/2022

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Mark of Stars
The Chronicles of Talahm Book 1
by Colleen Mitchell
Genre: Epic Fantasy 

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The only clues to Emma Jackman’s destiny as Talahm’s Seventh Sorceress are the tesseract birthmark on her right palm and the last, precious letter from her father on her eighteenth birthday.

When she and her brother Luke arrive from Earth to reunite with their dad, Luke has a Vision bigger and more devastating than ever before… A prophecy showing the destruction of Camelot and the death of their father Tomás. Having just gotten her dad back, Emma will not lose him again, even if she has to break the rules of magic to do it.

Someone has betrayed the crown. Talahm’s two most ancient and almighty sorcerers lay in an irreversible sleep, caused by the same curse now trapping the entire population of Camelot inside the city walls. Day by day, the curse slowly moves to the center of the city, killing nearly everyone it touches.

Emma must break the curse before it reaches the citadel, because if she doesn’t… A traitor will claim the crown of Renova over the bodies of Camelot’s people.
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And Luke must wake the ancients before Emma breaks the curse, because if he doesn’t… Tomás Artair will die.


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​​Luke burst into the control room, his heart pounding louder than the combustion turbine’s whine. Cold sweat coated his neck and forehead despite the sweltering temperatures radiating from the engine room behind him.
Daniel, another operator, glanced up from Dullah Energy Center’s control screens. “All right, Jackman?” Daniel’s Scottish brogue jolted Luke from his tunnel vision.
Luke shook his head. “Give me a minute.” The door clicked shut behind him, reducing the noise, and he pulled out his earplugs. The tense coil in his gut didn’t ease, even when he rummaged through his backpack at the cubby along the back wall to pull out his book of prophecies.
Nick’s newly dyed bright orange hair had been the first trigger for his memory. He’d laughed, uneasy, with the other men until he saw Daniel’s fall protection gear laid out beneath the catwalk in the engine room. Then he couldn’t get to the control room fast enough.
Frantically flipping to the last page written in the leatherbound notebook, Luke swore.
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“Luke?” Daniel stood up, taking a step toward him, but Luke backed away, shaking his head.
“Dan, please. Give me a minute. I’ll . . . I’ll be right back.” He snapped the book shut, barely looking at Daniel before rushing through the hallway and into the men’s bathroom.
Locking the door behind him, Luke turned the cold water on full blast. He ran his hands through his wavy black hair, streaks of white marking both temples. His sister Emma said he looked more distinguished this way, but in the mirror, Luke saw his father looking back at him with the same mismatched green and gold eyes. He broke his own gaze to splash water on his stubbled jaw.
After drying his face, he found the right page in the journal again. It was Luke’s six hundred and fifth Vision since the day he began recording them several months after his eighteenth birthday. Over the past six years, he realized he’d never been able to change or stop any of his Visions from happening. Sometimes his interference caused them.
He’d Seen death before, far removed from himself, but this time, he’d be right in the thick of it. Today.
Dullah was on the fourth day of a weeklong planned outage. The site bustled with outside contractors working on simultaneous projects to fix broken equipment, repair building damage, and install new monitoring systems while the power plant stayed “turned off” except for testing. Luke hated outages, mostly because of the number of people. Dullah normally operated with fewer than fifteen staff, but for the rest of the outage nearly a hundred would crowd the grounds every day.
Of all the days for this one to come true, why today?
At least it was still early. He had some time to pull himself together and come up with a plan. As he traced the symbols of his self-devised code, Luke considered something. If he couldn’t stop it from happening, he wondered if he could offer comfort before the last breath. Those final moments of terror didn’t have to be so terrifying.
Once he felt in control enough to face his coworkers, Luke left the bathroom, only to bump into Daniel.
“Luke, are you sure you’re all right?”
Luke swallowed the spike of emotion in his throat. “Yeah. Just had one of those sudden bad feelings, you know?”
Daniel barked a short laugh, reaching up with one hand to scratch at his neck. “Oh yeah. Working here? Happens to me all the time.”
For the first time, Luke saw a tattoo on Daniel’s wrist. “I feel stupid for just now noticing your tat.”
Daniel held out his arm for Luke to examine the ink. “Check it out! INRI, with the crown of thorns wrapped around it. The missus bought it as a baptism present a few years ago.”
Luke didn’t know what to say. Briefly, he considered telling Daniel to go home, but for all Luke knew, that would just make things worse. He forced a smile and clapped Daniel on the shoulder before heading to his locker. Slipping his hard hat back on, he returned to the engine room, the sound so loud that vibrations shook his bones.
Daniel’s words rang in his mind. He remembered his first day on the job, walking into the plant with his new boss. An enormous combustion turbine swallowed most of the space. The moving parts, high-pressure pipes, and sheer amount of generated power promised injury. Now, Luke looked again through those naïve eyes, noting the levels of grated walkways, metal to duck under, and staircases, and realized just how dangerous his workplace was.

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Colleen Mitchell has been writing since age twelve. Mark of Stars is her first published novel, based on two different stories she wrote in junior high and high school.

She's a certified life coach, the host of the diabetes podcast This is Type 1, and holds a degree in mechanical engineering.
Colleen lives in Missoula, MT with her husband Tim and their cat Luna.

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66 Comments
Beyond Comps
7/6/2022 08:12:08 am

Great cover!

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/6/2022 04:35:58 pm

Thank you so much! It was designed by Angelique Modin, who is doing the rest of the series, and my character portraits.

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Sherry
7/6/2022 09:22:12 am

I like the cover and the excerpt.

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Colleen link
7/6/2022 04:36:21 pm

Thank you!

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Jon Heil
7/6/2022 10:25:23 am

What will the stars show us in the future

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/6/2022 04:37:10 pm

😉 that's the question, isn't it?

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Valerie Seal
7/6/2022 10:42:51 am

Nice Cover

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/6/2022 04:37:43 pm

Thank you! I love it too.

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Wendy J
7/6/2022 11:58:55 am

The book details sound like a great epic.

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Bea LaRocca
7/6/2022 01:16:46 pm

I like the cover art, synopsis and excerpt, Mark pf Stars sounds like an awesome read. Thank you for sharing your bio and book details and for offering a giveaway

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/6/2022 04:39:41 pm

Thank you! Silver Dagger did an amazing job setting this up!

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Rita Wray
7/6/2022 01:46:21 pm

Sounds like a good book.

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Kim Kern
7/6/2022 02:11:20 pm

Nice cover!

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wendy hutton
7/6/2022 02:50:33 pm

interesting cover

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Peggy Salkill
7/6/2022 03:43:37 pm

Sounds like this will be a good read!

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/6/2022 04:39:07 pm

I think it's a fantastic read, and I've read it a million times! LOL

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xjanelx78
7/6/2022 04:19:32 pm

Nice cover, how many books are you planning in this series?

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/6/2022 04:38:34 pm

Four in the core series! I'm in rewrites for book 2 right now. I have tons of ideas for spinoffs, villain backstories, oneoffs, and splinter series in the same universe.

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Marcy Meyer
7/6/2022 05:35:46 pm

The cover looks really good. Sounds like a good story.

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Victoria Alexander
7/6/2022 07:13:18 pm

Great cover, thanks for sharing!

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Terri Quick
7/6/2022 07:13:39 pm

Cool cover

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bn100
7/6/2022 11:40:21 pm

nice cover

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Amy Jo
7/7/2022 07:12:47 am

The whole vibe of this is right up my alley! The cover is amazing and it's pretty cool that the author has a cat named Luna!

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/7/2022 07:30:29 am

Thank you!! Luna was 100% named after Luna Lovegood 😁

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Debbi Wellenstein
7/7/2022 08:40:10 am

I enjoyed the excerpt. Thank you for the giveaway!

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beth shepherd
7/7/2022 09:14:24 am

This looks like a great read!

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David Basile
7/7/2022 10:48:21 am

Sounds like a good read

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Jen L
7/7/2022 12:06:01 pm

Enjoyed the excerpt

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Susan Smith
7/7/2022 01:32:01 pm

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

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/11/2022 10:42:42 am

Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy the full book!

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David Hollingsworth
7/7/2022 03:48:08 pm

This book sounds very interesting.

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Ellie Wright
7/7/2022 06:06:49 pm

This sounds like a great read. Nice cover!

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Ann Fantom
7/7/2022 08:14:37 pm

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

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kelly tupick
7/8/2022 08:31:04 am

The book sounds great, thanks for sharring and i love the cover.

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Shanna P Lowe
7/8/2022 02:21:26 pm

AHHHHHHH! I LOVED READING THIS BOOK! Super excited for the sequel. 😍

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/11/2022 10:43:21 am

THANK YOU SHANNA!!! I'm stoked for the sequel too!

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Cynthia C
7/8/2022 04:44:27 pm

The excerpt is interesting. Thank you for sharing it.

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Barbara Montag
7/9/2022 09:05:04 am

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

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Debbie P
7/9/2022 10:29:48 pm

This sounds like a col book. Amazing cover.

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Angela Heerde
7/10/2022 06:56:21 pm

I like book details

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Julie Bickham
7/11/2022 01:17:02 pm

I look forward to reading this.

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/17/2022 12:48:30 pm

Thank you! I look forward to hearing what you think!

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Thomas Gibson
7/11/2022 01:34:12 pm

Congrats on your tour.

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/17/2022 12:48:03 pm

Thank you so much! It's been a great experience!

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Nancy
7/12/2022 05:58:17 pm

Fantastic cover

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Nancy
7/13/2022 04:25:08 pm

I think that the book sounds highly detailed and interesting. What were some of your favorite authors when you were a child?

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Colleen Mitchell link
7/17/2022 12:47:34 pm

Thank you! I loved J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, and Jules Verne while growing up (still love them)! I also love Rick Riordan, but didn't read any of his books until this past year.

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Francine A
7/15/2022 09:31:40 pm

Sounds like a good book

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Christina G.
7/19/2022 04:53:33 pm

I love the artwork on the cover.

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Cindy Merrill
7/20/2022 10:28:43 am

I am into complicated plots, apparently this story fits my liking.

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Karin
7/20/2022 02:45:45 pm

Nice excerpt

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Calvin
7/20/2022 05:06:03 pm

Enjoyed learning about this, cool.

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Allison Swain
7/24/2022 05:06:24 pm

The cover is very cool, I enjoyed reading the excerpt. Hopefully Tomas can be saved!

Thank you for the chance to win :)

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Starla B
7/26/2022 09:19:15 pm

I really enjoy the way these tours are set up ! I love the cover, and the excerpt sounds awesome. All of the characters in the excerpt seem interesting, and you can learn little tidbits about them, which is neat.

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Leah link
8/1/2022 06:50:55 am

Interesting premise and excerpt! Congrats to the author. :)

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Christy R.
8/4/2022 09:48:28 pm

The book details sound great. The cover is fascinating, great art.

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Daniel M
8/5/2022 01:56:42 pm

like the cover

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jason jennings, Sr.
8/5/2022 02:02:03 pm

great cover cant wait to read

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Jonathan w
8/5/2022 08:09:45 pm

This reads like an Arthurian steampunk, which is cool! Sounds really interesting!

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Anita Jude
8/5/2022 09:57:45 pm

Congrats on your book and sound like a great book to read.

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Renata
8/5/2022 11:06:37 pm

Sounds good!

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Christina Pearce
8/6/2022 06:41:44 am

I can't wait to read it!

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Danielle Day
8/6/2022 04:11:45 pm

I like it!

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Jen Reed
8/6/2022 05:58:27 pm

The epic fantasy book sounds fun to read and the book cover is pretty.

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Sand
8/6/2022 10:33:02 pm

Sounds like a great book!

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Colleen Mitchell link
8/7/2022 04:55:14 pm

Thank you so much to everyone who commented and entered the giveaway! I really look forward to hearing your thoughts on the book (either in review or by emailing me at [email protected], or following on Instagram @talahmbooks). And thank you Maia for the great turnout here on Silver Dagger!

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