Join the authors at #MFRWHooks here http://mfrwbookhooks.blogspot.com for some great excerpts. This week I'm still waiting for the cover but I'm introducing the first of two heroes.
BLURB:
In this return to the Island
of Fyre Temple
of Fyre
EXCERPT:
Lorton sat on the floor of his sleeping chamber in the
building called the Citadel, once the home of the wizards. He called this home.
He rose and paced about the room. A restless urge tor adventure accompanied his
strides. In his hand he held three ironwood wands with fyrestones at the tips. His
ability to use the yellow, orange and red was less than that of his brothers
and sisters, two sets of twins. The four had left home to travel with the
desert clans. He was alone.
*Lorton.*
*Dragon, where are you?* The dragon’s voice rose in his
head.
*In the courtyard. Come.*
Lorton strode to the door. Excitement filled his thoughts.
Dragon had returned but where had he been? A seven day ago, his friend had
flown away without a word to explain his absence. Why had he been so
mysterious? Lorton had spent those days worrying that his bond with the
creature had been broken. Any time he’d sent a mental call, there’d been no
response.
As he walked the corridors to the inner courtyard, he
thought of the stories his parents had told him about their adventures with
Dragon. When his mother found the aging creature, he had been dark yellow
signaling the ending of his life. The healing of injuries during the fight to
drive the wizards away had rejuvenated the animal. He was now green.
Lorton stepped into the courtyard and shielded his eyes
from the glare of the midday sun. Autumn had arrived but the days remained hot.
*I’m here.* He crossed the flagstones toward his friend.
Dragon sprawled on the cobbles. Lorton settled in the
shade from a banon tree. *Where were you?*
*Listening to a call. I’m needed.*
*What?*
*You and I need to leave.*
*And go where?*
*To one of the lands beyond the mountains. The new home of
the dragons is there.*
Lorton frowned. *Why?*
*A miracle will occur. A red and a blue mated and she will
lay four eggs. One of the blues will be yours to ride.*
Lorton shook his head. *I don’t understand. Why must we
reach this land?*
*There is no green to guide the dragonets to come. I am
needed.*
Lorton wrapped his arms around his knees. How could they
reach the land on the other side of the mountains no one had ever scaled? A
boat could hug the shore and reach this land. He knew nothing about sailing.
Maybe one of the clans’ fishermen could teach him but that would take weeks or
even months. Dragon said they must hurry.
*There is a large problem,* he said. *How do we get there?
A boat is out. Maybe you could fly over the peaks but I can’t climb that high.*
*We must go through the mountain.*
Lorton frowned. *How?* He had a vision of them digging a
tunnel when they had no idea how far.
*There’s a cave where your mother and father hid from the
wizards to plan the rebellion. There are tunnels there. One of those passages
will take us to our destination.*
MY PLACES
http://wwweclecticwriter.blogspot.com
BUY MARK
http://bookswelove.net/authors/walters-janet-lane-romance-fantasy-suspense-medical/
6 comments:
I sense the beginning of a quest analogous to Frodo's -- climbing mountains with big, hairy, bare feet. Please let him wear shoes?
Sounds interesting.
Ed, He wears boots and travels through a dark tunnel. No Frodo likeness.
Very visual scene, sounds like the start of an interesting quest.
A quest *with* a dragon, not to find one. Different!
I like the interaction between Dragon and Lorton. Sounds like a great adventure coming!
Post a Comment