Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Wednesday Lines of Fire Challenged New Release #MFRWHooks #BWLAuthor #Fantasy #Sword and Sorcery

Lines of Fire Challenged (The Guild House – Defender’s Hall)

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Blurb:
Angry her father, who has ordered her to bond with a man with tainted lines.Lasara plans to escape. Her ability to read the lines of fire makes her a talented duelist. Friends aid her escape. They tell her to seek the Desert Riders and a man called Jens. The meeting is different than she plans. They duel for hours and end in both collapsing. While she recovers she hears about the kidnapping of girls with strong lines of fire, she decides to act to free them. Then she learns about a strange man who has joined her enemy. The Defenders need to know.

Ever since his duel with a Defender Jens wonders if this man could really be his brother. Traveling to the Defender’s Hall doesn’t suit him. He like his life as a Desert Rider. His band of Riders travels to a village on the edge of the desert. A challenge to see who has the trading advantage is called for. The duel ends in a tie. He is on his way back to the desert when a man from a different troop speaks of young girls being kidnapped. Learning and freeing them becomes his goal. Lasara joins him during the quest. 
Somehow, they must face the renegades and rescue the young women.

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Excerpt: A bit of the villains


The man Jens believed was their quarry bellowed an order. An older woman scurried toward what Jens believed was the barn. Moments later she dragged a young woman into the opening. The girl twisted and turned trying to escape. Two men grabbed her and half-carried her forward. Jens’ hands clenched as he fought to control the urge to help.
Petan grasped the young woman’s arms. Her scarlet lines faded. When his released his grip she slumped on the ground.
Jens’ stomach lurched. He fought the urge to spew the contents of his gut.
One of the older woman knelt beside the fallen. “She lives.”
“Return her to the barn and feed her,” Petan ordered. “She must be ready to serve me in three days.”
Jens’ eyes widened. Petan’s lines had lost much of their darkness. He edged away and halted covering his mouth to hide a gasp. The air shimmered. A tall, slender man with hip-length pale hair appeared. The men and women near the fires lay face down on the ground. Petan knelt at the stranger’s feet.
“Greetings, Master,” Petan said.
The alien placed his hands on Petan’s shoulders. Petan screamed. Jens’ mouth gaped. Petan’s brightened lines of fire grew darker and thicker. The stranger drew his minion to his feet.” Well done, my faithful slave. Continue to gather fire for me. With enough power others of my kin will join me and reap the harvest.”
Jens shuddered. How could such a man as this stranger be defeated? He felt powerless. Would destroying Petan save the people of the land?

Slowly he crawled to where Lasara waited at the foot of the tree. They made their way back to the steeds, mounted and raced back to camp.


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6 comments:

Adriana said...

Wow, they have a tremendous challenge in front of them. Well done.

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Dee S Knight and Anne Krist said...

Very intriguing excerpt, Janet!

Daryl Devoré said...

Good job on making me not like your villains. Hoping you have something horrible planned for them.

Anonymous said...

This dude is clearly the big boss villain, and how to defeat him is a big part of the story's problem.

Kryssie Fortune said...

Loved the first few of these books. This one looks even better