Book Info-
Of Gaea
Book #1 in the Of Legacies Series
By Victoria Escobar
Publication Date: March 20, 2013
Blurb-
Her choice will change the world.
She
hated the wheelchair. Hated the way it made her feel less than what she
was. Most of all she hated not being able to do all the things she used
to. Ari had been a track and field star, an archery champion and an
Eskrima pro. Now she was confined to a wheelchair slowly dying inside
from its restraints.
Medical
science wasn’t working. The tests, the drugs, the therapies were all
useless and a waste of time. She was tired of wasting her time; she was
tired of failure. It was time to look away from the obvious and try
something unconventional.
Nothing
was ever free and that included miracles. Abruptly, Ari finds herself
tangled in a web of lies, questioning everything she’s ever known as
truth. Never had she believed she’d be thrown headfirst into a world of
good and evil, magic and Gods.
Trapped
in the middle of a war she had never known existed both parties
demanded her allegiance. Ari was a catalyst that could change all the
rules of the Earth. But when the time comes to make a choice will she be
strong enough to know right from wrong?
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About the Author:
Once
upon a time, long, long ago, Victoria was born in sunny Florida, except
it wasn’t sunny; it was the middle of the night. Midnight actually,
well, two minutes past, but she tried really hard for midnight.
Victoria has been to twenty one schools in her lifetime. With all the
continual switching around, she’s relied on her imagination for friends
and books for close companions. In high school she remained apart from
the whole and spent most of her time in the library either reading or
writing.
Currently, Victoria has set down roots in New York with her family. She
still reads and writes every day. She finished her debut novel Of Gaea in the winter of 2012 and is working on the sequel and many other projects.
Author Links:
Facebook-http://www.facebook.com/V.Escobar.Writes
Twitter-https://twitter.com/VEscobarWrites
Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6370082.Victoria_Escobar
Excerpt:
When the sun was nearly gone Ari began to fidget. “You should turn a light on.”
“Afraid of the dark?”
“It’s
not the dark I fear, but what resides in it.” Ari bit her lip as she
scanned the growing shadows. “I’ve seen things in the shadows, things
I’d rather not fall prey to.”
He
didn’t laugh or jeer but slowly stood and walked over to the edge of
the circle. From his pocket he lit a match and then dropped the lit
match to something she couldn’t see.
A
ring of fire rose from the ground and traced the circumference of the
circle. When it touched itself it went out, but there was a light, that
she couldn’t explain in its place. It wasn’t the red light of fire
either, but a cool, almost clean feeling light.
“Our
mother Gaea, this night we ask for protection, this night we ask for
healing. This night we ask you bless the faithful with Your love.”
Ari
could hear Leonidas’s prayer from where she sat, or rather, she felt
it. The words weren’t quite right though. She didn’t hear them as he
spoke them, but as a chorus of voices together as one. The voices
chanted together and drowned out Leonidas’s words. Goosebumps broke out
along her arms.
As
Leonidas shuffled back over Ari saw movement behind him. The darkness
that she feared manifested along the edge of the circle. It had more
form than it had previously. The demon horse was more pronounced in
shape and larger than she remembered it being. There was with ooze
streaming from its head and tail and dark rivulets of liquid streamed
over
him that she could only envision as some form of acid.
The
trees and plants seemed to shrink back away from it. Or at least that’s
what she thought until the light creature joined it. Then she realized
what the darkness killed the light was bringing back to life only for
the vicious cycle to continue.
She
was more shaped this time too. She looked like a white peacock with the
train of light behind her wings and tail. Everything about her glowed
and it was painful to look at her for too long.
“Can you see them?” Ari gestured to the edge of the circle.
Leonidas
turned and even though Ari didn’t see his face she saw his posture
still and harden. “You are not welcome here. Gaea walks here, not you.
Be gone! You have no business here.”
“The child is our business.” The light creature danced up the wall searching for an entrance.
“Give
her to us and we shall leave everything as it was found.” The dark
thing wasn’t so subtle and struck the wall of light with its hooves.
“Gaea
walks here.” The Kirin appeared inside the circle. Her voice was a
beautiful song. “Leave this place. Now.” She stamped her hoof once.
The
other creatures only hissed at her. The Kirin reared backed and then
charged. She rammed into both of them and all three vanished. Before
their eyes the trees and plants sprung back to the way they had been
only minutes before.
“Now I’ve officially seen everything.” Leonidas muttered. “How often do you see them?”
Ari laughed weakly. “Do nightmares count?”
Leonidas bent down to look in her eyes. “Nightmares always
count.”
Giveaway Info-
The author is giving away 1 signed print copy of ‘Of Gaea’, a signed bookmark and an ‘Of Gaea’ pin to the 1st prize winner. Two other winners will receive a signed bookmark and an ‘Of Gaea’ pin. 10 other winners will receive ‘Of Gaea’ pins. Giveaway is open to US only.
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