Hey, look! It exists!
Hello and welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors. Death by Starlight released on Tuesday, and it has a cover and pages and everything. Sometimes we authors get a little nervous, but then magic happens and there’s this book.
So, on to the snippet. I’ve been sharing from the scene where Zeke and Alistair go out on Alistair’s little motor boat in search of the mermaid Melissa, who Alistair has been crushing on most of his long life. This picks up a little bit after last week’s snippet.
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“C’mon, Mellosa,” Zeke muttered. “You know you want it. Why else have you been hanging out in these human-infested waters, baiting and teasing this sorry excuse for a shaman?”
“What’s the rush?” Alistair asked, leaning over the other side.
“Ian’s about to get himself in trouble.”
“So what else is new?”
They rode the tide in silence, the slap of waves against the boat and the rush of wind the only sound. The clouds parted slightly, allowing a bit of moonlight to lighten the sky and outline the dark bulk of the Olympic mountain range and the landmasses to either side of them. The lights of Port Angeles peppered the distant shore.
The mermaid lure was now a mere pinprick, a remote star in an upside-down sky.
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Edge of Night 2: Death by Starlight
Ian and Zeke fought a battle against the queen of the dark realm in order to be together, but just when they think they might settle into as normal a life as elves living among humans might be able to expect, a new enemy threatens to tear them apart. While Zeke helps the shaman Alistair in his hunt for an elusive mermaid, Ian is called to confront a wicked nymph preying on tourists along Seattle’s waterfront. Zeke and Ian soon discover that the defeated Queen Ysolde has spread her evil into the sea realms, and danger lurks beneath every wave, but it is too late to stop an escalating series of confrontations that lead to disappearances, death and the possible end of light in this world.
As Ysolde plots revenge and a mysterious prince seeks to win Ian for himself, the ancient war between light and dark sweeps Ian and Zeke into its maelstrom of hate, testing their trust of each other to the utmost.
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Betwixt and Between: Book 1 is available at these retailers: Amazon Kobo Barnes & Noble Books2Read
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“Ian’s about to get himself in trouble.”
“So what else is new?”
Haha! Love this.
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Your descriptions are splendid. I may have to borrow them sometime, my friend.
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Best wishes on the new release! Enjoyed the excerpt today…
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Congrats on the release!
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Thanks! Are you signed up this week, Kimmy? Don’t see you on the list.
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A revealing scene. Congrats on your new release! 🙂
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Great snippet! I love the tittle of the book. Congrats!
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Wonderful imagery in play here, Alexis, and much more, I ‘m guessing. Congrats on the release! Isn’t it awesome to have a “real” product after all your hard work!
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Even though you can’t put a digital book on the shelf and admire it, it’s great to know the story is there in the world.
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Ha, I love the dialogue, and the descriptions are also great. 😀
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Human-infested waters – awesome 🙂
Tweeted.
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Great descriptions. I can picture them floating out in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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The description of the night–lovely! You have a gift with words, Alexis.
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Some people are just trouble. 🙂 Love how beautiful and tense the scene is–it heightens the impact.
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