Aidah begins seeing visions through her brother’s eyes. He’s a Firestarter, gifted with the Talent to control light and heat, destined to become a Sun Mage in the great city of Landaran. But he doesn’t want to leave without his sister. As storm clouds gather, Aidah dreams of a beautiful man, a frightening man, calling to her.
She fears the truth. That she may developing a Talent of her own, one that will change their lives forever.
The power to read minds. To possess bodies. To travel inside dreams. In the world of Ernid, Spirit is the ultimate power.
Nations will go to war over them.
Excerpt:
Standing by the bed was a man, the same man from her earlier dream. Her breath caught in her throat. He wasn’t merely handsome, he was beautiful. Long blond hair just touched with sandy brown at the roots flowed down broad shoulders and a well-muscled torso. He was dressed in a black leather jerkin and red hosen and shirt. She looked to his gray eyes the same color as hers, but there the beauty ended. They were cold, hard as granite, staring down at her.
Then he smiled, and the hard features softened somewhat. “Aren’t you a pretty sight. What is your name, my dear?”
She was dressed in the clothes from the mountaintop but she felt naked somehow, vulnerable. “Aidah. Aidah Dernholt, sir,” she responded uncertainly. Was this real or a dream? Everything seemed to be vivid in color and detail, yet she couldn’t hear any noises from the window or from the door leading to the kitchen. Where was the rest of the family?
The man chuckled. “Do not fear. You are not asleep, but neither are you awake. Consider this a trance where your mind is awake but your body rests in slumber. Your Talent has called me here to visit you.”
Judy Goodwin
Judy Goodwin has been writing since she was a child, when her fourth grade English instructor told her, ‘You should be a writer.” She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona, and a Master’s in Education from Argosy University. Over the last ten years she has appeared in several small press magazines and anthologies with her fantasy and science fiction short stories and poetry. Her first novel was published in January 2013, entitled Heart of the Witch.
When not working on her fiction, Judy works as a technical writer in a healthcare services firm. She enjoys bullying the sheriff at the local renaissance festival, volunteering at local charities, and catching up on the latest movies. She lives in Gilbert, Arizona with her partner and teenage daughter, four cats, and three small dogs.
Twitter: @judygoodwin6
Blog: http://judygoodwin.wordpress.com
Website: http://diamondprintpress.com
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Thanks for hosting!
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I will be interested to see where their powers take them.
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I really dig the whole aspect with people having special talents. The term Firestarter sounds really intriguing.
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The excerpt definitely intrigues me:) Thanks for the giveaway!!!
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I love fantasy books! I really love the cover of this and the synopsis sounds really good. I like books with visions in them.
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I always look at the cover of a book first. This helps me to decide if I want to read the story. I really like this cover because it makes me think of childhood innocence.
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the suspense and the time period intrigue me the most.
