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Week 13: The Darkworld Series
Prequel Novella: Fear's
Touch
Book One: Darkness
Watching
Book Two: Walking
Shadow
By Emma L. Adams
This is a standalone novella, intended as a prequel to the
Darkworld series. As it takes place one year before the events of Darkness
Watching, it doesn’t contain any spoilers (although it does hint at things
which will come into play later in the series).
Freakish powers and staring demon eyes aren’t
part of Claudia’s plans for the future – and neither is ending up stuck at the
gloomy, isolated University of Blackstone. But bad life decisions are the least
of her problems, when a split-second decision to help out another magic-user
puts her in the crossfire of both the shadow-beasts and the creepy organisation
which hunt them down.
Claudia’s never had to worry about making the
right choice before, but every decision matters when you have a Darkworld
connection. Soon, she’s going to have to make a choice: turn her back on the
crazy and try to live a normal life, or take the monsters down.
But in a world where everyone seems to have
secrets, can she really trust her fellow magic-users – or even herself?
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Eighteen-year-old Ashlyn is one interview away
from her future when she first sees the demons. She thinks she's losing her
mind, but the truth is far more frightening: she can see into the Darkworld,
the home of spirits– and the darkness is staring back.
Desperate to escape the demons, Ash accepts a
place at a university in the small town of Blackstone, in the middle of nowhere
- little knowing that it isn't coincidence that led her there but the pull of
the Venantium, the sorcerers who maintain the barrier keeping demons from
crossing from the Darkworld into our own world.
All-night parties, new friendships and a life
without rules or limits are all part of the package of student life - but
demons never give up, and their focus on Ash has attracted the attention of
every sorcerer in the area. Ash is soon caught between her new life and a group
of other students with a connection to the Darkworld, who could offer the
answers she's looking for. The demons want something from her, and someone is
determined to kill her before she can find out what it is.
In a world where darkness lurks beneath the
surface, not everyone is what they appear to be...
Reviews:
"Demons, Sorcerers,
evil, and secrets. Could you ask for a better supernatural suspense set-up? The
plot is original, and completely gripping. From the first page, this book had
me hooked." - Rose at Desert Rose Reviews
"A suspenseful
first part to an intriguing new fantasy series." - Sharon Stevenson, supernatural author
“The story is extremely
well-written with effortless, flowing prose, and the original magic-user
mythology and Darkworld creatures are very entertaining. The author took what
might have been over-done premise and twisted it into something very fresh and
exciting.” - Lexa Cain,
author of Soul Cutter
"Emma is an amazing
writer. She has become one of my favorites. I couldn’t put Darkness Watching
down." - Diane at A Creative Mind
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When you have a connection to the Darkworld,
nowhere is truly safe.
Ashlyn has found a new home in Blackstone, but
when a spate of grave robberies across the country spark fears that someone is
practicing illegal sorcery, she comes under the radar of the Venantium, the
protectors of the Barrier between her world and the Darkworld, who are
suspicious of any sorcerer who doesn’t know their origins.
The trouble is, what Ash does know might just
get her killed.
Sufferers of the dangerous condition known as
the vampire’s curse are being brutally killed, and the latest victim is Leo’s
guardian, the ex-head of the Venantium. Ash determines to help Leo find out
what’s really going on, but it isn’t long before events are spiralling out of
control. The dead are rising from their graves, and the barriers around
Blackstone are threatened by a demon which looks exactly like Ash herself…
Coming December 1st,
2014 from Curiosity Quills
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ABOUT EMMA L. ADAMS
Emma spent her childhood creating imaginary worlds to compensate
for a disappointingly average reality, so it was probably inevitable that she
ended up writing fantasy novels for children and young adults. She was born in
Birmingham, UK, which she fled at the first opportunity to study English
Literature at Lancaster University. In her three years at Lancaster, she hiked
up mountains, skydived in Australia, and endured a traumatic episode involving
a swarm of bees in the Costa Rican jungle. She also entertained her creative
writing group and baffled her tutors by submitting strange fantasy tales
featuring dragons and supernatural monsters to workshops. These included her
first publication, a rather bleak dystopian piece, and a disturbing story about
a homicidal duck (which she hopes will never see the light of day).
Now a reluctant graduate, Emma refuses to settle
down and be normal. When not embarking on wild excursions, she edits and
proofreads novels for various publishing houses and reads an insane number of
books. At the age of 21, she signed a publishing contract with Curiosity Quills
Press for the first book in her creepy urban fantasy Darkworld series. DARKNESS
WATCHING was published in October 2013, and four more novels and a novella will
follow. She chats about writing and other book-related things at her blog, From
the Writer’s Nest, and looks forward to sharing more tales from the bizarre
depths of her imagination.
Find Emma online: Blog Website Facebook Page Twitter
Find Emma online: Blog Website Facebook Page Twitter
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