Author: HJ Daly
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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Book Description:
Esa is a street girl living in a post
apocalyptic world. A world that left her with nothing except the physical and
mental scars that drive her to the person she is becoming.
Whilst searching for shelter, she
encounters a creature known as a spinner who pulls her onto a perilous path.
Now with a horde of goblins close on their heels, they must work together and
enter the magical realm in search of answers. Why can she sense magic and why
is a powerful sorcerer determined to end her life?
This is an exciting story of power,
friendship and secrets. Secrets that threaten to rip Esa’s world apart.
Pulse is aimed towards the young adult
market. For those seeking adventure and magic with a futuristic edge. Most
fantasy novels tend to hide the magical worlds or show as historic here I have
tried to blend the worlds together.
Author Bio:
HJ has
always loved books and read at every opportunity. At first reading with her own
children and then at schools in a hope of capturing the hearts and minds of the
young. Writing became a natural progression for her when her children attended
full time education and she had a little free time.
It
wasn’t always about writing though, during her teens, HJ stepped up her Latin
American dancing and travelled Europe competing.
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Excerpt 1
“Oh,
girlie, you really shouldn’t have said that.” His beady red eyes greedily took
in the girl and seeing no real threat he lunged forward. His sword scraped the
wall where moments earlier Esa had stood. Pushing from the wall, she twisted to
the side and drove her dagger deep into the goblin’s extended arm. A yowl
filled the room and he swung his sword blindly in her direction. In one fluid
movement she dropped to the floor and kicked her leg out. Boot hit shin and he
fell to the floor grabbing his leg.
“No one calls me girlie.”
Standing over him she turned the dagger around in her hand, bringing the hilt down
on the base of his skull. “Night, night.” Wiping the blood from her blade on
her jeans, she turned her attention to Rootu.
Excerpt 2Thomas stopped as he reached the
wooden door. It stood slightly ajar and he could see Esa nestled in the corner,
her back to him. He stifled a gasp as he caught sight of her skin. At the
bottom of her ribs he clearly saw an old knife wound, across her shoulder
blades were a number of what looked like cigarette burns, and line upon line of
marks like wires. Some old, silvery in the light and others still red and
puckered. The skin had attempted to grow over large gashes through the years,
but nothing could hide the evidence of a brutal attack. What drew his attention
was the huge scar that started at her waist and snaked its way up her spine and
eventually wrapped itself around her neck.
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