Tami has kindly given me some time on her new blog to talk about my
new release "The Sixth Key". Thank you Tami.
I'm quite excited about this book as it's the first adult fantasy
romance I've written since my Sky Castles Trilogy. I love building new worlds
and making the characters who live there a little bit different. In this book
the ruling class of the low technology, magical planet of Sacral have psychic
abilities, mainly telepathy. I wondered what would happen if a non-telepath came into their midst, but then thought there would always be the odd one or two people who were born non-telepaths. Considered inferior citizens and shunned, eventually they were banished to the forest where they set up their own community.
A news report of a minor accident due to rain, clicked everything into place and I got the rough fuzzy idea for The Sixth Key.
Riley, from Earth, gets knocked down and wakes up on Sacral. Here she finds her ex-boyfriend is the heir to the throne and he wants to continue with their relationship, but he seems different. She doesn't like the telepaths attitude toward the non-telepaths especially as she doesn't have the ability to mind talk. When she finds the Riddle of the Keys she questions whether there is an impostor on the throne. To save herself and the world of Sacral, Riley sets out to solve the Riddle.
Please enjoy this excerpt:
A cold drizzle fell on Riley as she left home on Monday morning. The
weather matched her mood. Another weekend wasted waiting for Jothur to contact
her.
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. He's gone Riley. Left
without a word. He's probably taken up with some fancy woman in another town.
Head down, she pushed her way through the crowds, heading for the
bus stop. Riley didn't pay any attention to those around her. Her thoughts were
fixed on her time with Jothur.
They met at a party. A casual friend asked her to be nice to the
stranger who had only recently arrived in town and didn't know anyone. Riley
clutched her drink tightly and gazed unbelievingly at the tall, blond, handsome
man. His smile made her insides melt, and when he spoke, the liquid tones of
his voice flowed over her as molten chocolate.
Desperate to keep his attention, she offered to show him the around
the town. Jothur accepted, and for several weeks they were inseparable. Riley
couldn't help herself. She'd fallen hard for this gorgeous man. Did he feel the
same way? Of course he did. Her guess proved correct when he talked about their
future together. The day after they'd discussed this -- he disappeared.
No explanations. No note. No phone call. Riley's worries surfaced
when he didn't turn up for their next date. To make sure nothing had happened
to him, she'd grabbed her jacket and opened the front door before realizing she
had no idea where Jothur lived. He'd always been pretty vague about his
address, but at the time Riley hadn't thought anything of it.
Days passed. None of her crowd knew where Jothur lived either. Her
misery increased. This had been her fourth weekend alone and she had to accept
Jothur had left with no intention of coming back. It didn't mean she had to
like it though.
The drizzle turned into a downpour. Raindrops bounced off the black
road surface, but through the noise she could hear a bus approaching.
Great. Miss this one and she'd be late for work. She dashed out into
the road, head down, trying to keep the rain from her face. A horn blared and
brakes squealed. Riley stopped. Her head jerked up to see a huge yellow truck
bearing down on her. The driver's horrified face filled her vision before
everything went dark.
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What an intriguing start! Good luck with the release of 'The Sixth Key'.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marie, this was the first thought I had about this book and it developed into the prologue.
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