by Laura Catherine
Release
Date: June 24th 2017
Genre:
Young Adult, Fantasy
BLURB
On Ivalice, Prince
Morgan has been living in the shadow of his twin brother and older sister. She
will be queen one day and inherit the power of Spirit to protect their world
and guard the other elements from harm. Morgan wants this power for himself and
nothing will stop him from getting it, not even his family. With her dying
breath, Queen Tamsin sends the elements to another world where Morgan cannot
have them.
On Earth, Nix, Grace,
Kendra and Phoebe are four ordinary teenage girls living normal lives where
homework and boys are their biggest problems. That is until they absorb some
strange glowing balls of light into their bodies and start controlling the
elements.
Everything is about
to change for these girls when the weight of an entire world is put on their
shoulders.
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EXCERPT
The bus was old and
probably in need of replacing with ripped seats and graffiti on everything
including the roof. It also smelled like those tree air fresheners.
She made her way down
the aisle to her favourite spot. It was about halfway down the bus, not so
close to the front that you had to sit near a teacher but not so far back that
you stayed away from the school bullies in the back row.
Nix slid into her
favourite seat, the one graffittied in lyrics from her favourite band Chaos Destiny.
“Hello.”
Nix looked up to see
the new girl staring down at her.
“Hi,” Nix replied.
“You’re the new girl.”
“Phoebe Jenkins,” she
said with an awkward smile.
Poor girl, Nix
thought, doesn’t know anyone.
“Ah, I’m saving the
seat next to me for my friend, but you should sit in front of us.”
Phoebe looked
surprised at the offer and Nix wondered if other people had been less nice to
her. Hopefully she hadn’t been subject to the antics of the school bully, Jasper.
“Go on, sit,” Nix
encouraged with a smile.
“Thank you,” Phoebe
replied and perched herself on the seat ahead of Nix.
“I shotgunned the
window side,” Grace said as she pushed her way through the aisle of students
still taking their seats.
Nix moved out of the
way so Grace could claim her prize. Grace was always last to be called for
things because her last name was West.
“What did I miss?”
Grace said leaning on the back of Phoebe’s seat.
“Grace this is
Phoebe,” Nix introduced.
“Ah, new girl,” Grace
said with a cheesy grin. “Excellent. How are you liking Verndale?”
Phoebe sat up
straight, pushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear. “It is a very
beautiful town,” she replied. Her voice was soft like a gentle touch of fingers
on guitar strings.
“Great. Just stick
with us and you can’t go wrong.” Grace winked and leaned back in her seat.
Mr. Haynes appeared
at the front of the bus, ushering people to take their seats so he could do a
head count.
“Now today’s
excursion—”
Mr. Haynes was cut
short as a dark skinned girl with a shining curtain of black hair raced up the
bus steps.
“Kendra,” Mr. Haynes
said a little startled. “Where have you been? I called your name a while ago.”
“I’ve been
objecting,” she said giving him a dazzling white smile.
“Objecting.” Mr
Haynes nodded then did a double take. “Objecting to what?”
“I’m objecting to
this excursion. I shouldn’t have to be forced into a swamp against my will.”
“I am sorry, Miss
Tate, but there are other places out there besides the mall,” said Mr. Cole,
the sports teacher who was accompanying Mr. Haynes on the trip.
The students giggled.
Kendra pouted and looked like she was going to argue the point, but Mr. Haynes
asked her to take a seat.
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Author Info
Laura Catherine was
born in Melbourne, Australia and spent most of her childhood creating fantasy
worlds and talking to her invisible pet cheetah who ran along powerlines.
Her imagination has
carried her through childhood where her mother read stories about fantasy
worlds at bedtime. Never one to face reality, Laura spent a lot of time turning
boxes into ships and castles.
Laura self-published
her first novel, Djinn (2013), a Paranormal Romance, and the second in the
series, Blooders (2015). Laura is currently working on the next instalment in
the Djinn series, Bloodjinn, as well as a few other novels including the first
in a new YA series, The Guardians of Ivalice.
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