Soul Born
Kevin James Breaux
(Soul Born Saga #1)
Publication date: November 15th 2018
Genres: Adult, Fantasy
All Opal wanted was to be respected as a wielder of magic, but her teachers passed her over time and time again. When a mysterious warlord embarks on a conquest to destroy the lands of Illyia, Opal seizes the opportunity to step out from the shadows of her instructors and take her rightful place among them. Tala, an alluring young elf, was banished from her tribe, hunted and nearly killed by the beasts of the deep forests, but more than anything else she is a survivor. Joining forces with an ancient elemental power, Tala finds herself in the center of an unrelenting human war. Flesh like leather and bone as strong as steel, Karn, a veteran from the first kingdom to fall, is fueled by vengeance. While pushing headlong into battle Karn begins recalling memories of another life: ghosts that haunt his dreams. Through death of soul, their new world is born.
EXCERPT:
Uncomfortable with the silence in the room as she dressed, Opal listed a collection of items for Karn to gather in the kitchen while she escaped to pack her bag in the adjoining room. She took her time stuffing her knapsack with the few items she had wanted to ferry back to her room at the High Council, all the while consumed by the thoughts of what she had just done.
She could not remember the last time she felt this joyful, and she was sure of one thing: her life had finally taken a step in the right direction. But the idea also frightened her worse than anything—even worse than the invading warlord.
Happiness, after all these years, has come with a price. Are you still willing to pay it, Opal?
Anxiety gripped her heart and a flood of concerns filled her head. Am I doing the right thing? She breathed in slowly, in effort to calm her nerves.
“Ready?” she asked as she reentered the kitchen.
“Ready.”
Opal walked out into the night air and dropped her bag. The portal spell she was about to call upon was one taught to all second-level magic students and was the only way she knew of in and out of the mages’ fortress. Being in her fourth level of study, it was little more than a reflex, but her cluttered mind made it more of a chore.
Karn, she thought as she gazed at him, then at her torn blouse. Is this how you take all your women, so savagely, like… like a barbarian? I need to tell someone. Not the teachers; not Malik. Who will listen? Who will understand?
Opal closed her eyes and pushed out all aberrant thoughts. With a practiced breath, she drew deep upon the powers that resided inside her and summoned the portal to the High Council’s fortress.
The already dark sky grew murky, dabs of purple outlining the black clouds that rolled across the horizon. A chill wind gusted through the forest and lapped at Opal’s bare arms as purple sheet lightning filled the sky.
She faced Karn. Through the pulsating purple glow of the energy that surrounded her, she saw him speak, but the loud whistle of wind snatched the words before they reached her.
Is he afraid? What will he do? Opal watched him close as the shimmering energy that surrounded her began to fill her hands; his eyes grew wide with amazement.
“It’s okay,” she said, more so mouthed to him as she readied herself.
Opal raised her arms above her head and channeled the swirling purple magical energy she had built into a ball of bright white light that hovered before her. The orb of magical energy crackled, and then, after a thunderous boom, it opened like a giant mouth, its aperture a pit of darkness that swallowed everything around—from passing moths to the dry leaves that rested atop the grass.
Author Bio:
Kevin James Breaux has written nine books and devoted the past twelve years of his life to crafting short stories and novels. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Paranormal Romance Guild, and other groups.
Breaux is always enthusiastic about the challenge writing presents. He lives by the motto "Write Makes Might!"© and sees each new page as an opportunity to improve and advance.
Breaux was formerly represented by Marisa A. Corvisiero, the founder of the Corvisiero Literary Agency.
Looks like an interesting book, great cover
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