Island Shifters: An Oath of the Blood
by Valerie
Zambito
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BLURB:
When your family, your home, and the very land you stand on are
destroyed, what do you do? If you are a
shifter of Massa, you turn around and fight.
You fight, because the blood oath will have it no other way.
The
idyllic lives of four elemental shifters living in the exiled land of Pyraan
are shattered when a tour of legion duty gives witness to a brutal enemy
invasion. Despite the heroic efforts of
the shifters, the land falls to the invaders.
As the only survivors, the four friends are forced to flee south into
the lands from which they were banished to warn of the invasion. Heartbroken and weary, the shifters soon
learn that the safe haven they hoped to find is cloaked in danger. Throughout a journey fraught with prophesy,
betrayal and peril, an enduring friendship prevails, love blossoms, and a
riveting saga unravels.
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Excerpt:
Kiernan heard
them coming with her heart in her throat and leaned in closer to Beck as they
lay side by side in a furrow of soil atop one of the fortifications created by
the earthshifters the evening before.
The ominous sound of thousands of feet rushing toward her in the
pre-dawn darkness was as frightening as it was meant to be. Jaimes Atlan warned them that Adrian Ravener
would try to intimidate them. He would
want them to make mistakes out of sheer terror.
I am with
you, Princess, said Bajan, who was crouched behind her. Do not be afraid. Any creature that gets close will have me to
deal with.
Bajan, just
in case…. she began, but he cut her off.
Do not make
it sound like the end, because it is not.
I promise. You will have time to
torment me for many years to come.
I do not mean
to torment you.
I would not
have it any other way.
Despite her
fright, she smiled at the Draca’s words.
The long,
sinister sound of the enemy battle horn wrenched Kiernan back to the present in
a rush. Every fiber of her being urged
her to run, to get away from there.
Death was
coming, and she was right in its path.
Closing her
eyes, she took a deep breath and drew on the power of her magic to calm her
mind. She was a warrior, she chided
herself. A protector. If death was coming for her, it would have a
fight on its hands.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Fantasy
author, Valerie Zambito, lives in York, New York with her husband and three
sons. After having been involved in a
busy sales career for twenty years, a passionate love for great storytelling,
world building, character creation, and all things magic have led to the
release of her epic fantasy series, Island Shifters, and young adult,
paranormal romance series, Angels of the Knights.
Books:
Book
One: Island Shifters - An Oath of the
Blood
Book
Two: Island Shifters - An Oath of the
Mage
Book
Three: Island Shifters - An Oath of the
Children
Book
Four: Island Shifters - An Oath of the
Kings
Angels of the
Knights - Fallon
Angels of the
Knights - Blane
Classroom
Heroes
Website: http://www.valeriezambito.com/
Buy Links:
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Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/107230
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