Dangerous Waters
by C M
Michaels
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BLURB:
For Emily Waters, a
nature-loving, small-town girl with an overprotective father, heading off to
Boston University to study conservation biology is a dream come true—until a
chance encounter catapults her into a mythical world she’d do anything to
escape.
The latest victim in a rash of abductions near campus, Emily is brutally attacked before being rescued by a powerful new friend. She survives the ordeal, only to find herself held captive and presented with an impossible choice.
The latest victim in a rash of abductions near campus, Emily is brutally attacked before being rescued by a powerful new friend. She survives the ordeal, only to find herself held captive and presented with an impossible choice.
While preparing for the unimaginable life she must now
embrace clues soon emerge that Emily may not be entirely human, and her
physical transformation awakens goddess-like powers that her new family cannot
begin to explain.
Dealing with her human first love, the not-so-platonic
relationship with her coven “sister,” and her new vampire sort-of-boyfriend
further complicates matters, not to mention being secretly hunted by the
psychopaths who attacked her. And as the only known offspring of a once
all-powerful race, the climactic battle is only the beginning of her journey.
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Excerpt
Prologue
excerpt
“All rise!” the bailiff bellowed out through
the hall. “This court is now in session. The honorable global court inquisitor
O’Callaghan presiding.”
An imposing
figure with short, golden locks entered from behind the bailiff, motioning for
people to take their seats. He gathered his floor-length white and purple robes
in his left hand, made his way over to the furthest prisoner and yanked the
hood from her head.
“So this is
the all-powerful Sienna,” the inquisitor mocked, squeezing the bound woman’s
cheeks with his hand. “How disappointing.”
Her once
beautiful face was disfigured by several charred-black electrical burns. Blood
and pus oozed out of the open wounds. The pungent salve packed into her broken
nose made her eyes tear up and prevented her from smelling anything.
“Do you have
anything you wish to say in your defense before I render my verdict?” the
inquisitor asked, deactivating the device around her throat so she could speak.
“This will
never work—she knows her life is far more important than mine.”
“It’s
possible she’d let you die,” he acknowledged. “But both of her parents, her
mate and her best friend? No, I think that’s far too much to expect her to
endure. Sooner or later she’ll come, and the world will celebrate her
execution.”
Sienna
snapped to attention, her green eyes widening in horror at the news of who else
had been captured. “You have no idea what you’ve done—everyone in this
building’s going to die.”
The crowd
erupted at her outburst, and the inquisitor held up his hand to silence them.
“And how exactly is your precious queen going to manage that? She’ll be
welcomed to our fair city by twenty thousand volts from the first alarm she
trips. Not enough to kill your kind, but plenty to leave her unconscious
until—”
“Sir, a
perimeter alarm’s been triggered just outside the north gate,” a soldier
interrupted from the gallery.
He wheeled on
the man in a fit of anger. “Interrupt me again, and I’ll disembowel you! People
have been jumping the fence all day—contact the guards at the gate and have
them check it out.”
“We tried sir.
Calls have been placed to the guard desk, the three closest perimeter sweep
teams and the north tactical unit—they’re not responding.”
“Who’s not
responding, you imbecile!”
“Any of
them.”
“It’s too
late,” Sienna said, gazing at his panic-stricken face. “She’s here.”
.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
C.M Michaels
grew up in a small town in northern Michigan as the youngest child of a
close-knit family of seven. He met his wife, Teresa, while attending Saginaw
Valley State University. Together they’ve provided a loving home for several
four-legged “kids”, including Sophie, their eternally young at heart,
hopelessly spoiled Spaniel.
He has always
enjoyed writing, and still has fond memories of reading his first book, a
children’s novella, to local grade schools when he was 14. Dangerous Waters,
the first book in the Sisters in Blood series, is being published by Freya’s
Bower on September 5th, 2013. C.M. is currently working on the second book in
the Sisters in Blood series along with a Fantasy romance.
When he’s not
writing, C.M. can be found curled up with a good book, watching movies or
hitting the hiking trails with his wife. An avid reader since discovering Jim
Kjelgaard novels in early childhood, his favorite authors include Kelley
Armstrong, Peter V. Brett, Richelle Mead, Rachel Caine, Cassandra Claire, J.R.
Ward, Laini Taylor and Tessa Dawn.
C.M.
currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky.
Social Media
links:
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Twitter - https://twitter.com/UFAuthor
Website - http://cmmichaels.com/
Book trailer:
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