Title: Thunderlight
Series: The Dragonian Series, book 2
Genre: young adult fantasy
Publisher: Fire Quill Publishers
Release Date: 21 November 2014
Book Description:
Vibrant, scale swathed wings… Abilities that can be
harnessed by a chosen few… Dragons…
All this may seem like old news, but for sixteen
year-old Elena Watkins the world of Paegeia is not finished revealing all its
secrets. During a summer break intended for relaxation, she discovers that her
harrowing adventure to retrieve the King of Lion sword wasn’t the destiny
foretold by the cryptic Viden, a dragon with the ability to see a person’s true
fate. The words inked onto the page of the mysterious Book of Shadows remains
black and Elena must return to Dragonia Academy to discover their true meaning.
Upon her return to the magnificent castle she has
to face a challenge of a different kind, keeping her boyfriend Lucian McKenzie,
the Prince of Tith and love of her life, away from the dangerous new student,
Paul Sutton. As a Wyvern, Paul has made it his mission to claim Elena as his
rider but he is proving to be more perilous than at first glance.
Everyone
knew that Wyverns were bad news, and just as evil as the darkness that lurked
inside Blake Leaf, the Rubicon forced to fight against his inner nature every
day. But Elena can see a small light lurking in the darkness, a destiny still
unfulfilled; to prove that Wyverns can be claimed.
Will Lucian’s dark
secret about Wyverns and Elena’s need to prove their true nature cause their
love to be torn apart? And which of Elena’s friends will be sacrificed this
time if she is wrong?
Excerpt:
Chapter One
Castle of Etan
Anger, betrayal, and
hate turned my stomach acid, it consumed my mind and I watched as bottles,
papers and books on the desk, flew off and crushed to the floor.
A maid rushed to my
side. She didn’t say anything, but her eyes reflected fear. The dustpan in her
hand trembled as she started to sweep up the jagged shards of glass. Rising
from the floor she began to straighten the books that had fallen to the floor
in a heap. Every few seconds I would notice her eyes dart nervously in my
direction as if a mere breath would make me lash out as her with my
outstretched hand.
I touched her face
gently until my hand reached her neck, tightening slowly as my anger began to
rise once again. My grip tightened around her soft, shapely neck as I lifted
her up from her position on the floor at my feet. Listening carefully I could hear her heart
fluttering like a bird trapped inside a cage.
“How did I become this
way?” I thought, giving voice to my reality softly.
She just stared at me
with round, brown unblinking eyes. Her eyes were sunken deep into the surface
of her face and her cheek bones were sharply defined.
Looking at her sullen
face made me feel worse. I lifted up my
other hand and struck the woman hard across her cheek.
A cry left her mouth
and I threw her from me as if she weighed nothing. She skidded across the floor
landing in a heap against a wall of cold, unforgiving stone. If I
was a dragon I would blast fire, redeem this wretched place to a pile of
insignificant ashes.
Two other maids,
hearing the startled cry, rushed into the room. Their eyes were wide as they
took in the room and the immobile heap near the far wall. “Sorry, me lord,” the
older one said. “She’s new, we will train her better.”
They picked up the
maid who had come too and begun sobbing. She clutched the side of her face,
cover the huge red hand print where I struck her.
I nodded. The old maid
knew her place well, although I still didn’t care for her name, she knew where
she stood.
I plunged myself down
onto the chair and closed my eyes. A silent roar growled inside of me lighting
a fire of rage deep in my core.
The girl had made it.
The Rubicon saved her
life, so a part of him was still fighting me. I could still see her eyes searching
mine. They bore into my soul, seeking answers. How was this possible! The
wall wouldn’t allow any human to go to the other side.
Albert’s laughter
echoed inside the castle; a startling reminder that good would always win. He
would pay dearly for this. I would find a way, but I promised she wouldn’t live
much longer.
I got up, rubbed my
face hard and let the emotion of my anger escaped my lips. The rage that
emanated from deep within me overpowered the haunting laughter and echoed
throughout the entire castle.
“Master,” Cain’s voice
interrupted my thoughts.
“Speak my loyal
servant,” I said out loud. “What is the news?”
“Everything is in
place. We won’t fail you,” his voice said in my head.
I closed my eyes, took
a deep breath and let it out hard. “We’ll see
About the Author
Adrienne
Woods was born and raised in South Africa where she still lives with her
husband and two beautiful little girls. When she’s not dabbing into all sorts
of genres, written under various different pen names, she’s busy being a
mother, and a loving wife. Family always comes first and her hobby has to wait
till she gets a chance to write.
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Will I carry on reading this, you bet. I can't wait to find out what will happen in book two, Frostibite reading blurbs I know someone I really like is going to die in this one, which I don't like, but hey characters do whatever they want and I know the author sometimes doesn't have much control over that.
Now what I loved about this story is that it follows seventeen-year-old Rose Hathaway. She is a Damphir Novice, meaning that she is training to become a Guardian for her Maroi princess and best friend Vasalissa, 'Lissa' which she shared a really deep connection with - just to let you know these connection are very rare.
It's you typical teenage story, which I love, but some of the characters can get a bit too much in this case, it was Rose, but hey, all books have them. On the other hand she is a kick ass heroin that I would like to know better and hopefully her crush on the gorgeous Dimitri will help her to grow up a little.
