Excerpt & Giveaway Tour: Eternal Tuat by V S Nelson
Eternal
Tuat
Sekhmet’s
Guardian’s Book Four
By:
V.S. Nelson
Blurb
Bagsu,
his name alone strikes fear in the Guardian Nation.
What can cause one twin, destined to take his father’s place as a priest turn evil and lead a crusade to dominate the human race while the other fights to save mankind?
Finally, secrets are revealed when Bagsu leads us back in time to the land of New Tuat. Experience first hand what really happened to Bagsu and Gabriel long before they became immortal, when twin brothers were the best of friends.
What can cause one twin, destined to take his father’s place as a priest turn evil and lead a crusade to dominate the human race while the other fights to save mankind?
Finally, secrets are revealed when Bagsu leads us back in time to the land of New Tuat. Experience first hand what really happened to Bagsu and Gabriel long before they became immortal, when twin brothers were the best of friends.
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I,
like those before me, was not born with the gifts those born on the
original Tuat were granted. We are not immortal, nor do we possess
their unusual and magical abilities. Our live span is similar to that
of a human and life expectancy is relatively short—too short for my
liking. The elders of our kind have yet to discover why this is and
have surmised the original travelers stayed too long on Earth. Such
is life or the lack thereof. Still I am content to live out my life
in my father’s footsteps. I shall become a priest of one of the
many temples which honors our ancestors. My father says it is my
destiny.
My
thoughts and our game are interrupted when the wide golden doors to
the temple open. My father emerges holding a white bundle of linen.
Without looking at us he unwraps the bundle and holds up a naked male
infant.
“I
have a child,” he announces to those present, “and he shall be
called Maba,” his name meaning Lance in our native tongue.
Net
mumbles something about wishing our new sibling was a sister then
begins to stuff our board game in the basket. He’s anxious to
leave.
I
study the tiny creature for a moment and come to the realization,
this can’t be our brother—he looks nothing like us. Mother and
Father have hair the color of ebony as do Net and I. Mounds of corn
color curls fall from the top of this tiny creature’s crown. His
eyes are the color of Sapphires—where ours are colored like black
tourmalines. Surely there has been a mistake.
Net
tugs on Father’s white robe and asks if we can leave. Father
glances down at Netchkhet, nods his head and grants his wish.
“Be
home before the sun sets,” he yells out as we begin to make our
departure.
I stop
a few yards down the road and readjust the heavy basket I am left
alone to carry. Netchkhet who is yards in front of me turns and waves
his arm indicating he wants me to hurry. I’m in no rush to
accompany him to the river. I should be studying. The Halls of
Learning open their doors to the young next week and I want to be
ready. Although, we are a year younger than most the applicants, our
father has arranged for our interviews. If all goes well we will be
given the entrance exam.
“Come
on!”
“I’m
coming,” I yell back at him.
I
finally catch up with Net just as we get to the water’s edge. We
stop and say hello to another boy from our neighborhood. Sesh is much
larger than us, but he’s a lot like me, a book worm. He’s sitting
on top of a big rock with an ancient scroll in his hands; several
more are rolled up in a small basket sitting on the ground next to
the rock.
“Are
you studying for the entrance exam?” I ask.
Sesh
is a quiet one. He nods his head and resumes his fascination with the
scroll. Curious to know what he is reading I stand against the rock
and look over his broad shoulder to see what it is that has him so
captivated.
“Oh,
I read that a few weeks ago. It’s the twenty-second volume of our
people’s history. It takes place when our ancestors were still on
Tuat. It gets real exciting towards the end when they discover an
asteroid is headed in their direction and total destruction is
imminent.”
“Thanks
for spoiling it for me… Don’t you two have some place else to
be?”
Author
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With a
love for history, Native American author V.S. Nelson, instructed
elementary, high school and college in the U.S. and abroad before
launching her second writing career.
V has
been a story-teller all her life, always creating stories about
people discovering the courage to make a difference. This drove her
into writing her paranormal series centering on strong relationships
and led her to coin the term: Ancient Legends, New Worlds.
She is
well known for her “time management and sprint style writing,”
producing well over five thousand words daily - consecutively.
V is
available for speaking engagements, appearances and is more than
willing to share her methodology with others in a variety of
workshops.
A
member of three RWA chapters she sits on several committees and
judges writing contests across the states.
In
Jan, 2013, Eternal Lovers, the first book in her eleven book
paranormal series, Sekhmet’s Guardians launched with a fury. Being
a series reader herself, she has held true to her promise by
releasing no less than two books in the series per year in addition
to her other work.
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Thanks for hosting me today. Always, V
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed that excerpt. I wanted to know more about the blond sibling and where it came from. Well done.
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I like Gabriel. I have a thing for guys in charge
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Lance's story book #3!
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ReplyDeleteI love Lance!
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