Inception Blog Tour
ABOUT INCEPTION:
The world is in danger. Mankind is sinking deeper into darkness it cannot understand
Demons are easily capturing souls as they lead men and women down dangerous paths from which there is no return, while Javan, one of the Fallen, seeks an ancient book and the power it promises. If he succeeds, humans — and the world as they know it — will be destroyed.
There is someone who is capable of stopping Javan...
If she discovers him in time.
Gabrielle is one of the most powerful angels ever created, her job one of the most important. She has come to Earth to learn more about humans and what influences them, and to fight evil she sees growing at an alarming rate. She soon finds herself carelessly distracted with one human in particular, however. Lucas Watkins holds a promise of peace and love for Gabrielle that she never believed she could have again.
Caught between her new mortal ties and ancient immortal responsibilities, Gabrielle must race against what seems to be an ever-quickening clock to learn what she needs to know, uncover Javan’s plan, and find a way to stop him and all who live in Shadows.
Join Gabrielle and her allies in a story of love — past and present — fantastical beings, hidden realms, magic, fate, loss, and the fight of good versus evil in, The Reaping Chronicles.
Now for the totally intense sneak peak:
The demon who had acted as the
leader released a deep, throaty growl. "Don't get too happy yet, little
angel. We aren't done here. Not by a long shot."
Gabrielle's
smile faded as she suddenly felt the urge to be done with this, compelling her
to make quicker work of her opponents than she had intended. Partially because
she didn't want Phalen to be in even more awe of her, to have her then add to
the tales of Gabrielle's might—there was enough story telling going on
already—but, more than that, she wanted to get the I told you so from
Amaziah out of the way.
"Demon,"
Gabrielle said with an edge seeping into her tone, "I am most certainly
done here. Playtime is over."
Gabrielle
did no more than raise her hands. A golden bow appeared in one hand, and three
arrows tipped with crackling, white Holy Fire manifested in the other. With a
swift motion, she pulled the arrows back as if they were one and let them
loose. The targets fell to their knees before they took two steps. Matching
expressions that held both pain and surprise gazed back at her. The Fallen
slowly began to burn from within, consumed by the fires of Hell they would now
never leave.
The
only demon who'd spoken maintained his targeted glare at Gabrielle. "Bitch!"
Then
his form succumbed to the death that came for him, turning him into nothing
more than ember and ash.
"For
you," Gabrielle said in no more than a whisper to the space where he once
stood, "I was The Reaper."
Phalen
stepped forward and looked at Gabrielle. "So . . . how many arrows can
you use on different targets at once, anyway?"
Gabrielle
looked at Phalen. She'd tried not to inspire what was behind the look in
Phalen's eyes as her friend waited for an answer to her question. Gabrielle
just smiled and quickly looked away, focusing back on the area around her.
Satisfied
that the lingering stench and ash was the only remaining evidence of her fallen
brethren and their conflict, knowing the storm would unleash rain upon the
landscape—joining the ash with sand—Gabrielle turned and responded to Phalen's
question.
"It
doesn't matter. Let's go"
"Sure.
Why does Yahuwah allow the Fallen to still use His weapons?"
"Amaziah
told me it's some deal He made with Ramai. To keep things as equal as possible
with the war." Gabrielle considered the deal Yahuwah had made before
continuing. "This war is more about humans than us. He wants humanity to
win it for themselves by making the right choices on their own, not through his
own power or ours. It would be very easy for us to wipe out the entire
population of demons if they had no defense."
"Hmm
. . ." Phalen said. "Hey . . . do you know what he was talking about
when he said he thought you were trying to find a book?"
"No,
but I need to. Maybe Amaziah knows."
"So,"
Phalen began, her playful tone lightening the mood slightly, "that demon
was pretty sure of himself, asking you to dance. What would you do if
the Devil asked you?"
Gabrielle
smirked. "If the Devil asked me to dance, I'd tell him he couldn't handle
me."
As
they returned to their human forms, Gabrielle glanced back to make sure
everything looked as it had before the fight began. Satisfied, she descended
into her temporary body. Together, they continued walking away from the crowd
until they found sufficient cover to ascend.
What
Gabrielle couldn't have noticed on the island was a flock of crows hidden
behind a veil of their own. They had observed the battle as it unfolded and ended—and
listened closely to the angels' conversation after it was over. As Gabrielle
and Phalen resumed their stroll, the flock took flight—disappearing into the
heavy black clouds closing in on the coastline. A flash of lightning lit the
dismal horizon as the last crow was enveloped in the storm's roiling shadows—as
if it was embracing a lost love.
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Teal Haviland lives in Tennessee with her daughter and her four-legged friends. She enjoys photography, travel, reading, music, cooking, daydreaming, writing (of course), and above all spending time with her family and friends.
Teal grew up with a love for anything fantastical or outrageous. After years of dreaming of worlds where fairies, angels, demons, and shape shifters (to name a few) exist, she finally decided to begin writing her stories down. Inception, book one in her seriesThe Reaping Chronicles, is her first published novel.
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