An Excerpt From Verum:Truth
Below is an excerpt from Book I of the Beyond Earth Series, “Verum:Truth”
Genre: Science-Fiction Fantasy
I remember falling asleep on the train ride home from Boston that night. I sat between my parents, comfortably curled up with my headphones on, listening to “Purple Rain” by Prince and the Revolution on my Walkman. My mother kissed my forehead and rubbed my back as I nuzzled my head further into my father’s chest. When the train came to our stop, we got up and proceeded down the steps and towards our car. As we walked through the parking lot, I realized that I had left my bag on the train. I started running back towards the conductor yelling for him to wait and as if in slow motion, I looked back at my parents getting into the car, put up my finger to signal for them to wait one minute and when I turned back to step on the train I heard a loud booming sound come from behind me that shook my body to its core.
It felt like a huge ocean wave had ripped up my back and swallowed me underneath its tide. I lost my breath as I flung towards the conductor who caught himself and me simultaneously. There was fire falling from the sky like stars and piles of ash around my feet. I was deafened at first and then I could hear people screaming from every direction. Afraid, I slowly turned around and when I did, I saw an image that will haunt me for the rest of my life.
A swell of fire was raging and bursting and popping, climbing higher and higher into the sky like a ladder to heaven. I stood in the same spot and stared in shock for what seemed like hours until the ambulance came to remove the dead bodies that were once my loving parents. The police report said that the car had a ruptured fuel line that leaked causing it to detonate like a bomb when my father turned the car on. Their obituaries said they died instantly and felt no pain. Sometimes, in my nightmares, I can almost feel the fire rushing up my back and can hear them screaming so loud, that it wakes me up in a cold sweat and leaves me breathless.
Beyond Earth Series
Hidden in the fabric of our own galaxy are five planets, anchored to Earth and thriving with life. Each one unlocks a secret to many destinies that bring seven brave warriors together to fight the ultimate evil set to destroy their existence. In Book One Verum: Truth, Adaminia is your average 25-year-old girl still trying to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up, or so she thinks. Stuck in cube-land and living with her aunt, she wonders if she was ever meant to do more. One day at work, that opportunity presents itself when an odd sound leads her down the hallway and onto another planet. Here she begins the journey on learning the truth about who she is when she travels to Verum and explores the world of Princess Reese, heir to the throne of Verum, setting into motion the path they must travel in order to fulfill their destinies.
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