Blog Tour: EMISSARY by E.B. Brooks
Emissary
by E.B. Brooks
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GENRE: Science Fiction
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BLURB:
Two Worlds. One Future.
EwanO’Meara is no stranger to death: in recent months, he’s found his way to limboat least once per week, much to his parents’ concern. It’s a necessary pricefor getting experience to become the greatest adventurer his homeland ofVeridor has ever known, but the overbearing Veridian Church has him pinneddown, soaking him for the penance gold to unlock his stats each time herespawns. And because the Church’s ancient war put an end to both the godlikeGems and the epic quests they once bestowed, Ewan has no better alternative.
Thatis, until he encounters a young woman fleeing arrest from the Church’ssoldiers. At first glance, Treanna Rothchild needs it: she’s clueless aboutVeridian life. But she has other skills that defy Ewan’s understanding, and sheknows things. Unsettling, seditious things the Church wants kept secret at anycost.
Andshe’s in Veridor to raise an army, to fight an enemy only she can see.
Riskingboth life and soul, Ewan follows Treanna where no Veridian has ever been andthere is no respawning. But for him to have a chance at making a realdifference in the strange, harsh world she reveals to him, he must first cometo terms with it. Especially as he and Treanna discover how much it has incommon with Veridor—and how much they depend on each other to survive.
New-adultscience fiction, wrapped in gaming and fantasy around a hopepunk core, Emissaryis an immersive, thought-provoking adventure with a little teen romance and alot of heart.
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Excerpt One:
Ewan didn’t know why he did it. He had plenty of reasons. Hewas angry about getting censured, annoyed with Paul’s warning to keep his headdown, and embarrassed by how quickly he’d ignored it. No one took him seriouslyas an adventurer, much less understood when he asked the big questions.
But, more than anything, looking into those eyes, he simplyknew this girl was in trouble, and that he wanted to help her.
She flew past as time resumed its normal flow; Ewan shoutedand leaped in front of the Swords to draw their aggro. He called up his menu,winced when he remembered he’d given Kate his armor, then equipped his bladesanyway.
An ominous tone sounded in his mind, and a warning flashedacross his vision that he now had a bounty, along with a reminder that onlySwords were permitted to equip weapons in the cathedral. As if to prove thepoint, the soldiers slowed as they saw the blades flash into being on his back,but with grim smiles they equipped their own and changed targets.
Ewan spared a quick glance behind him to see the girl vanishdown the steps, then turned to face his opponents.
The crowd was whispering excitedly now, but he focused onthe Swords, quickly calling on his own basic aura-reading skills to scan them.They were stronger than him, and bigger too, but neither had bothered tobolster their defense beyond their armor, clearly seeing him as an easy mark.
Time to see what agility’s all about, he thought with anervous chuckle.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
E.B. Brookslives in the southeastern USA, where he splits his time between writing,research, and homesteading. He enjoys building fictional worlds, real houses,and landscape models, but he’s most at home with his wife and children, andtheir many, many pets.
Website: http://ebbrooksfiction.com/
Twitter:@EBBrooksFiction
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG2vFKJoCSoJaP6qCECwPIA
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Buy Links(Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/stores/E.B.-Brooks/author/B087D6C88X
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