Featured Friday
Trinity by Clare Davidson
Title: Trinity
Author: Clare Davidson
Genre: YA Fantasy
'Trinity',
released July 2012, is Clare Davidson's debut novel. It is an epic fantasy,
targeted at young adult readers, with strong crossover appeal into the adult
market.
Kiana
longs to walk through a forest and feel grass between her toes. But she is the
living embodiment of a goddess and has enemies who wish to murder her. Her
death will curse the whole of Gettryne. Locked away for protection, she dreams
of freedom.
Her
wish comes true in the worst possible way, when her home and defenders are
destroyed.
Along
with an inexperienced guard and a hunted outcast, Kiana flees the ravages of
battle to search for a solution to the madness that has gripped Gettryne for a
thousand years. Pursued by the vicious and unrelenting Wolves, their journey
will take them far beyond their limits, to a secret that will shake the world.
Author Bio
Clare Davidson is a character driven fantasy writer, teacher and
mother, from the UK. Clare was born in Northampton and lived in Malaysia for
four and a half years as a child, before returning to the UK to settle in Leeds
with her family. Whilst attending Lancaster University, Clare met her future
husband and never left. They now share their lives with their young daughter
and a cranky grey cat, called Ash. Clare juggles family life with writing,
teaching and a variety of fibre craft hobbies.
Book Excerpt:
Nidan turned
to face the Wolves as they dismounted. In their position, Nidan wouldn’t have
given up the advantage of being on horseback, but the Wolves had over-confident
smirks plastered on their faces. They began to march forwards, drawing their
swords.
“Stand behind
me. Don’t let them get near you.” Nidan hoped that the hedge at their backs
would prevent them from being circled.
Kiana nodded
and obeyed.
Then the
Wolves were upon them. Nidan gritted his teeth and engaged the first man,
allowing fear and anger to flow through his body, lending him strength and
speed. Steel crashed against steel as Nidan blocked blow after blow from first
one, then two opponents. Each time their blades struck his, he found his heels
digging further into the ground. He wanted to move and dance around their
attacks, but Kiana was behind him. I
can’t let her die. Pios, help me!
Block, block,
strike. His blade bit into the neck of a Wolf, causing a fountain of blood to
spring forth. The man looked surprised and fell, only to be replaced by the
next.
They're playing with us.
There was no
reason why the five remaining Wolves couldn’t just attack as one pack and
finish them.
Nidan forced
the air out of his lungs in a war cry. He fixed his teeth into a snarl and
parried, dodged and weaved, tying the Wolves up in a not-so-merry dance as he
struck with a solid kick and then a sweep of his sword.
I’m better than them. He’d win if
it was two to one, but the odds were far worse than that. He cut down a second
man. Four left, plus the scout. They know
I’m a threat. He waited for them to stop tormenting him and surge forward. Is this how Wolves kill?
Links
Website:
http://claredavidson.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ClareMDavidson
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ClareMDavidson
'Trinity' is available to buy from:
Paperback:
Amazon:
http://amzn.com/1478222204
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1478222204
eBook:
Amazon:
http://amzn.com/B008MYHASG
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008MYHASG
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/206771
Barnes
and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/trinity-clare-davidson/1112276175?ean=2940044730625
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
1 comments
Thanks for hosting me :)
ReplyDelete