Book Excerpt
The creatures that attacked them were
entirely silent. One moment Hans was walking behind Heinrich, and the next
there was a thin-legged thing—almost like a fleshy spider with a child’s
head—on the man’s back, cutting his throat with a slender knife.
As Heinrich fell, blood spurting from
the gaping wound in his neck, Hans stood there frozen as if he were watching
the scene on a stage. Up ahead of him, Giancarlo had drawn his sword and was
slashing at two of the creatures that had dropped from the trees above.
As the horses scattered in alarm, Hans
watched as the thing that had killed Heinrich rose from the body and turned in
his direction. Still he could not seem to move.
Hans realized he was about to die.
At the last possible moment, his arm
became unfrozen, and he drew his rapier just in time to impale the creature as
it leapt at him. Snarling and clawing at him despite the blade through its
chest, the thing tore a long gash on Hans’ arm. But then Hans thrust forward,
pushing it away, and it was dead.
He spun around just in time to see
three of the things finishing off Tomas, stabbing him repeatedly with their
knives.
Hans froze again. He might have killed
one, but he could not see how he could possibly take on three of them. Then one
of the things rose and sprang at him, and he somehow caught this one as well,
running his rapier through its neck.
With that, Hans could take no more. He
turned and ran toward Giancarlo, who had killed the two small creatures before
him but now faced something much larger. Hans was at first taken aback,
thinking it was a tall, almost skeletal man, dressed in fine clothes more
suited for court. Then he realized the thing’s skin was rough bark, and its
fine breeches and waistcoat were leaves and moss woven to resemble human
clothes. It was nearly seven feet tall, towering over Giancarlo, whose rapier
was doing it no appreciable damage. It was all the mercenary captain could do
to keep the thing at bay and avoid its slashing claws.
That was when a dark form appeared
behind the wood-thing, and
Giancarlo cried out in alarm.
About The Book
Author: Michael Dalton
Genre: Alternate History / Fantasy / Romance
Erich, Ariel and Astrid have begun their life together, but all is not well.
Ariel and Astrid have discovered that
sharing a husband is a greater challenge than they anticipated, a
challenge that is exacerbated by a difCicult winter trip to Wittenberg,
where Erich hopes to enter the service of Frederick III, Elector of
Sachsen. But their trip is soon interrupted by unexpected complications.
In the town of Marburg, a century-old
agreement that has kept the peace between the Landgraviate of Hessen and
a band of witches in the forest is beginning to unravel. The young
Landgrave, Philip, needs to consolidate his authority, and the witches
want something from him that he does not dare surrender.
Erich and his wives are drawn into this
conClict, and in the process discover a mystery that seems tied to their
unique magical bond—a mystery that may threaten its very existence if
they cannot resolve it.
In this second installment in the
bestselling Twin Magic series, Michael Dalton spins together magic,
steampunk, and traditional German fairy tales into another entertaining
alternate history adventure.
Author Bio
Michael Dalton is a professional journalist and editor. He lives with his family and multiple pets in Southern California.
Links
The first book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Wizards-Daughters-Twin-Magic-Book-ebook/dp/B00PHXIPW0
Website: http://michaeldaltonbooks.com/
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