Book Excerpt
The
creature, somehow sensing her thoughts, chooses this moment to lunge at her.
But Jarche
is quick, quicker than most women her age—though it is true, also, that most
women her age would have long rotted away. Then she is on the ground, and then
she is drawing on the agan to propel
herself through the air. The creature smashes into rock and trees along the way
but she remains one step ahead of it, always one step until at last, she
reaches the tower.
It takes
flight, barreling towards her. She feels it smash against the tower wall. She
ignores it now, making her way up the steps while she continues to focus on the
spells that prevent the creature from overwhelming her thoughts.
About
halfway up the tower, she sees a length of chain coiled around a post and
attached to a hook. She takes it, marvelling at the rush she feels as soon as
she touches the cold metal. A soft, blue glow emanates from her hands. She runs
across the bridge, just in time to see the creature swoop below her. She
fiddles with the hook and then throws it. It hits the creature as it passes by,
digging right between its shoulder blades.
Both
excitement and fear builds up inside Jarche’s throat. Is she hesitating? The
creature roars as it flails at the end of the chain. The tower shakes as it
pulls; it will not be long before it will shake itself free.
She
swallows, makes a decision. There is a chance she is wrong, but…
She jumps,
grabbing the taut chain on the way down. Slime and grease coats her fingers and
arms. She reaches the creature and is able to comprehend only enough to grab
the chain and hold tight. For a moment, she has the sudden flash of memory of a
man taking her hand and kissing it before he draws back to invite her to dance.
Music, an orchestra, plays in the background.
Her mind
turns blank.
About the Books
Series Title: The Agartes Epilogues
Author: K.S. Villoso
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Jaeth’s Eye
It
has been years since his brother’s accident. Kefier was only just
beginning to live a normal life–at least, as normal as it could get for a
mercenary from a run-down town. And then an errand goes wrong and he
finds himself holding his friend’s bloody corpse. Already once branded a
murderer, he is pursued by men he once considered friends and stumbles
into the midst of a war between two mages. One bears a name long
forgotten in legend; the other is young, arrogant Ylir, who takes
special interest in making sure Kefier is not killed by his associates.
The apex of their rivalry: a terrible creature with one eye, cast from
the womb of a witch, with powers so immense whoever possesses it holds
the power to bring the continent to its knees.Now begins a tale with roots reaching beyond the end of another. Here, a father swears vengeance for his slain children; there, a peasant girl struggles to feed her family. A wayward prince finds his way home and a continent is about to be torn asunder. And Kefier is only beginning to understand how it all began the moment he stood on that cliff and watched his brother fall…
Aina’s Breath
Enosh,
apprentice to one of the richest merchants in the Kag, is secretly heir
to a broken line of mages. Because of The Empire of Dageis’ quest for
sources of the agan–the life-source that mages use for power–his people
have been reduced to scavengers, his culture diminished to a speck in
the wind. For more than ten years, he has helped raise a conjured beast
to use as a weapon against the Dageians. But Enosh’s plans are falling
apart. A powerful enemy has escaped and Enosh needs to capture him
before he reaches Dageis. His quest is further complicated after he
finds himself used as a pawn by Gasparian nobles.On the other end of the continent, Sume, daughter to a Jin-Sayeng hero, must return to her roots to save her country and bring honour to her father’s name. To do this, she must befriend a prince and understand the terrible, corrupting nature of power and the reason her father was driven to walk away from it all those years ago…
Meanwhile, Kefier, Enosh’s agan-blind brother, is forced back into a life of violence. As he struggles with the notion that hands, once bloodied, never stay clean for long, he finds himself occupied with an unexpected burden: his own brother’s daughter.
Sapphire’s Flight
The
battle at Shi-uin has left scars. The rise of Gorrhen yn Garr to power
seems unstoppable. As nations fall, the lines between love and duty
become blurred and Kefier, Sume, and Enosh must learn to live with the
choices they have made.Author Bio
K.S. Villoso was born in a dank hospital on an afternoon in Albay, Philippines, and things have generally been okay since then. After spending most of her childhood in a slum area in Taguig (where she dodged death-defying traffic, ate questionable food, and fell into open-pit sewers more often than one ought to), she and her family immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where they spent the better part of two decades trying to chase the North American Dream. She is now living amidst the forest and mountains with her family, children, and dogs in Anmore, BC.
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Goodreads
Jaeth’s Eye
Aina’s Breath
Sapphire’s Flight
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