Broken Spireby Sue Perkins
Ash's
silvery purple hair sets her apart from her peers and at the magic college of
Spires a few senior maeven consider her magic to be alien and unsuccessfully try
to expel her. Ash feels a compulsive attraction tempting her to enter the
broken North Spire. She believes this off limits ruin holds the answer to her
origins, but is not willing to take the chance of expulsion from Spires.
Orm, Ash's equally talented
classmate, is determined to support the girl he considers his soulmate, and
promises to help her find out the secrets of the North Spire when they reach
the end of their third year.
At the end of the first year, Ash
nervously waits to see if she will be allowed to continue at Spires, or will
she be sent home in disgrace.
Excerpt:
This
opportunity would shape her future, become a Spires maeven or always remain the
outsider. Rupe saw the others looking at her and gave everyone a furious glare.
The students quickly looked away and the whispering stopped.
Their
journey took several days. Few villages lay on this route, and they did not
collect any more students. Instead they made straight for Laktu. As they neared
the town the roads became smoother. Paved instead of compressed earth, with
gullies at the side to drain away surface water from the heavy rains. Their
final day took them through a dense forest and out the other side.
"Rupe,
look. I can see the spires of the college."
On
the horizon they saw rolling hills and stretching far above them the four
spires which gave the college its name.
"See
there's the broken one Tuvor told me about. Nobody's allowed in there because
it's dangerous."
The
procession followed the Searcher up over the hills. He stopped at the top to
allow them their first sight of the town of Laktu.
"As
you can see, Spires dominates the town. The East Spire houses the dormitories,
the West Spire the rooms of the maeven and the South Spire the
classrooms." The guide carried on before anyone could ask about the broken
spire. "The North Spire is broken. You are not permitted to enter there
under pain of dismissal. If you disobey you will go home in disgrace."
About the Author:
Sue Perkins grew up in
Sue’s book genres include
romance, fantasy romance, young adult fantasy and middle grade fantasy. Her
first romance book was released in May 2007, quickly followed by a fantasy
trilogy. She now has many books published in all the genres. Her aim for the
future is to write a full-length epic fantasy novel. The outline is complete,
and Sue is hoping to find time to finish the first draft by the end of 2017.
Meanwhile she carries on with her current fantasy series - Rak Shoma, a blend
of magic and fantasy.
Website: http://sueperkinsauthor.com
Blog: http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com
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Email: info@sueperkinsauthor.com
Giveaway:
Sue Perkins will
be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter
during the tour.
Thank you for the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteGreat excerpt, sounds like a book I'll enjoy reading. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteHi everyone, thank you for your kind comments and also thank you for hosting my new book. I'm a little bit late visiting as I live in New Zealand so the times are slightly different. Hope you all enjoy Broken Spire, the first book of the Rak Shoma series
ReplyDeleteHi Sue, best of luck with Broken Spire! How's the weather in New Zealand? I hear it's winter there when the US has its summer. best to you!
ReplyDeleteHi again Sue, this is Cheryle Williams. I signed in above as cherylinpgh. Same person. Same best wishes to ya.
DeleteHi Cheryl, the weather here is cold but sunny and yes it's winter. I live at the top of the South Island where we don't usually get snow, just heavy frosts.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the excerpt thank you
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for hosting me at the Paranormal Romance and More. What a great name for a blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you for being here! :)
DeleteThis book sounds like something I'd really enjoy reading, thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
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