Please
help me welcome C.M. Michaels, author of the urban fantasy paranormal novel, Dangerous Waters,who is touring the
blogosphere 12/9/13 – 2/17/14 on his virtual book tour with Goddess Fish
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part of his tour, C.M. will award a $50 Amazon or B&N GC to a randomly
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by C M Michaels
Urban
Fantasy Paranormal
For
Emily Waters, a nature-loving, small-town girl with an overprotective father,
heading off to Boston University to study conservation biology is a dream come
true—until a chance encounter catapults her into a mythical world she’d do
anything to escape.
The
latest victim in a rash of abductions near campus, Emily is brutally attacked
before being rescued by a powerful new friend. She survives the ordeal, only to
find herself held captive and presented with an impossible choice. While
preparing for the unimaginable life she must now embrace clues soon emerge that
Emily may not be entirely human, and her physical transformation awakens
goddess-like powers that her new family cannot begin to explain. Dealing with
her human first love, the not-so-platonic relationship with her coven “sister,”
and her new vampire sort-of-boyfriend further complicates matters, not to
mention being secretly hunted by the psychopaths who attacked her. And as the
only known offspring of a once all-powerful race, the climactic battle is only
the beginning of her journey.
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~~~Prologue
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“All rise!” the bailiff bellowed out through
the hall. “This court is now in session. The honorable global court inquisitor
O’Callaghan presiding.”
An
imposing figure with short, golden locks entered from behind the bailiff,
motioning for people to take their seats. He gathered his floor-length white
and purple robes in his left hand, made his way over to the furthest prisoner
and yanked the hood from her head.
“So
this is the all-powerful Sienna,” the inquisitor mocked, squeezing the bound
woman’s cheeks with his hand. “How disappointing.”
Her
once beautiful face was disfigured by several charred-black electrical burns.
Blood and pus oozed out of the open wounds. The pungent salve packed into her
broken nose made her eyes tear up and prevented her from smelling anything.
“Do
you have anything you wish to say in your defense before I render my verdict?”
the inquisitor asked, deactivating the device around her throat so she could
speak.
“This
will never work—she knows her life is far more important than mine.”
“It’s
possible she’d let you die,” he acknowledged. “But both of her parents, her
mate and her best friend? No, I think that’s far too much to expect her to
endure. Sooner or later she’ll come, and the world will celebrate her
execution.”
Sienna
snapped to attention, her green eyes widening in horror at the news of who else
had been captured. “You have no idea what you’ve done—everyone in this
building’s going to die.”
The
crowd erupted at her outburst, and the inquisitor held up his hand to silence
them. “And how exactly is your precious queen going to manage that? She’ll be
welcomed to our fair city by twenty thousand volts from the first alarm she
trips. Not enough to kill your kind, but plenty to leave her unconscious
until—”
“Sir,
a perimeter alarm’s been triggered just outside the north gate,” a soldier
interrupted from the gallery.
He
wheeled on the man in a fit of anger. “Interrupt me again, and I’ll disembowel
you! People have been jumping the fence all day—contact the guards at the gate
and have them check it out.”
“We
tried sir. Calls have been placed to the guard desk, the three closest
perimeter sweep teams and the north tactical unit—they’re not responding.”
“Who’s
not responding, you imbecile!”
“Any
of them.”
“It’s
too late,” Sienna said, gazing at his panic-stricken face. “She’s here.”
C.M
Michaels grew up in a small town in northern Michigan as the youngest child of
a close-knit family of seven. He met his wife, Teresa, while attending Saginaw
Valley State University. Together they’ve provided a loving home for several
four-legged “kids”, including Sophie, their eternally young at heart,
hopelessly spoiled Spaniel.
He
has always enjoyed writing, and still has fond memories of reading his first
book, a children’s novella, to local grade schools when he was 14. Dangerous
Waters, the first book in the Sisters in Blood series, is being published by
Freya’s Bower on September 5th, 2013. C.M. is currently working on the second
book in the Sisters in Blood series along with a Fantasy romance.
When
he’s not writing, C.M. can be found curled up with a good book, watching movies
or hitting the hiking trails with his wife. An avid reader since discovering
Jim Kjelgaard novels in early childhood, his favorite authors include Kelley
Armstrong, Peter V. Brett, Richelle Mead, Rachel Caine, Cassandra Claire, J.R.
Ward, Laini Taylor and Tessa Dawn.
C.M.
currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky.
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