Blurb:
As
the demons near, the Essences rise…
AJ had never
been particularly athletic or coordinated, so waking up to realize she suddenly
has super-human strength is a massive, mind-shaking shock. Finding that she’s
gained a stalker overnight is another mark in the unusual category, and when
she discovers she’s always had the essence of a werewolf in her blood, her
world all but shifts beneath her.
Demons, she’s
told, are looming in the world’s future, and the only hope humanity has of
surviving their arrival is if she and teenagers like her surrender their
humanity to dive into their mythical essences. Fairies, dragons, dwarves,
mermaids… The remnants of seventeen different fantasy species must come to life
to save the lives of everyone.
Someway, an army
of supernatural teenagers must prepare to meet the demons escaping from their
dimensional banishment, or everything ends. Can these teens succeed and save
the world?
Excerpt:
“You can't see them, and the individuals themselves are gone.
But their essences aren’t.”
She tried to make sense of the last statement, but could only
mutter, “Huh?” in response.
“Their essences. Their beings. When mingled with magic, they’re
what make werewolves, dragons, and all other mythical creatures. The
individuals from the war wouldn't last, but some of those essences had to, or
the world wouldn't stand a chance.”
“Oh, this keeps getting weirder.”
“And it’ll get stranger still,” he added without missing a beat.
“You asked if they retired. This is what happened to them. They gave up their
essences and their magic—since magic was draining from the world—to preserve
them for future use. It killed them, but they did it.”
“Well, where did the essences and magic go?”
“Exactly!” He smiled, seeming proud of her for asking that
question. “The magic was bottled up and given to a collection of angels for
safekeeping. Its release was dependent on one particular angel's judgment as to
when the Division was too big to ignore.”
She could sense something very bad about to be revealed, but
she'd come this far. There was no point in turning back now. “‘Was’ dependent?”
He looked right into her eyes as he confirmed her suspicion.
“The magic was released, sweetheart.”
Her terror multiplied with that admission, both for what it
meant for the world in total and for what it implied for her specifically. “The
Division was too big? Demons will be here soon?”
“Afraid so.”
“But what about the essences? Don't they have to mingle with the
magic and save the world?”
“The essences were hidden in bloodlines,” he said. “Humans were
the newest beings during the war, ones who required no magic to live. They
would survive. They had to carry on the essences. Each potential essence was
hidden in a different bloodline with the humans never knowing what was in their
genes. Once the magic connects with the essence, the characteristics of that
species surface from within the person. And, sweetheart, it already has
connected and brought those essences to life.”
She knew, but she had to ask, barely managing a whisper. “When?”
“It was released Sunday night, AJ. It’s why you had such an odd
Monday.”
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About the Author:
Connie
L. Smith spends a decent amount of time with her mind wandering in fictional
places. She reads too much, likes to bake, and might forever be sad that she
doesn’t have fairy wings. And that she can’t swing dance. Much of her preferred
music is severely outdated, and as an adult she’s kind of obsessed with Power
Rangers. She has her BA from Northern Kentucky University in Speech
Communication and History (she doesn’t totally get the connection either), and
her MA in English and Creative Writing.
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Sounds way cool!
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