Today's Wednesday Wonders features
Evarance: Rise of the Shadows
by Bonnie M. Clark
About
the Book:
EVARANCE - THE PATHWAY BETWEEN DREAMS AND REALITY
It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She gently lifted the bracelet out of the box and clasped it around her wrist, admiring the little fire charm that shimmered in the sunlight and looked as if it were really burning. She didn’t know it yet, but that one simple act would change everything forever.
Trapped in a world of dreams turned to nightmares, Rachel struggles to escape the encroaching darkness and the shadow wolves that hunt her. Aided by firefoxes, mysticorns and other elementals, she must now travel across the land in search of a way to return home. The clock is ticking and death awaits if she fails…
It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She gently lifted the bracelet out of the box and clasped it around her wrist, admiring the little fire charm that shimmered in the sunlight and looked as if it were really burning. She didn’t know it yet, but that one simple act would change everything forever.
Trapped in a world of dreams turned to nightmares, Rachel struggles to escape the encroaching darkness and the shadow wolves that hunt her. Aided by firefoxes, mysticorns and other elementals, she must now travel across the land in search of a way to return home. The clock is ticking and death awaits if she fails…
Preface:
“Wake
up! Just wake up already!” Rachel’s head screamed as the monstrous black
creature approached, growling low and viciously, his lips curled up showing
razor sharp teeth dripping with saliva and blood.
“You
have nowhere left to run, little girl,” he snarled with a wicked grin, crouching
low, readying for the attack.
Rachel
took one step backward before her back pressed hard against the solid rock
wall. She closed her eyes tightly, waiting for the blow that would certainly
end her life.
There
was a time, before the horrible nightmares began, that she found solace in her
dreams. To Rachel, her dreams were an exciting escape from the boring life she
once lived. But now, more than anything, she just wanted the dream she had
become trapped in for so long to end.
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Excerpt:
“Oh, I almost forgot,” Dad
said, straightening his glasses before addressing Mom, who had already begun
eating. “Have you seen Rachel yet this morning? Evalyn said she wasn’t in the tent
when she woke up.”
“Rachel wasn’t in the
tent?” Mom asked with alarm. “I’ve been up for over an hour, and I haven’t seen
or heard her.” Mom’s usually pleasant face changed, a look of worry sweeping
across it.
“Rachel!” Mom
yelled, the words echoing through the woods. “Rachel, honey, where are you?”
Everyone froze in silence,
waiting for a reply, but the forest remained still.
“Rachel?” Dad’s
voice called out, also echoing through the eerily quiet. “Can you hear me?”
Again everyone listened in
quiet anticipation, but still there was no reply.
Mom turned to Dad, her
worried expression growing quickly into panic. “It’s not like Rachel to wander
off—”
“No, that’s not like
Rachel at all,” Dad agreed as he turned toward Evalyn. “Evalyn? Go wake up your
brother. Hurry!”
Evalyn didn’t have to be
asked twice. She sprinted over to Chris’s tent and ripped up the zipper as fast
as she could, flooding light into the tent.
“Ahhh, it burns!” Chris
hissed grumpily, throwing the pillow over his head to block out the light.
“Not now, you idiot!”
Evalyn snapped, tearing the pillow off him. “Mom and Dad said get up now!
Rachel’s missing!”
Chris sat straight up in
his sleeping bag, rubbing his eyes. “Wait, Rachel’s what?”
“She’s gone! Missing!”
Evalyn yelled in agitation, throw-ing the pillow back at him. “Get dressed! I’m
going to help Mom and Dad look for her!” With that, Evalyn stormed away from
the tent and followed the sounds of her parents’ increasingly frantic shouts.
“Rachel, honey!”
Mom bellowed.
“Rachel!” Dad called,
over and over again, that was until he saw Evalyn approach.
“Evalyn,” Mom said, her
voice shaking, “come help us look for her.”
“Where’s Chris?” Dad
asked, looking around.
“He’ll be here in a
minute,” she replied, “he’s throwing some clothes on.”
“I see,” Dad said, calmly
trying to mask any fears he might be feeling. “Well, we don’t need anyone else
to go missing. Evalyn you go with your Mom and search the south side of camp.
I’ll wait for Chris, and we’ll take the north side.” Dad’s voice trailed off,
his worried face giving away his otherwise calm demeanor. “Oh, and take this.”
He handed Evalyn a two-way radio. “Not much cell phone reception out here. Keep
it on channel three, and let me know if you find anything.”
“Okay,” Evalyn said,
grasping the radio securely in her hand.
“Sweetheart?” Mom
inquired, grabbing Dad’s hand in hers, her eyes telling him all the unspoken
fears she couldn’t vocalize.
“We’ll find her,” he
replied in the most confident voice he could muster, giving Mom’s hand a tight
squeeze. “Now go, quickly. I’ll head over to get Chris.”
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About
Bonnie M. Clark:
Bonnie Clark lives in West Virginia with her husband and
five children. She worked at a comic shop as a young adult, attending Japanese
Anime conventions where she participated in cosplays, art shows, and sold
merchandise. She has a passion for writing, achieving her dreams, and helping
others achieve theirs. She loves gardening, nature, animals, and has dreamed
about firefoxes since her early teens. She also loves getting back to basics by
learning self-sufficiency and emergency preparedness skills. She graduated from
BYU-Hawaii with a degree in Information Systems and currently works as a Cyber
Security professional. To learn more, visit her website at www.evarance.com.
EVARANCE – RISE OF THE SHADOWS is her debut novel.
EVARANCE – RISE OF THE SHADOWS is her debut novel.
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