The
Gods of Garran
By
Meredith
Skye
BLURB:
Once
the Borrai, the Gods of Garran, walked among the people, taming the
wind and the fiery mountains. Then invaders came from the sky and
killed the gods--destroying all who opposed them. A hundred years
have passed since the Invaders came from the sky--an advanced alien
race known as the Chanden. Now, having suffered many grievances at
the hand of the aliens, the tribesmen rise up to find the god-stones
and revive the ancient powers of the Borrai--and reclaim their world.
When
the Chanden learn of this, they send a spy to infiltrate the
Garrans--a young woman named Asta, who has her own reasons for hating
the Garrans. She begins to realize that they are dealing with a real
power and not a superstition when they get close to finding the
god-stones. Can the Chanden be in the wrong?
EXCERPT
Slowly, Moorhen
made his way toward the group. It sounded like ten or more people. He
readied his bow.
The band of men
stopped moving, perhaps to camp for the night. Moorhen heard raucous
laughter. Would expert warriors be foolish enough to get openly drunk
in an unprotected place, even if their spirits were high because of a
good hunt?
As Moorhen peered
out from a new vantage point, he froze. These men were no clansmen.
They weren't even Garran--but Chanden. His heart pumped faster. What
were they doing so far from any city? Men like that seldom ventured
this far out, except to seek out trouble.
They hadn't seen
him. He'd make his way back to the ravine--then he could leave
unseen. The Chanden were not good hunters, but their weapons were
deadly.
As Moorhen started
back, he heard a cry amidst the laughter, a word or two in Garran.
Moorhen turned, recognizing his brother Norbi's voice. Quickly
Moorhen climbed to a vantage point where he could see the men
clearly. In their midst Moorhen saw his little brother struggling
against them. Two of the Chanden men hit Norbi and kicked him. From
the shape his brother was in, the Chanden must have had him for
awhile.
Moorhen's blood
grew hot. Without stopping to think, he aimed his bow at the tallest
man who was tormenting his brother and shot. The arrow hit and the
man fell. Realizing they were not alone, the Chanden looked around.
Moorhen shot
again. Another Chanden fell.
Author Information;
Meredith
Skye began writing fiction in elementary school and always wanted to
be a novelist. She was fascinated by tales of the fantastic and
bizarre.
She
loves to travel. She has a fascination with the Middle Ages and loves
swords, medieval costumes, castles and ancient lifestyles. She enjoys
Celtic art and music.
She's
a vivid dreamer and many of her dreams come back to life in her
novels.
Meredith
Skye has a B.A. from the University of Utah in Film Studies.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the cover and the explanation of the book, it sounds good.
ReplyDeleteExciting and unique excerpt.
ReplyDeleteWhere do you get the names for your characters? Do you just make them up or find them somewhere?
ReplyDeleteI save up a list of interesting names and usually change them a bit. For this book, I had three races: The Chanden, whose names would be more like modern Western names, slightly modified, like Ruben Drake, Nyan or Montanni; the Garrans, whose names would sound more like Norse or Welsh or Irish names and be more unique, like Crysethe, Ashtan, & Channik.
DeleteThe third race was the gods of Garran, who I wanted to sound bizarre, like Innurlan, the goddess of the wind, Akannus, & Jythane.
Of course, I didn't want any name to be a very common Earth name or spelling of it. I want to try to keep the names a bit unique to my world.
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