Welcome to my tour stop for The Dawning of Firebird Alex by Orren Merton. The tour will consist of reviews, interviews, guest posts and spotlights and runs April 27- May 8th. Check out the tour page for more information.
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The Dawning of Firebird Alex by Orren Merton
Eighteen-year-old Alexandra Gold is a Seduman: her humanity and compassion come from her deceased human mother, and her powers over spirit fire and super-human strength from her demon-like Sedu father. Collecting the first three novels inThe Sedumen Chronicles, this volume includes:
Firebird Alex: When Alex unearths her father’s Sedublade, it sets in motion a journey that challenges everything she thought she was. Rescuing her friends from another Seduman gives her a taste of the heroine she might become.
Lady Firebird: Her old nemesis, down but not out, executes a horrific plan to conquer both Earth and Sediin. It’s up to Alex to assume the mantle of Lady Firebird and hunt her adversary across universes.
Firebird Vengeance: Just when Alex thought she’d won, she discovers her victory has unleashed a horrible vengeance that threatens to destroy human and Sedu alike. In order to save everyone, she must convince skeptics in both universes that she truly is the heroine that she claims to be.
Also in this collectionFirebird Manor: In this bonus novelette, Alex and her friends unwittingly awaken a murderous eldritch horror in a beachside manor. They must defeat the monster before it kills again.
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"Hello?" I said.
"Hi..." Linda answered
hesitantly.
I immediately turned back to Jake
in alarm.
Jake shared my alarm. He turned
on his right turn signal to get off the freeway.
"Do you need something,
Linda?" I asked.
Jake took the Brookhurst South
exit and started looking for somewhere to pull over.
"Could you...could you pick
up the girls today..." I could hear her voice breaking. She
sounded scared.
"What's wrong?" I
nearly shouted. "Linda? Are you okay?"
Jake turned into a gas station
and pulled over behind the station office.
"I..."
We heard the sound of Linda's
phone being moved around.
"What a truly special
occasion..." a deep, raspy male voice said.
I immediately felt sick.
"I never thought I'd speak
to a female Seduman," the voice continued. "You and I...two
of a kind...so much in common my dear..."
"Where's Linda?" I
demanded.
"We can talk about that over
dinner, too," he replied, his arrogant smugness making me more
nauseous with every word.
"What do you want?" I
asked, my throat dry, dreading the answer.
"The ascendance of the House
of Raum. But that's more of a long-term goal. For today, we can start
with dinner."
"Never!" I shouted. I
felt my hair ignite. I immediately opened my eyes and jerked my head
away from the headrest so as not to burn up the car. I grabbed the
door handle and in one motion shoved open the door and twisted myself
out of the car so that I was facing it, still holding the phone away
from my face. My eyes and hair were openly on fire in the middle of
the day, but I was far too pissed off to be self-conscious.
"Release Linda this
instant!"
"You can throw as many
tantrums as you wish, Alexandra. That's not going to happen."
Hearing him use my name made me
almost as nauseous as the idea of him touching me.
"I am Lady Firebird!" I
said.
"Lady Firebird?" He
repeated dismissively. "How old are you, twelve? You get that
from a video game? Or the Renaissance Faire? Your favorite comic
book?"
The Seduman from the House of
Raum burst into a cruel laugh. "You really don't know what
you're dealing with, do you?"
"You
don't know what you're dealing with!" I retorted.
"Fair enough," he said.
"I don't. You clearly mean something to your House. I have a
nice thing going here, building up my House with fresh rumam, and
even if you're just a petulant brat there's no need for me to
antagonize another Sedu House. So I'm willing to make you and your
House a deal. You may want to write this down, Alex. This is the part
that's important, and you don't want to miss any of it because you're
too busy being puerile."
"Go on," I fumed. I was
seriously considering taking back my not-killing-anyone policy.
"I will move my operation to
another state, out of your way. I just have a few loose ends to tie
up, and I'll be out of here in a day or two. If you don't try to
interfere or locate me in any way, when I leave I'll release Linda.
If you or anyone else gets in my way or tries anything...she's Sedu
food."
I felt furious. Helpless.
Insulted. And the worst part was, part of me kinda believed him. I
did feel over my head.
"Did
you catch all that?"
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Orren Merton started writing fantasy and science fiction at an embarrassingly young age. In high
school, he picked up guitar and start playing up and down California in a few bands, culminating in his industrial rock band Ember After. During that time, magazines, developers, and corporations began to pay him to write and edit music software related articles, manuals, and books. Since then he has written the urban fantasy novel The Deviant and the science fiction novel Skye Entity before working on his current series of YA novels. He lives in Southern California with his family, pets, collection of sci-fi/fantasy memorabilia, and curiously large stuffed animal collection.
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GIVEAWAY
Orren will be giving away ecopies of his book to 5 winners of the below Rafflecopter.
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This event was organized by CBB Book Promotions.
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