Hey everyone, welcome to my stop on the Eden-South Blog Tour! I have an excerpt for you as well as the link to the tour wide giveaway. :)
Eden-South (Eden #3)
by Janelle Stalder
Published March 2013 by Createspace
270 pages
Synopsis:
Aiden has been through his second battle
in the magical world of Eden. The victory is short lived and Aiden is sent
racing toward his friends in the Capital. After being back in Eden with the
Riders, he is eager to reunite with Wolf, Elisa and Logan, although he doesn’t
realize just what he’s returning to. Surprises await him when he arrives in the
Capital; his close-knit group of friends is slowly falling apart. On top of it
all, another battle is just around the corner, one that will change everything.
Rain has made her choice, and now she is
in some unknown fortress with the feared sorcerer, Aziz. She wants nothing more
but to please him, but being his Queen isn’t as easy as she thought. While
trying to learn sorcery, and dealing with Aziz’s advances, Rain is finding her
new life a bit overwhelming. Just when she thought it couldn’t get worse, she
discovers a secret of Aziz’s, and it is nothing she could have expected.
Rose has supported Callum throughout
their journey, but now that the final battle is just around the corner she is
faced with a hard reality. Everything she has gained with him could be taken
away. Is she willing to live the rest of her life without him? Can she just
stand by while he destroys everything, including himself? Will he ever be able
to find peace? Will she?
In the third installment of the Eden
Series fates will be decided, and the battle between brothers that has been a
decade in the making will finally come to an end. Only one of them can be High
King.
The battle starts now.
Now on to the excerpt! :)
His children were nothing less than terrifying. Rain
swallowed the bile at the back of her throat with extreme effort as the smell
hit her nose. It was indescribable. Blood, sweat, and pure animal stench filled
the large cavern they entered, after walking deep into the fortress. It was a
room similar to the dining hall, in the way that the ceilings rose hundreds of
feet above them, but no night sky was open to below. Only cold stone surrounded
all sides, glistening from water that seeped through small holes within the
walls. She wondered where the water came from. They entered high above the
room, so they could look down in a pit. She shivered against the cold that
filled the place, despite the large fire built in the middle of the room.
Hundreds of beasts, both the large kind who
stood on two feet, and the smaller ones that ran on all fours like large boars,
were leashed to the stone walls. Their angry roars were almost deafening until
Aziz walked in. Each pair of yellow eyes immediately sought his form, and their
protests ceased. Rain watched as an enthralled look passed over their features.
It was as if they worshipped the man who kept them caged in the dark, damp
space. Out of the corner of her eye, she watched as his look changed to one of
pride as he surveyed the creatures.
“What do
you think?” he asked, turning his head to look at her. She looked away, letting
her gaze soak in the scene before her. Truthfully, it repulsed her, but she
wouldn’t admit it to him. Instead she wore the same impassive face she was used
to wearing around others, hiding the emotions that would betray anything about
her true thoughts.
“There are
so many of them,” she replied calmly. He
cocked an eyebrow at her questioningly.
“I ask you
what you think, and all you can do is comment on their numbers?”
She
shrugged, keeping her eyes away from his. Every time she looked him in the
eyes, she would find herself caught by their brilliant golden colour. His
physical change was still having an effect on her, and would take a while to
get used to. He was beautiful, in an exotic way, but it wasn’t real. She felt
like he was just wearing a pretty mask; something that could easily slip away.
A couple of times she had noticed his hands shaking during their meal, and his
voice would sometimes get the husky sound back to it. Whatever magic he had
done to accomplish the change was clearly not permanent. Aiden, she thought wisely. It was no wonder he wanted him so bad.
The memories of the human screams she had heard before were suddenly loud in
her head. Slowly, she glanced over at him again, meeting him as he looked
intently at her. She knew how he had done it, and suddenly the food she had
devoured before wasn’t sitting right in her stomach.
….
After she was finally finished, he came towards her, gently
placing her hand on his arm again. As they walked back up to the entrance, a
bellow filtered up to them, reverberating off the high stone walls, amplifying
it tremendously. Rain had to stop and cover her ears with her hands. It was
that same scream that haunted her more than any of the others. It was filled
with so much pain and frustration. It hurt her just to hear it. She could feel
her eyes begin to water, and quickly blinked it away. When she looked up at
Aziz, he seemed unaffected by it. It seemed to go on for forever, until
finally, it stopped.
“What is that?” Rain asked. The beasts
below began to pace back and forth, as far as their chains would allow. They
seemed just as deeply disturbed as she was by the sound.
“That, my
dear, is my most prized possession,” he said, looking over at her. “Or at least
it was, until you arrived.” He didn’t wait for her to return his smile before
continuing up to the exit. She quickened her steps to keep up with him.
“Perhaps one day I will show you.”
“Is it
another of your creations?” she asked, pushing her luck by prying.
“My
greatest,” he answered. “Well, at least one
of them. It will outshine the rest, and be my deadliest weapon yet.”
Praise for Janelle Stalder and Eden-South
“Eden-South
is jam packed with heart-stopping action, eye-watering emotion and breathtaking
romance. I love this series and I will definitely read it over and over again,
it is without a doubt a must-read for everyone.”
Kayleigh Gore – K-Books
“It
was my favorite thus far in the series. Run out as soon as it's available! It's
a great book, and series, for older and YA audiences alike!”
Alana Rock – Dark Obsession Chronicles
“It’s not
often that you want more than to enjoy a book but to crawl in the page and
experience it. This is it. The world building is fantastic. The cast is
amazing. I’m surely in love with each of the guys in the book…This is just a
full body cast. I haven’t met many authors who could write so many characters
and you don’t feel cheated that you didn’t get enough of your favorite…The
writing is phenomenal and spectacular world building and cast. You won’t be
disappointed by this one. Those that love Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, and
Divergent will surely enjoy this series.”
Terri - My Book Boyfriend
About the Author
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~The first two books in the Eden Series~
Eden (Eden #1)
Published September 20, 2011 by iUniverse
236 pages
It is in Eden, a land on the brink of
war, where Aiden will finally learn to trust himself and those around him.
Accompanied by Wolf, his sidekick Logan, and the beautiful archer, Elisa, Aiden
is soon thrust into a battle to save Eden. Meanwhile Elisa, the only girl in the
King's Army, is in the midst of her own struggles. Betrothed to a man she has
no intention of marrying, Elisa is caught between the need to prove herself and
her desire for true happiness. And now that she has met Aiden, she is more
confused than ever.
In this action-packed fantasy tale,
romance, adventure, and intrigue surround Aiden as he learns just what he is
capable of when he discovers confidence and courage.
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Eden-West (Eden #2)
Published August 14, 2012
258 pages
New beginnings, new conflicts, and new
adventures arise in the second installment of the Eden Series, Eden-West.
Months after his initial journey to Eden,
Aiden is learning to cope with his own transformation. His social status has
changed, his friendship with his best friend Ethan is in jeopardy because of
it, and worst of all, he has heard absolutely nothing from his new friends in
Eden. What has become of the world he fell in love with? Are his friends safe?
Is the war over? With no answers, and no hope for contact, Aiden decides to
focus on his life in his world.
Just as he makes this decision, he
encounters a familiar bright light and thinks he knows exactly what it means.
Except the light isn’t at all what he expects and neither is the person behind
it. When Aiden returns to Eden, it is to a whole new part of that special
world, and a whole new set of adventures.
Weeks after Aiden was returned to his own
world, Elisa is sent to Nysa, the revered Southern city, to retrieve the one
thing she’d rather avoid – Wolf. Captain Turk instructed her to get in and get
out - but that is easier said than done. When she finds her missing friend, she
also stumbles upon a great deal of trouble. This trouble goes by one name –
Markus, the leader of the Sun People.
Follow all your favorite characters as
they ready themselves for battle and fight for a world threatened to be
destroyed.
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Tour Wide Giveaway
1 Grand Prize Winner will receive:
1 personalized and signed paperback copy of Eden,
Eden-West, and Eden-South by Janelle Stalder
1 Custom Bookmark Inspired by The Eden Series
1 Limited Edition Map
5 Winners will receive:
1 digital copy of Eden-South by Janelle Stalder
1 "Paper Punch" Bracelet Inspired by The
Eden Series and signed by Janelle Stalder
10 Winners will receive:
1 digital copy of Eden by Janelle Stalder
Tour Schedule
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Wow! This series sounds intense and I never heard of it. I'm totally entering the rafflecopter.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of this series either until recently. There are many positive reviews, and it definitely sounds good to me, too. Thanks for stopping by Robyn! <3
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