Urban Fantasy
Date to be Published: 3/4/2014
Synopsis:
Average family. Average job. Average existential crisis.
After
thirty boring years, nothing about Cora Riley’s life has measured up to
her childhood dreams of being truly extraordinary. It’s too bad that
the night she decides to seek out her specialness she crashes on a rural
highway.
Cora
wakes in the clutches of the Mistress of the underworld who sets her a
seemingly impossible quest. If she wants a second chance at life, Cora
must find her way through the dozen heavens and return to the castle in
three days.
With
the help of an unusual guardian angel named Jack and a little boy named
Xavier, Cora navigates the afterlife doorfield and quickly learns that
gods and monsters are very real indeed. Terrifying and tempting
obstacles litter her path; only the power of belief – in the Otherworld,
in her companions, and in herself – will return her to the land of the
living.
EXCERPT
Face hot
with anger, Cora takes a few shaky steps forward, looking anywhere but
at the eyes that see through her. The orc guards, previously slouching
and entertained by the spectacle of her humiliation, become suddenly
alert and close rank in front of the dais. The Mistress smirks from
behind them, almost daring her to come closer.
“You know I’m right, my lady,” she says, taking
another, more determined step. “The legends are all the same. The ruler
of the underworld makes a bargain with the hero, sets him some
monumental task in exchange for a second chance, and then has to keep
their promise when the hero succeeds.” She takes another step forward.
The guards cross their weapons into a barrier between her and the
Mistress. Cora just smiles; it widens the split inside her cheek, but
she doesn’t care. She holds out her arms and gestures grandly around the
throne room. “And since I don’t see anyone else here asking for a
ticket back to civilization, I guess that makes me the hero. And you owe
me a quest.”
Urban Fantasy
Synopsis:
Average family. Average job. Average existential crisis.
After
thirty boring years, nothing about Cora Riley’s life has measured up to
her childhood dreams of being truly extraordinary. It’s too bad that
the night she decides to seek out her specialness she crashes on a rural
highway.
Cora
wakes in the clutches of the Mistress of the underworld who sets her a
seemingly impossible quest. If she wants a second chance at life, Cora
must find her way through the dozen heavens and return to the castle in
three days.
With
the help of an unusual guardian angel named Jack and a little boy named
Xavier, Cora navigates the afterlife doorfield and quickly learns that
gods and monsters are very real indeed. Terrifying and tempting
obstacles litter her path; only the power of belief – in the Otherworld,
in her companions, and in herself – will return her to the land of the
living.
EXCERPT
Face hot
with anger, Cora takes a few shaky steps forward, looking anywhere but
at the eyes that see through her. The orc guards, previously slouching
and entertained by the spectacle of her humiliation, become suddenly
alert and close rank in front of the dais. The Mistress smirks from
behind them, almost daring her to come closer.
“You know I’m right, my lady,” she says, taking
another, more determined step. “The legends are all the same. The ruler
of the underworld makes a bargain with the hero, sets him some
monumental task in exchange for a second chance, and then has to keep
their promise when the hero succeeds.” She takes another step forward.
The guards cross their weapons into a barrier between her and the
Mistress. Cora just smiles; it widens the split inside her cheek, but
she doesn’t care. She holds out her arms and gestures grandly around the
throne room. “And since I don’t see anyone else here asking for a
ticket back to civilization, I guess that makes me the hero. And you owe
me a quest.”
Ellie
Di Julio is a nomadic writer currently living in Hamilton, Ontario with
her Robert Downey, Jr. lookalike husband and their three cats. Between
nerd activities like playing Dungeons & Dragons or watching Top
Gear, she enthusiastically destroys the kitchen and tries to figure out
what it's all about, when you really get down to it. She also writes
urban fantasy novels riddled with pop culture references and sexy secret
agents.
Her first novel, Inkchanger,
could easily be considered Forgotten Relics #0, and as such, rewards
readers of the rest of the series, sort of like watching Thor before The
Avengers. Her second novel, Time & Again with Kyeli Smith, has nothing to do with super powers or secret agents but is very cool nonetheless.
Ellie
Di Julio is a nomadic writer currently living in Hamilton, Ontario with
her Robert Downey, Jr. lookalike husband and their three cats. Between
nerd activities like playing Dungeons & Dragons or watching Top
Gear, she enthusiastically destroys the kitchen and tries to figure out
what it's all about, when you really get down to it. She also writes
urban fantasy novels riddled with pop culture references and sexy secret
agents.
Her first novel, Inkchanger,
could easily be considered Forgotten Relics #0, and as such, rewards
readers of the rest of the series, sort of like watching Thor before The
Avengers. Her second novel, Time & Again with Kyeli Smith, has nothing to do with super powers or secret agents but is very cool nonetheless.
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