E.M. Havens - Dark Night of the Soul - COVER
REVEAL
FANTASY
Date to be Published:
7/1/2013
What comes after life? Jayden Schroeder is about to
find out. At the end of the road of despair, she ends it all, and
finds out that living might not have been so bad. Thrust
into a strange and disparate world, Jayden joins a team of warriors
from all places and time. Together they battle demons to save the
souls of the living, all the while on the run from the end of all
things - The Judgment.
Will she fight for a second chance to spare those she
loves? Or surrender?
Dark Night of the Soul is a fantastical journey, both
literally and figuratively for Jayden’s soul. If you are looking
for a quick, quirky read with vivid characters and scenery, a touch
of dark humor, and healthy dose of romance, look no
further.
EXCERPT
My senses snapped back with sharp clarity. I
laid on my back staring at dappled sunlight through a canopy of green
leaves. My fingers curled around the soft dirt and twigs
beneath them. I was afraid to move, unsure of where I was
or what had happened. Hadn’t I just killed
myself?
I turned my head enough to see forest to my
right. The same on the left. I chanced sitting up
a bit and propped myself up on elbows. Forest in front. My gaze fell
to my legs.
“What the hell??
I wore camo. Ugh. But I wasn’t fat. I
looked at my hands. They seemed older. My boobs! They were
perfect, though covered in more khaki and brown camouflage. I pulled
a strand of hair in front of me. Blonde.
Now my heart was pumping.
I scurried to my feet trying to take in more of myself
and my surroundings. I wore full military garb with a hand gun
strapped to my hip. A really big gun lay on the ground next
to where I woke up at the edge of a camp with a fire and tents, and
everything.
And me. From what I could see, my body
looked perfect, just like Becky Greenwood, the cheer captain.
I bet my face was too. I bet I even had blue eyes. I must
be in heaven. But why camo?
“Damn it! Who ordered the newbie?”
I spun to face the gruff male voice behind me. There
at the edge of the camp stood a group of five people that my mind
struggled to assimilate. A knight in shining armor, a
female samurai, and another man dressed in a gold foil jumpsuit
stared at me.
The man upfront, who had spoken, wore camo pants like
mine and a black shirt. A woman next to him eyed me. She
looked like a druid or monk and carried a staff. In a thick Irish
accent she snarled.
“Welcome ta hell, brat.”
About the Author
E.M. Havens
Who is E.M. Havens? I’m a lot of things. The word
that seems to define me most at the moment is mom. It can be all
consuming. Not only am I a mom of three (one of them is a
teenager…pity me), but I also home-school (pity me more). I share
this awesome responsibility with the love of my life, best friend,
and soul-mate husband.
Add to that, the twenty-five chickens, twelve turkeys,
ten guineas, nine pigs, three barn cats, two Great Pyrenees guardian
dogs, a Chihuahua, a house cat, and a goose, it makes for one crazy,
full, and certainly entertaining life.
Somewhere in there I find the time to write.
I started out young writing poems, then moved on to songs. I actually
have a Bachelor in Music with a secondary in Science because I can’t
stand English. Yes, the writer hates English. I like to
read the story for the experience of reading the story, not to
nitpick each letter and comma. But I digress.
I eventually found blogging and really enjoyed sharing
my life that way. When an unfortunate turn of events separated me
from my music equipment, I decided to use my overactive imagination,
my love of reading, and my new found hobby, prose writing, to release
some of my creative energy. I wrote my first novel and
loved the experience. Fate War: Alliance is actually the second novel
I wrote and the first to be published. Now I’m working on
my third and several sequels to Fate War!
So that’s pretty much me, sitting in the Arbuckle
Mountains of Oklahoma, reading, writing, collecting eggs from the
coop, and being a schoolmarm. It’s a pretty great
life.
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