Welcome to another week of Sassy Saturday at Trickster Eric Novels. Every week will be an excerpt from one of my novels showcasing a kick-butt heroine. If you want read about the original blog hop the link is here.
This post here is another special one because it introduces a new heroine: Kallen Selios.
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The previous excerpt, The Princess Meets the Warrior can be read here
A Mage's Power, and the rest of the Journey to Chaos series, are available for purchase at: http://smile.amazon.com/A-Mages-Power-Journey-Chaos-ebook/dp/B00AVMAISG
To learn more about the heroines of A Mage's Power, visit Tvtropes at: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/AMagesPower.
Brian Wilkerson is a independent novelist, freelance book reviewer, and writing advice blogger. He studied at the University of Minnesota and came away with bachelor degrees in English Literature and History (Classical Mediterranean Period concentration).
His fantasy series, Journey to Chaos, is currently available on Amazon as an ebook or paperback
This post here is another special one because it introduces a new heroine: Kallen Selios.
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The source was a girl standing by the
banquet. She wore a sky blue dress that fell to a scalloped hem at her knees. Beneath
were long socks and leather boots. An attached hood concealed her face. All
four articles possessed hand-sewn runes. Thanks to Basilard's test, he knew
this girl was prepared for every possible status aliment, but it couldn't
explain her effect on him personally.
Ever since entering this room, he felt
peculiar; a nagging anxiety and fragile hope mixed together that felt different
from pre-contest jitters. The sight of this girl and her laughter amplified it.
He felt a clicking deep inside him; the same “unknowingly parched” sensation
from his first drink of mana-rich water. Warm and euphoric, but it paled in
comparison to this.
“And you! You're no academy student!”
The girl chugged a drink. “Thank The Trickster
for that. I never liked wearing all that pink. It would look good on you,
though.”
The silver-haired snob boiled with
anger. “Where is our honor if they're letting dropouts enter our prestigious
contest!? Next, they'll be letting demons in!”
The girl slammed her cup on the table. “You're
free to think what you want about demons, but allow me to correct you on my
credentials.” She threw back her hood and forest green hair fell to her
shoulders. Mixed with the green were irregular strands of golden-brown; they
looked like Annala's, but reminded him of Tiza's grime streaks.
Silver Hair stepped back as if from a
monster. “I know you . . . you're Kallen Selios.”
Kallen held her head proudly. “Satisfied?”
“I am,” he replied coldly. “I, Getis of
Darwoss, heir to the county of Darwoss, have been forced to compete with a lab
rat.”
“I am a field agent,” Kallen
hissed. “Not a lab rat.”
Getis sneered. “Not anymore,
apparently.”
“Not ever!”
“Then what do you call it?”
Kallen crossed her arms. “I was a
voluntary participant in theoretical therapy. I single-handedly delivered Proof
of Concept! I changed the world just by existing!”
“It is my sincere hope that my change
will be a positive one.”
“Why you!”
The academy mages clustered to Getis'
side and glowered. She froze. The ones behind her shoved her as they passed.
She death-glared each of them in turn before focusing on Getis. Smirking
obnoxiously, he shrugged as if to say, “I gained this popularity just by
existing.”
What's the story with Kallen Selios? Eric
asked Kasile.
She works for the International
Community Dedicated to Mana Mutation: collecting data, testing equipment,
bringing in specimens, etc. In short, she does grunt work so professional
scientists don't have to, but she's proud of it.
“I hear elves administered your
'therapy.' Even took you to their village for it.” Getis pointed to his natural
silver hair. “Do you think you're one of them now? Or are you just desperate
for attention?”
Kallen picked up a clump of
golden-brown hair. “I was collecting data from a mana storm. There was
this hole in my suit and Fog leaked in. I can—”
“So the lab rat mutated again?”
“I'm NOT a lab rat!”
Eric frowned. What about the “lab rat”
thing?
She's a victim of the Siduban Chaos
Explosion; one of many. The treatment for mana mutation back then was . . . still
in the experimental stage.
From a patient to a grunt in eight
years . . . All because of a chaos explosion.
Lady Chaos works in mysterious ways . .
. or maybe she makes it up as she goes along. No one knows. We can discuss it
later. Right now, I have to introduce the contest.
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The previous excerpt, The Princess Meets the Warrior can be read here
A Mage's Power, and the rest of the Journey to Chaos series, are available for purchase at: http://smile.amazon.com/A-Mages-Power-Journey-Chaos-ebook/dp/B00AVMAISG
To learn more about the heroines of A Mage's Power, visit Tvtropes at: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/AMagesPower.
Brian Wilkerson is a independent novelist, freelance book reviewer, and writing advice blogger. He studied at the University of Minnesota and came away with bachelor degrees in English Literature and History (Classical Mediterranean Period concentration).
His fantasy series, Journey to Chaos, is currently available on Amazon as an ebook or paperback
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