May 28, 2012

Waterspell by Deborah J. Lightfoot: Excerpt & Giveaway!





The Warlock: Waterspell Book 1
Author: Deborah J. Lightfoot
Genre: YA/Fantasy
Release Date: November 2011


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Synopsis:

Drawn into the schemes of an angry wizard, Carin glimpses the place she once called home. It lies upon a shore that seems unreachable. To learn where she belongs and how to get there, the teenage traveler must decipher the words of an alien book, follow the clues in a bewitched poem, conjure a dragon from a pool of magic -- and tread carefully around a seductive but volatile, emotionally scarred sorcerer who can't seem to decide whether to love her or kill her. 












Excerpt:

From: Chapter 1. The Swordsman

It happened too fast to hurt at first. But, oh! the blood—lots of it, streaming from a gouge that crosscut her knee.
She hunched over the wound, her masses of unkempt hair tumbling around her face, strands of it trailing in the gore. Blindly Carin fumbled in her belt-pouch for something to stanch the bleeding. Her fingers met only flint and steel for fire-making, pebbles for arming her sling, and a length of twine that was useful for everything from tying back her shaggy auburn mane to rigging a brush shelter.
Abruptly a hand grasped the shank of her leg, and another shoved at her shoulder. “Straighten up,” her captor snarled.
Carin threw back her head and flung the hair out of her eyes. “You!” she gasped. “But—” She hadn’t heard the swordsman’s approaching footsteps—a seeming impossibility through the crunchy carpet of autumn leaves. Yet here the man was, crouched beside her and brandishing a dagger. Carin’s hand flew to shield her throat, but it was her knee he put the blade to.
Stay away from me! she wanted to shout at him. She couldn’t get the words out—not in a way that made sense. As sometimes happened when she came unglued, Carin lapsed into a language of her own. The sounds that passed her lips weren’t gibberish, but no one ever understood a word she said when she got like this. Carin yelled at the man, in her own private language, and tried to wrench free of his grasp.
“Stop your noise,” he barked. He held her leg tighter and waved his dagger in her face. “If you can’t be quiet, I’ll cut out your tongue.” 

Copyright © 2011–2012 by Deborah J. Lightfoot. All Rights Reserved.



About the Author:

Castles in the cornfield provided the setting for Deborah J. Lightfoot’s earliest flights of fancy. On her father’s farm in West Texas, she grew up reading extraordinary tales of adventure and reenacting them behind tall ramparts of sun-drenched corn. She left the farm to earn a bachelor of science degree in journalism and write award-winning books of history and biography, including The LH7 Ranch (University of North Texas Press) and Trail Fever (William Morrow, New York). High on her Bucket List was the desire to try her hand at the genre she most admired. The result is WATERSPELL, a complex, intricately detailed fantasy that begins with Book 1: The Warlock and Book 2: The Wysard, and concludes (for the present) with Book 3: The Wisewoman. But a legal pad filled with notes and tucked away in a desk drawer suggests a possible Book 4 before the saga may fairly be said to be finished.

Deborah is a professional member of The Authors Guild. She and her husband live in the country south of Fort Worth, Texas. Find her online at www.waterspell.net. 

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*Disclosure of Material Connection: I am a member of Reading Addiction Blog Tours and a copy of this book was provided to me by the author. Although payment may have been received by Reading Addiction Blog Tours, no payment was received by me in exchange for this review. There was no obligation to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own and may not necessarily agree with those of the author, publisher, publicist, or readers of this review. This disclosure is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commision’s 16 CFR, Part 255, Guides Concerning Use of Endorcements and Testimonials in Advertising*

 

10 comments:

  1. Hi Steph! Nice to meet you. Thanks for hosting the first stop on my Waterspell Book Tour.

    If you or your readers have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them.

    Can you tell me how to hide the "Lit Stack" banner (For the Love of All Things Wordy -- cute!) The banner runs across the book cover and synopsis and I can't find a way to move it.

    Thanks!

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    1. Hi Deborah! Thanks for stopping by my blog! As for the LitStack banner, it should shrink into the left sidebar when the page is finished loading. I'm not sure how to hide it though. Please let me know if it doesn't shrink and I'll try to fix it. I look forward to reading The Waterspell series!

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    2. Evidently it's just a browser issue. When I view your blog using IE, it looks great! When I look at it on a Nook Tablet, though, the LitStack banner stretches far into the middle column, covering up some text. So I'm sticking with IE! :-)

      Thanks again for your interest in my Waterspell trilogy. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.

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  2. Thanks for the chance! I would love to read this book. Book excerpt sounds really good.

    jmesparza821(at)gmail(dot)com

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  3. This sounds like a very interesting book. I like the last line of the summary, about the sorcerer who can't decide whether to love her or kill her. Sounds good! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  4. I am following this tour also. I think this series sounds great and I would love to win. Thanks for the chance.

    pefrw at yahoo dot com

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  5. Thank you, Juana, Amy, and Rachel! I appreciate your interest in my WATERSPELL trilogy. Good luck in the giveaway!

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  6. THe excerpt was really good:) I can't wait to read the rest:)
    -JennyC

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  7. Wow, this book seems really good after reading the blurb. Thanks so much for the giveaway!

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  8. Hmm, it looks like my first post didn't go through. I would love to read more about warlocks and sorcerer's. I don't get to read much about them. Thanks so much for your giveaway!

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