Title: PULSE
Author: HJ Daly
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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Book Description:
Esa is a street girl living in a post
apocalyptic world. A world that left her with nothing except the physical and
mental scars that drive her to the person she is becoming.
Whilst searching for shelter, she
encounters a creature known as a spinner who pulls her onto a perilous path.
Now with a horde of goblins close on their heels, they must work together and
enter the magical realm in search of answers. Why can she sense magic and why
is a powerful sorcerer determined to end her life?
This is an exciting story of power,
friendship and secrets. Secrets that threaten to rip Esa’s world apart.
Pulse is aimed towards the young adult
market. For those seeking adventure and magic with a futuristic edge. Most
fantasy novels tend to hide the magical worlds or show as historic here I have
tried to blend the worlds together.
HJ has always loved
books and read at every opportunity. At first reading with her own children and
then at schools in a hope of capturing the hearts and minds of the young.
Writing became a natural progression for her when her children attended full
time education and she had a little free time.
It wasn’t always
about writing though, during her teens, HJ stepped up her Latin American
dancing and travelled Europe competing.
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Excerpt 1
“Oh, girlie, you really shouldn’t have said
that.” His beady red eyes greedily took in the girl and seeing no real threat
he lunged forward. His sword scraped the wall where moments earlier Esa had
stood. Pushing from the wall, she twisted to the side and drove her dagger deep
into the goblin’s extended arm. A yowl filled the room and he swung his sword blindly
in her direction. In one fluid movement she dropped to the floor and kicked her
leg out. Boot hit shin and he fell to the floor grabbing his leg.
“No one
calls me girlie.” Standing over him she turned the dagger around in her hand,
bringing the hilt down on the base of his skull. “Night, night.” Wiping the
blood from her blade on her jeans, she turned her attention to Rootu.
Excerpt 2
Thomas
stopped as he reached the wooden door. It stood slightly ajar and he could see
Esa nestled in the corner, her back to him. He stifled a gasp as he caught
sight of her skin. At the bottom of her ribs he clearly saw an old knife wound,
across her shoulder blades were a number of what looked like cigarette burns,
and line upon line of marks like wires. Some old, silvery in the light and
others still red and puckered. The skin had attempted to grow over large gashes
through the years, but nothing could hide the evidence of a brutal attack. What
drew his attention was the huge scar that started at her waist and snaked its
way up her spine and eventually wrapped itself around her neck.
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