Title: The Star
Author: C. Warner-Thompson
Release Date: June 3rd, 2013
Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy
Blurb:
Abbii had been afraid of the dark for four long years. She hated the eerie silence that filled the night.
Abbii had been afraid of the dark for four long years. She hated the eerie silence that filled the night.
She would often try to forget by closing
her eyes at night, but she would always be met by dreams of Shadows that would
attack her, dragging her into the Darkness. Most nights, she would simply lie
there with her bedding wrapped tightly around her, staring at the light coming
in through her window, hoping that she would drift off into a dreamless sleep.
Ever since that day four years ago, the
dark had frightened her; she had thought it would be a curse throughout the whole
of her life, but something changed when she met him.
The dark seemed to lose its power and
the moon’s light brightened.
Her dreams didn’t stop; nightmares still
stole her sleep, but there was always a figure of Light that would save her and
allow her to wake.
He said the same thing every night in
her dreams. Keep fighting, Abbii.
She thought that he was part of her
imagination, someone that she had created to save her, until she met him and
was drawn into his bright hazel eyes.
His name was Nate.
I
was born in England in the West Midlands in 1991 where I am still currently living,
growing up alongside one younger and three older brothers.
Books and
writing was an interest that I began to develop from the first years of
secondary school, and on my thirteenth birthday, I began to plan and
design the idea to write a fantasy novel. I finished secondary school
with high GCSE's and then went on into further education to study English and
all aspects of art and design. After six years of writing, planning and overall
editing of the book, it was successfully completed, containing over 82,000
words, and self published in the first week of 2011.
With high
expectations in myself, I immediately began to write a second novel in the
series, while keeping my art and design a part of the process. The achievement
of completing the first novel 'Purest Light,' allowed the ideas of the second
to flow much easier and it was completed by early 2012. As I was writing the
third and final book, New Beginnings, at the same time, the series was finished
by its publication in 2013.
Writing
is now a part of my everyday and I have started on my newest project, The Star,
which is also planned to be the first of three. Only time will tell.
Twitter is @clemychum
Nate signalled for her to move forward,
watching as she did after a brief hesitation. She stopped several strides in
front of him and waited for him to speak. “How many windows are there?”
Not really understanding the relevance
of counting windows, Abbii turned to count them.
“No!”
Startled by Nate’s outburst, she glared
at him, more out of shock than malice.
“Without turning.” He watched as
confusion took over her face. “Close your eyes and focus on the energy of the
sunlight beaming through the glass.”
Abbii shuffled in her place, not really
understanding, but when Nate smiled, she did as she was asked. She closed her
eyes, immediately feeling self conscious that Nate’s gaze was focused onto her.
“Clear your mind of everything else.
Think of somewhere you feel calm.”
Keeping her eyes closed, Abbii took in
Nate’s statement. She felt her heartbeat increase and her breath seemed
shallow, but as she relaxed her shoulders, the rest of her body seemed to
follow. She listened to the faint breeze that circled through the large space,
hearing leaves pitter-pattering against the wooden floor.
“Anywhere you feel calm.”
Although her mind was full of questions
and worries and a fear that she would lose herself, Abbii found that an image
began to form in her head. Bursts of blue and silver light soothed her, and
once the image had focused, she realised why. She could see the lake at The
Everglades, with the moon reflected clearly upon its surface. The stars were
shining brightly, and the air was still. The feeling of calm which enveloped
her felt uplifting.
“Now keep that feeling inside of you and
focus onto the light of the sun.”
Not at all distracted by Nate’s words,
Abbii kept hold of the calmness inside of her and expanded her mind in some
way, feeling the energy of the sunlight. She could feel its warmth and the way
it passed through the glass of the bay windows. The years of dirt and dust made
no difference; the power of the sunlight beamed through it without faltering.
“How many are there, Abbii?”
Realising that she could sense several
different areas of the sunlight’s energy, Abbii realised that each one
represented one of the windows.
There are eight.
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