The Shadowlands
Eiry Nieves
language
(, Aug. 15, 2012)
After almost three hundred years roaming the earth in solitude, one of two things was bound to happen: suicide or finally going crazy. But when death’s promise was worse than the thought of living…craziness and bitterness seemed like a hell a better option to her. On the bright side, when life no longer holds any surprises for you, it also gives you a sense of serenity that has been denied since birth. At least that’s what Aisha Blackwell tells her reflection every passing day. From a world of shadows comes our heroine, a tracker that’s only called forward to Dead Territory (the side of the world that wields no magic), when an awakened comes belatedly into his powers. But this new call is about to change life as she knew it. When given the assignment to track a new awakened, Aisha thought it would be a simple task; only a matter of finding, capturing it and then returning to the Shadowlands. But what she didn’t expect to find was that this new awakened would bring her world to her feet. Maybe life still had a few surprises to give…like the strength of the bonds of friendship, the warmness that love can bestow and the means to make a heart beat again.I dare you to enter the Shadowlands.A sneak peek into the story: “Do what you think you have to do. But know that I play by no one’s rules.” Challenge was written in my eyes. He didn’t answer right away. No. He remained silent. In that unfilled space my being was divided in two, for a moment rendered useless, lost in the depth of the ambiguity that engulfed me whole. Half of me hoped he would deed the warning and walk out now, while there was no harm done. The other, the almost muted yet undeniable voice screaming for attention within me, wished- almost desperately so- that he would take me upon that challenge. He nodded solemnly. His eyes and stance made me think about a warrior that finds an opponent worthy of him; the adversary represented a challenge, of course, but one he would gladly take. Dropping his voice, he replied, “We all, at some point or another, dance to somebody’s tune. It seems to me that your time has come. Tick tock, love. Tick tock.” With those ominous words, he left me alone to my thoughts.COVER of The Shadowlands realized by http://amdesignstudios.net/