THE EARTH GIVES WAY TO THE SEA,
THE SEA BOWS BEFORE THE WIND,
THE WIND FEEDS THE FLAME,
THE FLAME BURNS THE WORLD OF MAN DOWN TO THE EARTH.
The sleepy town of White Halls harbors a dangerous secret. On a picturesque street, two houses down from a lovely little park, in a quaint little home with a wraparound porch, lives a family that seems rather normal. Sure, their twenty-year-old son, Xander, still lives at home, but he’s going to college and dating the leader of the schools top sorority. It’s all very… normal.
However, when a man is miraculously saved from being hit by a bus, Xander’s life turns in to the living embodiment of the tornadoes he can suddenly create with a flick of his wrist. Whether he wants this gift or not, Xander must learn to use his new ‘super power’ quickly if he wants to survive. For his kind is a dying race, and when this sleepy town has a sudden influx of new, blonde, fire wielders, no one is safe, especially Xander. It doesn’t help that one of these blondes happens to be the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Xander can’t deny the instant connection he feels to her so, when she tries to kill him, it certainly makes things complicated.
THE EARTH GIVES WAY TO THE SEA,
THE SEA BOWS BEFORE THE WIND,
THE WIND FEEDS THE FLAME,
THE FLAME BURNS THE WORLD OF MAN DOWN TO THE EARTH.
White Halls is no longer a sleepy little town. Its houses lie smoldering on their foundations. The residents take refuge in their homes, afraid to leave. And the town’s prodigal son and newest Wind Warrior, Xander Sirocco, has fled.
Xander survived the first assault on his life by the Flame Caste, but it’s at a great personal cost. He and Sammy are left to bury his family and tend to his grandfather, who lies in a coma.
With the weight of the world on his shoulders, he can’t help but feel the fight against the Fire Caste is hopeless. It seems that way, that is, until he learns of a secret race of Elementals, embodiments of the elemental powers that the different castes wield. With the power of the Elementals comes a chance to save not just the Wind Warriors and Sammy, but the world itself.
Emboldened, he sets off to find the Wind Elemental and with it, the hope for his survival. Too bad no one has seen the Wind Elemental in generations and now thinks she’s just a myth. As he quickly learns, however, the Fire Elemental isn’t a myth. It’s real and it has a secret plan for his girlfriend.
And it won’t stop until Xander is dead.
FREE NOW ON AMAZON
The sleepy town of White Halls harbors a dangerous secret. On a picturesque street, two houses down from a lovely little park, in a quaint little home with a wraparound porch, lives a family that seems rather normal. Sure, their twenty year old son, Xander, still lives at home, but he's going to college and dating the leader of the schools top sorority. It's all very... normal. However, when a man is miraculously saved from being hit by a bus, Xander's life turns in to the living embodiment of the tornadoes he can suddenly create with a flick of his wrist. Whether he wants this gift or not, Xander must learn to use his new 'super power' quickly if he wants to survive. For his kind is a dying race, and when this sleepy town has a sudden influx of new, blonde, fire wielders, no one is safe, especially Xander. It doesn't help that one of these blondes happens to be the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Xander can't deny the instant connection he feels to her so, when she tries to kill him, it certainly makes things complicated.
EXCERPT:
Excerpt from Flame Caller (Book Two in World Aflame Series) by Jon Messenger:
“I’m trying to hold onto sand. I’m
clenching my fists as hard as I can to keep it all together but it’s not just
the responsibilities of a Wind Warrior that are slipping away. I’m slipping
away, too. This hole in my chest is getting bigger every day. At first, it was
losing Sammy the first time, despite the fact that she tried to kill me. Then
Mom and Dad—when they died it was like someone took a shovel to the sides of
that hole and dug it as wide as the Grand Canyon.
“Then you, Grandpa. I don’t know if
I ever really told you how I felt about you. It always seemed silly to tell
your grandpa that you loved him but I really did. I thought I was going to
shatter when you died. If losing my parents was like a shovel digging out the
hole in my heart, losing you was like someone taking an axe and chopping to
pieces whatever was left.”
Xander threw himself back and
savored the cool, damp grass soaking through his shirt. A strong wind coursed
through the labyrinth of remaining structures on the island and rolled over
Xander as he lay prone.
“Now there’s Sammy again, like we’ve
come full circle and every point on that circle was another layer of crap in my
life. I sent her away. I don’t even know where; I couldn’t bring myself to ask
Alicia when she got back. I should be happy about it, right? But I’m not. I
know she’s the dynamite that’s going to blow apart everything I have left. But
she was also my anchor and I just willingly cut the line and now I’m adrift in
an ocean that just doesn’t make any sense anymore.”
A cloud passed between Xander and
the sun, casting the island in a gratifying shadow. Covering his eyes, he
looked up at the sky and noticed the dark edges to the cloud. In the distance,
it was joined by more of its kind, filling the horizon with a brewing summer
storm.
“If you’re up there, Grandpa,” he
muttered as the cloud blew away and the sun beat down on him once again, “I
could use a sign. Anything you can send my way would really help me out.”
The first raindrop struck Xander
between the eyes. He blinked away the water as it rolled over his eye and down
his cheek. By the time he was able to push himself into a seated position, the
sky darkened as the fast-moving clouds blotted out the sun.
With a single crack of thunder, the
clouds released their burden over the island. The rain came down in driving
sheets, soaking Xander to the bone and leaving his tunic and pants stuck to his
skin. Sputtering away the rivulet of water running over his mouth, he stood and
looked over at the grave.
“Yup, it could always get worse,” he
nodded to the stones. “Message received, Grandpa.”
With a sigh, he walked toward what
remained of his house.
About the author:
Jon Messenger (Born 1979 in London, England) serves as an United States Army Major in the Medical Service Corps. Since graduating from the University of Southern California in 2002, writing Science Fiction has remained his passion, a passion that has continued through two deployments to Iraq and a humanitarian relief mission to Haiti.
Jon wrote the “Brink of Distinction” trilogy, of which “Burden of Sisyphus” is the first book, while serving a 16-month deployment in Baghdad, Iraq. The trilogy was accepted for publication through Crimson Tree Publishing an adult imprint of Clean Teen Publishing. Jon Messenger’s young adult novel: Wind Warrior was published in June 2013 through Clean Teen Publishing and has hit bestseller status and has been nominated for a Readers Choice Award.
Website ** GoodReads ** Amazon Author Page ** Facebook ** Twitter
3 comments:
Thank you for the giveaway!
Great giveaway :)
Awesome giveaway.. thanks for posting and giving me the chance.. good luck to all.
Post a Comment