Hi, folks. I hope you're all having a great July so far. I've got a new book coming out in late August titled Outcast (formerly titled The Healer's Warrior) and for the next few weeks I'm going to share the first few chapters with you in preparation for publication.
Each week I'm going to post a part of each chapter sequentially. All you have to do is read and let me know if you enjoyed it by leaving a comment. The more comments I receive, the more likely I'll post the next part sooner rather than later.
It is unedited, so pardon any errors.
I'm hoping to receive the cover art soon but in the meantime here's the blurb. This story explores some African myths and legends but is purely fictional and a product of my imagination.
Ugo’ji is an outcast,
an untouchable. She lives on the fringe of society as the lowest of the low, a
living sacrifice to the gods. The only person she interacts with is her aged
grandmother Nne who nurtures her powerful gift of healing. Until the day she meets
Ebube a strange warrior to their lands who ignites a yearning within her she's
unable to ignore.
Ebube is drawn to the
young maiden with the emerald green eyes who possesses the body of a goddess
and the healing touch of an angel. But he is forbidden from mating with a human
and the consequence is the wrath of the gods.
Moreover he is on a
mission. If he fails, the gates of hell will be opened and the earth plunged
into darkness. He cannot stay and she cannot go with him. So why bother?
Chapter One
Help me...Do whatever it takes...Keep the gates
of Alammuo sealed.
Darkness
tugged at him, threatening to pull him into its murky depths. With a jerk Ebube
sat up on his pallet, the wood creaking with the shift of his weight. The
pounding of his heart echoed in his ultra-sensitive ears, sweat streaked down
his body in rivulets.
