Excerpt: Call Your Steel by G.D. Penman
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CALL YOUR STEEL
G.D. Penman
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Publisher: Azure Spider Publications
Publication Date: October 15, 2017
Publisher: Azure Spider Publications
Publication Date: October 15, 2017
In the sky above there was no sun.
For millennia beyond reckoning the Eaters of the Gods ruled over this sunless world, waging their secret war on each other through their Chosen, mortals granted a fraction of the Eaters in human powers in exchange for a life of servitude. Kaius counts himself among their hallowed ranks, devoted entirely to his brutal duties. Lucia is no more than a travelling minstrel, albeit one who found herself in the very worst place at the very worst time. How could mere mortals like them stand up against the vast alien power of the Eaters of the Gods?
Excerpt
Nothing so huge had any right to move so swiftly. No sooner had Kaius called his blade then the great-sword was already lashing down towards him. He stepped to the side, out of the forms of steel, already off balance. He didn't have time to regain his footing before the sword was already coming back across at his head. He ducked underneath then let his perspective shift.He fell into the Forms of Bone where attacks were avoided, not countered with force. It gave him enough control to dance around the next three mighty, impossible swings. His breath was already coming hard and ragged, echoing strangely in his helmet, deafening him. He released steel and without the armour's weight the next strikes seemed to slow. With the power of the weapon being swung at him his armour wouldn't save him anyway. The attacks seemed effortless, the giant's strength was so overwhelming that he could handle that great slab of steel like it was weightless.
Kaius watched closely as the blade swept past his face again, the broad centre tapering to a razor edge. Step by step, strike by strike, the giant drove Kaius back over half the length of the arena.
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About G.D. Penman
G D Penman writes fantasy fiction. He lives in Scotland with his partner and children, some of whom are human. He is a firm believer in the axiom that any story is made better by dragons. His beard has won an award. If you have ever read a story with monster and queer people, it was probably one of his. In those few precious moments that he isn’t parenting or writing he continues his quest to eat the flesh of every living species.
Official website: http://www.gdpenman.com/
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Kaius & Lucia have their work cut out for them. Sounds like an action packed enjoyable read.
ReplyDeleteIt seems so! I can't wait to pick it up, too!
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