Lots for you today! This neat take on the vampire myth is worth taking a look at and I have an excerpt for you to read :) Plus, the lovely author took the time to tell us 10 things we didn't know about her. Because I'm nosy, and asked ;)
Cerberus: Book 1 of Parish by P.K. Gallagher
Paranormal YA Fantasy
For Kaeden Parish, life in Solace has always followed certain rules—everything makes sense, everything can be planned for, and everything is as it seems. Unfortunately, the secret harbored by his gorgeous, albeit guarded girlfriend is about to shatter all of that.
After a successful attack on his life opens his eyes to a world of war, shadows, and supernatural creatures—a world he didn’t plan for—Kaeden finds himself resembling the sort of monster he has always feared. As he desperately struggles to resist a new temptation, danger draws ever nearer, threatening the ones he loves most. A prophecy tells of a final battle and great destruction, and Kaeden must decide which side he is on, a choice that could mean the end of the world.
In Book 1 of the Solace Series, P.K. Gallagher pulls readers into a realm where good and evil are at war, and the outcome of it all rests on one young man’s decision to either go and live...or stay and die.
This is where the story of Parish begins.
10 Things We Didn't Know About P. K. Gallagher
9. I will not be divulging what my name actually is—I’m mysterious like that!
8. While I adore writing dark paranormal fiction, I also write chick lit.
7. I am a huge geek: I like superheroes, graphic novels, anime, video games, and do indeed have a Zombie Apocalypse Survival Strategy.
6. I claim to be allergic to nuts, when really I just think they’re gross.
5. I have ADHD.
4. I have a slightly irrational fear of moths.
3. I am a Gemini but do not put much stock in astrology.
2. I have no tolerance for narrow-mindedness.
1. I write about my views and will not apologize for them.
Thank you for sharing a little bit of yourself with us!
Excerpt
And suddenly the man was right
in front of him.
“What the—!” Kaeden jumped
back, shocked.
“Oh, but you are,” Rhiam said. “I
can make the hunger go away altogether, you know. Make it so that everything is
how it once was. My reasons for wanting this information and what you think of
them are really of very little consequence. If you’ll get it to me without
question, I’ll give you what you want in equal fashion. I will give you this.”
He made a motion with his hand and above it appeared a small dagger.
Startled, Kaeden swore and
stumbled back only to trip and fall backwards against a sofa. Rhiam squatted
beside him, a patronizing smile on his face, the dagger hovering just above his
palm. It was maybe eight inches long
with a handle that looked uncannily like bleached bone and a blade the color of
blood.
And
it materialized out of freaking nowhere, Kaeden
thought in awe. He should have been throwing a fit; in fact, normally, he was
certain he would have been. However, he was oddly calm right then as he looked
at the dagger. The blade gave off an eerie, incandescent glow that eased his
disquiet and hunger.
“You’re not joking about all
this, are you?” he asked weakly.
Rhiam’s smile widened. “Do you
think it’s funny?” Kaeden did not, and he knew it must show. “The blade is made
of a stone we’ve named Cerberus,” he said. “It drains a…vampire’s immortality
and the thirst for blood needed to sustain it.”
Kaeden flinched at the word,
and it occurred to him that this was an all or nothing deal. Either he believed
Rhiam’s entire story or none of it, meaning that if he believed that Rhiam
could help him with his Cerberus stone, he’d have to believe that he truly had
become a vampire. He couldn’t accept that, could he? He was human. He was
Kaeden. Things like vampires just didn’t exist. And people can’t make things appear out of thin air or blow things up
with a wave of their hand, but you’ve seen it done. He put a hand to his
heart but felt nothing. He swallowed.
“How does it work?” How did this happen?
“It’s very straightforward,
really. You simply drive the blade into your heart, and it will take care of
the rest.” Kaeden looked at the dagger. It may have been small, more for
decoration than combat, but it was wicked sharp and would no doubt kill someone
very quickly if thrust through that person’s vital organs.
“You have got to be kidding me.”
This has to be some kind of joke.
“Come now,” Rhiam said. “Don’t
be so negative. You do want me to go away, don’t you? For everything to go
away? For everything to fit into your nice little mold of sane and insane
again? If you don’t now, you will soon. As soon as a dryyd comes after you
again—”
“Stop it.” Where’s Hagan?
“—As soon as you have to drink
blood—”
“I said stop.” Where’s my heartbeat.
“—As soon as you kill someone—”
“Shut up!” Kaeden shouted, scrambling to his feet and putting distance
between himself and Rhiam. He scratched roughly at the back of his head. He
just didn’t know. He didn’t know what he believed, he didn’t know what he was
going to do, he felt like he didn’t know anything at all. He’d outlined his
life so perfectly, planned everything so perfectly, complete with Plan Bs and even
contingency plans for those. This, however, was something he’d never planned
for, had never in a million years expected, and he had no idea how to deal with
it, or even how to modify his perfectly laid out schemas to accept it. For the
first time in years, he simply didn’t know what to do.
Author P.K. Gallagher
Despite writing stories that take place almost exclusively in New England, speculative young adult fiction author P. K. Gallagher has lived in the suburbs of the south her entire life. It is to this that she attributes her love of the fantastic and the supernatural—writing such things was her only escape from the monotony of Suburbia. Gallagher graduated from Florida A&M University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a fervent desire to never set foot inside a newsroom again.
She currently lives in Atlanta and divides her time between working a day job, finishing her works in progress, and perfecting her plans for world domination.
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