Hello
and welcome to Monday. We hope your week is a good one. Take time to enjoy
yourselves. Maybe curl up with a good book. We have author Christian Cura in the house today for a quick chat. Welcome Christian!
SC: Tell me a little bit about your main character of this book.
CC: Daniela is someone who has grown up believing she is just an ordinary person. But when she is thrown into a perilous situation, she manifests new abilities that she never knew she had. This incident kicks off a journey of self-discovery that will lead her to some shocking answers.
SC: Ah, new abilities are always intriguing to us. Do you believe in the paranormal and if so, do you have an experience you can share?
CC: There is definitely a world beyond what we can see with our eyes. I remember waking up in the middle of a night feeling as though something was wrong. Like there was an evil presence in my room. Immediately I tried to pray to fend off the threat, but it was like there was an invisible hand trying to clamp my mouth shut. But I kept praying. The more I tried to move my lips, the more articulate my words became. Within seconds, the spirit or spirits fled my room.
SC: Well that's a good thing! Thanks for sharing. What titles are you working on now that you can tell us about?
CC: I’ve been toying with this idea of a girl with powers over ice and snow. She’s a hothead and undisciplined, but she must master her powers to overthrow her family’s evil regime. Her people believe her to be evil because the rest of her family is, but she’s not. With this book, I hope to show my readers that people can say whatever they want about you, that doesn’t make it true. You are not defined by other peoples’ words.
SC: True enough! Thanks for stopping by, let's take a look at your book now.
Christian Cura
Excerpt:
“Guys. We’ve
just been spotted,” Kara called over their skirmish.
The bickering
halted as the two women swiveled their heads, looking for the threat.
Four reptiles
exploded out of an alley and scrambled across the brick facades as “Another One
Bites the Dust” played in the background.
“Shit!” Selene
shouted. She stomped on the gas pedal, but the jeep barely accelerated.
“The food is
weighing us down!”
Nora intersected
her fingers, spoke a magical word, and the food glowed with her purple energy.
It lifted off the floor a few inches and the jeep sped up.
Wind blew
through the open cabin while the demons gave chase.
Kara’s heart
pounded as malevolent creatures glared at them from above.
Their muscular
legs sprinted over the windows and ledges, their long tails whipping behind
them.
Selene veered
around a corner and the inertia knocked Kara into the door.
Another group of
lizards emerged onto the street and scuttled after the jeep.
Kara unbuckled
her seatbelt and stood up. Her clothes rippled in the wind and her golden hair
lashed against her cheeks. A set of glowing knives appeared in her hands and
burned like stars as the evening settled. She hurled a knife at the closest
reptile and buried it in the demon’s eye.
The creature
tumbled to the street and before it hit the ground, Kara struck down another.
One of the demons took the lead on the right and pushed off the wall.
The lizard
twisted its body and lunged at her with claws outstretched.
She gasped and
ducked beneath it and watched as it flew over her head.
It landed on the
opposite sidewalk and bounded after them. The creature dove for the jeep, but
she pierced its throat with a dagger.
She ripped her
knife free just as another demon dropped from the air and latched onto the
vehicle.
Talons raked
across Kara’s chest, and she cried out. She staggered backward and repelled it
with a rippling shockwave.
Warm blood
seeped through her sweater as she hurled a dagger at the falling demon and finished
it off.
Glowing serpents
leaped out of the front passenger seat and strangled two more lizards.
Kara struck down
the last demon just as five more lizards scrambled around the corner.
She let her
weapons dissolve and brought her hands together at her middle. She muttered a
magical phrase as the wind drowned out her voice. Her center of power roared
like a furnace and unleashed waves of fire that surged into her hands. A white
ball of flame appeared between Kara’s palms and she pushed it forward, unleashing
a steady stream of fire over the street.
The roofs of the
buildings were instantly ablaze.
Demons were
consumed by the flames and Kara watched as their fiery corpses tumbled through
the air.
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