Meet the Grand Masters - FREE eBook 28-29

Who are the Grand Masters?

The twelve Grand Masters on the Council are the most powerful entities in the galaxy, or so they claim. Their psychic powers are immense and secret.

At the beginning of Book 1, Grand Master’s Pawn, much of the information about the Grand Masters is unknown. The new pawn, Violet, learns about them through her empathic sense and conversations with the other pawns. Finally, she meets her Grand Master, Athanor, and two others. Exposure to a Grand Master’s power can be lethal to ordinary people. Fortunately, Violet is protected by her secret psychic power.

During Book 2, Grand Master’s Game, Violet meets all of the Grand Masters on the Council. She learns their names, auras and some of their emblems. Some are her allies, others are deadly enemies. The twelve Grand Masters include six humans, male and female, and six aliens. We will learn more about the aliens in Book 3.

Human Grand Masters

Nathan, Lord of Lightning, is the Chair of the Council. His eyes flash green psi fire and his emblem is a bolt of lightning. He is proud and dominates the Council.

Pashtari Hanuman, is the oldest of the Grand Masters. He has a benign face, like a Buddha, and yellow-white aura. His emblem is a white monkey. Hanuman is the monkey-faced Hindu god.

Morrigu, the Red Queen, is a prominent adversary in the books. She has four arms and strawberry blonde braids in a hideous amalgam of Celtic and Hindu mythology. Red is her psi color and her avatar is a red cobra, poised to strike.

Garron Lionheart has a handsome face with golden hair and blue eyes. His emblem is the lion rampant.

Ravaleen, the Meilai of Marina, is a green skinned woman with flaming green eyes and turquoise hair. She is as beautiful as a fairy queen.  

Athanor Griffin is the youngest of the Grand Masters. He attended the Terran Space Academy at the same time as Violet’s parents. He has a hooked nose, long black hair and glowing blue eyes. His emblem is the griffin rampant. Athanor took a risk when he selected Violet as his pawn because her father prophesied the doom of the Council of Twelve Grand Masters.

Alien Grand Masters

Radjuser resembles an orange octopus. He emits orange slime and psi fires. He was killed at the end of Book 1.

Amarylla Threeleaf is a planetoid alien. She has three pink petals and trailing roots. Her aura is pink and her emblem is a trefoil.

Umloa Thundercloud is an amoeboid, a semi-transparent green blob filled with bubbles.

Baxicki is a brown insectoid with six thin legs.

Eziz looks like a bunch of dry twigs with dots of gold eyes at the tips.

Sulkar is a yellow pebble covered with undulating filaments.

How can you become a Grand Master?

To achieve the status of Grand Master involves:

1. An inherited potential for psi talent.

2. Training to control your talent, since nascent psi powers can be erratic.

3. An initiation ordeal. The details are secret, although not everyone will survive the horrid ritual.

Blurb

“The Council of Twelve will be destroyed.” Prophesy of Frank Hunter.

Young empath, Violet Hunter, travels the galaxy on missions for her mysterious Grand Master using the vast web of teleportals. Life-threatening cracks appear in the portals and Violet agrees to investigate the disruptions. When she discovers the perpetrator comes from within the ranks of the Twelve Grand Masters, Violet penetrates their curtain of secrecy to fulfill her task. Armed with only her erratic powers and a mishmash of allies, she must challenge the most powerful beings in the galaxy.

Book 1 will be FREE August 28-29^th.

Buy Links:

Book 1, Grand Master’s Pawn: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TP1N5PM

Book 2, Grand Master’s Game: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0104OFJJ8

Follow YA/NA BlogFest in August and September

YA/NA Blog Fest will run for two months with posts from different authors about their books. Read the authors’ posts, two each day, at http://mycrazzycorner.blogspot.com/

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Many of my Science Fiction and Fantasy stories have Young Adult or New Adult protagonists

New Adult Stories

A Tale of Two Colonies will be 99c for August

Tiger Lily searches for the missing colony, fights giant arthropods and finds her match. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MFY8A5Q

The Grand Master’s Trilogy, Book 1 & 2.

Empath Violet hunts the secret of the Grand Masters

Space Operetta, Captured by the Hawk

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MYHSC52

Young Adult Story

Rosemary’s Quest http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N9QJRQ0/

Fantasy set in medieval world of magic.

New Release - Alchemist's Kiss by AR DeClerck

Blurb: TO SAVE HIS FUTURE HE MUST FACE HIS PAST.

Icarus Kane is the warden of London, having taken the city and all its people under his protection. A dark wizard has come to call, threatening Icarus, his friends and all he holds dear. It will take all his skill as a wizard and an alchemist, and all his courage as a man, to face his oldest enemy. With his companions, Cora Mae Jenkins and Archimedes Merriweather, Icarus will have to face his past in order to save his future.

PREORDER LINK: http://www.amazon.com/Alchemists-Kiss-AR-DeClerck-ebook/dp/B010MOJXRE/ref

Author Bio:

AR DeClerck is a wife and mother of 2 daughters. She lives in the Quad Cities, IL and works as a dialysis technician. She grew up in the mountains of NC and has always been an avid reader. She started writing in high school and never stopped.

AR writes romance novels in many sub genres. She publishes through Nevermore Press and currently has 3 novels available with a few more in the works and thousands more in her head. She credits her love of reading and writing to her mother who always has a book handy.

A note about Forged in Fire:

Forged in Fire started with Gin Draven. He was as real to me as any person I have ever known. One day the words “Steel is forged in fire” popped into my head. I thought about what those words might mean, and Gin was born. He is a tough SOB with a scar on his face and a heart of gold. Once upon a time he was in love with a woman who betrayed him, and he turned the tables and left her to die. I thought about what a man like that might live for, and his galaxy was born. Eight beautiful planets surrounding a young red sun, and one of those planets was destroyed. Now Gin has something to live for, the utter destruction of the Boderians who attacked his people.

Every hero needs an equal. Enter Maeve. She is a princess. A mother. A soldier who secretly fought in the war without her parents’ knowledge. She is also the woman Gin Draven once loved. I think Maeve came to life the moment Gin Draven did, because they belong to each other. Even if they didn’t know it at the time. 

Forged in Fire is a story about learning to trust. Fighting for what you want. Surviving no matter what. Because it’s true: Steel is forged in fire.

Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/authoramydeclerck    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/@ARDeClerck

Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Forged-Fire-AR-DeClerck-ebook/dp/B00R3B0ZFE

Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/forged-in-fire-ar-declerck/1121005171?ean=2940046494686

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23922743-forged-in-fire

Snippet for Science Fiction & Fantasy Saturday: Grand Master's Pawn

Welcome to Science Fiction & Fantasy Saturday, where writers post a few lines of their stories. Enjoy the snippets and leave a comment!

Here is a piece from my WIP, which is epic science fiction with paranormal, and Book 1 in a trilogy. Violet Hunter has been selected to serve as the pawn of one of the powerful Grand Masters, following her dream of exploring exotic planets. The Grand Master is unaware of her secrets; she is an empath with the task of identifying the evil Grand Masters. Here is their first meeting, where she sees only his griffin avatar:

Snippet

Two blue beams emerged from the round eyes of an ugly stone griffin, casting a weird light over the walls of the small room. A deep, resonant voice spoke, “I am the Grand Master and you will serve as my pawn.”

“Yes, Grand Master,” Violet said, refusing to show fear at the eerie, disembodied voice. “What may I call you?”

“You will call me Grand Master,” the haughty voice held an unpleasant edge.

Violet resolved to assert her independence instead of retreating into her usual passive acceptance, and said indignantly, “Grand Master, do your pawns have individual names?”

The room vibrated and psychic pressure built up against her. “You are insolent, Violet Hunter!” the Grand Master growled.

Shivering at the menace in his words, she stepped back against the wall, and instinctively shielded her mind. His psychic power was impressive since he was not physically in the room. Unexpectedly, Violet sensed a faint drift of amusement, the mental equivalent of a smile.

“Hunter is a good name for your vocation,” he remarked in a milder tone.

Violet stiffened; he must never learn the truth. She hunted him.

The full story, Grand Master's Pawn, is in its final day on kindle scout, where you can read the first two chapters. I plan to publish soon, whatever Amazon decides. 

Please leave a comment, and return to SFFSat to read the snippets from other writers.