Silver Tears Series by Daniel J. Strait Book Tour and Giveaway :)
Trouganda
Silver
Tears Book 1
by
Daniel J. Strait
Genre:
SciFi Fantasy Adventure
Trained
in a deadly art and able to become...completely invisible
A
prophecy written over a millennium ago. A baby girl is born with a
birthmark matching the one described in the prophecy. Her parents
feared the worst so they fled from the elders. They found solace in
the small village of Jin, where Nakiata would be trained by the
greatest SOT Master ever known. After years of intense training,
Nakiata must face her Final Test. A test that would send her out into
a world of danger, mystery, and death. Nakiata would have to use
every skill she knew in order to survive the dangers and wonders of
...Trouganda.
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Lord Grundley, the employer of these two men. You were warned not to pursue me. These men have paid the price of your obsession. I will see you soon. Nakiata Nakiata attached the note to the shirt of the headless SOT master. She then grabbed their packs and went through them looking for anything of use. She found a piece of cloth which she then used to clean herself off and then she cleaned her blades before continuing on the path northeast as she searched for the Arkouda.
Zondura
Silver
Tears Book 2
A
New World Full of New Dangers and Wonders
Nakiata
and Dravone have found themselves on a strange new world. The moment
they arrive they are pitted against danger and have no choice but to
fight their way out of the castle of The Prowess. Caution and
concealment will be a must as they search for any help they can find
if any help is to be found as they venture across...Zondura.
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The
two guards shook their spears at her again and spouted something out
that Nakiata took as meaning, ‘Put down you weapons and surrender.’
Nakiata laughed, entered SOT, ducked and moved quickly to her left
avoiding spear tips that had been thrust where she had just been
standing. Nakiata
quickly killed the closest two guards by stabbing them in the chest.
She then moved through the middle of the confused guards and cut the
head of the next one. Nakiata then cut a leg off of two separate
guards simultaneously then moved back as several guards ran to the
aid of the injured. Nakiata then launched her next attack and
decapitated a guard who had knelt down to help one of the injured
guards. The
guards continued the efforts to help their injured comrades while
Nakiata picked the helpers off one by one. As their numbers began to
thin, the leader of the guards yelled something out and only two
guards stayed to help the fallen, leaving five guards standing around
the room waiting for Nakiata to strike at one of the two guards who
were helping the fallen. Nakiata
giggled at their tactics, which alerted the guards to her location.
She easily moved out of harm’s way as several of the guards threw
their spears at that spot. Nakiata then leapt off a dead body, sliced
the throat of the next guard and as soon as she hit the floor she
changed course so that she went in almost the opposite direction. As
the remaining four guards lunged at her supposed landing point,
Nakiata thrust one of her kharak blades deep into the chest of an
oncoming guard. Before the guard’s body hit the floor, Nakiata had
changed direction again. Placing a foot on another fallen victim, she
launched herself into the air and this time she decapitated two of
the guards and then immediately stabbed the final guard standing in
the chest. The
room was now almost void of movement with the exception of the two
guards who were still attending to the two guards missing a leg.
Nakiata slowly walked over to the first helper and stuck her blade
into the back of the helper’s neck and when Nakiata pulled her
blade back out the guard fell over dead. Nakiata then ran to the
other guard who stopped attending and was grabbing a spear when
Nakiata’s blade sliced cleanly through her neck allowing the
guard’s head to fall away from her body. Nakiata
reappeared in front of the two fallen guards covered in the blood of
their sisters. Both of the guards started pleading with Nakiata in
their native tongue. Not understanding a word, Nakiata walked over in
between the two guards as they continued to plea and with
considerable force Nakiata made a downward thrust and stabbed both
guards in the chest. The
room was now silent and all motion had ceased, allowing Nakiata to
look around the room for anything she could use to clean herself up.
She then noticed a couple of barrels in a corner of the room; one was
empty but the other was full of what appeared to be water. Nakiata
then cut a clean piece of cloth away from one of the dead guards and
proceeded to clean herself and her gear. She then cut out another
sizeable piece of cloth and dried herself and her gear off. Once she
and all of her gear were clean and dry she entered SOT, went over to
the outer door and slowly opened it.
Vazdrag
Silver
Tears Book 3
Three
of the five members of The Prophecy have been found. Nakiata who is a
Shadow of Thought or S.O.T. master along with Dravone, a Morphan
which is like a werewolf, and Ka'tia, the newest member who is a
princess from Zondura and a fierce warrior. They had just walked
through the Black Door on Zondura and find themselves lost in the
dark. Eventually the three of them loosely ally themselves with the
Roarrgs who send them on a mission in exchange for knowledge about
The Prophecy. Before long they face enemies more powerful than before
and the fights become epic. Soon they begin to realize the road to
knowledge has more danger than they bargained for and they must use
all of their skills and tap into some they didn't know they had to
endure the reality that is Vazdrag.
Promnarr spun around, saw the disc on the ground, and then roared through his helmet. He quickly tapped on his left forearm and vanished from sight. Nakiata knew immediately that a fight was about to begin, so she yelled out, “Ka’tia, get on the ship!” Then she pushed Dravone to her left just in time to keep him from being hit dead-on by the blast from Promnarr’s weapon. The blast grazed her left arm, causing a searing pain to race through her body, which in turn made Nakiata scream in pain. The graze left a burn mark on her arm. Nakiata focused on putting the pain out of her mind and yelled at Dravone, “Get to the ship and help Ka’tia!” Then she vanished into S.O.T. and began to move around the roof top. Dravone ran for the stairway as fast as he could and just avoided another blast from Promnarr’s weapon. He made it to the stairway in a few seconds and was out of danger for now. Promnarr kept circling the edge of the rooftop to keep Nakiata from pinpointing his exact position. However, he failed to realize that Nakiata had just positioned herself in the center of the roof and was vigorously focused on finding him. Nakiata was having a hard time reaching, let alone keeping, the level of concentration she needed to find Promnarr as well as stay in pure S.O.T. due to the pain from her arm. Promnarr began to circle the rooftop as he tapped on his forearm, causing the view in his helmet to change. Promnarr was now able to see the heat coming from Nakiata’s body. He smiled, raised his weapon and depressed the tiny button on the handle, which allowed his weapon to charge between shots. The button made a very faint “click,” which was just enough noise to give away his location. Nakiata sprang into action and rolled to her left and dodged the blast. Promnarr growled in frustration and fired his rifle a little faster than before, but Nakiata moved and avoided being hit just like the Ugs. Finally, he stopped and held his position while contacting the Black Grissarr, “Activate external auditory amplifiers and set them to translate everything I say!” “Yes sir. Amplifiers active.” Nakiata was caught a little off guard when the ship itself began speaking to her: “Do you realize what you’ve done? You have sided with the enemy. The Ugs have brainwashed you. They tricked you into doing their dirty work.” “I have not been tricked by the Ugs, and I have no idea what brainwashing is, but it hasn’t happened to me. Besides, they’ve shown me the true nature of the Roarrgs along with some of the cruel things the Roarrgs have done!” Nakiata yelled as she moved around to keep Promnarr from zeroing in on her position.
Daniel J Strait lives and works in Indiana. He spends lots of his free time with his family and whenever he gets the chance he continues to write the Silver Tears series of books.
Q: Tell us about a favorite character
from a book.
A: A favorite character would have to
be the main character. I envy her strength and that fact that she
doesn’t let hardly anything stand in her way. Yes, she might be a
bit arrogant, but she is fearless, granted she has no remorse and
feels nothing for those she’s killed.
Q: What made you want to become an
author and do you feel it was the right decision?
A: The main reason I became an author
is because I wanted to tell a story where the main character wouldn’t
be flawed by emotions. She is a true cold-blooded killer. I wanted
the reader to enjoy the story and see just how terrible she could be
and yet be cheering for her to win at the same time and not be
weakened by her feelings.
Q: A day in the life of the author?
A: Is an awesome day when it happens,
there’s nothing more fun that using my imagination to create
strange and unique things that, as far as I know, no one else has
ever thought of.
Q: Advice I would give to new authors?
A: Never be afraid to write anything.
Get it down on paper, then read it aloud to yourself, that helps you
to catch simple mistakes, and never ever give up. Even if it takes a
hundred re-writes stay true to your characters. Plots can change,
sometimes for the better, sometimes not so much, but keep writing. If
you’re unsure about how to write something, there is an entire
world of help online that you can find the answer to help you get it
down.
Q: Describe your writing style.
A: My writing style is that of a story
teller, or so I’ve been told. I just write and get my story out
there, so far many people really like the story. It is unique, even
if it has similarities to other stories people have read.
Q: What makes a good story?
A: Don’t go crazy over extreme
details, great dialogue is best. Make your story flow and make sure
you have continuity throughout the story.
Q: What are they currently reading?
A: Currently, it’s taking me a long
time but I have been reading: Song of the Saurials by Kate Novak and
Jeff Grubb. It’s the third book in the Finder Stone Trilogy. The
first book was Azure Bonds, one of my favorite books.
Q: What is your writing process? For
instance do you do an outline first? Do you do the chapters first?
What are common traps for aspiring writers?
A: I definitely outline the main plot
first and then go from there. It’s not uncommon for me to go off on
a tangent, but I do make my way back to the main plot. Sometimes I
change the outline as I go because I have a better idea or I feel the
one in my outline no longer fits the storyline. Chapters just kind of
show up when they do, lol. A common trap for aspiring writers I’ve
heard and experienced is they go too much into detail about the
mundane in an effort to keep the story flowing. Let your story do its
thing. You can always go back and re-read/re-write as needed to fill
in some pages. Don’t get stuck with description.
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