In a Name - Excerpt 25 - Flying Sparks - A Novel – A Song in the Forest
Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.
Excerpt 25
Drake stood in the moonlit garden staring up at the impossible scene in front of him. A towering giant of living crystal knelt in front of Ama singing the most beautiful song he had ever heard. Its head was raised to the heavens and its great hands were stretched out as if in supplication. Light flowed through and out of the powerful body. Brother and sister reached out and grasped hands as they watched in wonderment. The song finally faded and Ama gasped in the sudden silence. The alien was staring down at them expectantly.
“What was that?” she asked.
“His name,” Drake breathed in awe.
Ama nodded and took a deep breath. Drake couldn’t be sure, but it seemed to him that the lights from Bole shifted just as uncomfortably.
“Well, I am Amadahy Galilahi Love and you have met my brother Drake Awiegwa McCarty.”
Bole nodded and smiled warmly down at Drake, sending an odd thrill through the youth.
“I,” Ama hesitated and frowned. “What can I call you? I can’t mimic the sounds I heard let alone the light display that I was able to see, and were you using heat signatures as well?”
“Yes, the temperature differentials were part of my designation,” Bole stated even as his body flowed once more into the shape of a bear.
His outer membrane darkened down to black. He would not pass as a bear in the daylight, even under the moon he gleamed like obsidian but strolling through the forest he made a passable ursine. Ama had to admit that she somehow found this form far more comforting than the crystal colossus. The alien seemed to be hesitating and glancing at Drake as if waiting for him to say something but finally spoke.
“The soldiers on base simply call me Bard,” he finally said, “It is a diminutive of the translation of my name. This is Sever.”
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Audio Narration and Animation https://youtu.be/fO75wuimAQI
Indiegogo https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flying-sparks-a-novel-of-dragon-bear-and-boy/x/20737048#/
Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humansareweird/flying-sparks-volume-1-science-fantasy-novel
Humans are Weird Books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00WQ0MDD4/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=3974e835-72b1-447d-8da0-a11f0b13024d&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr
Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.
Excerpt 25
Drake stood in the moonlit garden staring up at the impossible scene in front of him. A towering giant of living crystal knelt in front of Ama singing the most beautiful song he had ever heard. Its head was raised to the heavens and its great hands were stretched out as if in supplication. Light flowed through and out of the powerful body. Brother and sister reached out and grasped hands as they watched in wonderment. The song finally faded and Ama gasped in the sudden silence. The alien was staring down at them expectantly.
“What was that?” she asked.
“His name,” Drake breathed in awe.
Ama nodded and took a deep breath. Drake couldn’t be sure, but it seemed to him that the lights from Bole shifted just as uncomfortably.
“Well, I am Amadahy Galilahi Love and you have met my brother Drake Awiegwa McCarty.”
Bole nodded and smiled warmly down at Drake, sending an odd thrill through the youth.
“I,” Ama hesitated and frowned. “What can I call you? I can’t mimic the sounds I heard let alone the light display that I was able to see, and were you using heat signatures as well?”
“Yes, the temperature differentials were part of my designation,” Bole stated even as his body flowed once more into the shape of a bear.
His outer membrane darkened down to black. He would not pass as a bear in the daylight, even under the moon he gleamed like obsidian but strolling through the forest he made a passable ursine. Ama had to admit that she somehow found this form far more comforting than the crystal colossus. The alien seemed to be hesitating and glancing at Drake as if waiting for him to say something but finally spoke.
“The soldiers on base simply call me Bard,” he finally said, “It is a diminutive of the translation of my name. This is Sever.”
Science Fantasy Adventure Story
100K Words
Order Now!
#FoundFamily #AlternateHistory #FlyingSparks #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Story #novel #book #Fluff #Angst #AlternateUniverse #Hurt/Comfort #Family #Friendship #love #Violence #Death #FluffandAngst #Parenthood #SupernaturalElements #CharacterDeath #ModernEra #Hurt #Trauma #Domestic #MythicalBeings&Creatures #DrakeMcCarty #AmaLove #Donny #Em #Bard #Bole #Aliens #Spaceships #Crystals #fireflies #NPS #NationalPark #Doctor #Sever #family #storm #writing #reading #drama #literature #author #BettyAdams #DyingEmbers #Dragons #ThingsThatGoBoomp #Indiegogo #CrowdFunding #Injury #Siblings #Enemies
Audio Narration and Animation https://youtu.be/fO75wuimAQI
Indiegogo https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flying-sparks-a-novel-of-dragon-bear-and-boy/x/20737048#/
Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humansareweird/flying-sparks-volume-1-science-fantasy-novel
Humans are Weird Books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00WQ0MDD4/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=3974e835-72b1-447d-8da0-a11f0b13024d&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr
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