The Storm Song - Excerpt - Flying Sparks - A Novel – An Approaching Danger
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
Danger.
Warmth fled, reds faded, oranges flickered, yellows weakened, hungry leaves suddenly glowed with green as only the blue and violet fought their way through the atmosphere that was even now heralding the approaching disturbance. The faint atmospheric pressure changes barely registered on his outer surface yet in air this thin. However hard experience had taught him that even this still, thin air could send even rocks tumbling when once it began to stir. The flat taste of the garden would be replaced with the light and pleasant tang of shifting charges and the music of the mountain would pound around him. To experience the symphony was the main reason he had ventured out today. There was very little he enjoyed more in this exile than to plant himself here and listen to the world cry out around him; but the small figure sprawled at his base presented a problem.
He had not had a chance to interact with the young of this world since he had arrived, but it was clear that they were every bit as fragile as the mature members of their species. However, this particular ember had shown sensitivity to the waves that he had never seen in any of the adults he had worked with over the years. Hopefully the little one would feel the oncoming storm and retreat to his home and safety but time rolled on and the human only seemed to grow lethargic. The deep red from the lone star overhead seemed to have lulled the ember into sleep, thought his membrane danced with a vigorous defense at the high violets. After a moment’s calculation he decided that he could not wait any longer. It would be far too dangerous for the human ember to linger in the garden. The laws that bound him forbade him from interacting with any outside of the base but there were more subtle ways to get his point across. He began to sing softly of the approaching storm, hoping the youth would understand.
Science Fantasy Adventure Story
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Audio Narration and Animation - https://youtu.be/8wOHkDy8_sc
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
Danger.
Warmth fled, reds faded, oranges flickered, yellows weakened, hungry leaves suddenly glowed with green as only the blue and violet fought their way through the atmosphere that was even now heralding the approaching disturbance. The faint atmospheric pressure changes barely registered on his outer surface yet in air this thin. However hard experience had taught him that even this still, thin air could send even rocks tumbling when once it began to stir. The flat taste of the garden would be replaced with the light and pleasant tang of shifting charges and the music of the mountain would pound around him. To experience the symphony was the main reason he had ventured out today. There was very little he enjoyed more in this exile than to plant himself here and listen to the world cry out around him; but the small figure sprawled at his base presented a problem.
He had not had a chance to interact with the young of this world since he had arrived, but it was clear that they were every bit as fragile as the mature members of their species. However, this particular ember had shown sensitivity to the waves that he had never seen in any of the adults he had worked with over the years. Hopefully the little one would feel the oncoming storm and retreat to his home and safety but time rolled on and the human only seemed to grow lethargic. The deep red from the lone star overhead seemed to have lulled the ember into sleep, thought his membrane danced with a vigorous defense at the high violets. After a moment’s calculation he decided that he could not wait any longer. It would be far too dangerous for the human ember to linger in the garden. The laws that bound him forbade him from interacting with any outside of the base but there were more subtle ways to get his point across. He began to sing softly of the approaching storm, hoping the youth would understand.
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/8wOHkDy8_sc
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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