Vampire’s Bane
(Vampire’s Bane, #1)
by Suzannah Daniels
Publication date: April 14th 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult
Publication date: April 14th 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult
VAMPIRE’S BANE is a mature young
adult paranormal fantasy/romance/action & adventure/post-apocalyptic story.
Now available for pre-order on
Amazon…will be released on Amazon on April 14, 2015.
A lethal sword.
A dangerous mission.
A seventeen-year-old girl finding her
way in a world that is nothing like she remembered.
When Maylin Kavanagh’s parents
surrendered her to The Program, they swore it was for her protection. After
being confined in a small underground cell for nearly two years, she is finally
released.
But the world has changed.
Most of the populace has been wiped
out by a deadly disease, and the rules of society have regressed. But that’s
not the worst of it. When her group is kidnapped by a band of rogue vampires,
Maylin realizes the decline of the human population has brought other races to
the forefront—races she never knew existed. And now they’re all battling for
survival and power.
In his father’s absence, Thane
Warwick must lead his people. He has two priorities: find his father and find
humans who can supply blood to his tribe. Immediately intrigued by his latest
captive, he becomes interested in Maylin for more than just her blood, but he
soon discovers that he must make a choice between his father and her.
Despite their attraction, Maylin and
Thane each have an agenda, and only one can be the victor.
VAMPIRE’S BANE is the first book in
the VAMPIRE’S BANE series. While it does end at a natural turning point in the
heroine’s journey, it is an ongoing story, and not all questions will be
answered. You will need to read this series in order.
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I fired the gun.
Time slowed as the bullet spiraled
toward his shoulder.
Another shot rang out, though I had no
idea who had fired it.
My bullet pierced my target in the
shoulder. It pushed him back, but it didn’t knock him off his feet. He released
the girl, and her body crumpled to the ground. The second figure immediately
crouched over her.
I fired at the man still on his feet,
hitting him in the chest. His head snapped up, and he glared directly at me.
Shock assaulted my system. I sucked in
air, my mind desperately searching for some logic to apply to the scene before
me. His eyes glowed an eerie red, a luminous warning to stay back. Blood
dribbled down his chin. I fired a third time, but his swift movements caused my
bullet to miss its mark.
Before I could process what was
happening, he was on me, his hands holding my head like a vice. He bit into my
neck, and I swung my arms backward, hitting him with the butt of my gun.
“Enough!” a deep voice commanded.
My captor raised his head, but his
hands kept me firmly in their grasp. Someone was crying, but I couldn’t turn my
head to find the source.
A man stood in the shadows, and the two
strangers who had attacked us stood quietly, reluctant to release their
captives.
“I said ‘enough.’” The man strolled
calmly toward us. As he reached the soft glow of the fire, I realized that he
was tall, his body lean and muscular. He didn’t look nearly as old as I had
first guessed. His height and authoritative voice disguised his youthfulness,
and I detected just a hint of a European accent, probably British softened by
years of being in America.
“Thane, surely you realize we’re hungry
and there are so few of them left,” my captor implored in a soft Irish lilt.
“So you’ll solve our problem by killing
them?”
“I won’t, but….”
Even though he still gripped my head, I
took advantage of their distraction and snaked my gun across my waist and
between my side and left arm. I squeezed the trigger, sinking a bullet into my
captor’s stomach.
He grunted and hissed air out between
his teeth, but his grip never lessened. How was it possible that gunshots
seemed to have little effect on him?
In seconds, the one they had called
Thane gripped my wrist, the sudden movement knocking the gun from my hand. He
shoved my captor away from me and contained me with one arm wrapped around my
body like an impenetrable band of iron.
Thane chuckled softly over my head.
“Let’s not underestimate this one.”
Suzannah Daniels has had an affinity for words for as long as
she can remember. She grew up in North Georgia with four brothers, so
she learned at an early age to admire snakes and
motorcycles. When she wasn't pestering her brothers, she could
usually be found reading or writing.
She is the author of Viking's Embrace, a historical romance, and Ghostly Encounter, Book One of her Ghostly series (young adult paranormal romance).
Currently, she lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with her husband of twenty-six years and her teenage daughter. Her son lives nearby. The family pets include a Lab mix, a Basset Hound, a Shih Tzu, and a sweet, little kitty.
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