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What would you do if you held infinite power
in the palm of your hand?
Order of the Seers begins with the journey of Liam and Lilith Knight, a brother and sister who are hunted by The Guild, a ruthless world organization that seeks to capture and exploit Lilith's unique ability as a Seer to envision the future. Soon after they are forced to leave their home, Lilith and Liam discover that she is not alone. Other Seers like Lilith are routinely kidnapped and enslaved by the Guild for the purpose of consolidating wealth and power around the world... see more on GoodreadsWhat would you do if you held infinite power
in the palm of your hand?
In The Red Order, Book II in the Order of the Seers Trilogy:
The Lost Seers embark upon a world-wide mission to save their kind from the tyranny of the Guild and unveil their greatest weapon - Developed in secret, The Restoration Project has the potential to awaken the supernatural ability within every man, woman, and child on earth and bring down the very foundation of the Guild’s power and authority.
But the Guild has other plans. Driven by the necessity for control, Crane Le Dieu creates The Red Order... see more on Goodreads.
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Order of the Seers
Chapter 1: The End
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Liam was losing his patience. “Aw, come on! Are you serious? You can’twant to ride this thing again!”
Instead
of answering her older brother, Lilli remained in her seat asthe Ferris
wheel conductor looked on expectantly, hand outstretched andwaiting for
another two tokens.
The
way Lilli’s skinny arms hugged her book bag while she staredblankly at
the pressed metal floor of their “Fairy Land Caboose” made ithard for
Liam to stay angry. The sight of her looking so dejected softened him
enough to give the conductor his fifth set of tokens in less than 45
minutes. Liam settled back into his seat just as the lap bar clamped
down uncomfortably against his thighs.
“Lilli, say something. Why’d you drag me out here if you were just gonna sulk? I hate the carnival, you know that.”
“I
know something… okay? Just… trust me. We have to stay here.” Her voice
was so low he could barely hear her over the wind-up music that was
blaring from the overhead speakers.
“Did Mom say something to you?”
Lilli responded to his question with silence and a barely discernable shake of her head back and forth. He tried again.
They
both fell silent again as Liam took in the latest weird thing of the
day. Lilith Knight, or Lilli as she preferred to be called, had always
been strange. Even when she was five, she could beat Liam at chess
lazily, without even thinking about it. She would find things and give
them to you before you asked
for them. Before you, or even she, knew why. Up until recently, he
thought she was just a freak. No biggie. All little sisters are like
that, he told himself.
It
was only in the past few months that his perception of her began to
shift, after her prediction that he would catch his new girlfriend,
Krista, kissing his teammate Lance in the locker room after their
championship game. At the time, he’d brushed off her premonition as
meddling. Krista wasn’t even his girlfriend and his team was 1-1 with
the whole basketball season ahead of them.
He’d
forgotten her warning completely until two months later when he ran
back into the locker room after winning the championship to get the
jacket he’d left behind and immediately smelled Krista’s perfume. When
he found them, two thoughts
overshadowed the scene unfolding in front of him. The first was that
what they were doing wasn’t really “kissing,” though he could see how a
sheltered thirteen-year-old would describe it that way. His
second thought was that Lilli was right; she was exactly right. He was
so stunned by Lilli’s accuracy that he didn’t even bother to disturb
them, leaving his new ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend to their
business. From thatmoment,
Liam understood that Lilli wasn’t just a freak, or more accurately, that
she wasn’t a freak at all. She was special…gifted.
The
sound of Lilli’s sniffling followed by the trembling of her body as she
began to cry uncontrollably broke the long silence that had fallen
between them. What the…, Liam half-mumbled as his mind swung from
irritation to absolute bewilderment. Slowly and deliberately, Liam moved
his
palms down the front of
his face as he fought the urge to shake the truth right out of her and
end whatever this was. But he couldn’t. She’s so brittle already, he
thought, without any idea as to why. So instead, he reached out to envelop his sister in his arms, trying to soothe her and comfort her from some unknown force.
“Lilli, it’s all right. I’m sorry, okay? Don’t cry. Just… tell me what’s going on. Why are we here?”
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Instead of spending my days imagining worst case scenarios, I am now on the front lines of true disaster prevention – treading the fine line between boo-boos and permanent brain damage, fighting crimes of curiosity, omission, absent-mindedness and sleep deprivation. I carry others down the winding, bumpy road of youth that starts out at the nexus of unique and brilliant but intersects with narcissistic serial killer at some distant point I hope fervently to avoid. As you might have guessed, I am a wife and mother of 2 small children. Luckily, my family lights up the sky so I never stumble too hard or lose my way.
I would lament the luxury of needless worry, but alas, I don’t have the energy. As I write this, I am losing a battle fought between my trusty sponge and a hardened glob of half-eaten cheese that traveled from the kitchen to the living room rug in the palm of a very small, but mischievous hand. Its stronghold on the fibers suggests occupancy of at least 2 days, but I’ll never know for sure. Rather than despair, I’ve chosen to retreat to my keyboard, noting that I have won the war - most of the rug is un-cheesed.
Before I worried. Now, I write.
I look forward to slowly, quietly, in my own shy way, becoming a part of this community. If you would like to get to know me and my work a bit better, you can visit me...
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This looks and sounds like it could be a great read. I really like the covers too:)
ReplyDeleteI like the covers as well. Pretty but creepy.
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