No
Shelter From Darkness
(The
Cruentus Saga, Book
One)
By Mark
D. Evans
Genre: Paranormal, HorrorPublisher: Booktrope
Number of pages: 304
Cover Artist: Greg Simanson
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Book Description:
“Her hands began to shake as she
looked down wide-eyed at the blood-soaked cotton that covered her.” London emerges from the Blitz, and every corner of the city bears the scars. In the East End—a corner fairing worse than most—thirteen year-old Beth Wade endures this new way of life with her adoptive family. She also suffers the prejudice against her appearance, an abiding loneliness and now the trials of adolescence. But with this new burden comes a persisting fatigue and an unquenchable thirst that ultimately steals her into unconsciousness . . .
What happens next is the start of something Beth will fear more than the war itself. She begins to change in ways that can’t be explained by her coming-of-age, none more frightening than her need to consume blood. The family who took her in and the former best friend who’s taken refuge in their house can never know. Aware of the danger she poses to everyone around her, Beth has never felt more alone. But someone else knows Beth’s secret . . . someone who understands just how different she really is. He alone can decrypt her past and explain her future. But he’s been sworn to destroy her kind, and as Beth grows ever more dangerous, he’s forced to take sides.
Can Beth keep all of the secrets? Can she trust a man sworn to kill her? And can she stop the vampire within from taking her humanity?
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Short
Excerpt:
Beth breathed
furiously. She was exhausted, but the air she breathed had a new scent to it.
It stopped her short. Her insides jumped in excitement at the rusty metallic
scent. Her jaw twitched and her body flinched. She spun her head around, toward
the aroma. Oliver had felt his way back to the uneven wall and leant against it
cradling his arm. He sobbed and whimpered, while looking aimlessly at it. Beth
could see what he couldn’t: a jagged edge of bone poking out from his forearm.
He was slightly sheltered under the broken floorboards above him, and the rain
wasn’t washing away the blood that now oozed freely. Beth didn’t need to see
everything. She could smell it.
Beautiful,
delicious, unparalleled and unbeatable human blood.
Her head tipped
forward. Her nose flared involuntarily and her lips snarled into a sadistic smile.
She felt the four pointed canines being pushed out; unsheathed. The tip of her
tongue curled under one of the two fangs that slid down. Her heart deafened the
rain and the approaching bombers. Almost subconsciously, she lowered herself
into a half-crouch, ready to pounce, and though her nails were trimmed short,
her fingers curled into claws. She couldn’t even feel the hole in her palm any
more. She felt nothing at all except raging bloodlust. Her brother leant there
sobbing, oblivious to the bloodthirsty creature no more than a yard away that
wanted nothing more than to cover everything with his precious life force. To
swim in his blood.
Beth could
almost taste it.
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My Review:
I enjoyed this interesting story. I did not know what the Blitz was when reading the blurb for this book and for others who could have no idea, it is 1940's London, where citizens had homemade shelters to protect themselves from dropped bombs. I was slowly pulled into caring for Beth and felt for her in her confusion and fear in this scary time period. Her struggles to just get through the days, between her mysterious disorder and being bullied in school. This book did start out slowly but eventually did inch its way into my mind until I did not want it to finish. The mystery surrounding Beth was so absorbing and intriguing that I was disappointed when it ended. I am truly looking forward to the next book in this saga, hoping that more of the enigma is revealed. This tale is filled with dramatic suspense and leave you craving more.
I enjoyed this interesting story. I did not know what the Blitz was when reading the blurb for this book and for others who could have no idea, it is 1940's London, where citizens had homemade shelters to protect themselves from dropped bombs. I was slowly pulled into caring for Beth and felt for her in her confusion and fear in this scary time period. Her struggles to just get through the days, between her mysterious disorder and being bullied in school. This book did start out slowly but eventually did inch its way into my mind until I did not want it to finish. The mystery surrounding Beth was so absorbing and intriguing that I was disappointed when it ended. I am truly looking forward to the next book in this saga, hoping that more of the enigma is revealed. This tale is filled with dramatic suspense and leave you craving more.
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About
the Author:
MARK D. EVANS was born near
London, England. He graduated university with a degree in something not even
remotely connected with writing and went on to become a successful consultant.
Then he threw it all away to chase his dream of being an author, via a
considerable amount of travelling. Today, his life largely resembles that of a
nomad, and he can currently be found typing away in a tiny flat in north
London, sustained by coffee.
He is the author of two short
stories, one of which made it into a Kindle Top Ten.
His latest work is his debut
novel, No Shelter from Darkness, which is the first book in his series, The
Cruentus Saga.
Visit Mark online:
Twitter: @TheMarkDEvan
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/markdevans
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