Today begins the first day of the October Frights Blog Hop!
I have a week of delights for you, as do all the are lovely authors along this dark path known as October Frights. To kick things off, I have a peek at Emerian Rich's new vampire book,
Dusk’s Warriors (we are also a stop on her
Blog Tour) and an excerpt.
Take it away Emerian...
Since this is a horror crowd, I
thought I’d share a particularly horrifying scene from my new novel Dusk’s Warriors.
Would you agree to do the
Devil’s bidding if he presented you with a choice?
Pain or compliance?
Excerpt
from Dusk’s Warriors
“I see. You’re fed up. You want out.
You need some convincing.” Satan smiled, double rows of sharpened teeth
gleaming in the dim light. “I can be very convincing.”
Darkness grew in around them and the
room spun. When light returned, they were in a different place. A deep pit
stretched out before them with hundreds of bodies writhing in razor wire. The
victims tried desperately to leave, to sit up, to extricate themselves from the
wire, but could not. Bodies—bloodied and raw—undulated in the pit of
hopelessness. Those that lay still appeared asleep or dead. Moans and screams
echoed in the hot chamber. Ripping skin and puss-filled sores consumed Ridge’s
vision as he wondered, could he withstand such pain?
“Convinced yet?”
Ridge couldn’t say a thing. He stood
staring at the struggling bodies as they continued to fight their way out.
Something bit him on his right
forearm and he moved his jacket sleeve up to see what it was. A rip in his skin
ached and bled. Some sort of metal object protruded from the wound. Ridge plucked
it from his skin, but it didn’t come free easily. Something was attached to it
and seemed to drag along his bone as he pulled. Yanking harder on the piece
sent waves of pain throughout his arm and body. An inhuman moan escaped him as
the object tore at the inside of his arm. The cord attached, didn’t seem to
end.
“Stop this!” Ridge yelled.
“It’s only one piece on one location
of your body. Think if you were in it all day and all night, forever. Think of
the pain. Think of the agony. Think of the places it…might…
creep.”
Sharp prickles shot through Ridge’s
groin and backside.
“Stop! Stop!”
“Still want to give up our deal?”
“No, stop!”
“Say it.”
“Say what?”
“Say you’ll do whatever I ask to
settle us up.”
Although in immense pain, Ridge
hesitated. The statement “whatever I ask” seemed too wide for him. What if it
turned into an unending life sentence?
The pain increased, shooting through
his right leg, making him fall to one knee.
“Okay, okay!”
“Okay what?”
“Okay, I’ll get you another soul.”
The devil smiled, placing his hand
on Ridge’s shoulder. Sharp claws dug into his shoulder blade as the room
dimmed. The pit and tortured souls disappeared and the light increased. They
were back in Satan’s office. Stepping around Ridge to his desk, the devil sat
in his chair, putting his feet up on the desk.
“Now, let’s have a coffee, shall we?”
The pain in Ridge’s limbs subsided,
allowing him to stand without further trauma to his nervous system.
“Yeah,” Ridge said as he sat in an
office chair, wiping sweat and blood from his brow.
Heaven has opened up and welcomed the vampires of Night’s Knights into a new reality. As
they struggle to find their place in their new world, trouble brews on Earth.
Demon servant, Ridge, is causing havoc by gathering up all
the souls on Earth that have been touched by immortality. When he injures one
of the Night’s Knights crew, he
launches a war between the vampires of Heaven, the Big Bad in Hell, and a
mortal street gang of vigilante misfits.
Will Julien, Markham, and Reidar be able to defeat the evil
that’s returned, or will they once again need Jespa’s help?
Praise for Dusk’s Warriors:
“All hail, the
queen of Night's Knights has
returned! Emerian Rich's unique take on vampires delights my black little
heart.” ~Dan Shuarette, Lilith's Love
“A world of horror
with realistic characters in a fast paced thriller you won't be able to put
down.”
~David Watson, The All Night Library
Praise for Night’s
Knights:
“Fresh, original,
and thoroughly entertaining.” ~Mark Eller, Traitor
“Emerian brought
the Vampire Novel back from the dead.” ~C. E. Dorsett, Shine Like Thunder
Emerian Rich is an artist, horror
host, and author of the vampire series, Night’s
Knights. She is the hostess of
the internationally acclaimed podcast, HorrorAddicts.net. Under the name Emmy
Z. Madrigal, she writes the musical romance series, Sweet Dreams and she’s the Editorial Director for the Bay Area
magazine, SEARCH. She lives in the
San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and son.
But first check out our giveaway.
October Frights Book Giveaway
And for more October Frights fun check out the other sites on the hop.
