THE ARGENT STAR
by Emerson Fray
BLURB:
Ren Argent wanted to be an archeologist and spend her life exploring
the lost cities of Earth. But when a new
planet is discovered and her father is appointed King, she has to leave behind
everything she knows to rule over a place she’s only heard of in legends.
Not long after her arrival she discovers there are insurgents hiding
in the darkened forests and the planet is on the brink of civil war. It won’t be long until the Monarchy steps in
to “neutralize” the threat.
Will she be able to stop the hostile takeover? Or will her actions ignite a rebellion across
the universe?
EXCERPT:
“Why did you bring me here?” she asked. It was against Maks’s rules, and though Ren
had only known her a short time, Ren hadn’t thought Sheridan would break the
rules so easily. Yet she still brought
Ren to one of the places Maks had forbidden, and didn’t even know about.
“When one is battling a river it is best to travel with the
current,” Sheridan replied, a small smirk appearing. She knelt beside Ren and dipped her fingers
into the water, swirling them around to create a line of green light. “This place is magic; I thought you could use
some magic.”
“Magic isn’t real,” Ren said, although she enjoyed the idea
of it. She wasn’t one to shy away from
the entertaining tricks, from smoke and mirrors, but she knew it was just
that. Tricks. “There’s probably some kind of algae here to create
the glow, and maybe some kind of advan—”
“Not everything needs to be explained,” Sheridan said. “Sometimes it just is.”
That made Ren quiet and she kept her opinion to
herself. If the people of Novae believed
in certain magics then that was fine.
She didn’t want them to force their beliefs on her, so why should she
force hers on them?
“Thanks,” she mumbled, “for bringing me here. You know, you’re actually really sweet.”
Sheridan blanched, her hand stopping all motion and
remaining in the water. “What?”
“You try to hide it,” Ren said, her lips turning upwards,
“and you always have those things on your back.”
Sheridan tilted her head to glance at the weapons she was
never without. “They’re kamas,” she said
before looking back at Ren.
“But I can see it.
You act like you couldn’t care less about the world and what people
think but you like Novae.” Ren was
careful with her words. “You don’t like
the Monarchy.”
Sheridan took a deep breath.
“I don’t. And neither do you.”
AUTHOR BIO:
Emerson Fray
currently resides in Hamilton, Ontario.
While most of her stories happen on other planets, she remains on Earth
24/7 hunting down hawks and bugs to photograph, as well as chasing her mother’s
dog to reclaim stolen shoes. A self
taught Pokemon trainer and coffee lover, she spends most of her valuable time
pinning recipes she will never make on boards she will forget about.
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