No Shelter
From Darkness
Mark D.
Evans
Genre: Paranormal, Horror
Publisher: Booktrope
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?
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.
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:
11 comments:
This sounds like a great book! Putting it on my "Must-Read" list soon as I'm done entering this contest! Thanks for the giveaway :)
Thanks for the giveaway!
A very interesting time period & a most intriguing description & cover.
This sounds like a fascinating story! So now I add one more book to my TBR list!
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Love these scary stories written during difficult times. Hope I win a paper copy so my kids don't stumble across an ebook on our kindle or nook.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway! :D
A creepy book cover. Interesting.
Awesome giveaway!
Expert was great going to check this book out for sure.
Sounds like a great book. Adding to my to read list!
Sounds like a great book!
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