Please help me welcome Author Jessica O'Gorek to my blog today!
Gemini Rising: Ethereal Fury
by Jessica
O’Gorek
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BLURB:
Angry
at the human race and its methodical destruction of her resources, Mother Earth
recruits souls who have just left their bodies to serve Her, and turns them
against humanity. Gemini, a clan of paranormal beings, picked from these
possessed humans, emerges. A powerful, rising force proceeds to carry out
Mother Nature’s plan to systematically destroy towns, cities, states… and
eventually, the world. Amidst the chaos, a forbidden relationship between a
human girl, Violette, and Onyx, a lead Gemini, begins. They will both find
themselves in the middle of a revolutionary war that will either save, or
destroy our world.
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EXCERPT
Chapter 4
Everyone has spare humans-
“Give me my
brother back and I’ll go to Saint Augustine’s,” a small voice, that of a child,
caught his attention. He could barely make out the shadow of a little girl to
his right, huddled behind a larger man with bulging eyes and greasy hair. With
more gusto in her voice, she stepped out from behind the man and stood up
taller, her jaw set in challenge.
“I said, let my
brother Collin go, and I’ll get you into Saint Augustine’s.”
Something about
the guts it took to speak to him so defiantly and offer herself for sacrifice
intrigued him, but he wasn’t sure if she was even a member of the church.
“You belong to
the church?” Onyx watched her head fall and her eyes blur with tears.
“I did…once.”
She faltered in her brave facade, something in her broke, the frown on her face
turned into a dark grimace.
“So none of you
are current members?” A few murmurs of the word “no” and he was satisfied.
Their testimonies seemed heartfelt and sincere. He did not feel like entering
all of their minds one by one, his ire began to fade and the temperature
immediately fell a few degrees. “All right, enough,” he said in defeat. The
atmosphere then changed to one of relief and confusion.
“But you didn’t
answer our question. We answered yours, but you didn’t answer ours!” A balding
man almost cried as he slumped against the wall and rubbed his wrists where his
shackles had scoured them raw.
“Why?” A woman
beside him chimed in as Onyx turned to leave.
“Give me my
brother! I know you have him!” The shy little girl was now screaming
accusations at him, her fists pumping the air, but he paid her no mind.
It was always
easier to leave out the details. Tork always said there was nothing worse than
a room full of hysterical captives. Bad enough to be human, but add in the
adrenaline and the fear of the unknown, they became that much more
insufferable. He ignored their pleas and timid curses, pulling the door shut
with a thud, cutting off their curious stares. Someone yelled out they were
hungry and he hesitated a little, trying to remember what hunger was. Ah yes,
the need for food. The youngest of his clan, Sapphire, usually fed them three
meals a day: canned food, all stolen from the local country store. He had no
need for food and didn’t keep any around. Sapphire and some others would simply
slip into the stores at night and rob them blind in small quantities.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
I was born in
Chesapeake, Virginia on April 19th, 1979. I was raised within the American
Indian religion and was taught great respect for the earth and all its living
beings. Powwows, sweat lodges, vision quests, you name it, I’ve done it. I was
the weird kid who would confront kids on the playground in elementary school
when they squished a bug. I would very sincerely tell them what they were doing
was morally wrong and then I would pray for the bug to come back as a butterfly
in its next life.
I grew up admiring
my father, Barry Weinstock, as an author. He took me around the country to
different places so he could research and write his Wilderness Survival books.
One of his greatest works, “The Path of Power,” was written with a great
medicine man, Sunbear.
When I was
twelve I started hand writing novels. My first one was two thousand pages. My
dad always encouraged me and would rave about my writing. He gave me the
confidence I needed to keep writing and follow my dream. My daughter, who is
twelve, is currently working on her first novel. I hope to continue the legacy.
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Jodie Pierce
