We both groaned as we lifted the heavy
iron cover. I dropped down into the icy churning water, sucking in a breath
while Will climbed down the ladder. He paused, grunting as he pulled the heavy
cover in place behind him.
Just in time. We heard rushing footsteps
overhead, voices loud and angry. Will and I exchanged a look and then turned
toward the dark tunnel. Will’s hand slipped into mine as he took the lead.
“Stay with me. Don’t let go, okay?”
I let him pull me forward. The water
deepened as we dragged ourselves along. The sound of rushing water ahead had me
backing up against the current. “This is not a good idea.”
Will tugged me by the hand, wincing in
pain. “It’s the only way out. Trust me. It’ll be alright.”
“Trust you? That’s a joke, right?”
“Can we fight about this later?”
Before I could argue, a wave of
turbulent water rushed in from a connecting pipe, and swept us off our feet.
Will’s hand tightened around mine and we dropped abruptly downward. As the
slope steepened, the water picked up speed. Darkness and the stench of sewage
overwhelmed my senses. I prayed a quick prayer that the end of the tunnel was
near. What I worried for next was how far of a fall it would be to the murky
waters of the Hudson below when we reached it.
Another rapid decent shot my stomach to
my throat and Will’s hand pulled free. “Noooo!”
But the thunderous roar of the cascading
waterfall swallowed the sound of my scream.
It launched us into the darkening horizon like a torpedo, and then
dumped us thirty feet into the icy roiling waters of the Hudson River.
Blurb:
In the year 2057, after
a widespread pandemic has wiped out three quarters of Earth’s population and a
global shift threatens the world with extinction, sixteen-year-old genetically
enhanced Lily Charmichael has more immediate problems. Her uncle is dying of
cancer and her healing abilities are ineffective against the blood ties that
bind them. In order to find a cure, Lily embarks on a journey into the city,
leaving behind her younger brother, whose gift for “life-taking” is on the
verge of maturing. Keeping Zeph under control is as much a challenge as keeping
him safe, even in the tiny hill-town of Stanton in the Northeast Sector. In
return for use of Lily’s gift, the town has kept them protected from the
Industry, an agency that would like nothing better than to study and exploit
their abilities.
Lily is accompanied on her journey by Will Callahan, a
seventeen-year-old grifter who she rescues and heals after he’s fallen prey to
one of her brother’s traps. But Will is on his own quest. He’s been searching
for his father since severe storms blasted through the Midwest and leveled his
entire town. With his home destroyed and his mother and sister dead, Will is
following a lead that his father may be located in the city. He agrees to
travel with Lily as her guardian, hoping to protect her from the local bully
who has his sights set on the strange girl with the brilliant green eyes. But
the secrets Will’s keeping could put her in far more danger than travelling
alone with the local constable’s son, and if he was any kind of man, he would
have told her to run the minute he found her.
PJ Sharon is author of several independently
published, contemporary young adult novels, including Molly finalist, HEAVEN IS
FOR HEROES, FAB Five finalist, ON THIN ICE, and SAVAGE CINDERELLA, a finalist
in both the Sheila and the Florida Romance Writers Golden Palm contest. She is
excitedly working on The Chronicles of Lily Carmichael, a YA Dystopian trilogy.
WANING MOON, Book One, is a finalist in the National Excellence in Romance
Fiction Awards for the YA Category, and is now available on Amazon, B&N,
and Smashwords.
Writing romantic fiction for the past eight years
and following her destiny to write Extraordinary Stories of an Average Teenage
Life, PJ is a member of RWA, CTRWA, and
YARWA. She is mother to two grown sons and lives with her husband in the
Berkshire Hills of Western MA. http://www.pjsharon.com
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Hi Paula,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for being my guest this week. Your post on Blog hops and your answers to questions/comments have made it all seem possible to do.
And I love the excerpt, can't wait to read the rest of the story.
ciao
~LA
Thanks for having me, Leslie. The blog hop is going well. I've made some new friends already, and my FREE short story, SOUL REDEMPTION, the prequel to Waning Moon, is now in the hands of several new readers!
ReplyDeleteGreat excerpt. I'm adding to my TBR list now.
ReplyDeleteThat was entertaining, PJ. Seems like a story to look out for.
ReplyDeleteAna
Thanks Cynthia and Ana!
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