Demon Storm Book Three
YA Fantasy
Date Published: 04-13-2023
Publisher: Shadow Spark Publishing
Now—Kari knows it’s rising inside her.
After barely defeating wicked Shadow Witch Raven, the wolf-demon knows her
turmoil is far from over when her vanquished foe invades her dreams. And a
new power stirs within her: thanks to Raven’s cunning, Kari’s
potential as the Catalyst has awoken. A conduit for a terrifying,
world-cracking force—one that could open at any moment.
Kari has resisted this new temptation thus far. But Raven again forces her hand, unleashing a demonic abomination to draw her prey out—a deadlier foe than any Kari has faced before. If she taps into this dark new power, she could become strong enough to defend the people she cares about. But the Catalyst has bloodthirsty designs of its own…
If she submits, what new horrors will be inflicted on the world Kari’s come to love?
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About the Author
Valerie Storm was raised in Tucson, Arizona. Growing up, she fell in love with everything fantasy. When she wasn’t playing video games, she was writing. By age ten, she began to write her own stories as a way to escape reality. When these stories became a full-length series, she considered the path to sharing with other children & children-at/heart looking for a place to call home.
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Again,
Kari thought of the purple-skinned mutation that had chased her and Vivianne.
“So there were others?”
Raven
sneered. “Failures, yes.” She raised a hand, but Kari grabbed her by the wrist.
“What
failures?! Did you send the long-armed mutation that killed my friend?!”
Raven’s
emotionless eyes made her heart drop. “I have done so much worse than send one
beast out into the world, Kari, but I did not imagine we were here to talk
about that.” Raven twisted her hand, tangling Kari’s wrist in long fingers. “Shall
I show you every life lost, every drop of blood spilled? Not merely for my own
pleasure, but because of you?”
Captain
Gorn and his men from Flatcairn, bloodied and broken. And…a field of
purple-blue flowers becoming the eternal grave of a young blonde girl.
“Raven…”
Kari’s voice hitched, threatening a scream.
Raven
laughed, derisive and cold. “Focus, Kari. You know better than to lose yourself
to grief, don’t you? You know what is at stake now, in the present.”
Kari
wrenched away, eyes wild. When she did, the image of the desolate city wavered
and was replaced by a shimmering vision of a dark room. Cages lined the walls,
each one filled with a huddled group of monstrous beasts; neither human nor
demon, they sported extra limbs or other grotesque developments. Eyeballs
protruded from sockets, tongues lolled from the side of mouths, and tumors grew
from faces, stomachs, and chests. Their groans and screams filled the space,
echoing through a long, dank hallway.
“Stop!”
Kari screamed, and the image faded to Raven standing in the middle of a
body-ridden street. She stepped away from the witch before stumbling, landing
hard on her backside. “Why are you doing this?”
Raven
approached, carefully stepping around the gore and bodies. “This? This is the
cost of knowledge. I had to do these filthy, disgusting things to become who I
am now.”
She
stopped in front of Kari and knelt. Despite the darkness of her eyes, they
gleamed with untold levels of cruelty. Kari had always seen such evil inside of
Raven, yet she had never imagined things like this.
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