Today I welcome Renee Scattergood to my blog. Enjoy her posts. She can be found at http://reneescattergood.com/
Tomorrow I will be hosting Maeve La Faye.
About the Shadow Stalker Series:
Shadow Stalker is a series of short novellas (episodes) that tell the story of Auren, a young shadow stalker who is being hunted by the Galvadi Empire because of their belief that she will enslave the people of the Serpent Isles.
Episode 1: The Hidden Truth
Auren Trask's perfectly normal life is disrupted when the Galvadi invade, and she learns a startling secret about her past. A secret that will change her life forever.
Episode 2: The Delohi-Saqu's Fate
Auren is being targeted by the Council of Elders, and the only one who could put an end to their corruption is her father. But leaving the Dark Isle would turn Kado against her.
Episode 3: Shadows' Betrayal
After seeing the monster she will become, Auren swears not to leave the Dark Isle. Despite that, the elders are conspiring against her. To escape their scheming, she and Kado decide to explore the Dark Isle. But worse things await them in the forests.
Episode 4: Forbidden Love
Kado and Auren survive a deadly storm, but when Auren is forbidden from pursuing love with another young shadow stalker, will it be enough to drive a wedge between her and her foster father?
Episode 5: Destiny Reconciled Part 1
Auren and Kado accept that they may not be able to avoid her leaving the Dark Isle. Now they have to prepare for that eventuality. Will the training be more than Auren can handle?
About Demon Hunt:
Auren longs for adventure and a break from her tedious life on Appolia. It's the start of summer, and she is looking forward to her yearly camping trip with her foster father, Kado. She believes these trips are for fun, but when they arrive on Luten Isle, Kado informs her that she is a shadow stalker, and she is in training.
One morning, Auren decides to take her training into her own hands. She only means to practice seeing the veil to the shadow world, the world of the shadow people and the source of their power. Instead, she opens the veil releasing a demon, a guardian of the shadow world, into the physical world.
With the deadly beast loose, she and Kado don't have long to hunt it down and return it to where it belongs, or many innocent people could die.
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Character Interview with Auren from the Shadow Stalker Series
By Renee Scattergood
Hello Auren, thank you for taking the time to chat with us today!
I'm happy to be here and looking forward to answering your questions.
Why don't you start by telling us a little about the world you reside in?
The Serpent Isles are an island chain in the far north of my world. There are other land masses, mostly islands, around the world, but we are far from any of them. We are the most advanced culture on our world as well. Some of the other islands have primitive cultures, but the other islands are not very hospitable places to live. The wildlife is much too dangerous to coexist with on some, and the climates are too harsh on others. We are not sure why our culture seemed to thrive and advance, while others that remain are so primitive, but there are legends that suggest shadow stalkers played a role in that, if you believe in such things.
What is it like to be a kid growing up among the Serpent Isles?
Boring…at least on Appolia. I think I live in the most boring town on the coldest island in the Serpent Isles. We only get about a month of warm weather, and it never gets warm enough to swim here. There’s lots of skiing and snow related activities, but I’ve never been into that sort of thing. I don’t really like the cold. I like rock climbing, rappelling, and caving, though. Kado takes me camping on a different island every summer, and we do all kinds of stuff like that. On Appolia, I spend most of my time studying and trying not to get myself into too much trouble. Kado keeps me busy studying a lot of different things outside of school as well, so I don’t have much time for my friends.
You have a very protective foster-father. Do you ever get the urge to rip your hair out, when it comes to dealing with him?
Well, no. I like my hair right where it is. I might consider ripping his out on occasion, though. Wait, never mind…that would not end well. We do butt heads a lot, though, and quite often I let my friend, Jade, talk me into breaking the rules. It’s great fun, until I get caught, which with Kado doesn’t take very long. Sometimes I swear he can read my mind.
In Episode 1 you have two very unique friends. Can you tell us about them and how you met each?
I met Jade Tobin and Deakan Nix on my first day of school when I was six years old. We connected right away and have been inseparable since. Sometimes I think with the way the two of them bicker, they might like each other, but I’ll never tell them that. It might take a cataclysmic event to get them to admit they have feelings for each other.
Jade is generally quiet and reserved, but at the same time very mischievous. She is someone you can trust with your innermost secrets, and she is a lot of fun to be around. She has very laid back parents, except that they tend to shelter her from the harsh realities of the world. She tends to be too trusting, and she can’t understand cruel people. Violence terrifies her.
Deakan is the exact opposite. You can always count on him to be running his mouth, except when he’s around his father. He’s very obedient and well-behaved around his dad. It’s like he has two different personalities, but I’d bet any amount of money that the person he is away from his dad is the real Deakan. He always seems to have something to prove and has a tendency to really dislike authority figures.
Your foster-father spent many years training you. Do you feel glad after your experiences about having this training?
I would say I feel relieved more than glad. I don’t know what I would have done without the training to fall back on when my friends and I were in trouble. But the training itself has always been very difficult and limiting to my social life. So it’s really been a blessing and a curse.
Well, that's all I have for you today. Thank you for taking the time to speak with us!
Thanks for having me. It's been fun!
Tree
of Nine Worlds is an in progress fantasy novel series. I am
currently working on the first two novels. The Tree of Nine Worlds
series is a multi-perspective Celtic and Norse fusion fantasy taking
place in an original world. The tale begins with an unlikely group of
characters coming together in the home country of Princess Saoirse
and staying at the castle as the group discovers a horrible plot from
an unknown dark force to destroy the world and rebuild it in his
image. It is also discovered that there may still yet be hope, for if
a fairy woman of the lost city of Crannllwynn still lives, and if
they can find the Lochbhan they maybe able to save the world from the
darkness taking over. Saoirse, Percy, and Aisling take off with Doug
to find the city of legend in what is now a war torn land as several
kingdoms fight for control both against each other and against
themselves.
