The Girl With the Scar

✍ Scribed by Stadler, William

• Book ID: 108595947
• Publisher: Plasma Publishing
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 143 KB
• Series: Dark Connection 1
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

"Burned by fate...inflamed with destiny."

Genevieve Solace, a sheltered 15 year-old girl, lives with her wearied mother, Maria, and her cavalier brother, Edward. All her life she's been plagued by inexplicable seizures that only seem to be getting worse, seizures so violent that she's left unconscious for days at a time.

The king's Raiders have been hunting her for as long as she can remember. So, in search for safety, she and her family have found refuge in a modest cottage on the outskirts of Kalarn in a small village known as Green Planes.

News of the raids across the kingdom trickle down to Genevieve, however, telling stories of vicious murders where women are slain, children are orphaned, and entire towns have been leveled to ashes. Along with the slaughters, a mysterious apparition has been rumored to haunt the land with tales of dozens of men being massacred before they can even draw their swords.

Terrified of the reports, Genevieve is forced to believe that the king seeks for her due to the scar on the nape of her neck, a circular burn that has marked her for life - though how it came to be she doesn't know, and her mother refuses to speak of it.

As autumn ends and the cold of winter sets in, Genevieve fears that the raids are growing near. She can only pray to the gods that the Raiders will never find her.

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Vom Schicksal verbrannt...von der Zukunft entflammt

Genevieve Solace, ein beschütztes 15-jähriges Mädchen, lebt mit ihrer abgearbeiteten Mutter Maria und ihrem arroganten Bruder Edward. Ihr ganzes Leben hindurch ist sie von unerklärlichen Anfällen geplagt worden, die anscheinend nur schlimmer werden, manchmal so schlimm, daß sie tagelang das Bewußtsein verliert.
Die Raubritter des Königs haben sie schon so lange sie sich erinnern kann verfolgt. Daher, um sich in Sicherheit zu bringen, haben Genevieve und ihre Familie Zuflucht in einer erbärmlichen Hütte gefunden, die sich am Rande von Kalarn befindet, in einem kleinen Dorf, das man Green Planes nennt.
Nachricht der Űberfälle, die im ganzen Land passieren, sind bis zu Genevieve durchgedrungen. Es sind Geschichten von furchtbaren Mordtaten, bei denen Frauen umgebracht werden, Kinder zu Waisen werden, und ganze Städte dem Erdboden gleichgemacht werden. Im Zusammenhang mit den Morden wird auch eine mysteriöse Gestalt erwähnt, die dem Gerücht nach das Land durchspukt mit Geschichten von Dutzenden massakrierter Männer, die nicht einmal Zeit hatten, ihre Schwerter zu ziehen.

About the Author

From the small town of Reidsville, and now from Raleigh, North Carolina, William Stadler enjoys writing novels, specifically in the epic fantasy genre where heroes and villains come to life. "I wrote short stories in sixth grade, and my teacher used to give us six or seven lines to fill in. I'd use those seven lines, and then I'd turn the sheet over and fill up half of the back. After that, I didn't write extensively again for over fifteen years (except for a poetry phase). But then something crazy happened. Steve Jobs died. I'm not typically bothered by the death of a celebrity, but Steve Job's death really got to me. I started reading some of his quotes, and one said, "Set a goal, and work at it everyday. Now I've heard that philosophy all my life, but something about that instance really got me thinking about what I truly enjoy doing: writing.