Introduction to my Novel
By Jessica Marie As you saw a few blog posts ago, I finished the first draft of my novel. So, I wanted to update you on this story and tell you a little about it. As I am several weeks into the editing process, I am seeing the story from a new perspective, as most of what I am now editing I have not seen since I wrote it! I am mostly re-reading the story at the moment. Getting a feel for the flow and arcs I have in place. Making notes on scenes I need to add, what I need to describe in a non-info-dumping format, and refresh my mind on what the book already has and what it still needs. What is this novel about, you may ask? It is a mixed genre science-fiction and fantasy titled The Shadows of Dawn. The tagline is: Magic goes through 2,000-year cycles on Esnevaria. When magic returns it plunges the planet into chaos, war, and political upheaval. This book is the first of what will be a duology. The second book with pick-up exactly where the first leaves off. It’s a story of war, chaos, political upheaval, finding faith, and found family. It is told from multiple POV’s, though my main character is Sorscha Androula. Sorscha Androula: She is a Lieutenant in the Capital Guard, essentially the knights/police of the Capital. She has followed logical steps through her life, aging out of the orphanage she grew up in, joining the Capital Guard as she had the skills to do well and it has also provided stability for her. Her adopted brother, Alasdair, joined the Guard with her and helped create that stable life she desired. She feels a pull to devote herself to her religion, Piishan, but it feels illogical and unstable to her. Though she deeply wants to do it, something holds her back. Sorscha was found, by a woman named Sarine, as a several days old infant abandoned in a park on the Capital. She was taken to an orphanage by Sarine, who would later become her adopted Mother, where she lived and grew up until she was 22 years old. As an elf, who live longer than humans and thus mature slower, she was released at 22 which is considered adulthood in elves. We meet Sorscha after she has been part of the Capital Guard for 10 years and is a respected Lieutenant. She volunteers with security at her Piishan temple. She has an attraction to a fellow elf Guard, Noya, who went to the academy with Sorscha and her brother. Noya and Sorscha are close friends and the attraction is mutual. A secret that everyone knows, though they have never been willing to admit it to one another. The Setting: The Capital is a city that orbits the planet of Esnevaria. Think of the Citadel from the video game series Mass Effect, but rather it orbits a planet much like the ISS orbits Earth. The Capital was created 2,000 years ago during the last cycle of magic in an attempt for the nobility to escape the war and magic by going into space. As magic is tied to living natural things (plants, animals, etc.) by building a city off-planet with no living beings aside from the humans and some elves, the nobility, wealthy, and upper-classes were able to escape. Magic cycled away and has been absent from Esnevaria for 2,000 years. In that time trees, birds, and other small natural elements have been reincorporated into the Capital in the form of parks and creating a more natural feel for residents on the Capital. This was allowed as these elements were no longer considered a threat. It is believed that magic had been present on Esnevaria for as long as recorded history, though it dissipated and disappeared long ago. While some believe or hope it will return, it is widely considered ancient history. Once a month I will introduce another character. Welcome to my novel and hope you enjoy these teasers of my story, can’t wait to see you back for the next installment!
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