This is my snippet this
week for SFFSat. SFFSat is a
place where a number of authors post snippets from their written
works, and give the opportunity for comments, support and encouragement.
Please also explore the other blogs that are part of this set - you
can find the information here.
Today's snippet is from Impcatcher,
which (Amazon willing!) should be released on Thursday - here is the definitive cover!In this snippet, two people have just walked into Tal's shop.
Two
people were in the shop - a man and a woman. Smart leathers. Artisans
from Eastwall was my first assumption. I didn't feel any immediate
alarm - they didn't look like cheap thugs.
Mostly
because they weren't – this pair were expensive, professional
thugs. I was reaching out my hand in greeting to the bearded,
heavy-set man when I saw a glint of steel moving in the woman's hand.
If I had been a second slower to respond, everything would have been
over then. For ever. As it was, I jerked sideways, tumbling into a
hobcage and falling backwards, the deadly knife slicing across my
leather tunic without impacting upon my flesh. This was no attempt to
beat me up – this was lethal, ruthless, offering no quarter.
Her
cohort had drawn a blade of his own, the edge rippling and shimmering
blue-gold. Enchanted. I had no doubt that any injury from that
particular edge would be fatal. With a few minutes' thought and
perhaps a glance at one or more of my books I could have told you the
type of demon bound within the blade. As it was, I had an extremely
unpleasant suspicion I would never get to find out.
Demon bound blades - cool. I don't think they're after the petty cash. I'm totally sucked into this one. Looking forward to seeing where you take it.
ReplyDeleteTal doesn't have much petty cash. Not much cash at all, actually. So you might well be right that they have some other motive...
DeleteGreat cliffhanger!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteOooh, not just enchanted but a demon bound to the blade! I hope he does get to find out which kind because I'm very interested to know :3
ReplyDeleteDon't get your hopes up - he's more interested in staying alive.
DeleteHave to always keep an eye out on those expensive, professional thugs! And to be double-teamed to boot...
ReplyDeleteI suppose Tal should take it as a compliment that they thought him worth the effort.
DeleteI love the hint of humour despite his precarious situation.
ReplyDeleteI always try to get a little humour into my writing, even when the central character is in extremis.
DeleteWhere's that imp from the previous snippets when you need a good distraction?
ReplyDeleteNice thought - perhaps Tal needs to keep an imp as a sidekick. (I might whisper the name Scrag - a character who's going to appear in the second book, Street Demons - but more of him in a few weeks' or months' time).
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