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“Mummy, don’t go away! I’m mummy’s tool—a tool
to make her the supreme queen. My name is Stefan. I killed mum—just
like dad. I didn’t mean to. It just sort of happened. I used to play
with my fairy doll, Tova. Now she is my love for real. She brought back
mummy. But if mum isn’t all there, Tova, my love, will kill her
again—she will be a pile of dust in my hands. I need your help
mum—especially when Tova and I rule Earth. But don’t hurt me. Tova burns
everyone who tries to hurt me.”
This illustration by Matt Curtis is for Chapter 17 in book #2, "The
Saeshell Book of Time Part 2: The Rebirth of Innocents". Book #2 will go
on sale March 29th. Book #1 is currently on sale in Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Saeshell-Book-Time-ebook/dp/B009LEVKJQ . Both a full color Collector's Edition and a black and white Reader's Edition paperback are also available here: http://www.childrenofsophista.com/p/start-your-adventure-buy-book.html
. This is a 4 part serial meaning that all 4 books are tightly bound
together into a single story. All 4 books have been written and are
being released about 6 months apart. These four books are the first
story in the Children of Sophista Book Series. The second story for the
series, book #5, is currently being written.
“A few weeks ago, I was at home—my safe home.
Some days, I would go to a nice seventh-grade class with smart kids and
have a nice nap. Most days I would sit home, drawing places that I had
never seen but somehow I knew they existed. I didn't
know that I was a fairy or that mummy was a very important fairy. Mummy
had a fantasy bookshop with lots of big tables and I had lots of
friends I had taught to draw. At night, I slept in a bedroom high above
the bookshop and looked at the stars through my skylight. I cuddled my
fairy doll and played with her wings. I named my doll, Tova.
Then they took me 75 light years away and changed me. It's not fair. Now
they tell me if I think wrong, some people will die—many people could
burn alive. I met a 9 year-old boy named Paul1. I should be his friend,
but they made me be his father. He took my mind inside a computer.
That’s me with the stripes. My name is Stefan. But at least Tova—the
real Tova—is here. I love her—I always have and always will. She’s 19
and she helps me understand things. One day I will be 19 and I won’t get
any older either. They tell me that I have to be the King of Earth and
that she will be my queen. Maybe when I’m king, they will let me drop by
your house and play.”
This is the final illustration by Matt
Curtis for chapter 15 in “The Saeshell Book of Time Part 2: The Rebirth
of Innocents.” This is the second book of a four part serial novel. All
four novels form one story in the Children of Sophista series. Book #5
will be the start of a new story in that series. Part one was released
Oct. 1st, 2012. Part two will be released March 29th, 2013. Part three
will be released October, 2013. Part four will be released in the
following spring.
To buy Part1: The Death of Innocents, CLICK HERE.
“Life. What is it? I’m not sure anymore. How
can I be? I had a mom. Too long ago to remember. Now, my creator, Peter3, pleads for my life. He loves me. But not how he thinks. Perhaps if
he understood the concept, I would be his daughter. What
does the third clone of a fourteen-year-old genius know about love? My
true love lies on a table---a giant bomb ready to destroy a planet full
of people. We were made for each other---the lonely pair of a new
species---none of these people can understand our feelings for each
other. Yet, here I am, my beautiful sparkle ball in hand, ready to send
him and quite possibly me back to atoms. Our adopted son, the
twenty-fifth clone of a nine-year-old boy, gives me energy to do the
dirty deed. Perhaps for him, death is a relief---after 1500 years of
loneliness he has found the love of parents---and now he watches them
die---his last act of love as he complies with my wishes. Nineteen---too
little time as a mother---too little time to know true love---what
shall I do, Stefan, my love?”
[ This is the beautiful final
illustration by Matt Curtis for Chapter 12 of “The Saeshell Book of Time Part 2: The Rebirth of Innocents.” The excerpt is a condensation of
part of the book. ]
To get in on the beginning of the story, you need to read book #1, The Saeshell Book of Time Part 1: The Death of Innocents. Click Here to see available formats for purchase. To learn more about the four part serial, Click Here.
