Title Of Book: ForeSender Destiny
Series: ForeSender Chronicles Book 3
By: Adrian Murphy
Genre: Fantasy
Sub-Genre: Action/Adventure, Colonization, Dragons & Mythical Creatures, Epic, Sword & Sorcery, Myths & Legends, Norse & Viking

Blurb:

Special powers manifesting unexpectedly. A peaceful outing shattered by a deadly attack. Will an ancient entity’s quest for vengeance spell disaster?
Thanks to a vision, Galindra now has hope her missing mom is still alive. If so, where is she? And who or what is behind her mysterious disappearance?

When a magical sensing stone is accidentally activated, Galindra rushes to save a little girl’s life. She puts all thoughts of finding her mother aside after an alarming event triggers a murderous onslaught.

A startling discovery has the power to change her life forever—if she survives.

Excerpt

Chapter 1 ~ Mourn the Fallen

Planet Calistra

Galindra strode away from the headless corpse at her feet. She brought her hand to her brow, shielding her eyes from the setting sun’s glare, and peered across the body-strewn battlefield.

She sighed, a catch in her throat and tears springing to her eyes at the sight of the many fallen. The acrid tang of blood drifted on the breeze, bitter in her mouth, almost causing her to gag.

So many young men and women dead before their time. The victory had been hard won. What a terrible waste! There will be wailing and misery in the countryside tonight, despite the day’s successful outcome.

The spectacle of such carnage evoked a memory. Glimpses of a remote mountain fortress robed in flames flashed onto the screen of her mind.

Taken captive by a vicious troll named Slasher, as a young dragon alt-form, Galindra had faced the dire prospect of being cooked and eaten. Until a friendly troll, Grolf, went against his superior and enabled her to break free.

She closed her eyes and recalled the sickening stench of burning flesh and howls of torment as her dragon father arrived and began to flame the troll castle.

Galindra pictured Grolf’s broad kindly face and, not for the first time, wondered if he survived the ensuing dragon-troll war. She hoped he was still alive and had found peace and happiness.

“Where are you now, Grolf, my friend?” she mused aloud, opening her eyes. “I owe you my life.”

In the distance, she spotted a pair of figures. One, lustrous, fair hair flowing down her back, carried a satchel and stooped to a warrior lying on the gore-flecked soil. Dragon-enhanced eyesight enabled Galindra to recognize the physician, Aliciara. Then the thickset woman next to her must be the nurse, Mildreda.

Several strangers approached them. Galindra realized from the newcomers’ clothing that they were part of the expedition from Earth, though none carried weapons she could discern.

She watched as the two groups conversed with each other, then they separated. Galindra surmised that Aliciara and Mildreda were now receiving help from the offworlders in tending to the wounded of both sides.

She grimaced and clenched her jaw at an eruption of pain from the hurt to her shoulder, inflicted by Sergeant Woods during their duel to the death. She had slain him with an ax taken from an invader from the Void, then let the heavy weapon fall to the ground beside the Earth soldier’s blood-drenched corpse.

Meet Adrian Murphy

Adrian Murphy traces his love of fantasy and storytelling to growing up in Ireland, where castles and history abound. He once lived in a town near Dublin with a tall stone tower built by monks in the 8th century as a refuge from marauding Vikings. Today, he makes his home close to the beautiful shores of Lake Huron, Southwestern Ontario, Canada, along with his cat, Mr. G. Favorite authors include Lindsay Buroker, Brandon Sanderson, Tolkien, Heinlein, and Terry Pratchett. Their influences—and many others from fantasy, sci-fi, and mystery—inspire his stories.