Going Thru Hell by T.J. Loveless
Publication date: October 1st 2013
Genres: Fantasy, Mythology,
Synopsis:
Publication date: October 1st 2013
Genres: Fantasy, Mythology,
Synopsis:
KYLIE RIPPONS is a SpongeBob pajama bottom wearing, Dodge Ram 1500 4×4 driving, USDA certified klutz, coffee-addicted mortal, seeking a normal life despite the constant harassment of gods and the ability to braid time.
Kylie sees actions and consequences as bright, shining timelines in her head. Born with the power to gather the strings and braid them into a new chain of events, she is the weapon of choice for many pantheons in their never ending wars. But using the ability requires fuel, and for a mortal, it means a piece of her soul.
One Mesopotamian goddess, the only forsaken Valkyrie, and a rogue, immortal, Berserker ally with Kylie. Constant harassment forces the group to take drastic action, and go on the offensive. She must braid time to save friends, and herself, as the gods drive them into situations in which she must choose: braid time, save her friends, and lose pieces of her mortal soul, or become slave to the pantheon of her choice.
Deception by an old friend sends Kylie fleeing to her parents’ home, where she hid her son, Riot. She’s too late, the gods found Riot and hold him hostage. Searching for him, Kylie experiences the most devastating betrayal of all.
Kylie faces her worst nightmare: kill a friend and permanently hide Riot, leaving him motherless, or become a slave in exchange for his safety, leaving her soulless and insane.
If only the gods allowed for personal choice.
Kylie sees actions and consequences as bright, shining timelines in her head. Born with the power to gather the strings and braid them into a new chain of events, she is the weapon of choice for many pantheons in their never ending wars. But using the ability requires fuel, and for a mortal, it means a piece of her soul.
One Mesopotamian goddess, the only forsaken Valkyrie, and a rogue, immortal, Berserker ally with Kylie. Constant harassment forces the group to take drastic action, and go on the offensive. She must braid time to save friends, and herself, as the gods drive them into situations in which she must choose: braid time, save her friends, and lose pieces of her mortal soul, or become slave to the pantheon of her choice.
Deception by an old friend sends Kylie fleeing to her parents’ home, where she hid her son, Riot. She’s too late, the gods found Riot and hold him hostage. Searching for him, Kylie experiences the most devastating betrayal of all.
Kylie faces her worst nightmare: kill a friend and permanently hide Riot, leaving him motherless, or become a slave in exchange for his safety, leaving her soulless and insane.
If only the gods allowed for personal choice.
Excerpt
The headache started, pounding to the
rhythm of my heartbeat. I silently begged to faint, but the power demands
payment. There is no credit card or forgiveness for changing the strings of
time. It doesn't care I only braided a mere twenty minutes. The ledger must
always remain in the black.
“Hey, good looking,” a masculine voice called.
Bloody hell. I glanced around, hoping
someone else pulled up and captured the guy's attention. No such luck. The
truck and Ferrari remained the only two cars at the pumps. I cursed silently
while ignoring him. The earthy smell surrounded me, filled with green things,
sun and a summer's breeze.
“Do you
ignore everyone?”
I jumped. I
turned to find a tall, muscular, handsome male. Long brown hair streaked with
various shades of silver, and a well-trimmed gray beard carted streaks of
brunette, giving the impression of a mature man. He wore a black, faded AC/DC
t-shirt, shabby blue jeans and black boots. His ice blue eyes caught my
attention and held it.
The last one disappeared, leaving Aki to stand in the middle,
turning slowly, the image of a grizzly bear superimposed over his form. He fell
forward, hands out to catch himself. Blood splashed upwards in a graceful and
grotesque arc, covering his upper body and face. He sat on his feet, sword laid
carefully over his thighs, chin resting on the massive chest.
“Do not mock me,” his voice low and tight.
“Mocking you? Me? Nooo. I genuinely disdain you and all you
stand for.” The threads vibrated, the need to braid becoming almost impossible
to resist. The secondary ability rushed to the surface of my skin.
Come on, you big
bastard, touch me, I thought.
“Do not
doubt that I will hurt you for such disrespect!” Spittle landed on my cheek.
“Can't
disrespect what I never respected in the first place. Thought you guys were
supposed to have a superior intellect.” My palms began to melt the plastic
ties.
Come on, come on,
before I lose control.
His hand
wrapped around my throat and squeezed. My wrists popped apart and I grabbed his
forearm, the power sliding over him as the heat from my palms burned his skin.
He jerked, but it was too late.
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About The Author
T.J. Loveless has been reading and writing stories since the fourth grade. She writes predominantly in the Spec Fic genres. A former copy/content editor at a small pub house, she now freelances at Cliffhanger Editing.
She lives with The Writing Zoo, a Hubby who prefers her mood when writing, and a teenager who loves to tells stories of her mother on the floor trying to visualize "legs all akimbo" and how Writing Momma has long, often yelling, conversations with the computer screen.
She lives with The Writing Zoo, a Hubby who prefers her mood when writing, and a teenager who loves to tells stories of her mother on the floor trying to visualize "legs all akimbo" and how Writing Momma has long, often yelling, conversations with the computer screen.
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Interview Questions:
Tell us a little bit about Going Thru Hell.
Where did you get the idea for Going Thru Hell?
As with a lot of
the books over the past two years, the spark for the idea came from Wild Horse Loop
outside of Rock Springs, WY. We’d head up there, and watch the bands of
mustangs for hours. One incident involved an older stallion and a lead mare
with her new foal. The band’s stallion died a few days earlier, and the new one
was sniffing around. A stallion sometimes kills the very young foals, and the
lead mare fought the stallion. She was bleeding, limping, breathing heavy, but
not once did she allow that stallion near her foal. Three days later, they
found the stallion dead from the wounds, and a new, younger stallion in charge
of the band. The foal survived. The lead mare never stopped limping.
What type of research did you have to do for GTH?
What genre is GTH?
Why did you choose that genre?
What actors would play the characters in your novel?
Oh! This one is
easy! Kylie played by Genevieve Padalecki, Aki played by Anson Mount (so
yummy!), Alicia Coppola is definitely Anahita, and I always see Brunhilde
played by Emma Stone.
If Going Thru Hell had a theme song, what would it be?
My friend, Joey
Francisco, handed over the Kylie’s song: Immortal
by Eve and Adam. It is the perfect fit, and of course, now I have every album
LOL
How long did it take your to write your novel?
What is your favorite type of scene to write?
Definitely the
action scenes. I used to be a Correctional Officer at a Men’s Maximum Security
Unit, and it’s easy to write violence when you had to live through it.
If you could meet one author, dead or alive, who would it be?
When did you decide to become a writer?
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