Baptism of Fire: Myths of the Magaram, #2

By Carl Johnson

THE EPIC CONTINUES IN THE WORLD OF THE MAGARAM
WHEN LOVE LEADS TO ADVENTURE

Following his obsession, his quest to find the woman that consumes his imagination, young Julio finds himself in a place unlike anything he's ever known. Battling a fierce creature again—and surviving, he felt, by pure luck again, he decides he will not be caught unaware the next time.

It has been a year since the encounter and Julio has already written off the event as a memory. He has not seen the lady again, and has accepted that it will never happen again. But on the exact date that she appeared the previous year, she appeared again.

And Julio follows her once more, eager to know her, to find out everything about her. But as last year, the events that follow are not as simple. Surviving another Magaram encounter, he finally realizes that everything isn't just a chance encounter. There are forces as old as the first folk stories at play. For reasons still unknown, he somehow has reached the fabled realms of the Magaram, a race of beings whose abilities and achievements are likened to that of the gods - a legendary race that till then has only existed in folklore and superstition.

In the second installment of this epic tale, our young hero is again pitted against insurmountable odds that are impossible to survive from. Journey with Julio once more into a land filled with unknown dangers. Walk with him as he resolves to find meaning to the events that have changed his life, and the training he has to do to face another Magaram.

When the reason is unclear and the outcome is uncertain, will he find the courage to brave the fire?

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EXCERPT
The head was huge. It was definitely a big snake. There was a long streak of fiery red covering the center of its head and ran in the middle of its back towards its tail. It was a shade of red that looked alive, while the rest of its body was bathed in white. Its scales had a whiteness that, if not for its fearsome features, almost seemed like it was pure. The area where the head stopped and the body started had a ring of black starting from where the red streak ended and appeared to cover the entire circumference.

Then the dragging sound stopped.

In its place, came a long and loud hiss that sent shivers from one end of his spine to the other. As if that was not enough to terrorize him, series of loud clucking sounds followed. The creature was moving its head from one side to another, and its sound decreased and increased in volume. The serpent raised its head way up, then dropped it low to the ground.

It was looking for him!

Without warning, a sound like an angry moan and a very heavy thud was heard. Julio felt the vibration in the ground. It had dropped to the ground heavily and the dragging sound resumed again, with the pauses in between almost undetectable.

It’s going in for the kill, thought Julio frantically….

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Publications Circulations LLC
• Release date: Jun 17, 2015
• ISBN: 9781513049076