editing for GHOST IN THE COWL now underway

I am now editing GHOST IN THE COWL. That means it’s time for another excerpt!

Damla gave her a sharp look. “Why would you say that?”

Caina could not tell her the truth about the faint sorcerous aura, so she picked another comparison. “The eyes of the Immortals are almost the same color, that same ghostly blue. And the Immortals are violent and vicious as well.”

“I had not thought of it like that, I confess,” said Damla. “You…have seen Immortals?”

Caina had, in fact, killed several of them during the battle of Marsis. The Immortals were the elite soldiers of Istarinmul, assigned as the personal guards of the Padishah, the high emirs, and the Alchemists. The Alchemists fed them sorcerous elixirs to enhance their speed and strength, though at the cost of murderous rage. Caina had barely escaped from them with her life.

“Once or twice,” said Caina.

-JM