The Neighbor You Don’t Know by Shane Shepherd After countless years of preparation Mission Terra Firme One is finally ready to commence and give Earth the answers it has long waited for, about the planet…
I am invincible. In this scene from Origin of Pietas, Pietas is free of the lifepod, but his injuries have incapacitated him. He must rely completely on Six. Depending on others is not the king’s…
I overcome. I am indomitable. In this scene from Origin of Pietas, as Pietas is healing from catastrophic injuries, he’s literally at the mercy of Six, the mortal who’d captured him. After nearly a year…
I vanquish every enemy. In this scene from Origin of Pietas, as he’s healing from catastrophic injuries, Pietas muses about pain. Excerpt from Origin of Pietas Pietas had taught himself, disciplined himself never to fear…
No fear touches me. There’s a difference between feeling fear and being controlled by fear. In this scene, Six offers a bit of advice. At the beginning of the previous book, nothing the Ghost Corps…
My body submits to my will. When it comes to matters of decisions, Pietas is an alpha. The only time in Origin of Pietas that he uses the word submit is when he’s refusing to…
The blood of my enemies trickles into the pool of time. There’s a story about “the blood of my enemies” when it comes to Pietas. This excerpts explains it well. After exiting the pool, Pietas…
Water submits to my presence the way enemies submit to my will. I wanted readers to see Pietas as he was before he met Six and had gone through a transformation. In this snippet, he’s…
I prevail over the breath of my enemies. Pietas performs this level of the ritual by thrusting forth his hands, making fists, and yanking back both arms; a symbol of taking life from those who…
I own the wind. Part two of the ritual involves Pietas claiming power over the wind. Part three goes into more detail on how/why. The reference to power of the elements is not a simple…