Celestial Fragments: The Duel of Souls
Published by Self-published · Fiction
A contemporary fantasy in which two political rivals discover they carry the fragments of ancient beings of love and hate, continuing a conflict twelve thousand years old.
Who this book is for
Adults who enjoy contemporary fantasy with real-world political tension and mythological roots, and themes of identity, inclusion, and empathy versus prejudice.
Table of contents
- The Room That Listened
- The Rally
- The Search
- The Weight of Names
- The Machine
- First Blood
- Tremors
- The Temperature Drops
- Interlude I: Selma, 1962
- Ground Game
- The Dinner
- The Unveiler Approaches
- The Debate
- The Shape of It
- The Other Side
- Escalation
- Cora
- The Viral Moment
- Unmasking
- Fear Itself
- The Cost
- Coming Out
- The Arena Revealed
- Interlude II: Flanders, 1247
- The Journey
- The Preparation
- The Night Before
- The Duel, Part I
- The Duel, Part II
- The Duel, Part III
Excerpt
The girl would not stop shaking. She sat in the plastic chair with her knees drawn up, sneakers on the seat, arms wrapped around her shins. Her name was Dani. Fourteen years old. She had been coming to the Northside Youth Center for seven months, long enough for Rowan to know that she chewed her thumbnail when she was thinking and braided her hair when she was happy and pulled at the hem of her shirt when something was wrong. Today she was pulling at her hem so hard the stitching had started to give.
