Realm Walker
Realm Walker Series
Realm Walker Series
Book One
Kathleen Collins
Genre: Urban
Fantasy
Publisher: Carina
Press
Date of
Publication: October 28, 2013
ISBN: 9781426896545
ASIN: B00E1V5S3S
Word Count: 76,000
Book Description:
An estranged mate, a mangled body and a
powerful demon who calls her by name…
As a Realm
Walker for the Agency, Juliana Norris tracks deadly paranormal quarry using her
unique ability to see magical signatures. She excels at her job, but her
friends worry about her mysterious habit of dying in the line of duty without
staying dead. That's only the first of her secrets.
Most people
don't know Juliana became the mate of master vampire Thomas Kendrick before he
abandoned her seven years ago. Most people don't know the horrors she endured
at the hands of the vampire he left in command. Most people don't know her true
parentage, or why a demon on a world-threatening rampage has taken a personal
interest in her…
Even as
Juliana pursues the demon, it goes after all she holds dear—including Thomas,
who is back to claim her for his own. But if she can't reconcile her past and
learn to trust herself again, she will lose him forever.
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Excerpt:
The troll picked her up
with nothing more than his teeth in her shoulder and shook her like a hellhound
with a chew toy. She clenched her jaw in pain and let out a terrible keening
groan as muscle and tendon ripped. She fought her base instinct to struggle, to
squirm away from the source of the pain. If she did, she’d only injure herself
further. Blood poured from the wound, staining the ground a horrible, vibrant
crimson.
A growl tore through the clearing seconds before a brown
blur flew through the air and landed on the troll’s back. Nathaniel. They all
rocked forward with the impact and fresh pain lanced through her shoulder. The
troll roared in anger, releasing Juliana’s shoulder by default and she dropped
to the ground. She backed away, eyeing the two of them warily. The troll
reached over his back, trying to grab Nathaniel who still had his teeth and
claws dug deep into the beast. The wolf snarled, growled and shook his head as
the troll danced around the clearing trying to get a grip on his attacker.
Juliana’s arm hung limp and worthless by her side. Pain
burned through the wound and nausea rose in waves. Her head swam. She swallowed
the acid down, sucked in crisp, cool air. She used her right hand to wrap her
left arm around her waist in an effort to keep the shoulder from moving any
more than necessary.
“Nathaniel,” she yelled as the troll ran backward into
the trees.
He slammed his back with Nathaniel still attached into
the trunk of a large oak tree once, twice, three times. The blows stunned
Nathaniel enough that the troll was finally able to snatch the wolf and hurl
him across the clearing. Her friend lay unmoving on the ground.
The troll locked crimson eyes on her and stalked across
the clearing. She fought every impulse inside of her that told her to run and
waited for him to come. One taloned hand wrapped around her throat and picked
her up. Pulling her close, the troll roared in fury once they were almost nose
to nose. She wrapped her legs around his waist to take the pressure off her
throat. Juliana raised the Taser and jammed it into his ear. Not caring anymore
if she fried his brain, she squeezed and held the trigger. His roar changed to
one of agony.
He released her throat and raised both hands to his head.
He stumbled backward in an effort to get away from her but her legs stayed
clamped around his waist. She continued to pour electricity into him until he
dropped to his knees. Only then did she put her feet on the ground and back
away.
Her opponent stayed on all fours, shaking his head,
trying to clear it. The air hung heavy with the scent of burnt fur and troll.
As he rose to a kneeling position, she adjusted her grip on the weapon. From
the corner of her eye she saw Nathaniel stagger to his feet.
The troll held up his hands in a gesture of surrender.
“No more, Walker. I will go where you ask. Wherever you ask.”
Relief eased the tightness in her chest. She wasn’t sure
she was up for another round of Taze the Troll. She ran her thumb along the
side of her ring preparing to use it to call the portal tied to it. Then the
troll began to laugh. A low sound at first, it quickly grew to a volume that
made her ears ache. Great. She had
fried his brain and now she had a crazy troll to deal with.
After putting more distance between them, she put her
Taser away and drew her sword. It left the sheath with a ring of steel. She
adjusted her hand on the grip. Nathaniel came to stand beside her, leaning his
weight into her leg to let her know he was near. “You okay there, Mr. Troll?”
He opened his blazing red eyes and looked at her. “I’ve
had your blood, Juliana Norris. It tells me things.” Apparently it told him her
name, because she’d never given it.
Death’s Daughter
Realm Walker Series
Book 2
Kathleen Collins
Genre: urban fantasy, paranormal romance
Publisher: Carina press
ISBN: 9781426898112
ASIN: B00GKBIR80
Word Count: 68,000
Book Description:
Juliana Norris, Realm Walker with the Agency, is an Altered. A fact that she runs up against every time she’s forced to work with human police officers, and their species-ist commissioner, on cases they can’t solve themselves. Which happens more than they would like to admit.
Her gift—the quality that makes her the best Realm Walker in the business, without boast—is the ability to read magical signatures. Whether the gift came from her father, the dark fae god of death, or the mage mother she can’t remember, is anyone’s guess. And when Altered children start going missing with only wild magical signatures as clues, her heritage is the last thing on her mind.
She can’t afford such distractions, and she definitely can’t afford to worry about the fact that her mate, master vampire Thomas Kendrick, hasn’t spoken to her since she saved him from a demon—maybe it’s because she had to stab him to do so. Because whoever is kidnapping these children must be very powerful to wield wild magic. Very powerful, and very dangerous indeed.
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The Making of Michael Bishop
A Realm Walker Short Story
Kathleen Collins
Genre: urban
fantasy, dark fantasy
Date of
Publication: August 30, 2014
ASIN: B00N5YWPCE
Number of pages: 20
Book Description:
Keep your distance. Don't look him in the eye. Feed him and leave.
Michael D'Augustino
is a priest in the time of the Inquisition. Marked as weak for his refusal to
torture those charged with sorcery, heresy, devil worship or worse, he's given
another task. Feed the prisoner in the cell in the darkest corner of the
dungeon. With the edict comes a set of instructions.
Ever obedient,
Michael does exactly as he is told. Until the night his charge doesn't eat and
Michael has to enter the cell to find out why. Instead of the beast he believes
to be imprisoned there, he finds a man. A broken, tormented man who asks for
help.
But all is not as
it seems and, before the night is through, Michael will be changed forever.
About the Author:
Kathleen Collins has been
writing since Kindergarten. And while her ability has drastically improved, her
stories are still about monsters and the people who play with them.
The rare instances that she
actually finds some spare time, she spends it playing with her two boys. Three
if you count her husband.
She is currently hard at work
on her next book.
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Interview:
Please welcome Realm Walker Series author Kathleen Collins to Diane's Book Blog.
If you were stranded on a desert island which of your characters do you want by your side?
Probably Michael Bishop. He’s good at keeping his cool under pressure plus he’s got a sense of humor and he’s resourceful.
What inspired you to write your first book?
I started my first book when I was in eighth grade. It was a horror novel. A very short horror novel but hey, at least I wrote it. I was reading a lot of RL Stine and Christopher Pike at the time so I’m sure that inspired that first book
What is your favorite book that you wrote?
So far it’s Death’s Daughter but I have a feeling that Blood Slave is going to surpass it. That’s my goal, to like every book better than the one before.
Who or what inspired you to be a writer?
I’ve always written, but my parents encouragement definitely kept me pursuing it.
What book are you reading now?
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews. I’m really loving it.
What do you prefer paperback, hardcover, or ebooks?
Honestly it doesn’t matter to me. If I really like a book, I do like to have a physical copy though.
Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
Just thank you for reading and please shoot me an email. I’d love to hear from you.
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