I had a lot of fun reading the first book, A Darkening of Dragons back in March of 2022, so I was super excited about the sequel and hosting a spot
on the A VANISHING OF GRIFFINS by S.A.
Patrick Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. I hope you'll check out
my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Author: S.A. Patrick
Pub. Date: May 2, 2023
Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company
Formats: Hardcover,Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 400
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/A-VANISHING-OF-GRIFFINS
The epic,
middle grade fantasy continues in Book Two of the Songs of Magic trilogy!
Having upset the Hamelyn Piper's dastardly plan to build an army through songs
of mind control, 13-year-old Piper, Patch Brightwater, must foil the escaped
villain's next sinister plot: assembling a suit of immortal armor. Accompanied
by Wren, a girl cursed to live as a rat, and Barver, a fire-breathing
dracogriff, Patch seeks the aid of old friends, legendary heroes, and a
near-dead sorcerer.
Embark on another adventure with the motley trio as they clash with pirates of
the Eastern Seas, uncover secrets of the griffins, and dabble with magic to
undo past wrongs and forge their own offense before it's too late.
S. A. Patrick’s Songs of Magic trilogy is a brilliant retelling of one of the
darkest legends of all time, "The Piper of Hamelyn." Combining
folklore with the very best of modern storytelling, the books will delight
young fantasy fans who are hungry for perilous quests, friendships forged on
the road, and an inventive magic system that thrills the imagination.
Grab book 1, A DARKENING OF DRAGONS now!
Title
By S. A. Patrick
Excerpt for Rockstar Book Tours
Excerpt from A Vanishing of Griffins / Text
copyright © 2023 by S. A. Patrick.
Reproduced with permission from Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. All rights
reserved.
1
Whatever Happened to Erner Whitlock?
Erner woke, as he did every morning, from a nightmare:
being pushed off the back of a dracogriff, into a cold lake far below. In his
nightmare, the face of the person who had pushed him was smiling a terrible
smile, cruel and cold, laughing as
Erner tumbled through the air and into the icy water, his Pipe slipping from
his fingers and lost to the depths.
When it had actually happened, though,
there had been no smile on Patch Brightwater’s face: he had looked utterly
terrified.
A question had burned inside Erner
ever since that fateful day, and he knew that there was only one way he would
ever get an answer.
He would have to find Patch
Brightwater, someone he’d always thought was a friend, and ask him why.
Why
did you push me into the lake?
Erner’s journey since then had been
eventful. It had brought him, eventually, to the Islands of the Eastern Sea,
and to the court of one of the many Pirate Kings and Queens. Here on the island
of Pengersick was an old fortress, where the King of Pengersick had his palace.
It was in the heart of that fortress that Erner was imprisoned now: hanging in
a tiny cage next to the throne of a Pirate King.
The King snored on his throne. He
always slept there when he threw a party, and he’d thrown a party almost every
night since taking the crown. The floor of the throne room was covered in
sleeping pirates and empty rum bottles.
Erner’s legs were going numb. He
shifted his weight, working his feet out from under him, trying not to make his
cage swing—if the cage swung, the rope it hung from would creak, and the creak
might wake the King.
That was never a good idea. Two nights
before, one of the pirates had let out a belch that was long and thunderous as
everyone slept. He’d woken the King. Worse, he’d laughed about it.
In front of the throne were a dozen
wooden spikes, and on the top of each spike was the severed head of someone who
had displeased the King. The head of the belching pirate was there, the
freshest of the bunch.
Yes, waking the Pirate King was never
a good idea. He was not a morning
person.
Arpie Noss was his name—King Arpie to
his subjects. He hadn’t been King long. Two months, that was all, but it had
been a busy two months. Pirate rulers
didn’t tend to last, and it seemed that Arpie Noss had been trying to fit as
much as possible into whatever time he had.
Like buying Erner, for a start.
S. A. Patrick was born in Belfast. When he was a child, he
wanted to write video games, become an author, and have magical powers. The
first two came true. If he ever does get magical powers, he hopes people like
dragons and griffins because there’ll suddenly be a lot of them around. He
lives in England.
Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will receive a finished copy of A
VANISHING OF GRIFFINS, US Only.
Ends June 13th, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
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This sounds like an interesting series. Love the cover! Thanks for sharing. :)
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I liked the first one lots, and am looking forward to this one!
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