Today I’m excited to present the teaser tour for ‘Firebird Vengeance’ by Orren
Merton. This is the third book in the Sedumem Chronicles, a young adult urban
fantasy series. Today we have a teaser for you to give you a taste of the
authors style. This is not included in the book, but gives you a taste of it.

BRIEFING GIVEN BY COMMANDER LLAMAR WALTERS, 4TH PRECINCT
COMMANDING OFFICER, SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT, DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Walters: Thank you for assembling on such short
notice. I realize how extraordinary it is to be called from your beats, but
this is pretty extraordinary. I’d like to start by taking a moment to lower our
heads for Officers Herrera and Nguyen, killed in the line of duty.

Officer Julie Conklin: Sir, what are those things?

Walters: If you’ve seen Lady Firebird’s video, you
know as much as I do. She’s calling them “Possessed.” That’s important,
people—remember, it’s not grandma any more, or your buddy from down the street.
I know how much it hurts to think of them as walking lasers in a meat wrapper,
but that’s basically what they are at this point.

Officer Frank Lee: Why here? I mean, why Detroit,
not that I want them to be blowing up the 7th District or anything.

Walters: We’re not sure. She said something about
those things trying to destroy the purest among us. Maybe there’s some really
pure nuns or rabbis or imams in our district. I don’t know. But I do know that
they’re here, and we have to do what we can to protect our citizens.

Officer Jennifer Maiz: But they can shoot through
anything—cars, body armor, buildings, you name it. What are we supposed to do?

Walters: I’m getting to that Maiz. I just got off
the phone with Sergeant Hector Godinez in California. He’s the detective who’s
got Lady Firebird on speed dial. He says that any minute now, we can expect a
couple of her…I dunno what the hell they are. I think he called them
“Marzipan”—

Officer John Dunn: I think it’s “Mazzikim,” sir.

Walters: Thanks, Dunn. We’re getting a couple of
those in a minute or two. They’re bringing specially treated shields, swords,
and bows and arrows they say can protect against the blasts and hurt the
possessing spirits inside. I don’t suppose we have any sword and bow experts in
our precinct, do we?

Officer Brent Jeffers: I go bow hunting with my
cousins up north sometimes, does that count?

Walters: Right now it does, thanks Jeffers. You and
any others who have training, you’ll try to take out those Possessed things.
The rest of us will try and clear out as many citizens as we can, and if you’ve
got a clear shot, go for their eyes—that won’t kill them, but it will keep ‘em
from firing at us. Then we can take ‘em out with swords.

Officer Gill Fernandez: How, sir?

Walters: Well, I’m not an expert, but I think we
need to stick them with the pointy end.

Fernandez: Yes, sir.

Intercom: Sir…I…we…there’s two large beings at the
counter right now. One looks like a gorilla with an alligator head, and the
other some kind of bear with a tiger head. They’ve got huge bags over their
shoulders, that firebird lady’s symbol on their shirts, and they’re…they’re
talking, sir. They’re asking to see you…What do we do?

Walters: Okay officers, we’re up. Everyone grab a
shield, and lets get these Possessed. Keep safe, and let’s hope that Lady
Firebird knows what she’s talking about.

When eighteen-year old half-demon Alexandra Gold uses her
firebird spirit to save the soul of a murdered girl, it brings her to the
attention of the most powerful beings in her parallel universe.

At first, she believes this is a blessing. When she
discovers that she has been the unwitting pawn of an ancient vengeance that
intends to destroy every living human and demon in both universes, she realizes
that she’s been cursed.

This ancient vengeance has the power to re-animate the
dead and use them to murder the living—and for each of the thirty-six most
righteous human beings it murders, the more powerful it becomes.

Alex is determined to protect the thirty-six and save
both worlds, but she cannot defeat Vengeance alone. All she has is her demon
blade, her spirit fire, and her wits—to prevail, she must convince those humans
and demons who are terrified and blame her for this catastrophe to help her.

For more information about this book please visit
Goodreads and Amazon.

Orren Merton started writing fantasy and science fiction
at an embarrassingly young age, mostly for his own amusement. In high school,
he listened to a lot of dark and moody rock, which inspired him to pick up
guitar and start playing up and down California in a few bands, culminating in
his Industrial rock group Ember After releasing their debut album, Grasping At
Straws, and subsequently The Misery EP. During that time, magazines,
developers, and corporations began to pay him to write and edit music software
related articles, manuals, and books. Since then he has written the urban
fantasy novel The Deviant and the science fiction novel Skye Entity before
working on his current series of YA novels. He lives in Southern California
with his family, pets, collection of sci-fi/fantasy memorabilia, and curiously
large stuffed animal collection.

For more information about Orren Merton and his books please visit his website, Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads.

This event was organized by CBB Book Promotions.