{"id":3243,"date":"2020-11-26T11:03:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T17:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kajeharper.com\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2020-12-19T18:31:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T18:31:59","slug":"powered-by-ghosts-released-with-excerpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/?p=3243","title":{"rendered":"Powered by Ghosts released (with excerpt)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Powered by Ghosts <\/i><\/b> is now available on Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords, and soon on other retailers. I hope readers will enjoy the further adventures of Darien, Silas, and Grim.<\/p>\n

Darien’s no longer possessed, but that doesn’t mean he’s safe. In a world of sorcerers and necromancers, he’s full of power and potential, but completely ignorant. Necromancer Silas, and Silas’s cat familiar, Grim, are teaching him basic skills, but danger won’t hold off, just because he’s not ready.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

AZ US: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08NLHSBY3
\nAZ UK: https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B08NLHSBY3
\nSmashwords: https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/1055689<\/p>\n

Barnes & Noble: https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/powered-by-ghosts-kaje-harper\/1138367003<\/p>\n

Here’s a brief excerpt<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

An hour later, Silas led the way out onto the darkened streets of the small town. Behind him, Darien\u2014 still too thin after his long ordeal with his own ghosts\u2014 shivered despite the warm coat Silas had bought him. Silas considered telling him to stay home after all and go to bed like a sensible person, but it would probably work as well as it had the last two times.<\/p>\n

At their feet, Grim hissed and danced his paws on the ice. \u201cPick me up, young apprentice. You wanted to be useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot as a pack mule for a cat,\u201d Darien muttered, but he bent and scooped Grim up, letting the big cat drape himself like an oversized fur stole around Darien\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n

Probably warmer for Darien too. <\/i>Silas gave Grim a subtle nod.<\/p>\n

The mental hospital was a fifteen-minute walk across town from the boarding house. They could have driven, but Silas wanted to get a feel for the place. As they strode the quiet streets, he sent out a questing spell, hunting ghosts. His search slipped fingers of power under doors and through the cracks around windows, tasting the air for that power signature of the dead or the possessed. Far too often, the strands of his search web quivered with a find. Here, and here, and here.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThis town is lousy with ghosts,\u201d he murmured to Grim. Then said louder to Darien, \u201cYour shields are solid, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

A flicker of gold appeared around Darien and Grim yipped and leaped down. \u201cThanks boss, way to scare the kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t scared,\u201d Darien denied. \u201cJust showing him they\u2019re up. Sorry. I\u2019ve pulled them in.\u201d He bent to reach for Grim, who dodged.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever mind. I can walk from here.\u201d Grim stalked ahead of them.<\/p>\n

Darien whispered, \u201cDid I hurt him?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can hear you,\u201d Grim called over his shoulder. \u201cAnd no. I\u2019m not that fragile. You just got bumpy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBumpy,\u201d Silas repeated, because Darien still looked worried in the harsh glare of the streetlight. \u201cI see more shield practice in your future, apprentice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Darien kicked at his ankle. \u201cMy shields are better than yours already.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silas snorted but didn\u2019t deny it. Other than a real problem with pulling his shields under his skin, Darien had taken to the exercises like a duck to water. For which I\u2019m eternally grateful.<\/i><\/p>\n

He spotted the driveway to the hospital up ahead. \u201cHere we are. He gave me the numbers for the lock.\u201d The big iron gates had some kind of electric lock on them, but there was a human-sized gate in the brick wall with a padlock that opened to his touch. He let them though and relocked it.<\/p>\n

Darien shivered. \u201cThey keep people locked in here?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor their own safety, I imagine.\u201d Silas couldn\u2019t deny the thought of being locked away behind the high wall and iron bars was not <\/i>appealing. How often in the past were folks with talent imprisoned for being unnatural?<\/i><\/p>\n

Darien said, \u201cDidn\u2019t they used to consider people like us crazy? I vaguely remember\u2026\u201d His voice trailed off.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes. But these days they\u2019re mostly amused by us, and the Guild tries to keep unbalanced sorcerers somewhere safer than this.\u201d Safer for everyone. <\/i>Silas led the way to the side door as instructed. \u201cHere we are.\u201d He rang the bell.<\/p>\n

Grim faded back into the darkness under the shrubbery. \u201cI\u2019ll wander around. Check things out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silas gave him a little wave behind his back as the door opened.<\/p>\n

The man standing there was portly and imposing, with muttonchop whiskers that belonged to another era and a pristine white coat over a dark suit. He eyed Silas down his nose. \u201cAre you the necromancer?\u201d he said in the tone he might\u2019ve used for Are you the rat catcher?<\/i><\/p>\n

It was tempting to call a ball of power to dazzle him, or have Darien shove him with his shields. Just a little. But the price of remaining unmolested as practitioners was seeming minor and harmless, so Silas just nodded. \u201cThat\u2019s me.\u201d He didn\u2019t give the man his name or his hand\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

###<\/p>\n

I hope you all enjoy the story. And Happy Thanksgiving<\/strong> to all my American readers. <\/em><\/p>\n

Book 3 – Bound by Memories<\/em><\/strong> – a holiday novella, will be out in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Powered by Ghosts is now available on Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords, and soon on other retailers. I hope readers will enjoy the further adventures of Darien, Silas, and Grim. Darien’s no longer possessed, but that doesn’t mean he’s safe. In a world of sorcerers and necromancers, he’s full of power and potential, but completely ignorant. Necromancer Silas, and Silas’s cat familiar, Grim, are teaching him basic skills, but danger won’t hold off, just because he’s … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-releases","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kajeharper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}