Blurb -
Uprooted
from a small Texas town, Florence “Ace” Fox is stashed in a camp for orphans, Weirdness abounds with the director talking of wizards and
casting spells. He even claims she’s possessed, and that the entity is
sending her power levels off the charts.
Rebel Wizards learn of her strength and decide they can use
Ace to their benefit and greed to gain control of The World!! They plot against her.
In
danger and on the run, Ace and her friends’ travel through the old west looking
for a way to rid her of the entity. They discover that only the leaders of the
wizarding world can help, but will she like their solution?
Jail,
death, or powerless.
Excerpt:
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need the right words or the spell will misfire. The statement
still rumbled through her thoughts along with many others. What were they
talking about?
Ace hadn’t asked any questions. She’d found when joining a new group
she’d fair better if she kept quiet and observe until she understood more about
the people.
“You might say we’re in school?” Vicki lowered her voice to where Ace had
to lean over the side of her cot to hear her words clearly.
“What type of school?”
“On how to do magic,” Vicki muttered and held out her hand. A small light
glowed in the center of her palm.
Ace stared at the burning flame until it faded. Excitement filtered
through her blood until she remembered the last time she had tried to help a
person with nothing more than herbs and incoherent chants.
Darn, she wanted to believe magic existed. Oh, to be powerful and right the wrongs
of the world. However, the fantasy wouldn’t happen, couldn’t
happen, the world didn’t have magic. It only had people who knew how to trick
others. Peddlers of fancy dreams, who knew how to steal money from unsuspecting
people, then disappeared into the night.
Ace didn’t want to offend anyone and decided she’d keep her opinion to
herself. “Right, then I guess, I have a lot to learn.”
Vicki didn’t comment, instead after a few minutes Ace could hear the
other girl’s steady breathing.
Unable to settle down, Ace swung her legs over the side of her cot and
sat on the side. She adjusted her white, cotton gown around her legs. Her mind
fought to find answers to all the questions running through her head.
Did Vicki believe she was being taught magic or was Saw deceiving
everyone in the camp? After all, what did a bunch of kids know? And why only
recruit orphans?
Available at http://www.amazon.com/Ace-is-Wild-ebook/dp/B009AZWCUC/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347984622&sr=1-2&keywords=C.B.+McKee+Ace+is+Wild
or smashwords.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/235812
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