Graveyard
Shift
Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc.
Book One
by Angela Roquet
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Original print publication October 2009
Number of pages: 258
Word Count: 70,000
Cover Artist: Angela Roquet
Book Description:
The Inferno has Evolved…
Lana Harvey is a reaper, and a lousy one at that. She resides in Limbo City, the modern capital of the collective afterlives, where she likes to stick it to the man (the legendary Grim Reaper himself) by harvesting the bare minimum of souls required of her. She’d much rather be hanging out with Gabriel, her favorite archangel, at Purgatory Lounge. But when a shocking promotion falls in her lap, Lana learns something that could unravel the very fabric of Eternity. If the job isn’t completed, there could be some real hell to pay.
Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc.
Book One
by Angela Roquet
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Original print publication October 2009
Number of pages: 258
Word Count: 70,000
Cover Artist: Angela Roquet
Book Description:
The Inferno has Evolved…
Lana Harvey is a reaper, and a lousy one at that. She resides in Limbo City, the modern capital of the collective afterlives, where she likes to stick it to the man (the legendary Grim Reaper himself) by harvesting the bare minimum of souls required of her. She’d much rather be hanging out with Gabriel, her favorite archangel, at Purgatory Lounge. But when a shocking promotion falls in her lap, Lana learns something that could unravel the very fabric of Eternity. If the job isn’t completed, there could be some real hell to pay.
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Excerpt from Graveyard Shift
“Go
help Coreen and Kevin! I’ll take care of them.” Josie fired another arrow
through the nearest demon’s eye. Pus exploded from the gaping wound. The beast
wailed and clawed at its face before Josie darted it through the skull. A cloud
of murky smoke rose in its place. The second demon was quicker. It rolled away
from her and scrambled behind a semi. Josie pounced onto the hood of a car and
hurried after it.
The
sound of traffic crunched in my ears. Angry horns blared as cars and trucks
slowed around the charred bridge and missing chunk of railing. Humans may fear
death, but they never pass up an opportunity to gawk at it.
I
leaned over the wrecked ledge and caught a glimpse of the bus before it
disappeared entirely. Kevin and Coreen’s robes laid abandoned on the crumbling
bridge. I yanked mine over my head and tossed it next to theirs. It was no good
to me in the water. I grasped my scythe in both hands and jumped.
The
momentum of the fall pulled me under the icy water, and I found the bus, still
bubbling as the remaining air inside tried to escape. I latched onto an open
window and pulled myself around to the door.
Inside,
Coreen and Kevin cut away the passengers’ seatbelts. Coreen jerked around and
then relaxed when she saw it was only me. Kevin’s mop of curls floated around
his face, rendered weightless in the dark water. He struggled with a dagger,
trying to free the last man. I slipped the blade of my scythe under the buckle
and tore it loose from the seat. He gave me a relieved smile, but only a brief
one. Air bubbles leaked from the corners of his mouth and he pinched his lips
shut again. He grabbed two of the men under their arms and heaved them out the
door.
There
were only five. One of the band mates must have been driving. Coreen grabbed
the next two and left the drummer for me. He was unconscious. The others had a
chance of making it out alive, and I hoped they did. We had enough problems. We
didn’t need four additional souls to tend to.
Mickey,
our catch, was slowly drowning in my arms. This wasn’t how he was meant to go,
but I wasn’t about to go to the trouble of saving him just so he could die an
hour later. That’s as far as destiny would take him. I was just saving him the
extra trauma.
His
soul glowed as I pulled it free from his body, and his eyes flashed open in
surprise. I pulled him close and wrapped an arm around his waist to keep him
from turning back and seeing his body. The shock is too much for some souls. I
pulled him out the door and swam towards the ascending bubbles, fleeing for the
surface.
About the Author
Urban fantasy
author Angela Roquet is a great big weirdo. She collects Danger Girl comic
books, owls, skulls, and random craft supplies. Her obsessions include the
Wizard of Oz, over-sweetened coffee, and all things Joss Whedon. She's a fan of
renewable energy, marriage equality, and religious tolerance. As long as
whatever you're doing isn't hurting anyone, she's a fan of you, too.
Angela lives in
Sedalia, Missouri with her husband and son. When she's not swearing at the
keyboard, she enjoys painting, goofing off with her family and friends, and
reading books that raise eyebrows. GRAVEYARD SHIFT, the first novel in Angela's
Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. series, is now available for FREE on Kindle, Nook,
& Smashwords.
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