Blog Tour: THE SILVERY PATH by Dennis Scheel

 

THE SILVERY PATH

Dennis Scheel

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GENRE:  Fantasy, Science Fiction

 

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BLURB:

 

Will it end in peace or a silvery dose of fate?

 

Henna’s manipulation knows no bounds,

Denida is still the object of her prophecy, while Lucifer, God, and Gabriel remain in her sights.

 

Having seen her son, Nina is more determined than ever to bring him back from Henna’s world of dead souls. Meanwhile, the Darkness runs rampant across the Underworlds and on Earth as Lucifer’s grief over Heavani’s death overwhelms him.

 

Everyone has their own goals and ends, but one thing is inescapable: the bright silvery path that Henna willed.

 

Can these characters escape destiny’s hold on them, or will they become pawns in Henna’s quest for revenge?

 

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Excerpt Three:

 

Denida knelt behind Nina and rubbed her shoulders.

 

Nina sipped a drink, while watching her horse, Angel, grazing next to them on the outskirts of the forest near Dynasty. She squinted with a tranquil smile. “More to the left.” She rested the glass on her lap and hunched forward.

 

Denida focused on her other side.

 

“Ouch,” she hissed. “Not so hard.”

 

Crap, she’s not enjoying this. I shouldn’t have tried… Denida retracted his hands. “Sorry.”

 

Nina glared at him, put the glass on the ground, and rested on her stomach. “Maybe you can try now, unless you’re deliberately trying to disappoint me?”

 

“Of course not,” Denida insisted.

 

Nina smiled. “Good.”

 

Denida resumed rubbing Nina’s back until she turned over, took Denida’s hand, and stroked it. “This is nice.”

 

Denida leaned in close and kissed her. She folded her arms around him and pulled him close.

 

Angel moseyed farther away. He grazed until dusk, when Nina whistled for him, and he returned to them.

 

With Angel close again, Nina rested her head on Denida’s chest, stroking his hair. “We should spend more time together, like this, just us.”

 

“I always want to. Work has just been extremely busy, lately.”

 

“Maybe…” Nina’s fingers trailed down Denida’s chest, next to her head, and she fell into a slumber under the sunset’s orange glow.

 

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 GUEST POST

There’s an important scene in The Silvery Path that allows the reader to understand the full extent of Henna’s manipulation, and get a firm, firsthand experience of how her power works. She visits a pair of twins in the past to try to figure out how to best use them in order to bring about her revenge plot and successfully manipulate Denida, so that he falls in line with her prophecy.

The reason this scene is so important is that it shows how Henna started intervening to bring about her prophecy before she even introduced herself to the chosen one who’s supposed to bring about her desired future. This is the first scene that really showcases how she’s been playing the long game with the characters you’ve seen throughout the Underworlds, while also showcasing that some fundamental beliefs you, the reader, have been presented with are lies that Henna put forth to make Denida more cooperative.

During her intervention with the twins, she identifies which one is most receptive to her presence and makes a remark about which future is starting to take shape. By that point, the reader was already informed that fate is like a tree, which branches off into different outcomes based on the way events are shaping up, but this is the first time the reader sees that in practice and gets a look at how Henna’s able to adapt and plan based on the way events are unfolding. It’s heavily implied that the twin that is receptive to her is not the one she thought it would be, but she still takes this change in stride and puts her plan in motion regardless of the unexpected outcome.

The reason this passage is so impactful is not just because it gives the reader their first firsthand (as opposed to third-party) experience with seeing Henna’s ability to plan ahead and play the long game, but it also shows just how determined Henna is to manipulate the future in order to bring about her prophecy. Prior to this moment, the reader could guess that Henna probably had a reason to empower Shaddai instead of Azal for a reason in my previous book, Rejecting Destiny. The reader could also guess that Henna had a reason for appearing before Denida for the first time when she did in Rejecting Destiny, but this scene shows firsthand just how Henna manipulated Denida from afar for a long time, and shows how truly formidable she is as an adaptive villain even into The Silvery Path, where her manipulation only gets more severe.

 

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Wring about myself… oh, the horror!

 

As a Christmas Child, I believe magic is everywhere, especially during the winter, and I try to weave that magic into my stories. After all, my firm belief in karma and destiny has shaped who I am, so it should guide my stories, as well.

 

I was born and raised in Denmark, but faced many challenges during my life, one of which was my inability to write my stories in Danish! I’ve had my stories brewing in my head since I was a child and struggled for years to express them properly. After recovering from a diabetic attack that left me hospitalized, I managed to find my writer’s voice in English, and am thrilled to now have the ability to share my tales with you.

 

 

Site: https://dennisscheel.com/

The Silvery Path: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ4D4KHC

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LordDenida

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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Silvery-Path-Underworlds-Dennis-Scheel-ebook/dp/B0CZ4D4KHC/ref=sr_1_3

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