The Warrior Prophet
by Lisa Voisin
Published by: Inkspell Publishing
Publication date: April 13th 2016
Genres: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
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Mia Crawford is a prophet.
She can see angels. She also sees
demons. Everywhere.
The angels are preparing for war
to get her fallen angel boyfriend, Michael, back. A war that could take years.
Haunted by visions of Michael’s
soul being tortured, Mia can’t rest until she knows he’s safe.
To save him, she must make an
impossible journey through Hell with the one person she prayed she’d never see
again.
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He tucks his wings into himself, but they are still so close I
could touch them. He walks a small circle around me. Still a dance.
“That’s very different,” he says.
“I don’t see how. I am human. They are my
people.”
He bends forward until his face is inches
from mine. “Your mother had passed. You needed me. We’re allowed to appear when
we are needed.”
His breath warms my cheek and it’s all I can
do not to lean closer.
“Really?” My eyes search his for a sign—any
sign—of feelings for me. “She died ten moons ago.” Did only pity bring him?
“Why did you stay?”
A light breeze ruffles the leaves overhead.
It’s warm but welcome. Michael backs away, the tops of his cheeks lit with
pink. He swallows and his Adam’s apple jumps in his throat. “Perhaps I needed
you.”
His voice is music, and his energy hums
through me, making me bold. I couldn’t imagine him needing anyone, least of all
me. With a smile, I glance at him and hold up the feathery filament. A small
piece of his magic, its light sparkles and plays along my hand, the lines of
his throat and jaw, the front of his tunic.
“If I return this,” I say. “What will you
give me in exchange?”
“Well.” He frowns and thoughtfully strokes
his chin, but his eyes are still smiling. “What do you want? Riches and jewels
aren’t mine to command. I am but a humble servant.”
“Can you make it rain? It would be good for
my father’s crops.”
“You know I cannot,” he scolds. “Doing so
would be interfering.”
I do know, but enjoy the game, the way he
looks at me as though he sees something hidden deep inside me, the secret of
who I am.
“How about a kiss?” I ask.
He casts his gaze to the ground and bows his
head. “Of course. A blessing.” He rests his hands on my shoulders, and even
that light touch scorches me. White-hot like the sun.
Closing his eyes, he leans in to kiss my
forehead, but I want a real kiss. Not the kiss of an angel, but of a lover. I
rise to my toes, lifting my chin, and press my lips to his.
Author Info
A Canadian-born author, Lisa Voisin spent her childhood daydreaming and making up stories, but it was her love of reading and writing in her teens that drew her to Young Adult fiction.Lisa is a technical writer, a meditation teacher, and the leader of the Lynn Valley Literary Society’s Young Writer’s Club, a writing group for teens. A self-proclaimed coffee lover, she can usually be found writing in a local café. When she's not writing, you'll find her meditating or hiking in the mountains.Though she’s lived in several cities across Canada, she currently lives in Vancouver, B.C. with her fiancé and their two cats.Author Links:
Your
book, The Warrior Prophet, is about angels. Who’s your favorite angel? In books?
In TV? In movies?
On TV, I love Castiel from the show Supernatural. I think he’s incredibly complex and very funny and I
just love the way he smites! I even love
the word “smite”. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I’m also
fond of Lucifer from the new TV
series with the same name.
In books, I’m a huge Neil Gaiman fan, so I loved his
Radio play Murder Mysteries, and
Aziraphale from the book Good Omens.
In movies, I really enjoyed Wim Wenders’ film, Wings of Desire, and the angels in that.
If
you were to have your heroine, Mia Crawford over for dinner, what would you
cook and why?
I don’t cook as much as I used to. My fiancé does the
cooking. If it weren’t for him, I’d never have time to write! But if I were to
cook, I’d probably make Mia a chicken curry of some sort, because she seems to eat
chicken a lot.
So
you meditate. How does meditation help you with writing? How does it hinder it?
All my ideas come from meditation. Because I also have a
day job as a technical writer, I need to clear my mind at the end of the day in
order to let the ideas come forward. Meditation helps me to silence the inner
critic that holds me back from writing and calm the stress of daily life that
can get in the way of the creative process. I’d say the only way that
meditation has ever hindered writing is that sometimes, after I’ve gone pretty
deep, it takes me a little while to find words again. When I truly shut off the
inner monologue and get to a place of being, I do get ideas or downloads of
information. Sometimes, the information links together in unusual ways.
After years of meditation, you start to think
differently, for example, I know how to turn off my inner critic. It still
springs up from time to time, but I know it for what it is. Because everyone
has one, it can be difficult sometimes to create an authentic character voice
without adding it back in. It adds an inner adversary to the character’s
thoughts.
What
was your favorite part to write in The
Warrior Prophet and why?
I think I had more fun writing The Warrior Prophet than I
have any other book. I believe it’s because I know the characters and their
world so well. It was simply great to spend time with them again. Ironically, I
think the most fun part to write about was Hell. It was really fun to come up
with such a dark place where there are no limits to how bad things can get. It
was also really fun to write interplay between Mia and her “guide”, because
their interaction came naturally. I also really enjoyed writing some of the
scenes from Mia and Michael’s past life together.
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