Time to meet a few
more members of my antagonist’s (Special Agent Baxter’s) supportive cast in the
first novel (Daughters of Darkwana)
of my series (Diaries of Darkwana) now
available on Kindle.
Let us begin with
Spyder (yes, pronounced “spider”).
I already provided
a little of Spyder’s history in my last post. Today, I would like to discuss
his appearance and abilities.
Spyder’s ice-cold
skin appears blue because he technically died. He manages to keep his muscles
functional via small, electric impulses (Don’t look at me like that. This
serves as a fantasy novel, not a medical thriller).
Spyder cannot see
because he lost both of his eyes. A pair of shiny, black, oversized buttons,
sewn onto his eyelids, decorates his face.
Spyder cannot talk
because his lips remain stitched shut.
He wears shredded,
shiny, black leather.
Spyder, armed with
a superior sense of smell, works as an assassin for Vasuki (for whom Baxter
also works).
Spyder possesses
the ability to absorb any form of energy with one hand, convert it to electricity,
and discharge it as lightning from his other hand. He keeps a lighter to
provide the heat needed to create such discharges.
He, in a scene I
ultimately deleted from Daughters,
faces a car that loses control, flips off the road, and rolls straight at him.
He catches it with an open palm, absorbs all of its kinetic energy (thus stops
the vehicle with no force against him) and discharges that energy from his free
hand as lightning.
The capture of
Wally Cook (my protagonist), serves as Spyder’s only goal, shared between him
and the other assassins on Vasuki’s payroll.
Manning (a.k.a.
the Sandstorm) serves as another assassin who lacks a goal beyond a paycheck (though
a demonically sadistic streak guides his actions).
Manning, the
offspring of a gorgon and a shape shifter, stands tall, bronzed, and in
possession of both dreadlocks (which can extend and move as tentacles) and
a seemingly endless supply of sunglasses. He continuously breaks and immediately
replaces these sunglasses throughout Daughters.
He often appears
shirtless. He performs flawless capoeira.
Sand makes up his
entire body. He can reshape himself, even into a cloud of sand that floats.
He proves nearly
impossible to damage any other way, as his sand-body can reform around any
injury performed against it.
Manning can also
summon long, sometimes bladed, chains, which he throws from his
body (amongst puffs of sand) at his targets.
I will, next post,
introduce you to two other “bad guys,” each of which possesses deeper motives
for his bad behavior. See you then, and thanks for reading.
Thanks for reading.
Daughters of Darkwana received a sweet, succinct
review, which you can read here, http://www.thebookeaters.co.uk/daughters-of-darkwana-by-martin-wolt-jr/
Also,
the third book in my series, Diaries of
Darkwana, recently arrived on Kindle. You can find the entire series at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Darkwana&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ADarkwana
An
inside look at my novels (such as Daughters of Darkwana, which you can now find on Kindle) at Darkwana.blogspot.com
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