Travel Glasses by Chess Desalls - Release Day + Giveaway!
Title: Travel Glasses
Series: The Call to Search Everywhen
Author: Chess Desalls
Publication Date: May 7, 2014
Calla Winston’s mobile devices sit in a corner of her room, covered in dust. Weeks ago, she shared photos and laughs with her best online friend. Now, after having felt the sting of betrayal, she prefers being hidden and friendless. She equates privacy with security and technology with pain.
Then she meets Valcas, an otherworldly time traveler who traverses time and space with a pair of altered sunglasses. When an ethereal being knocks Calla to the ground near her family’s lakeside cottage, Valcas uses the Travel Glasses to help her escape. He offers his further protection in exchange for a promise. Intrigued by Valcas and the possibility of time travel, Calla accepts. That is until she learns that his search for her was no mere coincidence.
Calla sets off on her own, taking the Travel Glasses with her. Torn between searching for her estranged father and reuniting with the rest of her family, she tracks down the inventor of the Travel Glasses in hopes of discovering more about Valcas’ past and motivations. The Travel Glasses take Calla’s mistrust of technology to all new levels. But without them, she’ll never make it back home. With Valcas hot on her trail, Calla hopes to find what she’s looking for before he catches up.
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THE FIREPLACE glowed and
crackled behind me as the light of the flames reflected off of Valcas’ lenses.
I sipped tea while sitting cross-legged on a sleeping bag.
“Time travel is possible
and has been in operation for a long time,” he began. “There are at least two
known methods of travel. This,” he said as he removed his glasses and handed
them to me. “Is my way.”
Valcas’ sunglasses did
not look extraordinary. They were large enough to block light from the front
and sides. Both the frames and lenses were of a similar black opaque material,
light and smooth like plastic. The tops and sides of each rounded rectangular
lens were shuttered. I turned the glasses in my hands, looking them over,
expecting to see a power switch and control buttons. There weren’t any. Still
holding the glasses in my hands, I looked up at Valcas—I was finally going to
see his eyes. When I did, I froze.
“Calla?”
Transfixed, my eyes
locked onto his. I couldn’t move them away no matter how hard I tried. Green
and brown were both wrong. Valcas’ eyes were of the palest blue I’d ever seen,
a milky silver-blue, with an iridescent shimmer. Too eerie to be beautiful,
they appeared fake, unnatural, like holographic images fixed onto his face.
Valcas grabbed the
glasses out of my hands and covered his eyes. “I’m sorry. I should have warned
you first.”
For some reason it
bothered me when he sounded pained.
“How am I supposed to
help you?” I asked.
His brows furrowed. “I’m
not sure how to explain it, but I need someone to pose as my betrothed. It
would be purely ceremonial. I’m in a tight situation.”
I frowned. “And that
thing that was after me?”
“It means that you can
never go back home to the lake. It could find you there again. If you come with
me, I can make sure you’re protected from it.”
At this point my eyes
burned and head ached. It was getting late, and I had a lot to think about.
“I…well, I need some sleep.”
“Of course,” Valcas
replied as if he’d decided the matter. “There will be plenty of time to discuss
the specifics tomorrow morning.”
Exhaustion set in
quickly once I got settled in the sleeping bag. I didn’t dream that night, but
before I fell asleep, my thoughts wandered back to the dark glasses and those
eyes.
Hi! I recently authored the first two installments of the YA time travel serial series, The Call to Search Everywhen. I'm a longtime reader of fantasy and sci-fi novels, particularly classics and young adult fiction. There's nothing quite like a good fairy tale or fable. When I'm not writing I enjoy traveling, reading and trying to stay in tune on my flute.
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2 comments
Thank you so much for hosting Chess today Natasha!
ReplyDeleteLove your blog - beautiful.
Laurie Starkey
Good Tales Book Tours
Hi Natasha! Laurie's right, your blog is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for hosting. :o)
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Chess
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