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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 13:30:43 GMT -5
let me just say that my cover is nothing like the one on the site, it's like #3's only red and with a different guy lol and there is no sneak peak of anything in this book anyway here's the prologue: 1000 B.C. Yaolt climbed the stone steps toward the summit of the pyramid. For the past year he had played the role of his god Tezcatlipoca, anticipating this day. The flowers strung around his neck scented the hot tropical air, and the seashells tethered to his arms and legs clattered noisily. The eight Toltec warriors, who had until this day been his attendants, now marched beside him as his guards, ready to seize Yaolt and drag him to the waiting priests. In the past, others had tried to escape. Some had even fainted and had to be carried to the altar in shame, but Yaolt intended to prove himself worth of the sacrifice. He was the chosen one. He paused to smash a clay flute beneath his foot, just as he had done at each previous step. A fragment cut into his heel and broke off under the skin. The pain didn't stop him; he crushed the next flute with an unrestrained stomp. Praise for his courage rose from the crowd below. Every broken piece of pottery meant another blessing for his people, and he planned to give them good fortune before he died. When he reached the summit, five priests escorted him to the altar. Yaolt didn't struggle or plead for his life as he had seen the others do. Instead, he bent backward over the jutting rock until his chest arched toward the heavens. The world survived only if people pleased the gods, and human sacrifice was the offering Tezcatlipoca desired most. The high priest rose from his jaguar-shaped throne. He chanted a prayer as he walked toward Yaolt. When the priest raised his flint knife, Yaolt lifted his head, straining to watch. He wanted to see his own heart ripped from his chest and held pulsing to the sky before his spirit left his body and journeyed on. The knife came down. Its tip pierced Yaolt's skin, and blood spattered his forehead. He tensed, expecting an explosion of pain. But before the cutting edge sliced deeper, a thunderclap shook the pyramid. Lightning streaked across the sky and shadowy hands tore Yaolt from the priests. At first, Yaolt thought Tezcatlipoca had come and taken him to the land of the dead. But he soon realized he had been kidnapped and imprisoned in another world. He hid his identity from his captors and veiled his secret knowledge with lies, fearful the ancient prophecies had come true. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ this is what the back cover says: Students from Turney High are disappearing. The only traces of them left behind are perfect black circles burned into the pavement. Wild speculations are flying through the halls. Some think it all has to do with the coming solar eclipse, while others think alien abductions are to blame. Berto has a different theory. And if he's right, the Legend of Four is about to come true: Four will venture in, but only one will venture out. Kyle, Obie, Samuel and Berto must go into Nefandus and find the kidnapped students - but which of the SOns of the Dark will survive?
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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 13:39:47 GMT -5
ehehehehee!! that makes me sooo excited!! I can't wiat to read mine once it comes in lol
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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 14:18:29 GMT -5
here's some more if you're interested: Berto has to work late at Quake because of the dissappearences and some girls have a bet to see who can date him first, but he wants none of it. There was some guy, blonde with spikey hair named Pete, hanging out by the club. some bright lights flashed and when Berto looked back Pete was gone. as he's walking back to his motocycle he feels somebody following him so he prepares to turn to shadow but before he can whoever it is becomes whole and attacks him. he wakes up to find a girl checking to see if he's a live, she's wearing the servi outfit and green high tops which is weird because normally servi don't get shoes. when Berto tries to talk to her she pulls away, mumbles something and shadows away which gives Berto a theory on what's really happening to the missing people. Berto thinks they need a mentor to teach them how to use their powers and KYle's decided that he's supposed to use his power to create monsters that can fight the monsters the Inner Circle makes. since Kyle found out who is father really is he's not a serious about acting normal. Obie thinks the Inner Circle is planning to invade earth but Berto's idea is the boundry between Nefandus and earth is weakening and people are just following through and that the black circles are left from nuclear fusion. Obie thinks the border is purposely being weakened so the tropps can invade easier. Kyle thinks they should go back to Nefandus and check things out but the others say no because they think he wants to go and see Catty who is said to be fulfilling an unholy prophecy that will reverse the destiny for which she had been born. they also think that now that kyle knows what his dad is that he would easily turn evil and join Catty. Berto decideds to go to Nefandus alone and check Hawkwick's library for the answers. side notes: berto says that all of them have scars marking them as servi but he has 2 and the others only have one. kyle's dad is one of three demons made from the cosmic dust. that's all for now tell me if you want more and i'll post it for ya
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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 14:24:13 GMT -5
EEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH!!!!! ack!! that's sooo exciting!! of course I want more info and thank you sooooo sooooooooooo much for giving the info I appreciate it mucho
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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 15:04:01 GMT -5
i could never hold out on my PIC after deciding to go to Nefandus alone Berto prays to Tezcatlipoca (gonna call him Tez from now on) although the others told him not to because they think he is evil. Berto finds a broken clay flute on his bed and on fragment says 'too dangerous' on it but he throws it away and thinks that Ashley left it there since she's the only one who knew about it. He uses his power to visit Ashley who thinks that solar eclipses are bad omens. Ashely tells him that she can see him when he astral projects to her and she tells him she needs to talk. on his way to meet Ashley, he sees a shadow which turns out the be the girl w/ the green high tops. this time she stays and tells him she's been warning him but he hasn't been able to understand her, something happens to the air (it gets thicker) and she shadows away again. At Hex, Berto runs into one of the girls from Quake, Courtney, and makes her friends think she won the bet. He thinks she's under a love spell since she took a rose w/ his blood on it. He meets Ashley who thinks he should have taken Courtney. She askes him to steal a book for her from Hawkwick who she promised wouldn't be home. she supposedly wants the book so she can protect herself when she tells the Inner Circle she doesn't want to be a bounty hunter any more. Berto agrees to get the book for her since the portal to Nefandus opens the next day. At school Berto finds out that Pete has gone missing along w/ 7 others. Maddie believes that people are slipping into a paralleling universe which makes them think Obie's spell on her is slipping. Berto goes into a closet to turn to shadow and mkae his way to the portal but is followed by Maddie and Emily who open the closet. He had already turned to shadow making Maddies even more suspicious of him. Right befoire Berto can enter Nefandus Maddie and Emily stop him. He forces them to have their fortunes read so he can escape to Nefandus but before he goes the fortune teller says Maddie has a big future ahead of her, one she wouldn't have foreseen. He also says the color of her eyes tells her she has visitors at night who meant her no harm and that she should listen to them. While Berto's going through the glass Emily sees him right before the portal closes.
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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 15:17:39 GMT -5
ooo okin dokin that sounds fantabulous gah I can't wait its killing me
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Post by Mango Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 17:05:49 GMT -5
in Nefandus Berto learns that an oracle said the Black Diamond had hidden itself right at the portal so servus are being forced to look for it giving Berto a cover for a little while. For some reason Hawkwick doesn't live on the Other Side w/ his own kind (the more powerful) and while Berto is trying to get into Hawkwick's house a female Follower catches him and after a close encounter with a Regulator she dropped him on Hawkwick's roof.
once he gets inside he struggles to get out of the attic and finally makes his way to the library where he meets Piya (she worked w/ Obie) and discovers she's the girl who was trying to warn him. she tells him she left the flute and that he should have put the pieces together and read the message but it was too late now.
Hawkwick comes in to the library and gives Berto the book that Ashley wanted and tells him to give it to her since it's a fair exchange since Ashley had given him the chance to be alone w/ Berto. he then tells Berto (aka Yaolt Ehecatl) that him and Semihazah (one of the demons created from the cosmic dust who is feared by all servi) are the ones who saved him from being sacrificed that day on the pyramid. he also says that Semihazah marked him which is why Regulators and Bounty Hunters give up easily while hunting him. His mark is the second scar that he has but the others don't except he has no memory of serving Semihazah who only saved him because true dream walkers are very rare.
after some small talk Hawkwick announces that he wants to be their mentor since somebody will have to show them how to use their powers so they can destroy Nefandus. He explains he wants a place in history and this is how he can get it but in return he wants Berto to get him the Akashic Records which hold the thoughts and intentions of every individual since the start of time. He tells Hawkwick no and all Hawkwick does is hand him the book and let him leave.
As Berto's getting ready to leave Courtney gets dragged into Nefandus by some big man. He tries to save Courtney but she doesn't come through the portal with him, leading him to believe that she's trapped in the boundary which will kill her.
side notes: Obie is protected by the death giving goddess, Hel, who Berto calls the dark goddess and she's supposed to protect all of them.
Hawkwick's library is filled with books about the Legend of the Four
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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 20:30:13 GMT -5
ooo coolness this sounds like such a good book
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Post by Vanessa Rox on Jul 18, 2005 20:48:47 GMT -5
OO! That sounds a lot better than i thought it would be! What's the excert for at the end of the book?
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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 21:00:36 GMT -5
there is none
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Post by Vanessa ROx on Jul 18, 2005 21:56:19 GMT -5
There isn't? Oh, that sux! How do you know? Did you get it too??
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Post by Mango Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 22:04:02 GMT -5
i'm just gonna sum the rest up and if you want more detail about a certain part ask
Ashley's need to get back home was to save the outcome of the world becuase if she didn't get home before the night sun her son would kill loads of people in her time which would altar what already is. she had the power the whole time to go back she just hadn't known it until after she got Berto to become Semihazah's servi.
Semihazah dies at the end and Berto and the others save all the kidnapped kids. Berto also saves Piya who turns out to be his true love.
through out the whole book Maddie keeps remembering her trip to Nefandus and has a lot of strange stuff happening to her but Obie keeps hiding her memories from her. Berto finds out something about Maddie that explains everything and decides not to tell his friends or her and let them find out for themselves. he learned a bunch of crap from the records but it never really says what he finds out except that him and Piya are basically soul mates.
they kidnapped kids think they took part in one of Kyle's performances which is how it all got explained to everybody.
the daughters are mentioned 1 or 2 times and by the sounds of it the more powerful Followers are getting butthurt since the Atrox hasn't destroyed them yet or done anything with them for that matter.
i think book 5 might be about Maddie for obvious reasons and that's about it lol
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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 22:15:21 GMT -5
did he ever save Courtney? & who was the father of Ashley's baby?
ooo and thanks for the info did you love the book?
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Post by Mango Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 22:31:15 GMT -5
i loved the book and Courtney was w/ the other kids so she got saved as well, they were being kidnapped so they could look for the black diamond w/o the atrox knowing about it. i guess the father of her baby is her husband since she's royal from where she's from but it didn't say anything about him lol
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Post by Purple Mongoose on Jul 18, 2005 23:05:50 GMT -5
hehe well that makes sense I didn't know she was married bad cheating wife lol
YAY! I just ordered mine ;D
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