Radiant Shadows – Beginnings (1-3)
The story is told in three parts, from three different points of view.
First is the tale of how Stephen Brown volunteered to undergo a magic ritual that would make him the polar opposite of a vampire so that he would be able to stand against a certain vampire who broke a truce that was being observed between the vampires and the humans.
Second, Marshall Bretter tells of how he was turned by a vampire when trying to save his girlfriend's life. Steven is able to come save him from himself when Marshall finds himself caught in a newborn vampire's bloodlust.
The third part is told by Phyllis, a young girl who is friends with Stephen and is somewhat obsessed with vampires. She wants to help Marshall and is willing to assist Steven in his hunt of the evil vampire.
About Sarah Baethge (Austin, Texas Author)
I am Sarah Baethge. I was born in Houston in 1982, and grew up in Texas and Louisiana. I was an intern for Lockheed-Martin fresh out of high school I graduated with a national merit scholarship in 2000. I got to work on the software of computers at NASA in Houston in the summer before I headed to college in Dallas.
In November of 2000 when I was driving to school, I was in a car wreck that left me in a coma for 6 months. After waking, I began writing and self-publishing short fantasy and science-fiction stories, starting with the original The Speed of Darkness book. Soon after I had it out I greatly expanded the story in my notes. I took the book down from Amazon and Smashwords because it begins a bit abruptly, and I thought I could improve it with a prequel or two.
I do have two paperbacks on Amazon along with a short piece of my Speed of Darkness series as an ebook. As I have spent more time on writing my own worlds than acting as a bookseller, and they have never gained much notice. I did get a vampire poem I wrote called ‘And I Was Hungry’ published in an online magazine called What the Dickens in March of 2014.
