Category: Young Adult/Teen Publisher: Amazon Kindle
ISBN-10: B00BZ5OLTA
Type: Fiction
Pages: 194
Copyright: March 2013
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
Aecia lives her life as a disguised vampire, but she is human. Will she be captured, thrown into the clone farms and drained of her blood?
Only Human
Fourteen year old Aecia has a secret. She lives in a world where evolution has ensured that VAMPIRES rule, and she is HUMAN! Disguised by her her parents and uncle, her life is a macabre theatre production with her as the leading lady. With no friends, she carries this burden alone until her desperate loneliness creates ‘Amica’ a blonde, blue eyed and carefree human friend whom she writes to in her diary.
When she becomes involved with a real friend ‘Garok’ her life takes a disastrous turn for the worst, but as her terrifying fears are realised she discovers that maybe she is not alone, and as each calamitous morsel of her life explodes into chaos, she finds that her own birth has been the catalyst to events that will shake the foundations of the tyrannous vampire world forever.
Excerpt
Chapter One
The Forest
It is so cold and wet. The darkness is thick, and overwhelming every fibre of my being with fear as I struggle to remember where I am. I can hear a multitude of disturbing sounds as I am trying to build up the courage to sit up and take in my surroundings. Where are you Amica? Surely you wouldn’t desert me at a moment like this. The forest growls a symphony of guttural sounds; there are weird, thin screams, scrabbling, scratching and howling noises; some close by and others distant, but all instilling me with terror.
I have managed to sit up despite my body’s persistence in telling me to lie back down. I know who and what live in this place, and my only choice is to keep moving before they find me. At least I think that’s the best thing to do. Despite the inky black of the night, I think I have a rough idea which direction Fire mountain is. If I can manage to get closer to it, maybe I can enter disembodied voice’s mind, and tell him where I think that I am. I know it’s a long shot; he might not be conscious yet, and I might be wrong about where I am, but I have to try. I feel that you are with me Amica and I will put my trust in you.
There is a familiar pungent smell around the area in which I am sitting. This time it is not from a glass I am unwillingly pouring down my throat, it is inside me and spilling out onto the flaky forest leaves beneath it. The almost metallic, rusty odour of my blood is being absorbed by the hungry forest, and every molecule spilt is like a beacon to the creatures that have injured me. There is not much time left before they will arrive and I don’t want to be the main course for the Sanguis, or any other blood hungry demons that live here. I think that I have been hit by three separate arrows, but there are way too many predators and enemies here for me to guess who was on the other end of them. They all bite and that is all I need to know.
I’m going to crawl on my stomach as quietly as I can until I get out of the immediate area. That devil of an archer will have expected me to have landed somewhere around this area. I am beginning to feel lightheaded now; I think my earlier optimism is vastly premature! I can see you, and your frazzled expression is agreeing with me Amica. As I am inching my way, half of the forest seems to have attached itself to the sticky liquid from my wounds. I feel so heavy, and every centimetre of progress awakens another area of pain. It’s too much; I can’t do it! My mind is beginning to play tricks on me now. Am I in this dark place waiting to die, or am I at home in my pit room? My head is swimming through grey dots and hazy memories. It is the day I first met you friend. I’m so glad you came into my life.
Professional Reviews
Odd
5 out of 5 stars!!!
I must say I have never read a book quite like Only Human. It started out odd and slightly childish but I'm sure that's the way the author intended. This allowed us to actually grow with the main character. What kept throwing me off throughout the whole book was the fact that, even when the main character wasn't writing in her journal to her make-believe friend, she would still talk to her as if she were really there. Think a teenager with an imaginary friend and you have the situation. Then again, what would you expect from a girl who is the only human (that she knew of) in quite literally an all-vampire world? I personally loved the book, mainly for the odd way it was written. If you are one who may not enjoy feeling like you are reading the diary of a slightly mental child or seeing the world through said child's eyes, then don't pick this book up. If you are like me and always looking for new things to read that are written differently
Brilliant!
5 out of 5 stars Gemma Bradley
Brilliant book
