The Relic Trilogy [Book Tour with Excepts]

Welcome to one of the June 22nd stops on the blog tour for the The Relic Trilogy by Claudia Blood with Silver Dagger Book Tours. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, author guest posts, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.

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Company Assassin
Relic Book One
by Claudia Blood

Published 15 January 2021
Dragon Bane Publishing

Genre: Fantasy
Page Count: 208
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It’s Duff Roman’s eighteenth birthday, but no one is lighting candles.

Turning eighteen in the orphanage on Kalecca means starvation for those who aren’t hired into a Family. Outside the Family compounds lies the jungle. And in the jungle lies death. And Relics—the only real currency on Planet Kalecca.

The orphans are Duff’s family, and he’s sacrificed everything to keep the orphanage running, even his chance to move on. Now, at eighteen, he has no choice but to leave. Without him to bring in extra money, the orphans will starve under the Company’s control. Duff’s only chance to save them is to find a spot on an independent crew and hopefully find a Relic to sell.

A seemingly chance encounter with Z, leader of the most feared independent crew, offers Duff his opportunity to score a Relic. And offers Z a chance to relieve the guilt he feels over his past.

But a company assassin has plans to lay waste to Duff’s future, and the orphanage as well.

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Matilda sat at the table and threaded the needle. The demon alarm still buzzed in the background. She’d given the kids their assignments and tried to act as normal as possible. She didn’t want them worried about Duff or the demons since even the orphanage had company supplied protections. As long as they stayed in the orphanage, they should be fine.

Miss CuddleBug, Sheila’s doll, needed some surgery. Usually this sort of activity would calm Matilda. She checked her nails and saw the distinctive purple at the base that meant her nanites were activated. She took a deep breath and used the mantras her father had taught her.

Peace is within my reach.

Breathe and breathe again.

“Will Miss CuddleBug be well?” Sheila stood on her tip-toes to see her dolly on the table.

“I’ll get her fixed up.” Matilda stroked Sheila’s hair. Sheila’s complexion grayed. Matilda snatched her hand back. She had to be careful with the little ones when she was this worked up. The nanites in her system would kill them.

I rated this book 5 stars when I reviewed and interviewed the author last month. Check it out!

Horizon Found
Relic Book Two
by Claudia Blood

Published 15 February 2021
Dragon Bane Publishing

Genre: Fantasy
Page Count: 294
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Duff Roman has managed the unthinkable—saving the orphanage where he grew up. But his trials are far from over.

The second book in the Blood Relics series pits Duff against his enemy Ravenne once more, but the very ground on which they battle is becoming increasingly unstable, and the time particles, Relics, and Seers that fuel the economy are disappearing.

As Duff works to save his world, his efforts are complicated by the arrival of Willow, a Seer who Ravenne believes took her daughter the day she died—and in whom Duff has more than a passing interest.

Duff and Z-Crew team up with a long-hidden group of scientists working to save them all, while Ravenne continues her endless efforts to discover what really happened to her daughter.

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Z’d done more circles and loops than he’d done in years. He hadn’t caught any sign that Malcolm or anyone else had been following.

Now he had to decide how much risk he was willing to put the team through. If he was wrong and this was a trap, it would be sprung in the village. They’d be boxed in and sitting ducks for a company assassin. If he brought the crew in and it wasn’t a trap, they would be safe in the enclave and would hopefully, make a good impression on the scientists. If he was wrong and it was a trap, they’d all be dead. Having them outside would give them a chance to survive, but it might mean they wouldn’t be accepted into the enclave. If his mission was to be successful, he needed the team to be accepted by the enclave, but he couldn’t put them in extra risk without them having a choice.

“Stop here. Huddle up.” Z stopped by a tree.

Rin still had a slight limp, but she was doing much better even just a day later. Gabriel also seemed to be interacting easier within the group. Rin no longer seemed to look down on Gabriel. Without him, Z wasn’t sure Rin would have survived. Duff caught his gaze and gave him an encouraging smile. Their relationship was better. The crew gathered around, waiting for direction.

“There is a chance this is a trap.” He paused to see what they had to say about that.

Time Rift
Relic Book Three
by Claudia Blood

Published 15 March 2021
Dragon Bane Publishing

Genre: Fantasy
Page Count: 238
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Duff Roman and Z-Crew are trapped in an impossible situation—time itself is coming apart at the seams, and they suspect the key rests with one girl: Horizon.

The problem? Horizon is the long-sought-after daughter of their nemesis, Ravenne. She stopped at nothing to retrieve her daughter from the past. Now it’s clear sending Horizon back is the only way to repair the rift, but Ravenne won’t let her go.

The underground alien artifact where they accidentally created the time-rift is crumbling, and no one will survive unless they can escape, but time is shuddering and echoing around them, and the way out isn’t clear.

To make things worse, thanks to the unpredictability of time rifts, the crew now faces not just one mortal enemy—there are two Ravennes working against them!

Will Z-Crew escape Ravenne’s clutches and set time right again, or will Duff finally have to bend to his enemy’s will? Find out in the final installment of the Relic Trilogy!

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The stone bridge shimmied under Z’s feet. A rock crashed next to him. Heart racing, he jumped back. Stalactites covered the ceiling like jagged stone teeth. They vibrated. One the size of a house broke and plummeted to the side of the bridge.

“Get down!” Gabriel screamed.

Z flattened himself against the bridge. The whole thing shuddered. He held on, his fingers digging into the stone. His feet, having no purchase, slid to the side and off the end. Fear gripped his chest. He was tied to a rope, but if he fell Matilda and Gabriel would fall with him. All it would take was another big stalactite falling or worse, one hitting the bridge, and they were done for.

The bridge stopped quaking. Z stood up. He needed to get them off the bridge. Movement to the side caught his gaze. A white mist flowed toward him. Inside the mist shadowed figures moved, hovering above the chasm. Was it real?

The chill of fear cinched tighter around his chest. The mist reminded him of the feeling he’d had in the great tree they had used as transport the first time they journeyed to Falcon’s Folly.

He pushed aside the comparison. Now was not the time; now they needed to get off the bridge. He glanced back over his shoulder. Both Matilda and Gabriel gaped at the white cloud. At least he knew it wasn’t just in his head. 

The bridge trembled again, but the figures seemed unaffected. 

“Move!” Z barked.

Claudia Blood’s early introduction to Dungeons and Dragons, combined with her training as a scientist and a side trip into the world of IT set her up to become an award-winning author of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

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