Title: Five Steps to Celestia
Author: Terry Segan
Genre: Paranormal Mystery
Book Blurb:
Twenty-two years after a tragic accident claimed Joy’s memories, a chance discovery in a gift shop nudges her forgotten past to the surface. Was it the cashier’s purple necklace, the Celestia seeds, or long-suppressed recollections pushing her to remember her former life?
As she searches for clues leading home, unknown elements threaten her current happiness and those she loves. When a cryptic symbol forms on her wrist and additional instructions appear on the seed packets, they offer more confusion than clarity.
With her best friend’s help, Joy strings together the missing pieces of her mysterious provenance. Her quest uncovers those who have paid the price for her reckless youth. Will she be welcomed back with open arms or scorned for having survived?
Excerpt:
Staring into the dresser mirror, Joy placed the gold chain around her neck. Her thoughts flitted back to the grizzled hands of the hospital volunteer who’d put it on her the first time. The man had slipped the delicate chain around her saying it was a gift for all those who needed a memory or two. She couldn’t recall his face. He never returned to visit again. The nurses she’d questioned about him didn’t know who she talked about. Why had she forgotten that until this moment?
The doctors said she would recover her memories in time. Joy never did. There was no medical explanation for the permanent loss. Amnesia didn’t work that way, yet here she stood, twenty-two years later with a name given to her by the doctor, now her deceased husband.
Joy wrapped her hand around the small vial begging it to conjure the memories promised. Loosening her grip, she stared into its depth. A purple haze glistened from within. The thickness of the glass obscured its true form; she could never tell if the substance inside was powder or liquid. Whenever she gazed into the tiny receptacle, she felt at peace. Maybe that’s the purpose of it—simply to soothe the wearer.
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The Eight by Katherine Neville. While the technology is old since the book had been written in the seventies, it’s a great adventure story. The author ties in items from the past with events in the present. Everything centers around a legendary chess set with mystical powers. This is a book I reread every few years because it’s such a satisfying tale with great characters.
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Five Steps to Celestia is a mystical tale of discovery by a woman searching for her past. It will make you laugh, cry, and fear for the safety of her loved ones. With the intricate details and hints sprinkled throughout the chapters, you’ll want to keep turning pages trying to figure out where Joy, the main character, came from as well as where she truly belongs.
Giveaway –
One lucky reader will win a $100 Amazon gift card.
Open internationally.
Runs August 1 – 31, 2024
Drawing will be held on September 2, 2024.
Author Biography:
Terry Segan, originally from Commack, NY, resides in Nevada. To appease her gypsy soul and travel cravings, she’s rarely found at home on the weekends. Her journeys inspire the paranormal mysteries filling the pages of her books. Some of her best ideas are worked out while traveling on the backseat of her husband’s motorcycle. His only request is to be a chalk outline in one of her novels—providing she’s still writing fiction. Terry’s goals are to cause her readers to laugh out loud, cry with joy, or cower under the covers wondering if that thump under the bed was real or imagined.
Social Media Links:
Author Website: https://terrysegan.com/
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