Innovera Yakov: The Journey of a Thousand Eyes
Kia Garriques
Young Adult
Official Blurb -
Innovera Yakov: The Journey of A Thousand Eyes takes you into a world of excitement and danger
where thoughts and feelings are overheard and minds can travel to other worlds. Be prepared to
immerse yourself in a world where falling in love could cost you your life and nothing is as it seems.
Innovera Yakov: The Journey of A Thousand Eyes is the first book in an action-packed fantasy drama
series where characters with powers of healing and destruction live, love, compete and disappear
without a trace while they are being prepared for ‘The Journey’.
Innovera Yakov is a beautiful world of crystals that turns under five moons and two brilliant suns that never set. Flitters take care of domestic chores while Starbirds and Starflies soar through the never-ending sunlight of this crystalline world. The Circle of Knowing decides their fate; the forbidden forests of the Dimmer Zone swallow trespassers. And at the very edges of Innovera Yakov there is the terrifying watery darkness of Verheer.
Summary:
We meet Ayana, the healer and lonely outcast with her scarred face; Vinton, her protector (or is he her imaginary friend?); Gamma and Blu Tara, the beautiful, fiery twins who can kill with one look. These twins are important characters in the book. They could hardly be more different from each other. Krave, beloved by Gamma, hated by Blu Tara, ‘tall and upright as a polished spear with a beautiful crop of golden hair that cascaded down his back in waves’; his ‘brother’ Skylar, pure trouble with ‘muscles on his arms and legs that stood out in lumps’; Ryder with his crystal spear, forever seeking Ayana’s approval although she, refusing to believe she's worth it, can only wonder, ‘What does he see in me?’ And Ice, mysterious, dangerous, murderous with eyes like bright furnaces who feeds on Innoverans. These young Innoverans are often haunted by a forgotten past recalled only in strange dreams. They form friendships, make enemies and face constant physical and emotional challenges that test them to their limits. They have amazing powers; they can fly, they can communicate through 'thought-words', their minds can travel to other worlds. They harbor secrets.
But life is not easy on Innovera Yakov and the young Beings must live in constant fear of Blu Tara; ‘What I want, I have. What I can’t have, I destroy.’ They find that the great powers they are gifted with are nothing compared to the dangers they face. They must shelter from Solar-storms. To fall in love is dangerous. Lovers long to combine to become stronger, better Beings but it can go terribly wrong and when that happens they perish. Their survival is further threatened by Ice, who consumes Innoverans and holds both Blu Tara and Ayana in his control.
Everyone seeks a partner with whom they can ‘merge.’ This desire to ease the passage through life by joining forces with a true companion is one of the main themes of the story. Love for Blu Tara, is a terrible thing. She tells her sister, ‘It is a curse. You will scoop out your core and abandon it just to have the Being that you love... You will steal another person’s life force if it makes it easier to get it. You will kill or die for it. And you’ll hate yourself for the weakness that it brings on you.'
They are told that they must embark on 'The Journey', this journey will be more terrifying than any of them could imagine and a strong leader must be elected from their midst. They are shocked to discover who that leader is, none more so than the chosen one herself. Many of them will perish as they make their way through the watery darkness of Verheer while battling the army of underworld
warriors bent on destroying and consuming them.
Finally, diminished in strength and numbers, they reach their journey’s end only to learn the final brutal truth.
Read the first chapterExcerpts:
Blu Tara stared her sister in the face. ‘Let me tell you what you don't know about love, Gamma. It is a curse. You will scoop out your core and abandon it just to have the Being that you love. You will steal another person's life force if it makes it easier to get it. You will abandon the world you have been cradled in, betray everything and everyone you care for. You’ll give up your name for it.’
Blu Tara's voice went soft and dreamy. ‘You will gladly close your eyes and embrace the world of darkness. You will kill or die for it. And you will hate yourself for the weakness that it brings on you. So don’t talk to me about love.’
Gamma shook her head. ‘You're not making sense,’ Blu Tara. ‘You talk as if... I’m the one who should be upset about all this.’
Blu Tara lifted her hand dismissively. She pointed a hot finger at Gamma. ‘Anyway don’t forget what we are.’
'And what are we?’ Gamma glared at her..
'Different. Strange. Something to be frightened of. Two Beings that can fuse and burn everything to ashes. That's the way they all see us down there. That's what the Stardog wants from you - the powers you possess.
‘I hate them all. With their suspicious, shiny faces and their empty games. I hate that Voice which drones on and on at us in the Learning Dome as soon as we've finished resting.
Innoverans! All those perfect, pretty Beings; they remember nothing — it’s the curse of this shallow, shining world. Tell me, Gamma - what do you remember of the world we come from before your Odors Apeno dumped us here?’
Gamma swung around to face her sister fully. ‘Blu Tara! What's got into you? Where’s all that coming from? I've never heard you speak like that before. This is about Krave and I- not you!’
Krave and you - don't make me laugh. And, oh! Here’s a big difference — between you and I this time, Twin Sister. It’s the answer to your question that you brought me up here to ask.’ Blu Tara mimicked Gamma's soft and musical voice, Why do you want to kill Krave?
Here's the answer, Gamma. I will do whatever I have to do to save myself. I'm the half of you that's not like you. I don't have a weeping heart. Now I'm out of here. I need my Rest.
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‘Flight, my beloved,’ he whispered. ‘Are you ready?’
Gamma held on to him for what she knew was about to come. Krave tightened his grip in the small of her back and Gamma steadied herself. She closed her eyes and smiled. Then the lift! With his powerful arms he threw her so high and so fast into the air he soon became a tiny golden sparkle a great distance below her. Catapulted by his energy, Gamma flew past the minor moon of Dotan in a rush of joy, her body, tingling with the sensation of Krave’s fingers on her skin. It felt as if he was still holding her, still lifting her with invisible hands towards the stars of Eden Gobad. It was a long time before Gamma began to descend in a frightening rush towards the rocks.
But she was not worried. She trusted Krave completely. Gamma allowed herself to fall and when it felt as if it was too late, that she was certain to hit the waiting rocks, Krave raised his arms towards her. White light fanned out from his fingers and surrounded her. It was as if she’d been caught up in a rain of tiny stars. It slowed her down and somehow cushioned her; leaving her with a feeling of such warmth and lightness Gamma felt that in that moment, she herself was made of Innoveran air.
She landed in Krave’s arms.
‘Krave, I-I’m…’ she could not speak. She did not need to anyway.
Krave cupped her face in his hands and blew warm air along her cheeks and down her neck. ‘I know, he said. I am for you too, Gamma. All of me. Now my turn, my Fire Queen.’
He released her and stepped back several paces.
Gamma sucked in air and held it in. Pressing against the lens on her eyes, she felt the temperature rise inside her until all of her became a red and pulsing glow.
‘I’m hot,’ she laughed.
‘I know,’ Krave said, his voice rolling from his chest in a soft sweet wave.
‘Look out!’ she cried. And then her breath exploded near his feet.
Krave shot into the air like a yellow comet. He did not rise as high as he had thrown her but he made the most of it while he was in the air. He created intricate fiery patterns as his body looped and spun: the shape of a Golkan leaf, an exploding Starfly. Finally he traced her name in a fiery golden weave against the sky. He came down in a rush and landed directly in front of her.
‘Phew! That was hot,’ he laughed. Then he took her hand. ‘All of this – you and me – all of this is so perfect and yet you are afraid to merge your energies with mine. To partake of each other’s power and become something better, more fine-looking and stronger.
Listen to the first chapter
About the Author
Kia Garriques studied writing and English literature at University and has been a published short story writer since 2009. Her first story “The Invisible Alien Watcher” was published by Micro Horror in 2009 and reprinted by Pill Hill Press in 2011. Innovera Yakov: The Journey of a Thousand Eyes – is her first novel in the ‘Worlds’ series.Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Tumblr | Wattpad | Pinterest
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