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Patricia Reding
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SELECT
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author Insight
Prophesies Abound
Oh, what fun it is to write of prophesies! In a story, they give inklings into the future - although like most that have been uttered in our own world, they leave much to interpretation. Often they are not fully understood until after the events of which they foretold, have occurred. What purpose then, do they serve? Perhaps the end game is less about telling the future, and more about getting people to focus their attention on an issue. In this situation, there appears to be another foreshadowing added to the prophecy. Here, Lucy and her friends are unable to do anything about the prophesy at hand, except to watch how it plays out, and based on Lucy's half-voiced comments, the repercussions could affect her, personally, in a serious way. I suppose there are many parallels between this scene and things we experience in our own lives. We might have good insight into how things will come to pass in certain situations, but if we have no say about those situations or control over them, we are but observers. Do you agree?
Book Excerpt
SELECT
Lucy sighed. “The twins are to be tested. If they’re successful, my time is—”
“How?” Fidel interrupted. “And how do you know this? Was this all part of what Ehyeh shared with you?”
“It is. If the girls are successful, the moons will align in one way, and if not, they’ll align in another.”
“That’s preposterous,” Nina said. “The moons don’t just change course.”
“Are you so sure?” Lucy’s brow rose. “Could not Ehyeh, who made them, change them?”
“She’s right, Nina,” Leala said. “There are other similar historical events.”
“Oh? Like what?”
“Like the time the day did not arrive.”
Nina stared at the old woman. “That’s not possible.”
“It is. It was a time of battle when the Select gained their freedom from their old lands. Ehyeh encouraged them. He told them that He’d help them—that He’d grant them the benefit of dark by which they might escape. So, He called for a day without light.”
“Are you sure about this?” Fidel asked, looking first to Leala, then to Lucy.
“As sure as I can be,” Lucy said. “And given that my li— Well, in any case, rest assured. I’ve made no mistake here.”
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