Teaser Tuesdays/First Chapter First Paragraph - Star of Wonder

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jenn at A Daily Rhythm. To play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
• Share the title and author, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser and First Paragraph are both from a book I've had for awhile, but decided to wait on reading it until closer to Christmas, since it's about the wise men's journey to Bethlehem. I'm starting on it now, and incidentally, the eBook is free for Kindle right now.

It was Daniel's scrolls, kept sealed until the right time, that my father wished me to carry back to Jerusalem from whence he had stolen them. He believed, as did Gaspar beside me, that the time had come.
And it was the star that told them so.
The self-same star that whispered nothing but torture and destruction in my ears.

 ~Star of Wonder: A Novella (The Incense Road Book 1) by Tracy L Higley, at 26% on my Kindle

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First Chapter/First Paragraph/Tuesday Intros is a weekly link-up hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea. To participate, share the first paragraph (or two) of a book you're reading, or thinking about reading soon.

                                                                    
   From that first night nine months ago, a sickness had been growing in me, like some hideous creature wanting to be birthed. I knew its cause. That damnable, beautiful star.
   Tonight on the palace roof I tried to look away, to stop my ears to the endless musings and sharp-tongued arguments of my fellow scholars. They bickered over the portent of that silver-white specter wandering the charred field of Sin, god of the night. But it was the night before my final examinations and I could not afford distraction.
   Only a few hours remained until dawn, and I must retrieve the one thing that would assure my place among them, that would give me an edge over Navid and all his advantages.
   One chance. I had one chance to redeem last month's disaster.

Star of Wonder: A Novella (The Incense Road Book 1) by Tracy L Higley

Here's the blurb:

An epic quest across the sands of Arabia.

In the exotic land of the east, a group of scholars studies the night sky for generations, until finally a star bursts onto the scene, signaling the birth of a new world leader.

But when an ancient document surfaces, whispering of an artifact of immense power, the temptation to seek out its power infiltrates their caravan.

The soldier, the mage, and the Egyptian princess each has a secret to protect. But if they are going to survive the dark forces battling for their prize, they must learn to trust each other-- in what will surely be the journey of a lifetime.

What do you think? Would you continue reading?

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