Title: The Mind’s Eye
Author: K.C. Finn
Published: April 1st, 2014 by Clean Teen Publishing
Word Count: 86,000
Genre: YA Historical Paranormal
Content Warning: Mild Violence
Recommended Age: 16+
Synopsis: A girl with a telepathic gift finds a boy clinging to his last hope during the war-torn climate of Europe, 1940.
At fifteen, Kit Cavendish is one the oldest evacuees to escape London at the start of the Second World War due to a long term illness that sees her stuck in a wheelchair most of the time. But Kit has an extraordinary psychic power: she can put herself into the minds of others, see through their eyes, feel their emotions, even talk to them – though she dares not speak out for fear of her secret ability being exposed.
As Kit settles into her new life in the North Wales village of Bryn Eira Bach, solitude and curiosity encourage her to gain better control of her gift. Until one day her search for information on the developing war leads her to the mind of Henri, a seventeen-year-old Norwegian boy witnessing the German occupation of his beloved city, Oslo. As Henri discovers more about the English girl occupying his mind, the psychic and emotional bonds between them strengthen and Kit guides him through an oppressive and dangerous time.
There are secrets to be uncovered, both at home and abroad, and it’s up to Kit and Henri to come together and fight their own battles in the depths of the world’s greatest war.
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Excerpt:
Excerpt:
We
spent Henri’s birthday under a tree drinking orange pop and trying to talk
about subjects that didn’t lead back to the war. The news of Clive and Ieuan
had shaken Leigh out of his selfish reverie, so if one good thing had come from
the darkness it was the fact that my brother had finally actually gotten to
know Henri. He even sang Happy Birthday in what he called ‘The Proper English
Way’, laughing so hard he could barely get the words out for lack of breath:
“Happy
Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you; you look like a monkey and you smell
like one too!”
Henri
laughed for the first time in what seemed like forever and a warmth settled in
my chest, like things were finally going to get back to normal. When Leighton
went to get more pop, Henri came to the tree and sat down beside me, putting a
long arm around my shoulders and pulling me in. He kissed the side of my head
gently, his warm breath sinking into my hair. He hadn’t tried to kiss me
properly again even when there had been opportunity for it, and I was sort of
grateful for that. As much as I wanted to feel that tingling,
only-us-in-the-world sensation again, right now the atmosphere just wasn’t
right. But we were always close to one another when we had the chance, I had
gotten so used to his arms around me that it felt like some part of me was
missing when he wasn’t there.
“I’ll
have to go into the village tomorrow,” he whispered, “to pass my enlistment
papers to the right people.”
An
invisible blade sank slowly into my fragile heart, but I had always known this
day was coming.
“It’ll
take them a while to process it,” I said hopefully, “I bet they’ve already got
loads of boys waiting to go to basic training.”
“Perhaps,”
he said softly, his lips still resting against my head.
I
turned sharply to face him, searching his deep brown eyes. “I don’t want you to
go,” I said, racing to find his hand to hold it tightly.
“I
won’t really be gone,” he replied, “You’ll always be able to find me.”
“That’s
not the point,” I said, my curls shaking as I trembled, “This is dangerous
Henri, this is war.”
“You
forget where I’ve been already,” he said, turning his face away to focus hard
on the distance. He kept a firm hold of my hand and gave it a good squeeze.
“You came to my head in the quiet times, the safe times. But I’ve already seen
the destruction, the danger and the death, Kit. I think there are two types of
people during war: those who see the horror happening and run away, never
looking back, and those who want to do something about it.” I felt his other
arm pull me in closer against his strong body. “You know which type I am, so
you know I have to go.”
I
couldn’t say anything, because it was all true.
About the Author:
Born in South Wales to Raymond and Jennifer Finn, Kimberley Charlotte Elisabeth Finn (known to readers as K.C., otherwise it’d be too much of a mouthful) was one of those corny little kids who always wanted to be a writer. She was also incredibly stubborn, and so has finally achieved that dream in 2013 with the release of her first three novellas in the four-part Caecilius Rex saga, the time travel adventure The Secret Star and her new urban fantasy epic The Book Of Shade.
As a sufferer with the medical condition M.E./C.F.S., Kim works part time as a private tutor and a teacher of creative writing, devoting the remainder of her time to writing novels and studying for an MA in Education and Linguistics.
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Thank you so much for the feature! <3
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