Showing posts with label dystopian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dystopian. Show all posts
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Cover Reveal for NO RETURN by Zoe Cannon
If you like young adult dystopian novels, you're going to love this series! I've already read Book 1 - The Torturer's Daughter - and it's a great, suspenseful, fast read that will have you itching to get your hands on Book 2 - Necessary Sacrifices.
Today, I'm happy to be hosting the cover reveal for Book 3 - No Return . . .
They know about the lives she’s saved. About the prison break she carried out against impossible odds. They know she turned a dying resistance into the first real threat Internal Defense has faced in a long time.
And even now, with the resistance under attack from the inside, they know Becca can save them.
They’re wrong.
This conclusion to the series explores what happens when an ordinary person becomes a legend – and how to choose between who you are and who the world needs you to be.
No Return will be released May 21st
2014. You can add it to your Goodreads TBR list here.
Zoe Cannon writes about the things that fascinate her: outsiders, societies no sane person would want to live in, questions with no easy answers, and the inner workings of the mind. If she couldn't be a writer, she would probably be a psychologist, a penniless philosopher, or a hermit in a cave somewhere. While she'll read anything that isn't nailed down, she considers herself a YA reader and writer at heart. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and a giant teddy bear of a dog, and spends entirely too much time on the internet.
Today, I'm happy to be hosting the cover reveal for Book 3 - No Return . . .
Every dissident knows about Becca Dalcourt.
They know about the lives she’s saved. About the prison break she carried out against impossible odds. They know she turned a dying resistance into the first real threat Internal Defense has faced in a long time.
And even now, with the resistance under attack from the inside, they know Becca can save them.
They’re wrong.
This conclusion to the series explores what happens when an ordinary person becomes a legend – and how to choose between who you are and who the world needs you to be.
Zoe Cannon writes about the things that fascinate her: outsiders, societies no sane person would want to live in, questions with no easy answers, and the inner workings of the mind. If she couldn't be a writer, she would probably be a psychologist, a penniless philosopher, or a hermit in a cave somewhere. While she'll read anything that isn't nailed down, she considers herself a YA reader and writer at heart. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and a giant teddy bear of a dog, and spends entirely too much time on the internet.
Here's where she hangs out online:
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Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Shattered Worlds is On Tour!!
If you love dystopian and apocalyptic fiction, then join us over the next
few days to get your fix. You'll find exclusive
excerpts from the novels,
guest posts from the authors, and there’s
also an opportunity to enter the Shattered Worlds giveaway to win 12 novels and a $60
Amazon gift card.
Check out the tour dates below!
26th February
Playing Jokers
Mythical Books
Read More, Sleep Less
Jess Time To Read
Donnie Darko Girl
K.F.Breene
Vanilla Moon Blog
Old Victorian Quill
Happy Indulgence Books
Sarit Yahalomi
Trina’s Tantalising Titbits
Mom with a Kindle
Primorose Musings
Becca Anne’s Book Reviews
Aria Kane
Booky Thoughts and Me
Share My Destiny
Day Dream Books
Simplistic Reviews
A Touch of Book Madness
A Dream Within a Dream
To Dream with Eyes Open
Wonderful Monster Book
Reviewing in Chaos
We Do Write
Girls with Book
Rude Mom
Living in a Book World
Marked by Books
Gin’s Book Notes
27th February
Two Ends of the Open
Purple Shadow Hunter
Books Direct
I Love Books
Sassy Book Lovers
The Book Bag
The Bookish Confections
Fantastical World of Wonders
28th February
Why I can’t Stop Reading
Shayna Varadeaux
Books by Kay
Contagious Reads
Creating Serenity
Bawakas Book Fair
Crazy Beautiful Reviews
Literary Me
Fuonlyknew
Wanted Readers
Pieces of Whimsy
Naughty Book Eden
1st March
Bibliophile Mystery
Vanya Drum
Yearning Mermaid
My Book Addiction
Reviews by Jasmine
Magic Inside Pages
Book Liaison
Cada Libro Un Mundo
Ebook Escapes
Literary Winner
Rockin’ and Reviewing
Fundinmental
Sun Mountain Reviews
Mismatched Bookends
Books to Breathe
2nd March
Once Upon a YA book
Buried Under Books
Michael Scifan
Book Lover’s Life
Live a Thousand Lives
All Things in the Cloud Sweet
The Cover Contessa
Scandalous Bookblog
3rd March
Thoughts at One in the Morning
Addicted Readers
A Book Addict’s Bookshelves
So Many Books, So Little Time
FicCentral
Deal Sharing Aunt
NaYa Books and More
Thanks a bazillion to all the amazing bloggers who signed up for the Shattered Worlds tour. We're blown away by how many of you have offered to host it.
If you'd like to get your hands on a copy of all six featured novels, Shattered Worlds is on sale for just 99c / 77p !!
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.de
Barnes and Noble
Kobo
Smashwords
Monday, 3 February 2014
Win 6 Bestselling Dystopian Novels plus an Amazon Giftcard
See below to win all these incredible ebooks,
plus an Amazon gift card!
plus an Amazon gift card!
Bestselling tales of survival against the odds,
dark worlds, dystopian regimes and heroic rebels.
Shattered Worlds features six full-length novels from bestselling authors.
Shattered Worlds features six full-length novels from bestselling authors.
Immerse yourself in post-apocalyptic
civilizations and bleak near-futures
where hope still lives.
1. Apocalypsis Book 1: Kahayatle from
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Elle Casey
2. Outside (Outside series, Book 1) by Shalini Boland
3. The Torturer's Daughter by Zoe Cannon
4. Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer
5. The Blemished by Sarah Dalton
6. The Breeders by Katie French
2. Outside (Outside series, Book 1) by Shalini Boland
3. The Torturer's Daughter by Zoe Cannon
4. Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer
5. The Blemished by Sarah Dalton
6. The Breeders by Katie French
For your chance to win all six novels, plus the sequels and a $60 Amazon Gift Card, enter the Rafflecopter below:
Friday, 6 December 2013
Dystopian Sci Fi Serial THE SPIRAL ARM, Episode 2 - New Release!
Episode 2 in the brilliant new series . . .
Wren is in the most dangerous place imaginable - a training ship full
of fledgling killers heading to a war-torn planet. She’s struggling to keep up, and the other cadets aren't impressed. But Wren’s not done for yet. She’s a
survivor and uses the one thing she’s got to even the odds - her super-smart
brain. But will that be enough?
Praise for Episode 1:
“It had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.”
“Everything about this story is intriguing.”
“… the beginning of a great space opera.”
“It had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.”
“Everything about this story is intriguing.”
“… the beginning of a great space opera.”
More about Peter Boland
After studying to be an architect, Pete realised he wasn’t
very good at it. He liked designing buildings he just couldn’t make them stand
up, which is a bit of a handicap in an industry that likes to keep things
upright. So he switched to advertising, writing ads for everything from cruise
lines to zombie video games. After meeting his wife and having two
boys, he was amazed when she sat and actually wrote a book. Then another and
another. They were good too. So he thought, I’ll have a go at
that. He soon realised there’s no magic formula. You just have to put one word
in front of the other (and keep doing that for about a year). It also helps if
you can resist the lure of surfing, Taekwondo, playing Lego with the boys and
drinking beer in front of the TV.
Links:
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My Post-Apocalyptic Obsession
A while ago, I wrote a post about my love of all things post-apocalyptic, over on Jera's Jamboree. And now, with the release of THE PERIMETER, my final book in the Outside Series, I thought I'd resurrect the post again, over here.
I’ve always been quite an eclectic kind of reader. Never sticking to one genre and devouring just about anything and everything from romance to thrillers to supernatural to contemporary fiction. But I do have phases. There was my ‘pony’ phase when I was ten – anything with a gymkhana and a fanciable stable boy and I was hooked. Later, came my Anne Rice phase – vampires and witches in the Deep South. I still dip in and out of her series. But right now, I’m head-over-heels in love with dystopia and the apocalypse.
I’ve always been quite an eclectic kind of reader. Never sticking to one genre and devouring just about anything and everything from romance to thrillers to supernatural to contemporary fiction. But I do have phases. There was my ‘pony’ phase when I was ten – anything with a gymkhana and a fanciable stable boy and I was hooked. Later, came my Anne Rice phase – vampires and witches in the Deep South. I still dip in and out of her series. But right now, I’m head-over-heels in love with dystopia and the apocalypse.
Artist - Matthew Coglianese |
The British TV series The Last Train got me hooked on near-future fiction. It came out at the end of the nineties and after
watching it, I trawled around looking for more movies and books to
satisfy my craving, but alas, pickings were very thin. A few years
later, I decided to write my own – The Outside Series. I’m happy to say that since then the genre has been flourishing.
Here are a few of my personal faves:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is set in a dystopian
society where children from different ‘districts’ fight to the death in
an arena. Sounds brutal and it is, but it’s written for teens, so isn’t
quite as bloodthirsty as it sounds. Fast-paced action with a hint of
romance.
Survivors, a British TV series about a small group who survive
a flu pandemic. I loved the gritty realism of it, the
‘what-would-you-do-in-this-situation?’ scenario.
The Passage by Justin Cronin: Vampires + Dystopia = what’s not
to love? This is a rich and highly detailed novel set before and after
the end of society as we know it.
The Blemished by Sarah Dalton. I recently discovered this
indie writer and found an unputdownable story about a dystopian society
where people are genetically modified to be beautiful. Everyone else is
‘blemished’. We follow Mina’s story as a ‘blem’ where Dalton skilfully
combines action, romance and drama.
The Walking Dead is hands-down my favourite of the genre.
Based on the graphic novel, it’s a TV series about a zombie apocalypse.
The characters are brilliant, the setting is terrifying and the tension
is so ramped up that I feel like I’ve run a marathon after each episode.
I do watch most of it from behind a cushion, but the bits I get to see
are fantastic.
I am Legend by Richard Matheson is a fabulously scary
end-of-the-world novel. I was excited when the movie came out, but
really annoyed when they gave it the obligatory Hollywood ending.
Divergent by Veronica Roth. This first book in the series was
very enjoyable. It’s about a dystopian society where people are split
into factions according to their personalities. The story follows Tris
as she comes of age and must choose where she belongs.
Recently, I've been reading the gripping Yesterday's Gone serial, and I've just started Breakers, which is shaping up to be a great read.
There are plenty more in my ‘to-be-read/watched’ pile and I think
this phase in my life is set to last for a good while longer. I do,
however, tend to alternate each novel with a more contemporary read,
otherwise I can end up confusing my ‘factions’ with my ‘districts’ which
is not a good idea.
Monday, 25 November 2013
Seed Savers: Heirloom Blog Tour
Today, I'm happy to be part of the Seed Savers Blog Tour. It's a YA Series that sounds intriguing - a dystopian society where gardening is illegal as the government controls the food supply. Here's a bit about each book in the series. Plus, a short excerpt from the third book Heirloom.
Book 1 - Treasure:
In
a future where processed food is king and gardening is illegal, three
friends secretly study about seeds and growing food. Afraid of being
caught by GRIM, siblings Clare and Dante run away one night leaving
behind their friend Lily and mentor, Ana.
Book 2 - Lily:
After
Clare and Dante leave, Lily sets out to discover why. Along the way she
makes new friends and struggles inwardly when a family secret is
revealed. Lily must decide what to do and whom she can trust.
Book 3 - Heirloom
In
a futuristic U.S.A. where gardening is illegal, siblings Clare and
Dante have escaped to Canada and are living with a host family, enjoying
farm life and learning to grow their own food. Attending Garden
Guardian class, they meet other refugees and unearth the history of how
they lost their choices about food.
Their
friend Lily, who was left behind when they escaped, searches for a
father she grew up believing was dead, but whom she recently discovered
is alive. To succeed in her quest, Lily must elude GRIM, look for the
secret Seed Savers symbols, and find the friends who can help in the
search.
Excerpt from Chapter 29 of Heirloom (book 3)
Clare looked at her chair and then at the door. Jason was already outside. She knew she couldn’t wait for the next politics class. She wasn’t even sure if there would be another one, as now all inside lectures were dependent on the weather. And besides, Stan had acted as if everyone knew what happened in 2064. She left her chair for someone else to put away and rushed toward the door.
“Jason, wait up.” He didn’t hear her. She ran to catch up with his quick gait. “Jason!”
He turned. Clare thought how he looked older. His stern face caused her courage to briefly falter.
“Wait up. Where ya goin’?”
“Walking,” he said. “Thinking.”
“I don’t know,” Clare began, “what happened in 2064. I don’t know who James Gardener is.”
He shook his head slightly, made a little puff sound through his nostrils. “I swear, Clare, sometimes I don’t know what you’re doing here.”
She opened her mouth to respond.
“Look, I’m sorry. It’s just . . . this has been my whole life. My family has always been a part of Seed Savers. The Movement and the crackdown were stories I grew up on. I cannot wait to get back again—when the time is right. I lose my patience with people here who don’t have the urgency I feel.”
Clare felt a little guilty; her only sense of urgency was in learning to garden. She got the feeling Jason meant something more. He always seemed so—so restless. Discontented.
“So,” she said quietly, “will you please tell me about 2064?”
AUTHOR BIO
S. Smith grew up on a farm with a tremendously large garden. She maintains that if you can’t taste the soil on a carrot, it’s not fresh enough. Although she now lives with her husband and three cats in the city, she still manages to grow fruits and vegetables in their backyard garden.
A licensed ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, Ms. Smith has enjoyed teaching students from around the world.
Ms. Smith is a member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and an OSU Master Gardener. She gardens and writes at her home in the beautiful and green Pacific Northwest.
Author Links:
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
THE PERIMETER Book Blitz Day 2
The Perimeter is now available from most online retailers |
Today's Blitz Stops
Check out these great blogs for interviews, guest posts reviews and giveaways!
Monday, 7 October 2013
THE PERIMETER (Outside Series #3) - COVER REVEAL . . .
In this fractured
world, a sinister force is coming for Riley, and the only things keeping her safe
are a perimeter fence and the people she loves. As her life is threatened, she
must make impossible choices. But help comes from the most unlikely of places, and
all Riley needs to know is: who can she really trust?
Meanwhile, a repentant killer searches for salvation, but what he gets is the exact opposite. Now he'll have to make
the hardest decision of his life.
The Perimeter is a
darkly captivating dystopian tale of adventure, danger, love and redemption
that will have you on the edge of your seat and up at night turning the pages
to find out what happens next . . .
THE PERIMETER
(Outside Series #3)
Coming November 18th 2013
About the Outside Series:
Set in the near future, the Outside Series
follows Riley as she overcomes the murder of her younger sister by tracking
the killer across a post-apocalyptic Britain. At the same time, she is forced
to take on the might of a twisted regime intent on conquering the nation.
Book 1 - OUTSIDE
Book 2 - THE CLEARING
Book 3 - THE PERIMETER
Book 1 - OUTSIDE
Book 2 - THE CLEARING
Book 3 - THE PERIMETER
Links to all books:
Shalini's US Amazon pageShalini's UK Amazon page
Barnes & Noble page
Smashwords page
itunes page
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Dystopian Thriller, OUTSIDE, is Free for Two Days Only
OUTSIDE
A post-apocalyptic romance thriller
The world of the future is divided
by Perimeters: high-security gated communities where life goes on as normal. If
you’re inside you’re lucky, if you’re outside life expectancy takes a nose dive.
Riley is fortunate to have been born on the right side of the fence. But her life of privilege comes crashing down when someone breaks through the Perimeter and murders her sister. She forsakes her own safety to go in search of the killer. Luc decides to go with her otherwise she’ll be dead before she’s past the security gate. But what awaits her outside is more unbelievable than she ever expected.
Cut to the present day where Eleanor's world is falling apart. This time next year, civilisation won't be quite so civilised . . .
Riley is fortunate to have been born on the right side of the fence. But her life of privilege comes crashing down when someone breaks through the Perimeter and murders her sister. She forsakes her own safety to go in search of the killer. Luc decides to go with her otherwise she’ll be dead before she’s past the security gate. But what awaits her outside is more unbelievable than she ever expected.
Cut to the present day where Eleanor's world is falling apart. This time next year, civilisation won't be quite so civilised . . .
Praise For OUTSIDE:
I was completely shocked at how all the events unfolded at the end. I really did not see it coming ... If you like post-apocalyptic books, this story is for you. Cynthia Shepp Book Reviews.
Outside is written in a way that kept me flipping through the pages, biting my fingernails and that good old 'one more chapter' feeling was ever-present.
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
New Sci Fi Dystopian Released Today
So episode 1 of the hubby's new book is out on Amazon today . . .
THE SPIRAL ARM (Episode 1, Season 1)
Wren Harper lives on an overcrowded Earth on the brink of apocalypse. There are just too many people. The answer lies 600 light-years away on Kepler; a planet more than double the size of Earth. For decades humans have been fighting another race for its control. Earth’s armies are depleted, so now 15-year-old cadets are sent to fight, trained along the way in vast combat ships. But why has Wren been chosen? She's small and geeky and not a fighter. Will she survive Kepler? Or will the training kill her first?
The Spiral Arm on Kindle US
The Spiral Arm on Kindle UK
THE SPIRAL ARM (Episode 1, Season 1)
Wren Harper lives on an overcrowded Earth on the brink of apocalypse. There are just too many people. The answer lies 600 light-years away on Kepler; a planet more than double the size of Earth. For decades humans have been fighting another race for its control. Earth’s armies are depleted, so now 15-year-old cadets are sent to fight, trained along the way in vast combat ships. But why has Wren been chosen? She's small and geeky and not a fighter. Will she survive Kepler? Or will the training kill her first?
The Spiral Arm on Kindle UK
Thursday, 16 May 2013
YA Dystopian Sci-Fi Series - The Spiral Arm
I'm extremely excited and proud to announce a special cover reveal for a brand new YA dystopian sci-fi series called The Spiral Arm. And the reason I'm so excited is because it was written by Peter Boland my gorgeous and lovely husband!
Now I know I'm biased, but the story is A-Maz-Ing. Written in novella-length episodes, each one ends with a cliffhanger, kind of like your favourite TV series. Think Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones etc. Each mini season has three episodes and the first episode will be out this month.
Can't freaking wait!!
So here's the oh-so-stunning cover and book description:
Now I know I'm biased, but the story is A-Maz-Ing. Written in novella-length episodes, each one ends with a cliffhanger, kind of like your favourite TV series. Think Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones etc. Each mini season has three episodes and the first episode will be out this month.
Can't freaking wait!!
So here's the oh-so-stunning cover and book description:
Wren Harper lives on an
overcrowded Earth on the brink of apocalypse. There are just too many
people. The answer lies 600 light-years away on Kepler; a planet more
than double the size of Earth. For decades humans have been fighting
another race for its control. Earth’s armies are depleted. So now
15-year-old cadets are sent to fight, trained along the way in vast
combat ships. But why has Wren been chosen? She's small and geeky and
not a fighter. Will she survive Kepler? Or will the training kill her
first?
If you'd like to be the first to know when The Spiral Arm will be released, sign up here:
If you'd like to be the first to know when The Spiral Arm will be released, sign up here:
And here's Pete's Facebook Page and Blog. He's new to it all so has no likes or followers yet (except me). If the series looks like your sort of thing, hop over to Facebook and say hello.
Hope you all love it. If any bloggers/reviewers would like a pre-release review copy, feel free to use the 'contact me' form above.
Monday, 18 February 2013
Blog Tour for THE CLEARING with Fiction Addiction
My blog tour starts today!!
I've hosted other books on their blog tours, but I've never had one of my own,
so I'm very excited to announce that my blog tour for THE CLEARING starts today.
I'd love it if you could join me over the next couple of weeks at the following virtual venues where there'll be interviews, blog posts, giveaways and reviews.
18th February 2013
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A Daydreamer’s Thoughts - Review
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19th February 2013
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Victoria’s Pages of Romance - Interview & Excerpt
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20th February 2013
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Reading a Little Bit of Everything - Excerpt & Giveaway
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21st February 2013
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A Novel Review - Review
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22nd February 2013
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Story Addict Guest Post
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25th February 2013
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Snuggling on the Sofa - Review
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26th February 2013
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Rhoda Baxter - Guest post
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27th February 2013
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Miss Bookworm Reviews Review & Giveaway
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28th February 2013
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Book-Marks the Spot - Review & Giveaway
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1st March 3013
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