Today I have a sci fi YA for you. Released last month, "Ixeos" (I wonder if I could get away with that word in Scrabble?) is the first in a new trilogy. Read on for an excerpt and a giveaway.
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Excerpt
Marty
chewed his crusty bread thoughtfully. “They’ve got a pretty amazing set up down
here,” he observed. “Fresh food, the air is okay, there’s apparently water for
drinking and washing and bathing. Dorms, a library… It’s pretty sweet!”
“Sweet?”
Clay asked in amazement. “We’re two hundred feet underground, apparently
recruited to fight some kind of alien serial killers, and we can’t get home!
How is that sweet?”
Neahle
laid a hand on his wrist just above his tattoo. Her thumb rubbed the spot.
“We’ll be okay, Clay,” she said quietly. “We just need to get our bearings. You
know. Figure out what we’re supposed to do.”
Clay
put his hand over hers for a minute, then pulled his arm away. “How do we know
that what these people are saying is true? It’s nuts! And this Landon — who’s
he supposed to be? How come he can leave here, and we can’t?”
“We’ll
find more out tomorrow,” Marty said. “But we were chosen, dude. There’s
something we can do here to make a difference in this rebellion thing, and that
makes us special. I mean, Landon chose us for a reason, right?”
“Because
we were the only ones stupid enough to follow the ducks…” Clay muttered, taking
a large swallow of water from his mug.
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Ixeos
Book Blurb ~
The McClellands are enjoying a lazy summer vacation at the beach when they are lured from our world into Ixeos, an alternate Earth. Finding themselves lost in a maze of tunnels under Paris and surrounded by strangers, they discover that they have been brought to Ixeos for one purpose: to take the planet back from humanoid aliens who have claimed it. With the aid of the tunnels and a mysterious man named Landon, the teens travel the world seeking the key that will allow them to free Darian, the long-imprisoned rebel leader. But the aliens aren't the only problem on Ixeos -- the McClellands have to deal with brutal gangs, desperate junkies, and a world without power, where all the technology is owned by the aliens, and where most of the population has been killed or enslaved. The worst part? There's no way home.
Publisher: CreateSpace
Genre: Science Fiction, YA
Format: Paperback, ebook
Length: 358 pages, 767 KB
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Buying Links: Amazon * Barnes & Noble
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About the Author:
Born
and raised in Florida, Jennings spent her early years reading anything
she could get her hands on, when she wasn't spending time in and on the
water. She won a prize in the 6th grade for her science fiction stories.
Jennings
attended the University of Tampa, graduating with a B.A. in Political
Science, and almost enough credits for B.A.s in both English and
History. She attended graduate school at the University of West Florida,
studying Psychology. She spent time over the years doing various kinds
of business writing, editing, and teaching writing, but mostly having
and raising her family, homeschooling her children, owning and running a
business with her husband, and starting a non-profit.
Thanks
to a crazy idea called NaNoWriMo Jennings got back into creative
writing in 2011 and hasn't stopped since. She currently lives in North
Carolina with her husband, also a business owner and writer, and two
children, and travels extensively with her family, and her non-profit in
Uganda.
Find Jennings online:
Facebook * Twitter * Website * Blog * Amazon * Goodreads
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