In The Freeze, a young girl named Andrea lives underground with a makeshift community after the weather above turned into a never-ending winter. Feeling somewhat useless and stir-crazy, she disguises herself as a boy and slips into a surface scavenging party. She quickly falls behind and loses the group. Unable… Read more »
In Fight for Valor, Edwin fights to regain his memories and save Veracka from the Regent Council who would usurp the princess’ power for their own gains. The thing about this book, and about the whole series, is it is just fun to read. The bad thing about this book… Read more »
In Scorpion Mountain, Hal and crew work to put an end to an assassination contract against princess Cassandra. By now I know to expect any John Flanagan book will be a 5-star book for me (after reading tons of them), and this one is no exception. The writing is top-notch, the… Read more »
In Slaves of Socorro, the Heron crew are sent to spend a year helping patrol Araluen. While there, a renegade Skanadian captures from Araluens and sells them as slaves. Hal and his shipmates must infiltrate the slave market and free the Araluens. This series really continues to impress me. There… Read more »
Interview with J.A. McLachlan Hello, I’m J. A. McLachlan, the author of The Occasional Diamond Thief. I’m so pleased to be meeting you, and I’d like to thank Michael for having me here on Michael SciFan today. This blog tour is part of my online launch of The Occasional Diamond… Read more »
Interview with Siobhan Davis, author of Beyond Reach Can you talk a little about what the book is about? Beyond Reach is book two in my YA sci-fi romance Series (True Calling). The series has a unique fantasy/paranormal twist and it contains a perfect blend of action, adventure, romance, suspense,… Read more »
Interview with Stephanie Erickson, author of The Dead Room Can you talk a little about what the book is about? Sure! The book is about a little island of survivors more than three centuries after the mysterious apocalypse. No one knows what caused the end of civilization, and no one… Read more »
Guest Post Fonda Lee Hands down the most enjoyable part of writing my debut young adult sci-fi novel Zeroboxer was envisioning, creating, and depicting the futuristic sport of zeroboxing. Zeroboxer is about a young man named Carr Luka who battles to make it to the top in the weightless combat… Read more »
Interview With Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan Who is your favorite character, or what character was the most fun to write? SUSAN: I don’t know why, but the most fun characters to write are always the bad guys. And while I can’t speak for Laurence, I know I had the… Read more »
Buy Garden Get a 35% discount at Smashwords using code EN36V https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/496280?ref=AutumnOrchard Interview with Jane Yates Can you talk a little about what the book is about? My friend at work Beth gave me a copy of The Secret Garden as a gift. I had seen the film years ago… Read more »
This fourth book follows Aemi as she attempts to flee the Dron, discover the past about her father, and ultimately try to work to find peace between the Itanteans and Dron. This one was a lot of fun. Aemi really went all over the place from the Dron to Primus… Read more »
Review In Rebellion, Clementine must try to stop Commander Charlie’s plans to destroy the alien threat at the cost of thousands of lives. She joins the rebels but soon learns there is nowhere she can hide from Charlie and his own plans for her. This book is very much in… Read more »
In this third book, Aemi gets acquainted with life as a Graywater while the elite distrust her, some unknown group tries to assassinate her, Nautilus continues gaining power, and news reaches her that her surface friends may still be alive. This book has a lot going for it. Aemi finally… Read more »
In the Find, Joel is a young man living on a farm. After a prank on his sister, his father punishes him for the summer by having him dig out manure. Eventually his father discovers a dinosaur buried in a field and enlists Joel and his brother’s help in digging… Read more »
Spirits is the second book in the Sparks series. In this book, Khea is queen and Lark is by her side. They are expecting a baby, but Lark must venture out and try to learn to master all of the possible sparks in order to come back and repel and… Read more »
Here is a new book by Patricia Hamill, author of the Valor series (one of my favorites). And a note from the author: I am excited to announce the release of The Freeze, my fifth published book. I wrote this back in November 2013 as part of the NaNoWriMo challenge…. Read more »
Interview Can you talk a little about what the book is about? The book is a YA fantasy novel that tells about the journey of a teenage girl, Delfia, on her quest to follow through with a prophecy. It’s Greek Mythology meets modern day times meets teen angst, with a… Read more »
The Catastrophe Theory is a short story written by a number of different authors after a content/scavenger hunt called the Hunt for Tomorrow completed. I enjoyed this one… it was really fun to see the different styles and ideas each author had, and how certain authors just turned the story… Read more »
In this second novel, Thalli, Berk, Rhen, and John escape the State on a transport and head to the closest settlement, New Hope. Upon arrival, they learn of a neighboring settlement called Athens that bullies, steals, and attacks New Hope. Thalli decides to try to make peace between these settlements…. Read more »
Anomaly is a quick, enjoyable dystopia about a girl growing up in a post-acolyptic society underground where everyone is engineered to perform a specific task and feelings, asking questions, etc. are banned. However, Thalli is an anomaly. She must keep what she is to herself or she will be killed… Read more »
