Teasers and Blurbs, Oh My!

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Cover by Erin Dameron-Hill Graphics

Hey, guys! I am so excited, gearing up to send Children of the Eighth Realm into the world. If you’re feeling the earth shaking, that’s just me dancing around in glee. 

What is this genre-bending book about? Like I said last week, if Holly Black and Neil Gaiman had been co-writers of Lord of the Flies (that’s the comp my agent used to get editors to check out the full), you might have gotten something like Children of the Eighth Realm. 

We have bloodthirsty elves. We have a bloodthirstier sentient orphanage. We have magical orphans who look like children on the outside but are hundreds of years old. We have…the pitch: 

They’re the unwanted progeny of humans and elves; magical halfers searching for a place they can call their own. To reach an alternate reality, they must survive the forces aligned against them, including their most dangerous foes…each other. 

Next up, the back cover blurb: 

It’s kill or be killed for a group of ancient magical orphans seeking a safe haven.

The orphans of Halfer Home harbor little hope for the future. Despised by humans and elves alike, most will end up in prison or dead once they leave the orphanage. If they’re among the few magical Mimics, the outcome could be grimmer still.

The enchanted Home loves them, but that can be as deadly as its hatred. It holds the key to an alternate reality known as dreamtime. There, entire lifetimes are lived within a few hours, and the “children” are more ancient than the elves. Still, not even the most powerful of the Mimics can remain in dreamtime forever.

The sudden appearance of a mysterious door offers hope where there was none before. It also spawns acts of shocking violence as loyalties falter and rivalries explode. When vengeful elves arrive, the halfers find themselves battling for freedom and their lives.

Time is running out for the Door to open before a growing number of enemies succeeds in destroying the Mimics. With the jealous and bloodthirsty Home determined to keep them and old scores to settle, can they escape before they tear each other apart?

Next week, the story begins here on the blog. 1. A word of warning. 2. A preview of the basement massacre. 3. Part One, Scene One: the new orphan

I hope to see you here next week! But if you don't want to wait until then to start reading, you can always buy the paperback version, already on sale. If you want to read it all at once, feel free to pre-order it at these fine retailers. 

Pre-order: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple, Smashwords

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