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Chapter One from The Burn of a Thousand Suns.

6/26/2021

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​THE ONCE STAGNANT LAYERS of grime now swirl along the surface of the murky waters. Maia nudges a floating teddy bear with the tip of her finger. Drowned facedown, its fur is matted with thick layers of dust. Lucas is ahead of her, slowly wading through the flooded mall’s thigh-high waters.

They crane their necks as they scour the massive lobby for a map. Heavy layers of black mold sprawl across the cathedral ceiling windows, interrupted by the occasional beam of light streaming through its broken glass. Rows of suspicious murmuring pigeons perched along the ceiling’s high ledges glare down upon them through the crisscrossing of vines. Lucas and Maia carefully maneuver around another rusted grocery cart tipped on its side.

“Careful around these escalators.” Lucas’s whispers echo across the lobby. “Lots of broken glass around the railings.”
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“Escalators?” Maia whispers back.


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Book Two Available for Pre-order!

6/26/2021

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 The Burn of a Thousand Suns is officially available for pre-order on Amazon! ️‍

Click HERE to be directed to Amazon.com


Amazon only allows for eBook pre-orders. If, like me, you prefer paperback, that will be available on August 3! 

BLURB:

After her near-death experience in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Maia has finally accepted who she is—or has she? New and terrifying nightmares have begun, reminding her that along with the good may come an ocean of bad. There is a darkness lurking within...

Arriving in the drowned streets of LA, a strange and dangerous world awaits Maia and Lucas, and they have no time to spare. Thousands of miles sprawl between them and the city of Leucothea in The Old Arctic Circle, filled with deadlands, vicious mobs, and erratic weather. From the relentless heat of the Californian desert to a merciless Arctic sun that never sets, the journey will test them in ways they could never have imagined.

But nothing could prepare Maia for the shocking chain of events that await. Walking an unraveling tightrope between worlds, she will be thrust upon a crossroad of the most gut-wrenching kind—one that no matter which direction she chooses, she may lose everything she holds dear, including Leucothea, forever.

The second book in The Forgotten Ones trilogy, The Burn of a Thousand Suns continues Maia’s haunting journey as she battles her way towards The Old Arctic Circle.
The countdown continues! One month…
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Prologue for The Burn of a Thousand Suns, The Forgotten Ones Book Two

6/19/2021

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A CLOUD OF DUST billows from Maia’s feet.

Like everything else around these parts, the gravel has shriveled up. Caved in. Crumbled to dust like hollow bones of the earth.

A mirage of water hovers along the horizon in a tsunami-like, metallic wave. The hot air blowing across them is like the inside of a furnace, the heat so intense it nears suffocating. Every step is a struggle. It’s as if Maia’s legs have been wrapped in lead, weighing each foot down to the ground the moment she lifts it.

A scorpion scurries across the road.
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The endless desert highway they now roam has been swallowed in oscillating mounds of sand; the scorched earth cracked open like a gaping spider’s web. Any cement left exposed to the elements has been ruptured by the crooked arms of barren shrubs, desperately clawing from beneath the rubble.



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Book Two of The Forgotten Ones

6/19/2021

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I am BEYOND THRILLED to share the cover and blurb of Book Two of The Forgotten Ones trilogy, The Burn of a Thousand Suns.

Release date is set for August 3. I’ll be announcing the pre-order in a few weeks!

I absolutely cannot wait for you to read this one, friends. This book was such a joy to write and took a few wild turns that I could never have prepared for.

BLURB:

𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧-𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣, 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨—𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚? 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙣, 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙖𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣...

Arriving in the drowned streets of LA, a strange and dangerous world awaits Maia and Lucas, and they have no time to spare. Thousands of miles sprawl between them and the city of Leucothea in The Old Arctic Circle, filled with deadlands, vicious mobs, and erratic weather. From the relentless heat of the Californian desert to a merciless Arctic sun that never sets, the journey will test them in ways they could never have imagined.

But nothing could prepare Maia for the shocking chain of events that await. Walking an unraveling tightrope between worlds, she will be thrust upon a crossroad of the most gut-wrenching kind—one that no matter which direction she chooses, she may lose everything she holds dear, including Leucothea, forever.

The second book in The Forgotten Ones trilogy, The Burn of a Thousand Suns continues Maia’s haunting journey as she battles her way towards The Old Arctic Circle.
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