Cover Reveal - Drift by M.K. Hutchins

           I am always on the look out for debut authors and their stories, and when Drift by M. K. Hutchins was brought to my attention I was definitely interested. I mean it has naga monsters, a boy who definitely does not want to marry, and a massive Turtle island! And then they send me the cover and I am just making grabby hands at it!

Look at this cover!
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Drift

Author: M. K. Hutchins
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Coming this Spring 2014
Genre: YA Fantasy

To raise his family out of poverty, seventeen-year-old Tenjat joins a dangerous defense against the naga monsters that gnaw at his drifting island’s foundation.

Overview

Tenjat lives on the shores of Hell, an ocean filled with ravenous naga monsters. His island, a massive Turtle, is slowed by the people living on its back. Only those poor enough to need children to support themselves in old age condescend to the shame of marriage. Tenjat is poor as poor gets, but he has a plan.

In the center of the island rises a giant Tree, where the Handlers—those who defend and rule the island—live. Against his sister’s wishes, Tenjat joins the Handlers. He couldn’t have picked a more dangerous time. The Turtle is nearing a coral reef where it desperately needs to feed, but the naga will swarm just before they reach it. Even novices like Tenjat are needed for the battle.

Can Tenjat discover his sister’s secrets in time? Will the possibility of love derail all his plans for a richer, marriage-free life? Long-held secrets will at last be revealed in this breathtaking debut from M. K. Hutchins.

Cover Reveal - Rebellion by Karen Sandler

 I've followed this series since book one, Tankborn, and it is one of the best YA Scifi novels out there. The second book, Awakening, took a while to come out but I always kept my eye out for it and I am so glad, because it totally raise the stakes in the story. That Rebellion is the final installment makes be both sad and excited to see how Kayla's story concludes.

 These are the first two covers and praise be the book cover gods for a little diversity!

Here is the cover for Rebellion (Tankborn, book 3)!
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 Can I just tackle-hug whoever did this cover? Because it is gorgeous. I love the little bit of planet landscape, the blues, and Kayla's tattoo. I'm sort of wishing they'd re-do the first cover now...

Rebellion

Author: Karen Sandler
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Coming this Spring 2014
Genre: YA Scifi

In this final installment of the Tankborn series, Kayla has been kidnapped by the group that has been bombing GEN warehouses, and she must pretend to sympathize with them in order to escape.

Overview 

In the wake of a devastating bomb blast, severely injured Kayla has been brought to the headquarters of the organization that planted the bomb—and many others like it in GEN food warehouses and homes. Her biological mother tells her that Devak is dead and that Kayla must join her in the terrorist group, which is ramping up for something big. Now Kayla must pretend that she embraces this new role in an underground compound full of paranoia as she plots a way to escape and save her friends.

Meanwhile, Devak has emerged from his healing in a gen-tank, only to be told that Kayla is dead and his family has fallen from grace. Can he overcome his grief at the loss of his power to see the clues that point to Kayla being alive?

As Kayla and Devak overcome the multiple obstacles put between them while trying to free GENs without further bloodshed, the Tankborn trilogy rushes to a thrilling conclusion!