A Sacrifice of Blood and Stars: A Military Astromance
By Jennifer Brody
PUBLICATION SEPT 17 — PROORDER NOW
Fourth Wing meets The Expanse in A Sacrifice of Blood and Stars, the first book of an enemies-to-lovers sci-fi series for the ages.
“Conjures the magic of romance amid the horrors of a war-torn future. Fast-paced, filled with action, and alive with love and need. Highly recommend!” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times–bestselling author of the Sleepers War and NecroTek series
On a distant dwarf planet, a young soldier discovers her mortal enemy is her only tie to the world she left behind, in a high-stakes sci-fi romance.
Two months after her eighteenth birthday, scrappy Hikari Skye is ready to leave her ramshackle mobile home on Earth for icy dwarf planet Ceres and the underground bases that house Space Force. She’s trading her dingy trailer park; her baby sister, Bea; and her best friend, Rho, for the excitement of the Proxy Wars and the freedom of the galactic front lines—where her father once deserted his own platoon. And the most appealing part? She’s leaving behind Draeden Rache, the cocky, privileged bully who tried to kiss her last year.
Appealing, that is, until Drae and Kari are tied together by the Pairing Ceremony as Sympathetics. Each week, she’ll share everything with him and him alone: emotions, fears . . . and the sneaking suspicion that something is very, very wrong. As Kari struggles to survive life in a unit that can only see her as a defector’s spawn, Drae and Rho work to solve a mystery of their own back at a futuristic UC Berkeley while their professor is hunted down for daring to teach beyond propaganda.
With the California Federation’s proxy war with the Siberian Federation heating up and Raiders creeping closer by the day, Kari and Drae’s weekly interactions turn into a race against time, even as their feelings for each other grow. And there’s something both Kari’s tough drill sergeant and Drae’s wealthy father don’t want them to know . . .
CIRCLE OF TER-ROAR
DISNEY CHILLS BOOK 7 by Vera Strange
PUBLICATION AUG 1, 2023 — ORDER NOW
Circle of Ter-ROAR, the seventh book in the spook-tacular Disney Chills series, combines all the creepy-crawly feels of Goosebumps with all the wicked wit of one of Disney’s most popular villains, Scar. The dreams that you FEAR will come true.
"Hakuna matata means no worries."
Twelve-year-old Silas is a scaredy cat. Everything from an unexpected door slam to someone coughing in class scares him, and the other students waste no time in ruthlessly reminding him of it. So when his family unexpectedly inherits a safari-themed summer camp in Arizona, he is both terrified, and thrilled, at the prospect of the cross-country move.
Hakuna matata is the theme of Camp Pride Rock that was the pride and joy of Silas's Aunt Scarlet. But when she suddenly passes away and gives all ownership to her brother, Silas's father, they find upon arrival that the camp isn't in the shape they they thought it would be.
And deep inside Silas's closet is an old, mysterious trunk. When he is finally able to unlock it, he finds the spirit of Camp Pride Rock--the pelt of an old lion named Scar. Once he unlocks the trunk, Silas begins to think that things are looking up for the dilapidated camp and for his family, until a terrifying accident and a series of scary animal encounters immediately switches his thought process.
Grab your nightlight, dear reader, and prepare to be CHILL-ed!
STAR WARS: STORIES OF JEDI & SITH
Pub Date: June 7, 2022 (LucasFilm Press)
THE ETERNAL FIGHT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL…
The brave Jedi vs the devious Sith! Just in time to celebrate the highly-anticipated re-match between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader in the Disney+ forthcoming event Obi-Wan Kenobi, here are ten original stories about the the valiant Jedi and the evil Sith.
Authors:
Roseanne A. Brown writes Rey
Sarwat Chadda writes Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker
Delilah S. Dawson writes Asajj Ventress
Tessa Gratton writes Emperor Palpatine
Michael Kogge writes Yoda
Sam Maggs writes Luke Skywalker
Michael Moreci writes Darth Maul
Alex Segura writes Qui-Gon Jinn
Vera Strange writes Darth Vader
Karen Strong writes Barriss Offee
“The first movie I ever worked on was the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” Brody says. “It’s much harder to make something scarier than to make something scary and then pull it back. If something’s not scary in the first place, it’s a much more uphill battle."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer Brody (a/k/a Vera Strange) is the author of the "Disney Chills" series, "The 13th Continuum" trilogy, and "Spectre Deep 6," which was a Stoker Finalist prompting Forbes to call Brody “a star in the graphic novel world.” She is the co-author of "All is Found: A Frozen Anthology" and "Star Wars: Stories of Jedi & Sith," where she penned the Darth Vader story. She’s a graduate of Harvard University, a film/TV producer and writer, and a creative writing instructor. She began her career in Hollywood working for A-List directors and movie studios like New Line Cinema on many films, including "The Lord of the Rings," "The Golden Compass," "Freddy vs. Jason" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Her forthcoming stories will appear in "Weird Tales" and other anthologies, while her new series "A Sacrifice of Blood & Stars" sold in a 3-book deal and debuts in Fall 2024. She lives and writes in Joshua Tree, California.
CONTACT AUTHOR JENNIFER BRODY / VERA STRANGE
BOOK AGENT
Gelfman Schneider
(212) 245-1993
FILM/TV
David Server
Venture Entertainment Partners
(323) 230-8850