GUYS!!!!! I’m so freaking excited to finally share the awesome news Sooz and I have been sitting on for ages. Like many of you have guessed, we’re hitting the road together next January for PASSENGER and TRUTHWITCH!!

Sooz and I started talking about doing a few events together back at ComicCon as we have book birthday twins (and, well, we heart each other). I’m so stinkin’ excited that “a few” turned into a tour. It’s going to be a BLAST, and I can’t wait to see your faces at the events! We’re hoping the January weather is gentle on all of us. ANNNND as a bonus for people coming to the launch party on the 11th, our friend Erin Bowman, fastest wordslinger in the West and author of VENGEANCE ROAD, will be with us!

But wait, there’s more!

That’s right, it’s time to get this pre-order giveaway rolling! As I mentioned before, you guys voted for a short story about Liam in that horrible time between the end of THE DARKEST MINDS and the beginning of NEVER FADE (y’all are masochists, basically ;)). This is a verrrrryyyy simple giveaway that EVERYONE who pre-orders PASSENGER gets. I’ll break it down:

- Everyone (US readers and international readers alike) who forwards proof of purchase (an email confirmation or a photo of a physical receipt) to [email protected] will receive the exclusive short story on December 1st. (I know, I wish I could send it to you ASAP but I’ve been a busy little author with two book releases, drafting WAYFARER, and traveling, so I need to sit down and actually write this bad boy.) 

- Both ebook and physical book orders accepted! Please note, though, that outside of the US and Australia/NZ, you won’t be able to get an ebook because of territory restrictions. Which, unfortunately, means you have to import a physical copy through a site like Book Depository. Lucky for you, though, the physical cover is GORGEOUS, and I’m not just saying that because it’s my book baby. It is one foxy little princess of a book.

- in addition to automatically receiving the short story, you will ALSO be entered to win one of twenty giclee sets of Nicholas and Etta, done by my very talented friend, Hayley Mayne. I had these printed on beautiful art paper and they are FANCY. Here’s a closer look at the illustrations themselves. The prints are 8″x8″ (and yes, international readers, you also will be entered to win a set). 

Here be the pre-order links:

AMAZON | KINDLE | B&N | NOOK | IBOOKS | INDIGO | INDIEBOUND | BOOKSAMILLION | WALMART

I just wanted to let you all know that @gcreading has a new virtual signing up for young adult author SUSAN DENNARD and her new novel #TRUTHWITCH

Chat with the clans & @stdennard  Sunday October 25 @ 12PM EST! Get to know more about the Witchlanders, Truthwitch, and more! There may be some fun giveaways too.

An edit for Truthwitch by: the best person ever, Susan Dennard

Hey guys, I’m giving away not one but TWO pre-orders of stdennard​ Truthwitch!  (And there might be a high probability that it might be signed 😉)

Now, I’m sure you want to know how to win these books…

Well it’s easy!  You can enter two ways!

You must following us as well as reblog this post!  (BTW, you can earn an extra entry if you happen to be follow our sister clan, the waterwitchbabes​. And trust me, I’ll check with their clan leader.) Edit: You can reblog this post numerous times, but it will only count for one entry.  Also no entries will be giving for liking this post.  Sorry.

And any post with the hashtag #AetherClan and/or submission of any fan art, edit, cosplay or any other medium earns you another entry for each post/submission.

The last day for entries is Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at midnight PST.  The winner be announced October 20th.  

SAFI FROM TRUTHWITCH

I think this was my first piece of flat-art I’ve created.

Aether

The word aether means “shine” in Greek, and the fundamental reality of such an unseen, fluidlike source of universal energy has long been a hallmark of the world’s secret mystery schools. The works of Greek philosophers Pythagoras and Plato discussed it at great length, as did the Vedic scriptures of ancient India, referring to it by several names such as “prana” and “Akasha.”

In the Orient, it is often known as “chi” or “ki,” and special emphasis is placed on its interactions with the human body, such as in the science of acupuncture. Masters and adepts who inherited the secret traditions could eventually learn to manipulate this energy to create miraculous results, such as levitation, teleportation, manifestation, instant healing, telepathy and the like.

Dramatic scientific evidence that all of physical matter is formed by an “aether” of invisible, conscious energy has existed for decades.

Renowned Russian astrophysicist Dr Nikolai A. Kozyrev (1908-83) proved beyond any doubt that such an energy source had to exist, and as a result he became one of the most controversial figures in the history of the Russian scientific community.

The awesome implications of his work, and of the work of all those who followed him, were almost entirely concealed by the former Soviet Union, but with the fall of the Iron Curtain and the advent of the Internet we are finally gaining access to “Russia’s best-kept secret”.