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This
week's edition of IRF features our YA Fantasy sale. We've coordinated
with authors to bring you a selection of book deals as well as a great
gift card giveaway.
We've also got your series hook up, a great freebie and all the fantasy news that's fit to print.
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Telepathic thirteen-year-old twins, Meghan and Colin Jacoby, have until
the rising of the Blue Moon to save the life of a young man whose
caravan is forced to flee through a magical portal to another world,
without him.
In the process, they have a dark awakening when their typically
predictable world collides with the complexities of the magical world.
The twins face unimaginable dangers, thrusting them into an unexpected
choice: to live as they always have or to learn the truth about their
past and enter a world that is equally thrilling and terrifying.
Fifteen-year-old Megan Laughlin has a gift--or what seems like a curse at times. Megan sees angels and demons.
Megan knows her destiny is to protect her friends against dark angels
who try to sway them into situations that can destroy their lives, their
souls, and their eternity.
At school, she recognizes Judas, an über popular boy, as an evil angel
hell-bent on destroying her and everyone she loves. As Judas spreads
horrible rumors and overdoses two of her classmates at a rave, Megan
realizes the enormity of his power. While classmates die, Megan, with
the help of an angel, Johnny, and a team of friends will face the fight
of their lives as they battle Judas.
The warlock Myriad has returned to exact his long-promised revenge on
the Royal family. Only Kalin has the power to stop him -- but using that
power shows Kalin that he is connected to Myriad in a way that he never
suspected. Even if Kalin finds the strength to challenge Myriad, can he
survive learning the truth about himself? A tale of Kalin learning to
use the gifts inside of him, gaining the trust of new allies, and
breathtaking first love.
Jasmine Na’Darod lived a simple life with her parents and older sister
on the family’s farm. She never strayed far from home until the
ill-fated Blood Moon arose, basking the country of Caristan with a
terrible, sickening drought.
When her mother falls ill, Jasmine and her family are forced to leave
home in desperate search of a cure. During their journey, a series of
tragic events will change Jasmine’s life forever.
The powers of old and new are on a collision course in the land of
Thanderley. Ancient gods have broken free of their imprisonment and
cursed the lands with a terrible winter, a scourge that is sweeping
science and the new ways from the earth. In the city of Ral Tora,
Bramwell, a young engineer, battles to save his home from the
encroaching ice. But there will be no exceptions. The gods will reclaim
what was theirs and destroy any who oppose them.
Once more, the balances are tipped. Magic and science cannot exist in
peace, yet Bramwell must master both to save everything he loves from
destruction.
Seventeen year old Alexis finds herself on the eve of her eighteenth
birthday. What generally means a step into adulthood instead opens its
way to a terrifying truth about not only her family, but herself. She
comes from a long line of vampire hunters, and her real dad wants her to
carry on the family quest. At the same time, she is falling for a new
boy at school who has his own secret. He is a vampire. Alexis is forced
to make a decision from which there is no turning back. - Will she deny
this newly discovered heritage, or embrace it.
Alexis Ferguson thinks she has everything figured out, but has no idea
how wrong she is. Set up on a blind date, she meets a gorgeous stranger
and feels that she’s known him her entire life, but she has never seen
him before.
He awakens in her long-forgotten dark memories, and now she must face
the one who ordered her death years ago. Will she learn to use her
strange new powers in time to save herself? Will she let him help her?
Should she trust him?
Aaron--scholar, alchemist, and sorcerer's apprentice--wants nothing more
than to study his tomes, perform his experiments, and spend time with
his closest friend, Shanna. Substitute the occasional romp about the
city for the books and plenty of games of crutchit for the smelly
alchemicals, and Shanna is just fine with that too.
Their routines--and their lives--are thrown into chaos when an elemental
attack is launched against their home. Aaron thinks Shanna killed,
while Aaron himself is forced to flee for his life. For Shanna, who
survives that fateful night, the greatest adventure of her life is about
to begin. Only the worst of nightmares awaits Aaron: pursued by
dwarves, hell hounds, and a demon who will not stop until he is dead,
the only thing keeping him alive is his own resourcefulness and an eslar
mercenary whose reputation as a killer might make him the worst threat
of all.
In a world composed of seven islands in the middle of the ocean, the
all-women Gultur race rules. Parasites create new human races, decimate
towns and cities, killing the repressed mortals.
Rex Rising (Book 1):
Elei, a young aircar driver, leads a peaceful life until a mysterious
attack on his boss sends him fleeing with a bullet in his side. Pursued
for a secret he does not possess and with the fleet at his heels, he has
but one thought: to stay alive. His pursuers aren't inclined to sit
down and talk, although that's not the end of Elei's troubles.
Rex Cresting (Book 2):
Still recovering at a hospital on the north coast of Dakru, Elei is
convinced that his part in bringing down the Gultur is over. Rex has
infected the other race and their dictatorial system is starting to
collapse. Not every Gultur, though, has been affected, and on top of
that, inside Elei’s body, Rex has matured and goes through another
transformation.
Rex Equilibrium (Book 3):
With the help of his friends, Elei has managed to disorganize the regime
run by the all-women race of the Gultur, and he's on a mission to bring
peace to the Seven Islands.
Old secrets come to the surface, friendships are forged and betrayals
discovered, and a girl, Alendra, has managed to take hold of Elei's
feelings.
Arek is destined to turn the world into a desolate wasteland, draining
the life out of everything on the planet. Future warrior Brenor must
cross the Forbidden Lands to reach him, but no one's ever returned from
such a journey. Only farm girl Lianna's powers can help him. First, he
must convince her he's from the future not the madhouse, and that she
can control her Gift, the Destroyer's mastery of the elements.
But a predator stalks them, hungry for the energy Brenor's journey from
the future unleashed. If Brenor and Lianna can't escape him, their
mission will end before it's even begun.
Most people know Hong as a soft-spoken servant girl who works at the
governor's house. Few know her as a skilled martial artist who trains in
secret by a blind assassin.
When the governor's son, who has a crush on her, is accused of murder,
Hong risks not only blowing her cover, but also her own life when trying
to discover the real killer.
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FREE READ!
The First Book of Demons
by Raquel Dove
average Amazon rating is 4.2 (121 ratings)
After a blood soaked nightmare, Alexandra's life begins a spiraling
downfall. From the untimely and brutal death of her Aunt Tamy, to
discovering the untold powers flowing through her veins, her life will
never be the same. A not so chance encounter in the woods thrusts her
into a world of demons fraught with deadly power struggles, where she
meets an overbearing and annoyingly attractive demon prince.
Lord Balthazar is trying to hold his new kingdom together and the only
thing that can help him do that is a human. As fate would have it, one
lands fortuitously in his lap, complete with a mouth that doesn't know
when to stay shut. Alexandra soon proves to be almost more than the
stoic demon lord can handle, and by the time Balthazar realizes just how
much Alex means to him, it may be too late for the both of them.
FREE READ!
Amethyst (#1 of the Guardian series)
by Heather Bowhay
average Amazon rating is 4.4 (318 ratings)
College-bound Lexi Adams leads no ordinary
life. Premonitions dictate her every move, compelling her to rescue
strangers day and night. After years of self-sacrifice, she decides to
ignore one, but innocent people die. So, when the next premonition
depicts her own death, Lexi is faced with the decision of a lifetime. As
if an ill-fated future isn’t enough to deal with, a series of strange
illnesses and murders devastate her small town, and co-worker Jessica
Nelson insists Lexi can help.
According to Jessica, everyone is born with an inner energy called
Essence. Only a select few, Amethysts, can control Essence and heal
people. Jessica claims to be an Amethyst and asks Lexi to join her and a
group of her friends as they track the murderers. Despite her personal
plight, Lexi considers joining them.
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Series Suggestions
Need a need new series to dive into?
The Wicked Lovely Series
by Melissa Marr
Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.
Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.
Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.
But it's too late. Keenan is the Summer King who has sought his queen
for nine centuries. Without her, summer itself will perish. He is
determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any
cost—regardless of her plans or desires.
- Wicked Lovely
 
- Ink Exchange
- Fragile Eternity
- Radiant Shadows
- Darkest Mercy
- Desert Tales
The Curse Workers Series
by Holly Black
Cassel comes from a shady, magical family of con artists and grifters.
He doesn’t fit in at home or at school, so he’s used to feeling like an
outsider. He’s also used to feeling guilty—he killed his best friend,
Lila, years ago.
But when Cassel begins to have strange dreams about a white cat, and
people around him are losing their memories, he starts to wonder what
really happened to Lila. In his search for answers, he discovers a
wicked plot for power that seems certain to succeed. But Cassel has
other ideas—and a plan to con the conmen.
- White Cat
- Red Glove
- Black Heart
The Hex Hall Series
by Rachel Hawkins
Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch.
It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as
supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father�an
elusive European warlock�only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts
too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong,
it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated
reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and
shapeshifters.
By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a
scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile
crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate
who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire on campus.
Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking
students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect. As a series of
blood-curdling mysteries starts to converge, Sophie prepares for the
biggest threat of all: an ancient secret society determined to destroy
all Prodigium, especially her.
- Hex Hall
- Demonglass
- Spell Bound
- School Spirits
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Fantasy News
Fantasy in Film
Need a movie to see with your sweetie? Try Winter's Tale. It is out Feb. 14th.
Synopsis: A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms.
When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to
save her. < trailer>
Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson battle elementary school zombies in ' Cooties': Ten years to the day after "Saw" made its midnight premiere at the Egyptian Theater as part of Sundance's midnight
lineup, co-writer Leigh Whannell showed up with a whole different team
of collaborators to premiere "Cooties," a horror-comedy that manages the
very difficult trick of fulfilling both halves of that equation with
equal skill. Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion and written by
Ian Brennan & Leigh Whannell, "Cooties" tells the story of a
rapdily-spreading infection that turns all the kids at an elementary
school into rabid little flesh-eating monsters, and what happens on the
day the situation spins out of control.
" Believe," the new NBC drama premiering March 10th,
has a sci-fi/fantasy premise that may sound a little familiar: a girl
is born with extraordinary powers, and a man finds himself conscripted
to serve as her protector, with the fate of the world in the balance.
But... it comes from the excellent, Oscar-nominated Alfonso Cuarón,
who's executive producing the series with J.J. Abrams. Cuarón co-created
"Believe" with Mark Friedman and co-wrote the first episode, which he
also directed, meaning that in the least the thing should look pretty
snazzy. Johnny Sequoyah plays the girl, Bo; Jake McLaughlin is Tate, the
wrongfully convicted death row inmate who's broken out of jail to look
out for Bo; Delroy Lindo and Jamie Chung are also in the cast. < trailer>
Fantasy Online
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