Prodigal/Riven Blog Tour- Double Giveaway!

Today I'm excited to be participating in the blog tour for Prodigal & Riven, books 2 & 3 in The Lost Imperial series by Tyler H. Jolley and Sherry Ficklin! It's a giveaway bonanza! :D  I personally am offering up an international giveaway of the paperback (it includes both books! How cool is that!) and there is also a really cool tour-wide giveaway for a fantastic prize pack! Read all about this awesome series and then enter both giveaway below!

Welcome to the TIME WAR.

STEIN has been with the Hollows for as long as she can remember. Taken as a child, she has no memories of her past—and that's always been fine by her. Until the day she stumbles across a hidden journal containing the devastating truth about her paternity. Now everything she thought she knew—and everyone she thought she could trust—has changed. The truth about who she is and where she came from is a secret so deep, it will rock the Hollows and the Tesla Institute alike.

ETHAN is left with a serious problem after what should have been a routine mission. He's fractured—a break between mind and body that leaves him at the mercy of his Rifter abilities, which are quickly tearing him apart. He will have to trust the only person who might know how to fix him, a mysterious Rifter named Stewart Stills, who seems to have a special connection with the time stream.

About the authors:

Tyler H. Jolley is a sci-fi/fantasy author and full-time orthodontist, periodontist (see: Overachiever). He divides his spare time between writing, reading, mountain biking, and camping with his family.
Sherry D. Ficklin is a full-time writer and internet radio show host with more mouth then good sense. She has a serious book addiction, but continually refuses treatment, much to her husband’s chagrin.
Tyler and Sherry met one fateful day and bonded over their love for books, science fiction, and donuts. Their first co-written novel came shortly after. Now, they still do all those other things, but also go to various steampunk conventions and events under the guise of ‘research’. They can often be found lurking on the Lost Imperials Facebook page or over on the official website, www.thelostimperials.com.   

Now on to the giveaways!

GIVEAWAY 1!

I'm giving away one copy of the combined Prodigal/Riven paperback! 

Open internationally.
Ends 5/5/15, so I can get it ordered as soon as the book is released.

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GIVEAWAY 2!
A Humongous prize pack is being given away tour-wide! Be sure to use those arrows in the rafflecopter to scroll through the awesome list of prizes!
US addresses only. 

 

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Good luck everyone!  

Series Spotlight! Prodigal & Riven by Tyler H. Jolley & Sherry Ficklin

Today I'm shining a spotlight on the next two books in the gorgeous steampunk time travel adventure series by Tyler H. Jolley & Sherry D. Ficklin!  LOOK at those covers---absolutely beautiful!

Welcome (back) to the TIME WAR...

Books 2 & 3 of the best selling Lost Imperials series

Releasing 5/5/15

from Clean Teen Publishing

Individual digital editions will be available everywhere e-books are sold.

Click on the cover to read more!

   

Exciting news! Prodigal and Riven will be available in 2 special combined print editions!

Barnes & Noble and other retailers will feature a standard combined print edition:

and Amazon.com will offer an exclusive flip book print edition!

PRODIGAL:

STEIN has been with the Hollows for as long as she can remember. Taken as a child, she has no memories of her past, and that's always been fine by her. Until the day she stumbles across a hidden journal containing the devastating truth about her paternity. Now everything she thought she knew, and everyone she thought she could trust, has changed. The truth about who she is and where she came from is a secret so deep, it will rock the Hollows and the Tesla Institute alike.

RIVEN:

ETHAN is left with a serious problem after what should have been a routine mission. He's fractured, a break between mind and body that leaves him at the mercy of his Rifter abilities, which are quickly tearing him apart. He will have to trust the only person who might know how to fix him, a mysterious Rifter named Stewart Stills, who seems to have a special connection with the time stream.

Want to know more about The Lost Imperials Series? Check out below:

In a battle for control of the time stream, the past and the future will collide, either saving mankind, or destroying it. The Tesla Institute stands on one side of the battle. Controlled by the mind of one of the greatest inventors in history, the Institute recruits gifted, young time travelers called Rifters. Those who survive his training are sent into history with the mission to preserve the time stream, recruit more of their kind, and better humanity through subtle, controlled event manipulation. Standing in the way are the Hollows, a rogue group of Rifters who have vowed to put an end to the Tesla Institute, at all costs. They steal, cheat, and bend history to their own ends. Using children stolen from time as their personal armies, they fight not only for control of time itself, but also for self-preservation.               

You can also find EXTRACTED, book 1 of The Lost Imperials everywhere books are sold.

Extracted Blog Tour: Time Travel & Steampunk!!

Welcome to this stop on the blog tour for Extracted!! Today I have a fun guest post from authors Sherry D. Ficklin and Tyler H. Jolley where they'll tell us a little about their inspiration to meld Time Travel with Steampunk!!  Below, don't forget to enter for a chance to win a Kindle Paperwhite Touch!

About the book:

Welcome to the war. The Tesla Institute is a premier academy that trains young time travelers called Rifters. Created by Nicola Tesla, the Institute seeks special individuals who can help preserve the time stream against those who try to alter it. The Hollows is a rogue band of Rifters who tear through time with little care for the consequences. Armed with their own group of lost teens--their only desire to find Tesla and put an end to his corruption of the time stream. Torn between them are Lex and Ember, two Rifters with no memories of their life before joining the time war. When Lex's girlfriend dies during a mission, the only way he can save her is to retrieve the Dox, a piece of tech which allows Rifters to re-enter their own timeline without collapsing the time stream. But the Dox is hidden deep within the Telsa Institute, which means Lex must go into the enemy camp. It's there he meets Ember, and the past that was stolen from them both comes flooding back. Now armed with the truth of who they are, Lex and Ember must work together to save the future before the battle for time destroys them both again.

Steampunk + Time Travel = Match Made in Heaven

One of our most commonly asked questions is “Why did you combine steampunk with time travel?”  Well the answer is quite simple and complicated…just like time travel.  We didn’t really set out with intentions to write a steampunk novel; it truly came organically.  As we were writing our outline, we fell in love with it and then moved on to world creation.  To be honest, I had never heard of steampunk, and as we were creating our world Sherry said, “You realize you’re turning this into a steampunk novel, right?” 

After a little research we realized that steampunk just fit with what we were creating.  The world is a great blend of advanced technologies and archaic ones. Being a time travel novel, it allows us to explore and blend modern, futuristic, and turn of the century sciences all under the same umbrella. What’s not strictly steampunk is the dialogue.  We didn’t do Victorian Era dialogue because 1) It’s not our thing 2) It really didn’t fit with the book and 3) We wanted it to get published before 2020 and that’s how long it would have taken us to write it, (see reason 1).

One of the best perks of it becoming a steampunk novel were all the sweet conventions we’ve gotten to attend.  Portland’s Gear Con was a blast, plus we got to eat VooDoo Dougnuts.

 In the spring we attended Anomaly Con where we unveiled the official Extracted trailer:

And, of course, Comic Con NYC was pretty much our dream come true:

While we didn’t set out to write a steampunk novel, we are so happy we did.  We’ve been introduced into this amazing world with some of the most dedicated fans. 

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About the authors: 

Tyler H. Jolley is a sci-fi/fantasy author and full-time orthodontist, periodontist (see: Overachiever). He divides his spare time between writing, reading, mountain biking, and camping with his family.
Sherry D. Ficklin is a full-time writer and internet radio show host with more mouth then good sense. She has a serious book addiction, but continually refuses treatment, much to her husband’s chagrin.
Tyler and Sherry met one fateful day and bonded over their love for books, science fiction, and donuts. Their first co-written novel came shortly after. Now, they still do all those other things, but also go to various steampunk conventions and events under the guise of ‘research’. They can often be found lurking on the Lost Imperials Facebook page or over on the official website, www.thelostimperials.com.   

Find Extracted:

Amazon  •  BN.com  •  BookDepository  •  Indiebound  •  Goodreads 

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