Title: EMBERS IN THE SEA
(Fire in The Woods #3)
Author: Jennifer M. Eaton
Pub. Date: Jan 31, 2017
Publisher: Month9Books
Format: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 300
Humanity has one final chance at survival. David needs to emulate Earth’s precipitation on Mars. But the catalyst to make it rain lies in the fathomless depths of Earth’s ocean.
The clock is ticking down to humanity’s last hours as Jess and David face a world more alien than either of them can imagine. The sea hides secrets, but some secrets don’t want to be found.
World building. Where do you even start?
World
building for Embers in the Sea was quite a challenge. The first challenge was
to pick a location. That may seem easy, but I had set something in motion in
books one and two.
In FIRE IN
THE WOODS Jess and David raced through the woods being chased by the United
States Military.
In ASHES IN
THE SKY Jess and David sprinted through space trying to keep away from David’s
people.
Challenge
number one:
Location. For book three, I wanted something completely new. A plunge into the
ocean seemed an obvious choice to me. But writing a book that takes place
mostly underwater has its own challenges.
Challenge
number two:
Research. I wanted the book to seem as authentic as I could within the
parameters of science fiction, so I did extensive research on ocean depths,
ocean life, temperatures, pressure, and the fine points of evaporation and
condensation. I built on this research to create the world that Jess and David
will explore.
Challenge
number three: Water
is a lot like space. Jess and David have already faced outer space. I needed to
keep it fresh, knowing they could not go outside their ship.
Challenge
number four: See
number three, knowing that water is NOTHING like space. Water has many of the
same constraints, but then again, so many more constraints than outer space.
There were a lot of plot points that I would have loved to insert, but they
would not work underwater.
Challenge number five: Believability and theme. To be honest, I just tried to work
on believability at first. This meant working extensively with my beta readers,
then my two Month9Books editors, and then even with a fan at the last minute
before the manuscript was finalized. Some weird things happen in the ocean, and
I didn’t want people rolling their eyes. I also wanted to work in the overlying
themes we’ve seen in other Fire in the Woods books. Those came a little more
naturally once the new characters started to take shape.
Creating a
new world is usually pretty easy. You can make it however you want and tailor
your setting to your story.
But creating
a world WITHIN a real world proved to be something altogether different. I hope
that everyone will find their swim through the ocean in EMBERS IN THE SEA to be
as fun and exciting as the first two books. Enjoy!
Title: FIRE IN THE WOODS (Fire In The Woods #1)
Author: Jennifer M. Eaton
Pub. Date: October 28, 2014
Publisher: Month9Books
Format: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 331
When a plane crashes in the woods near Jess’s home, the boy of her dreams falls out of the sky—literally.
But David’s not here to find a girlfriend. He’s from another planet, and if Jess can’t help him get back to his ship, he’ll be stuck on Earth with nothing to look forward to but the pointy end of a dissection scalpel. But her father runs their house like an army barracks. and with an alien on the loose, Major Dad isn’t too keen on the idea of Jess going anywhere.
Ever.
So how the heck is she supposed to help the sweetest, strangest, and cutest guy she’s ever met? Hiding him in her room probably isn’t the best idea. Especially since her Dad is in charge of the squadron searching for David.
That doesn’t mean she won’t do it.
It just means she can't get caught. Helping David get home while protecting her heart—that’s gonna be the hard part.
After all, she can't really fall for a guy whose not exactly from here. As they race through the woods with Major Dad and most of the U.S. military one breath behind them, Jess and David grow closer than either of them anticipated. But all is not what it seems. David has a genocide-sized secret, and one betrayal later, they are both in handcuffs as alien warships are positioning themselves around the globe. Time is ticking down to Armageddon, and Jess must think fast if she's to save the boy she cares about without sacrificing Earth—and everyone on it.
FIRE IN THE WOODS is Star-Crossed meets Close Encounters of the Third Kind!
Title: ASHES IN THE SKY (Fire In The Woods #2)
Author: Jennifer M. Eaton
Pub. Date: March 15, 2016
Publisher: Month9Books
Format: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 331
After inadvertently saving the world, eighteen-year-old Jessica Martinez is ready to put adventure behind her and settle back into the familiar routine of high school.
Though when she's offered an opportunity to photograph the inside of an alien space ship, Jess jumps at the chance. After all, she'd be crazy to turn something like that down, right?
Spending time with David on the ship has definite advantages and the two seem to pick up right where they left off. But when Jess discovers a plot to sabotage David's efforts to establish a new home for his people on another planet, neither David's advanced tech nor Jess's smarts will be able to save them.
ASHES IN THE SKY is an action-packed, romantic Sci Fi adventure that will leave readers screaming for more.
During infrequent excursions to her home planet of Earth, Jennifer enjoys long hikes in the woods, bicycling, swimming, snorkeling, and snuggling up by the fire with a great book; but great adventures are always a short shuttle ride away.
Who knows where we’ll end up next?
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Giveaway Details:
(1) winner will receive a Perfectly Posh, Posh To Meet You Set ($20 value), US Only.
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