Book & Author Details:
The Game Begins
by Victoria Danann
Publication date: February 27th 2017
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult
by Victoria Danann
Publication date: February 27th 2017
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Synopsis:
When it came to the attention
of the old ones that their creations, the Earth gods, had been playing
games at the expense of humankind for millennia, they put a stop to it.
But the rebellious gods were far too addicted to their games to give
them up. After several summit meetings, they voted to use their own
children as players and locate the playing field in the most treacherous
environment in the known universe. High school.
To make it even more interesting, they would strip their children of
their memories and withhold the rules of the game. The players believed
they were ordinary kids until they were transferred to R. Caine High
School. When odd things begin to happen, the players gradually realize
they have special gifts or attributes. But that doesn’t mean they can’t
die.
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EXCERPT:
My name is Ever Moore.
I know. It makes me wince
every time I say it. When I’m eighteen, I plan to have it legally changed to
something that doesn’t make people laugh. But right now I’m stuck.
My dad thinks puns are the
highest form of humor. He calls it ‘word play’. That’s right. I’m the spawn of
nerds. My dad creates video games. My mother is an ethics professor at UCLA who
thinks the battle between good and evil begins at home.
If you want to know just how
weird it can get at the Thanksgiving table, I can go one better. My grandfather
was a big deal rock star in the seventies. You wouldn’t know the name of the
band. So there’s no point in name dropping. After a visit, he exits with a
two-finger peace salute like all the other well-adjusted hippie grandparents,
but he doesn’t say, “Peace.”
He says, “Rock steady.”
Ugh!
My family is big on manners.
They’re too strict to let me say what I think, especially about Buzz’s love
life. My grandfather doesn’t want to be called Grandpa or Grandad or Gramps or
anything close to normal. Oh no. He wants to be called ‘Buzz’. I have no idea
why. That is not his name.
Anyway, the best protest I
can mount is rolling my eyes. I keep trying to get his attention and roll my
eyes back further into my head when he does the ‘rock steady’ thing, but he will
not be deterred.
Anyway I was leading a
completely typical and deliciously angsty teenage life in Austin, Texas when my
parents were suddenly offered jobs in the LA area at the same time. It was
weird, but weird is part of my normal. Always has been.
Since my grandad, the
rocker, still lives in LA with the latest girlfriend who’s barely legal - she’s
two years older than I am and her name is Charmin, yes, like the toilet paper.
If that was my name, I’d have the decency to go by something like Charm, which
would really be making lemonade from lemmons. But not Charmin. I don’t think
she’s bright enough to understand what people are thinking whenever they say
her name. Anyway, with the jobs and the fact that ‘Buzz’ lives there, moving
seemed like a good idea.
To them.
AUTHOR BIO:
New
York Times bestselling authorof seventeen romances
including paranormal, scifi, fantasy, contemporary, and teen. Victoria's
Knights of Black Swan series won BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES and
PARANORMAL ROMANCE NOVEL OF THE YEAR the past FOUR YEARS IN A ROW. This
past year two of her series took the top two places and two of her books
took first and second place Paranormal Romance of the Year category.
- Reviewers Choice Awards, The Paranormal Romance Guild.
Victoria is co-host of the popular ROMANCE BETWEEN THE PAGES podcast.
→ www.romancecast.com
WEBSITE: → www.VictoriaDanann.com
FACEBOOK: → www.facebook.com/victoriadanannbooks
The rich characterizations come from being a lifelong student of behavior, casually, and a serious student of behavior academically. She has also studied comparative religion, myths, and Dark Ages history.
Victoria is co-host of the popular ROMANCE BETWEEN THE PAGES podcast.
→ www.romancecast.com
WEBSITE: → www.VictoriaDanann.com
FACEBOOK: → www.facebook.com/victoriadanannbooks
The rich characterizations come from being a lifelong student of behavior, casually, and a serious student of behavior academically. She has also studied comparative religion, myths, and Dark Ages history.
Victoria lives in The Woodlands, Texas with her husband and a very smart, mostly black German Shepherd dog.
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