Milo Fowler is back with another round of 'Tis More Blessed Friday giveaways and I'm excited to be participating again this week. I'm giving away an ebook (.epub or .mobi) copy of The Ghosts of Aquinnah and, just like last week, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post to be entered to win. Leave your comment before Monday and I will announce the winner then.
There are lots of authors taking part so please visit Milo's site to learn about all the giveaways going on. Thanks again to Milo for hosting this fun event!
But most of my post today is devoted to helping spread the word about Emilyann Girdner's upcoming release The Labyrinth Wall by taking part in her Labyrinth Challenge. Congratulations and best of luck to Emilyann! I've never seen a cover reveal with an arcade game included like this, it's very creative and fun and I'm impressed! Here is all the info on the book and the challenge straight from Emilyann herself.
The Labyrinth Challenge!
Welcome
to The Labyrinth Challenge! This is a cover reveal event celebrating Young
Adult Author Emilyann Girdner’s upcoming book, The Labyrinth Wall. What’s the
big challenge? It’s to hop around to all sites participating in the event (site
links are listed at the bottom of this post) and count how many character
quotes are from the main character, Araina. Circle back to Anything Imagined and comment saying how many Araina quotes were posted during
the hop. Emilyann will wait to randomly select a winner from the comments on December
23rd at noon (Eastern Standard time). The winner will receive a $15
electronic Starbucks giftcard (just in time for the holidays).
The Labyrinth Wall Character Quote:
“My strings are
being pulled, this time by a different puppet master.” ~Araina
Without further delay, let’s kick off the book cover reveal and learn more about The Labyrinth Wall…
The
Labyrinth Wall
(Obsidian Series, Book1)
Young Adult Fantasy Novel
By: Emilyann Girdner
By: Emilyann Girdner
This is the tale of a young woman who discovers that
although labyrinth walls confine her and her enemies try to repress her, the
power of hope can set her free…
Araina’s isolated teenage life is forever altered when she witnesses a man emerge through a rippling wall into the dark labyrinth she calls home. As a result of the stranger’s arrival, Araina’s Creators have unleashed a series of magical attacks using the labyrinth against its inhabitants. Now Araina must decide if she will trust potentially deceitful allies in order to reach safety on the other side of the labyrinth wall.
Araina’s isolated teenage life is forever altered when she witnesses a man emerge through a rippling wall into the dark labyrinth she calls home. As a result of the stranger’s arrival, Araina’s Creators have unleashed a series of magical attacks using the labyrinth against its inhabitants. Now Araina must decide if she will trust potentially deceitful allies in order to reach safety on the other side of the labyrinth wall.
Release Date:
Ebook: January 2nd 2014 - Amazon (Free download Jan 2nd - 6th 2014)
Paperback: January
through Barnes & Noble and Amazon
Excerpt:
(Find
a different excerpt at each site participating in this event)
My hand motions
for the man in white to follow as we head back into the dark hall. Darith glances
both ways, and he propels back down the direction we came in. He launches a
door open then disappears into a cell.
“Darith,” I
whisper. “What are you doing, come on!” I pause at the doorway to the cell and
find him shaking the woman who led us here.
She opens her
eyes, staring blankly in a daze before jumping up with surprise. Sharply
tightened lips wordlessly convey her attitude as she remembers. Her eyes roll
as Darith smugly says, “Okay, lady, I’m gonna make a sweet deal with ya. Get us
out of this place and I’ll let ya live. I’ll even give ya back the bag I stole
from ya.”
“You’re so
kind,” she replies with agitation.
When we head
into the hall, she starts back the way we came.
“Think again.
The guards will be looking for us that way. I bet you know a safer way out,
right?” My dagger grazes her stomach.
She flinches as
it almost pierces through her shirt to her tan skin.
“Fine.” She
takes off the opposite direction.
The four of us
swiftly glide through the halls until we come to a dead end. Despair burns in
my stomach, my throat, and my lungs.
That’s it then.
She cared more about our capture than saving her own life. Or never knew a good
escape route in the first place. My shoulders jolt in response to the sound of
Darith’s fist pounding into the wall that denies our escape.
The Labyrinth Wall Arcade Game: can you help Araina escape the
labyrinth?
Don’t forget to hop around to all the participating sites,
count Araina’s quotes and comment how many you found on Anything Imagined (Emilyann’s website) for a chance to win
that $15 Starbucks giftcard J
The Labyrinth Challenge Sites:
Want to participate in the The Labyrinth Wall Monster Party
Book Release Event in a couple weeks? Sign up here.
