(Children of the Gods #2)
by Jessica Therrien
Released |May 28, 2013 by ZOVA Books|
Genre |Paranormal Romance|
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Jessica Therrien follows up her bestselling novel OPPRESSION with UPRISING, the second book in the Children of the Gods series.
OPPRESSION, translated and sold around the world, was one of the best selling YA novels of 2012. UPRISING continues the story of Elyse, William and the Descendants.
Elyse has been in hiding for most of her life. Only now she’s hiding with William, and she knows who she’s hiding from. The Council wants a child Elyse and William have yet to conceive, a child who will be the next oracle, and who will provide the final piece to a plan Christoph has been organizing for years. Charged with leading the rebellion against Christoph and his Council, Elyse feels well out of her depth. But she has good friends and strong allies who are willing to fight with her to the end, regardless of how far they have to go, and how many lives will be lost in the process. They have one goal: to live freely and openly with the rest of humanity, out from under The Council’s oppressive rule. The stakes could not be higher for Elyse and the Descendants longing for freedom. They'll have to learn to fight if they want to stand up against The Council, and to find allies in a world ruled by their enemies. The hardest part of waging a war is knowing who to trust. Elyse knows their uprising will change the world. She doesn’t realize it will change her, too.
Author Bio
Jessica Therrien
is the author of the young adult paranormal fiction series Children of the Gods.
Book one in the series, Oppression,
was published by ZOVA Books in February of 2012 and became a Barnes & Noble
best-seller shortly after its release. The second book in the series, Uprising,
will be available in May of 2013.
Aside from her Children
of the Gods series, Jessica’s work can also be found in a published
collection of flash fiction stories called Campaigner Challenges 2011.
Out of over 350 submissions her story, The Soulless,
won first place for people’s choice and fourth place in the judging round
of Rachael Harrie’s Writing Campaign Challenge. Her story, Saved,
is also available as part of the anthology.
Jessica currently lives in Chula Vista with
her husband and is working on book three in her Children of the Gods
series.
Author Links:
Links to Oppression (Children of the Gods #1):Links to Uprising (Children of the Gods #2):
Guest Post
Hey Janina fans! Thanks for stopping by for my blog tour! I’m Jessica Therrien, author of the Children of the Gods series. Janina was
wondering how I came up with the names of my books.
I’m not sure how it goes for most authors, but I had a hard
time with the name of my first book. It went through a ton of changes before we
settled on what it is today. Originally, my main character was named Ruth, and
so was the book. I never intended for it to be the title, but it was always how
I saved the file.
When I was done writing, I settled on The Descendants. I was really happy with that and didn’t think I
needed a title for the series. I pitched it that way, and to this day my
publishing contract is for a book called The
Descendants. I’m sad I didn’t get to keep it.
As my release date approached I heard news of a George
Clooney movie coming out titled….of course…The
Descendants. My publisher worried it would diminish my marketing efforts as
anything Googled or seared on Amazon, etc. would show results for the movie and
not my book.
I sat down with Matt Pizzo, CEO of ZOVA books, and we hashed
it out. We went through what felt like a thousand different titles. Nothing
sounded right. Even Oppression didn’t
work for me…until Matt added the series title, Children of the Gods. Together it seemed like the perfect fit.
The title for Uprising
was suggested by my publisher.
I’m very thankful to be able to work with ZOVA books so
closely on everything. A lot of authors don’t have the option of being involved
in decision-making.
Thanks for having me, Janina!
Book One
I had read the sample of Oppression and really liked it, so I have the book saved on my Kindle to read later. Look forward to reading it!
ReplyDeleteThanks!! :) I hope you like it!
DeleteI was fortunate I got to keep the title of my first book, but I had no idea what to call the next two. My publisher came up with those as well.
ReplyDeleteI still have no idea what I'm calling the 3rd book...
DeleteThanks for having me on your blog, Janina :)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Jessica :) Thanks for having me apart of the blog tour!
DeleteNames are hard for me too. I still don't like the name of my book but I can't think of a better one. lol. Great guest post.
ReplyDeleteHaha! How funny :) Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI always wonder how authors came up with the names for their books. Sometimes I see some amazing ones and I can't help but wonder. Great pick :)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
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