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June 22, 2017
Genesis Cover Reveal on USA Today’s Happy Ever After Blog!
The cover is here! Plus some sneaky #Genesis book info, the sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller #Nemesis. Releases 3/6/18! Check it out.
Can the Fire Lake sophomore class survive in a world without consequences?
Noah Livingston knows he is destined to survive.
The 64 members of Fire Lake’s sophomore class are trapped in a place where morals have no meaning and zero rules apply. But Noah’s deaths have trained him–hardened him–to lead the strongest into the future … whatever that may be. And at any cost.
Min Wilder knows that survival alone isn’t enough.
In a violent world where brute force passes for leadership, it’s tempting to lay back and let everyone else battle it out. But Min’s instincts rebel against allowing others to decide who lives and who dies. She’s ready to fight for what she believes in. And against whomever might stand in her way.
Lord of the Flies meets The Matrix in Brendan Reichs’ blistering follow-up to the instant New York Times bestseller Nemesis.
“Prepare yourselves for greatness.”–James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maze Runner series
April 18, 2017
NEMESIS IS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!!!
YAHOO! Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible! If you still haven’t had the chance to pick up a copy of #Nemesis, now’s the time! Click here for a free excerpt and all sales links.
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April 4, 2017
SPRING 2017 YA SCAVENGER HUNT — #TEAMRed!
It’s the Spring 2017 YA Scavenger Hunt!
This is my third or fourth hunt–by now I’m such a grizzled veteran that I can’t remember. There are five mind-blowing YA author teams currently lurking on your interwebs, chock full of awesome bonus materials and killer giveaways.
I’m part of #TeamRED.
We are incredibly, devastatingly cool.
SPECIAL NOTE: I’m doing a separate giveaway at the bottom!
YASH RED TEAM 2017
BEHOLD! Pretty awesome, right? This hunt runs from April 4th-9th, beginning and ending at noon Pacific time. All NEMESIS and VIRALS fans must give it a whirl. Prizes! Deleted and bonus scenes! Sneak peaks! Playlists, including one of mine from a main character in NEMESIS, which was just named a New York Times bestseller! YAHOO! Grab a copy today if you haven’t already. My bonus content is out there on #TeamRED, RIGHT NOW. Get cracking!
ABOUT THE HUNT: If you’ve never done this before, the scavenger hunt runs like a giant blog circle, one connecting to the next, introducing you to new YA authors and books along the way. There are tons of prizes including a grand prize for each team: a signed book from each author in that group! For more information and hunt updates, sign up for news on the #YASH website. Get cracking, book sleuths. There’s a whole new world out there. You have three days!
OKAY NOW FOR THE GOOD STUFF:
For this hunt, I’m hosting T.A. Maclagan.
T.A.’s blog is here. Between the 22 of us, she’s an AMAZING author. T.A. is a Kansas girl by birth but now lives all the way down in Wellington, New Zealand (!!!!) with her husband, son, and four pampered cats. she has a bachelor’s degree in biology and a Ph.D. in anthropology, and once studied poison dart frogs in the rainforests of Costa Rica and howler monkeys in Panama. Then she felt the call to pursue something more imaginative and discovered a passion for creative writing. She’s a smart one, is what I’m saying, folks. And who doesn’t want to live in the real Middle Earth?
T.A. has graciously given you two mood boards from her books. I’ll let her explain:
During the release of My Name is Milena Rokva, the sequel to They Call Me Alexandra Gastone, I ran a mood board contest and wanted to share two of my favorite entries! These both beautifully capture the essence of the novel, and I love the fan casting!
Here’s a book description from the author:
When your life is a lie, how do you know what’s real?
Alexandra Gastone has a simple plan: graduate high school, get into Princeton, work for the CIA, and serve her great nation.
She was told the plan back when her name was Milena Rokva, back before the real Alexandra and her family were killed in a car crash.
Milena was trained to be a sleeper agent by Perun, a clandestine organization from her true homeland of Olissa. There, Milena learned everything she needed to infiltrate the life of CIA analyst Albert Gastone, Alexandra’s grandfather, and the ranks of America’s top intelligence agency.
For seven years, “Alexandra” has been on standby and life’s been good. Grandpa Albert loves her, and her strategically chosen boyfriend, Grant, is amazing.
But things are about to change. Perun no longer needs her at the CIA in five years’ time. They need her active now.
Between her cover as a high-school girl—juggling a homecoming dance, history reports, and an increasingly suspicious boyfriend—and her mission in this high-stakes spy game, the boundaries of her two lives are beginning to blur.
Will she stay true to the country she barely remembers, or has her loyalty shattered along with her identity?
MAGNIFICENT STUFF. Thanks to T.A. for sharing, and be sure to check out the rest of her books. She’s on Twitter as @tamaclagan & also Facebook.
MY BONUS CONTEST: Leave a comment below about this sample — and the SEVENTH word from my NEMESIS sneak-peek, also included in the #TeamRED hunt — and I’ll draw one winner per day for a signed copy of NEMESIS. Sound good? Sounds good.
PLEASE PROCEED TO THE NEXT #TeamRED STOP: C.J. REDWINE.
April 3, 2017
NEMESIS IS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!!!
YAHOO! Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible! If you still haven’t had the chance to pick up a copy of #Nemesis, now’s the time! Click here for a free excerpt and all sales links.
March 6, 2017
The Nemesis & Friends Tour – EW.com!
Very excited that EW.com has posted the details on my upcoming NEMESIS & FRIENDS TOUR. Please come see me in the following cities with these amazing, wonderful, sensational author friends. The tour starts March 21, 2017!
Charlotte, NC – Tuesday, March 21
With Renée Ahdieh (The Wrath & the Dawn, The Rose & the Dagger)
Barnes & Noble — The Arboretum, 7:00PM
Charleston, SC – Wednesday, March 22
With Ryan Graudin (The Walled City, Blood for Blood)
Blue Bicycle Books, 5:00PM
Bethesda, MD – Thursday, March 23
With Danielle Paige (Dorothy Must Die, The End of Oz)
The Bethesda Library, 7:00PM
(Books sold by Politics & Prose)
Chicago, IL – Friday, March 24
With Veronica Roth (Divergent, Carve the Mark)
Everybody’s Coffee, 7:00PM
(Tickets must be purchased through The Book Cellar)
Provo, UT – Saturday, March 25
With James Dashner (The Maze Runner, Game of Lives)
The Provo Library, 7:00PM
(Books sold by Kings English Bookshop)
Los Angeles, CA – Sunday, March 26
With Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen, King’s Cage)
Barnes & Noble — The Grove, 2:00PM
(Limited wristbands available with book purchase)
The #Nemesis and Friends Tour is live on EW.com!
Very excited that EW.com has posted the details on my upcoming NEMESIS & FRIENDS TOUR. Please come see me in the following cities with these amazing, wonderful, sensational author friends. The tour starts March 21, 2017!
Charlotte, NC – Tuesday, March 21
With Renée Ahdieh (The Wrath & the Dawn, The Rose & the Dagger)
Barnes & Noble — The Arboretum, 7:00PM
Charleston, SC – Wednesday, March 22
With Ryan Graudin (The Walled City, Blood for Blood)
Blue Bicycle Books, 5:00PM
Bethesda, MD – Thursday, March 23
With Danielle Paige (Dorothy Must Die, The End of Oz)
The Bethesda Library, 7:00PM
(Books sold by Politics & Prose)
Chicago, IL – Friday, March 24
With Veronica Roth (Divergent, Carve the Mark)
Everybody’s Coffee, 7:00PM
(Tickets must be purchased through The Book Cellar)
Provo, UT – Saturday, March 25
With James Dashner (The Maze Runner, Game of Lives)
The Provo Library, 7:00PM
(Books sold by Kings English Bookshop)
Los Angeles, CA – Sunday, March 26
With Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen, King’s Cage)
Barnes & Noble — The Grove, 2:00PM
(Limited wristbands available with book purchase)
February 5, 2017
YABC SCAVENGER HUNT BEGINS NOW – #Nemesis Prizes Available!
Follow the CLUES for the chance to win signed copies of #NEMESIS. Details about the Hunt can be found HERE. My post is right HERE. Check out the awesome playlist I put together for Min Wilder, one of the two point-of-views character in #NEMESIS! What are her jams? GO. AND. SEE. (Noah Livingston’s playlist on will be valuable later this month on another favorite blog of mine, so stay tuned!)
January 24, 2017
Booklist Gives #NEMESIS It’s Second **STARRED** Review!
I’m beyond excited to report that Booklist has joined Kirkus in giving #Nemesis a **STARRED** review. This is amazing and I’m incredibly honored. Additionally, very strong reviews came in from Publisher’s Weekly and The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (BCCB). I’ll post links for Booklist and BCCB as soon as they are live. Nemesis releases March 21, 2017 but is available for pre-order right now!
CRITICAL PRAISE:
★ “Min is not your average 16-year-old. Every two years on her birthday, she’s murdered. And every two years she comes back, completely unharmed. She’s tried to escape the inevitable but knows it’s only a matter of time before the man in black returns for her. Now things are getting worse, with an asteroid headed toward Earth. . . [j]ust when she’s found that classmate Noah is having the same strange experiences she’s tried to keep hidden. . . . Hooked readers will be tapping their fingers waiting for the sequel.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
★ “There are many overworked adjectives for action books: page-turner, fast-paced, intense. For this book, multiply all of them. Reichs truly keeps readers guessing throughout, with twists on early every page.”—Booklist (starred review)
“[I]t’s [Min’s] story that will . . . draw readers back to see where the cliffhanger ending leads. Patient readers will be richly rewarded for persisting through the onion layer reveals.”—BCCB
“Reichs pulls everything together at the book’s end, and a plot twist few will see coming should leave readers eagerly awaiting the second book in this duology.”—Publishers Weekly
AUTHOR PRAISE:
“Addictive as a puzzle, moving with breakneck speed, Nemesis had me guessing until the very end. Try to predict what Nemesis is. I dare you.”—Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen
“Reichs builds plots like the Swiss build watches. Nemesis is a fascinating, twisty page-turner that will keep surprising you until its final page. I loved it.”—Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
“Reichs keeps you at the edge of your seat without compromising depth and heart. Prepare to think about these characters long after you’ve closed the book.”—Ally Condie, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Matched
“My favorite thriller since The Maze Runner—dark, fast paced and intense.”—Melissa de la Cruz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Isle of the Lost
“Born from the imagination of an apocalyptic mastermind, Nemesis is an addictive read filled with mystery, conspiracy, and terrifying possibilities. I can’t wait for the sequel!”—Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lovely Reckless
“My favorite kind of thriller: smart and action-packed, with twists and turns galore. You won’t be able to put this book down.”—Renée Ahdieh, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn
“Nemesis disarms every expectation and lures you down a dark, gripping road. You think you know what’s coming . . . You don’t.”—Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Darkest Minds
“An utterly thrilling read with a deviously clever twist I never saw coming!”—Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth
“So scary it’s heart-stopping—and so good it’s scary.”—Margaret Stohl, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Black Widow: Forever Red
“A twisted web of conspiracy and apocalyptic mayhem that kept me reading all night.”—Jay Kristoff, New York Times bestselling author of Illuminae
January 5, 2017
Start Reading #NEMESIS today!
November 17, 2016
NEMESIS Gets a **STARRED** Review from Kirkus!
I’m overwhelmingly excited to announce that Nemesis received a STARRED review from Kirkus! I’m honestly shocked, but very pleased. I put a lot of hard work into this book, so it’s intensely gratifying to receive such high praise from a major reviewer. Nemesis comes out March 21, 2017, but is available for pre-order right now. Please do! Links to pre-order are posted on the Kirkus site and are also right here. And here’s the link to the review.
