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January 17, 2019
TORCHLIGHTERS launches January 30th!
I’ve recorded and linked my secret song to the ebook. The book files are going through final review and approval. I’m lining up launch week giveaways.
We are so close to the book launch for DOORMAKER: TORCHLIGHTERS (January 30th to be exact!).
Here’s a screen grab from the secret song I’ve placed in the back of the TORCHLIGHTERS ebook.
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Can you see my dog in the background? Did he sleep through the whole thing? You’ll have to watch the video to find out :)
Still need to grab TORCHLIGHTERS? Here are the links.
Yours in darkness and stars,
Jamie Thornton
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
P.S. Indentured to the Tower of Shadows, Junle needs to earn return home credits to pay for her mother’s life-saving medicine, so she signs up for the most dangerous and well paying job in the tower. Junle is a torchlighter, one of the few who are strong enough to climb the pipes outside the tower to keep them working, and to keep the licatherin flowing.
But when a pattern-machine foretells the death of a torchlighter boy she loves, Junle will do whatever it takes to save him.
Even if that means turning the Tower of Shadows into a pile of rubble.
TORCHLIGHTERS is offered at a special launch price of 99 cents. Price goes up to $3.99 a few days after launch.
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December 21, 2017
Doormaker Book 3 Cover Reveal
Here are the cover and title reveals for Doormaker Book 3. I am so excited to begin drafting this book. Expected release summer 2018.
Doormaker: Library of Souls (Book 3)
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November 2, 2017
Truth and Glory (Book 1) – 99 cents
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Truth and Glory (Book 1) – 99 Cents
October 13, 2017
A magically-augmented photograph
I write science fiction and fantasy. I also take photographs.
In honor of the upcoming release of Book #1 in my Doormaker fantasy series, I made some magically-augmented art of photographs I’ve taken.
Here’s where you can buy Doormaker Book 1 for 99 cents.
Here’s one of those magically-augmented photographs (before and after).
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June 22, 2017
Marked by Fate: Origins
Esson only has two hours to complete the first interstellar drug deal of his thirteen-year-old life.
Do you think he’ll make it?
Find “Devil’s Harvest” inside Marked by Fate: Origins
(99 cents for a limited time)
In my YA Fantasy series launching this fall, Maella comes from a family of doormakers—people who unleash otherworldly violence when they open something even as simple as a cabinet door.
Maella has an older brother. His name is Esson. He is a doormaker like Maella. A year before Maella’s story takes place in Doormaker Book 1, Esson vanishes.
I wrote his short story. How he vanished. WHY he vanished.
The anthology doesn’t just contain my story. It has 15 teen warrior stories. Read on for details and grab yourself a copy while it’s on sale.
Marked by Fate: Origins
Beginnings. Secrets. Deleted Scenes.
Transport yourself to other worlds with 15 Marked by Fate teen warriors… encounter shadows, queens, witches, and wizards who battle against immortals, angels, vampires, demons, genetically engineered soldiers, robots and gods. Let yourself be swept away by adventures in magical fantasy worlds, mind-blowing dystopian lands, space stations, galaxies, and alternate timelines.
The short stories and deleted scenes in Marked by Fate: Origins are exclusive to this collection and they go away—some of them forever—when the Marked by Fate full box set releases in October 2017.
Gain a glimpse of where the action begins, including a deeper look into some of your favorite characters! Get the Marked by Fate: Origins collection today to join these teen warriors in their adventures.
May 30, 2017
YA Scavenger Hunt – 70
Congratulations! You’ve reached port #70 in the course of your YA Summer Scavenger Hunt travels!
This land is full of dark and thrilling adventures, some out of this world, some a little closer to home.
Scroll down to find the word you need to complete the short story. I’ve a few special books to share with you along the way.
In the meantime, watch you step, look over your shoulder, stay alive, don’t get caught. May you find the treasure for which you’ve been searching.
The Marked by Fate box set includes 25 YA Science Fiction and Fantasy books for 99 cents.
Including Book 1 in my new YA Fantasy series DOORMAKER.
Maella didn’t mean to open a door.
Maella tried NOT to open a door.
She just wanted to save her friend.
Pushed through a portal of her own making, Maella discovers worlds of nightmarish flying monsters, magical drug deals, political prisoners, religious cults, and a terrifying prediction: Maella will die upon opening her seventh door. In order to survive, Maella must uncover her family’s secrets, all while hiding her identity and outrunning the prediction of her death.
But what do you do when the truth you need could destroy the universe?
Get Marked by Fate to complete this and many more deadly and dangerous quests filled with nonstop action and adventure!
Do you like giveaways? The Marked by Fate authors are currently hosting this Harry Potter Hardcover Book Trunk Giveaway.
Last but not least…interested in some free books? Sign up for my newsletter.
A couple of thrilling dark adventures will be delivered to your inbox just in time for late night summer reading.
Word #70 in the scavenger hunt is:
“BUT”
May 25, 2017
[Giveaway] Harry Potter Hardcover Trunk
Pre-order MARKED BY FATE on iBooks at $0.99
Upload your proof of pre-order purchase, then be entered into this EXCLUSIVE giveaway to win the amazing Harry Potter hardcover book trunk.
Every entrant receives an e-coloring book and 25 e-bookmarks to download!!
This giveaway is to celebrate MARKED BY FATE (currently available EXCLUSIVELY on iBooks).
MARKED BY FATE is A collection of 25 Fantasy and Science Fiction YA coming-of-age novels from New York Times, USA Today, International, Amazon bestselling and Award-Winning authors!!
MARKED BY FATE is an action-packed boxset filled with teen warriors who encounter queens, witches, wizards, werewolves, shifters, angels, and gods. And with occasionally the genetically engineered soldiers, cyborgs, and robots discover magical hidden fantasy worlds, encounter mind-blowing dystopian lands, space stations, and galaxies they could never have dreamed existed while traveling through time into uncharted territories. Get Marked by Fate to complete these deadly and dangerous quests filled with nonstop action and adventure!
May 21, 2017
YA Scavenger Hunt – The Rules
I’m excited to share that a bunch of Young Adult authors have gotten together a HUGE scavenger hunt just in time for summer. Meet some new authors, grab a bunch of free books, and sign up to win a whole bunch of epic prizes!
RULES
Each author will be given a special keyword, which will be bolded and all caps like this: BUTTERFLIES.
All you have to do is visit all the author’s sites in this order, write down the special keywords to discover the short story, then enter the giveaway with the completed secret legend HERE.
There will be one main giveaway for the main prize, but most of the participating authors will also have smaller giveaways for free books, amazon credit and author swag, so make sure you read their post carefully to see what else they’re offering while you’re on their site for the keyword.
THE MAP (participating authors)
Cindy Ray Hale
Katherine Bogle
Melle Amade
David Kudler
A.M. Yates
Alethea Kontis
Stevie Rae Causey
Katlyn Duncan
Debbie Manber Kupfer
Meredith Rose
N.M. Howell
Lara Ann
K.M. Robinson
J.A. Culican
Heather Karn
Rob L. Slater
Dylan Keefer
Sarah K. Wilson
L.J. Higgins
Gina Marie Long
Em Kazmierski
Travis Hall
Heather Young-Nichols
Anna Santos
J.L. Weil
Jo Schneider
Rebecca Fernfield
Kristin D. Van Risseghem
Martine Lewis
Tara Benham
Stacy Claflin
Beth Hammond
Erica Cope
Nicole Zoltack
Char Webster
Sabrina Ramoth
T.J. Muir
Raquel Lyon
Beth Rodgers
S.L. Beaumont
Eva Pohler
Melanie McFarlane
Cheryllynn Dyess
Audrey Rich
Amanda Zieba
Sandie Will
Elle Scott
Angie Grigaliunas
Ashley Maker
Mandy Peterson
Audrey Grey
Elisa Dane
Amy McNulty
Melinda Cordell
Monica Leonelle
Claire Luana
Frost Kay
Preeti C. Sharma
Bentz Deyo
April Wood
Lena Mae Hill
Angel Leya
Wendi Wilson
Wendy Knight
Chogan Swan
Tamara Hart Heiner
Norma Hinkens
Patti Larsen
Megan Crewe
Jamie Thornton
Jessie Renée
T.A. Maclagan
Lydia Sherrer
Phyllis Moore
P.D. Workman
J.A. Armitage
K.N. Lee
Angela Fristoe
Rhonda Sermon
G.K. DeRosa
Erin Richards
Ali Winters
Larissa C. Hardesty
Kristine Tate
Debra Kristi
Bella Rose
Cortney Pearson
Jeff Kohanek
Kristal Shaff
Rachel Morgan
Emma Right
C.L. Cannon
Joanne Macgregor
Lindsey Loucks
Farah Kuck
Erin Hayes
Jesikah Sundin
Dorothy Dreyer
Danielle Annett
C.J. Ethington
L.C. Hibbett
Madeline Dyer
Katie John
Nicole Schubert
Rachel Medhurst
Tee G Ayer
May Freighter
Heather Dyer
Jen Minkman
J.L. Gillham
Karen Tomlinson
Kate Haye
Megan Linski
Martina Billings
Jo Ho
Brian King
Inna Hardison
Rachel Bateman
Sally Henson
J.L. Hendricks
A.L. Knorr
T.M. Franklin
Konstanz Silverbow
felisha Antonette
Jake Devlin
S.F. Benson
Laurie Treacy
Emily Martha Sorensen
Leia Stone
T. Rae Mitchell
J. Keller Ford
Kat Stiles
Jessica Hawke
Elyse Reyes
Sophie Davis
Bianca Scardoni
Jenetta Penner
David R. Bernstein
Olivia Wildenstein
Derek Murphy
Starts June 1st!
Just go through the “treasure map” above to find the keywords and reconstruct the secret legend. Once you’ve got it, enter for the grand prize HERE. Don’t forget to keep an eye out for other giveaways or free books as you search for the keywords, most authors will be offering their own prizes as well.
For rules, updates or trouble-shooting, make sure to check out this main post which will stay updated.
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TIMELINE
Authors will post the rules and the full list of participating authors sometime in June, and have their post up and visible on their site/blog, with their keyword, by June 1st. Readers just need to go through the list, find the words, and use the story to enter for the grand prize.
Good luck, readers!
May 19, 2017
YA Dystopian release – What good is immortality if you can’t remember yesterday?
Here’s a just-released YA Dystopian book from fellow New York Times bestselling author E.E. Isherwood.
These are the last couple of days the ebook is available for 99 cents.
After release week, the price goes up to $3.99.
Sky Dancers: A Young Adult Dystopian Adventure (Eternal Apocalypse Book 1)
What good is immortality if you can’t remember yesterday?
Elle is a typical doomsday bunker teenager, living under the crush of routine. She attends classes, tries to follow the rules, and endures the same petty jealousies and anxieties teens have endured since fire was used as the first hangout. But a crumbling section of tunnel exposes a big lie about her world, and Elle’s life quickly spirals downward.
She’s harassed by the enigmatic Commander. She must ward off unwanted advances from older male survivors. And, as the ultimate insult, everyone seems to know more about her past than she does. Elle seeks freedom in the plague-ravaged wasteland outside her home, but discovers the true threat to her people, and her own future, lies coiled inside the dark tunnels she left behind.
Can Elle uncover and expose the secrets buried with her underground home? Or will they fade away like the memories of everyone who thinks to oppose the Commander?
Sky Dancers is a dystopian read that will have you turning the pages! If you like mysterious wastelands, abandoned bunkers, and strong female leads, you will love the Eternal Apocalypse series!
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May 4, 2017
A new YA Sci-Fi book for 99 cents.
Check out GIRL OF STONE (THE EXPULSION PROJECT: 2)
Dark schemes. The ultimate betrayal. She can’t afford to lose.
I belong to an online writing group of authors who publish YA Sci-Fi and Dystopian books.
One author in this group just released Book 2 of her series.
Her books normally run $2.99. For release week only, the new book is 99 cents, I’m sharing the deal with you in case you’re looking for a new read.
Check out GIRL OF STONE (THE EXPULSION PROJECT: 2)
