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Award winning, Amazon best seller in dystopian sci-fi, Simone Pond to launch third book

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Award winning, Amazon best seller in dystopian sci-fi, Simone Pond to launch third book.

LOS ANGELES, CA, October 25th— Author Simone Pond of Los Angeles, will launch the “The Mainframe” – the third book in her dystopian series – on Dec. 1, 2014.

In 2013, Pond released The City Center, the first book in her dystopian fiction series––a fast-paced tale of love and adventure that will appeal to young adults and seasoned readers alike. The City Center and The New Agenda are bestsellers in Amazon’s post-apocalyptic science fiction category, and recently The City Center was the recipient of a gold medal award from Readers’ Favorite.

The Mainframe is told from the perspective of a rebellious daughter and an overprotective mother, and their struggle to find a common ground in a post-apocalyptic world in order take down their nemesis, Chief Morray. It’s action packed, page-turning fun.

"This story is decorated with familiar things, and at its heart contains thrilling characters and heroic journeys." - RevolutionSF

"It is difficult to believe that The City Center is Simone Pond’s first novel for she writes like a seasoned author. The characters are well developed. This tale is well written and the plot is interesting. I am looking forward to the next book in this series.” – Readers’ Favorite

“The book is solid. The plot works and the action is taut. The revelations before the conclusion are properly shocking and quite insidious. ‘The City Center’ might just be another novel of teenage dystopia, but it does deliver a good story. Recommended for the young and the restless.” – SF Crowsnest

The series continues to win the hearts of readers as Pond transports them into the vast world that spans over decades, following heroic characters and connecting the intricate threads of their lives.

Pond is available for interviews and appearances. For booking presentations, media appearances, interviews, and/or book-signings contact info [at] simonepond.com.

“Independence comes at a price.”
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Published on October 28, 2014 10:26 Tags: amazon-bestseller, book-launch, book-series, goodreads-author, new-books

Excerpt from The Mainframe by Simone Pond

Today I thought I'd post an excerpt from my latest book, The Mainframe, which releases on December 1st. I hope you'll add it to your wish list so you can see what happens next . . .


Ava awoke from a deep sleep, feeling groggy and half drugged. Her temples throbbed and each cell dragged through her body. She didn’t remember going to bed, or falling asleep. She especially didn’t recall putting on a delicate nightgown of soft satin. She usually slept in a tank top. She sat up and looked around the room to get her bearings. Nothing made sense. Not the enormous king-size bed or the overstuffed feather comforters, or the chiffon canopy hanging over her head. She got out of bed and looked around the room to figure out where she was. Massive crystal chandeliers dangled from the vaulted ceilings. The room was far too opulent to be inside the academy. No, she thought, these chambers are fit for a queen. And she had been here before. A long time ago. A very long time ago. She went over to the windows and peered out to the vast green forest of trees that stretched across the Los Angeles basin all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

“Impossible,” she whispered, leaning against the glass to keep from collapsing.

This was the same room at the Royal Palace where Morray had held her prisoner sixteen years ago. She stood by these same windows just before she made her speech and just before Joseph’s men stormed the Arena and took down Morray. The walls shifted to gray, and the edges of the room closed in on her. She staggered over to the white lounger to sit down and catch her breath. How could she be sitting in a place that no longer existed? Years ago, the New Democracy had demolished the palace. She wondered if she were having a lucid dream or a very pronounced hallucination. It was too real to be a dream––the intoxicating scent of jasmine, the cold marble floor under her bare feet, and the taste of bile in her throat––but the room defied all logic. This had to be an outright lie. It had to be. There was only one explanation and one man who could concoct such a convincing falsehood . . . Morray.
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Published on November 14, 2014 12:01 Tags: book-series, dystopian-fiction, new-book-release, post-apocalyptic-fiction