It’s Time to Talk About Torch

Shatter has skipped among readers for nearly a month now and it has been largely embraced by readers. (Which is not surprising because you just have to love Snow and you have to love Jude.)

And at the end of Shatter , we included the name of book 3 along with an estimated release schedule:

Torch

Coming in Fall 2016

But there was no snippet. No sneak peek to see whose book is coming next and what dangers await this person.

We didn’t do this to be cruel.

We didn’t do this because we didn’t know what was coming next.

We actually had a good chunk of the next book written when Shatter came out. But the text was rough and raw. It wasn’t what I’d call “reader ready.”

But in this day of Internet and social media, when there is silence, others will race to fill the void. And if something is said often enough, it soon moves from speculation to fact without any basis in reality. Some reviewers and readers have speculated on whose book is next.

Rinda and I have NEVER said anywhere whose book is coming up next.

However…

(And this is where you imagine Rinda and I with big Cheshire Cat grins)

However….

We have left a trail for readers to follow. We have left a pretty significant clue for you to ponder and point you in the right direction.

In fact, we started leaving clues back in Shiver as to who gets the next book. We left another clue in Shatter .

Have you figured it out?

Let’s make a game out of it.

In this blog post, leave a message telling me A. Who is the main character of Torch AND B. What’s your logic.  I want to see if you pick up on our clues. This way you can’t win just because you guess A correctly. You gotta get both parts right.

The first person to get it right will win signed copies of both Shiver and Shatter , and …

Rinda and I will officially announce details of Torch, including whose book it is.

Remember the rules! Your entry must be posted to the blog. Comments on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or email won’t count. You must also answer both A and B.

Also, if you’d like to discuss your thoughts and see the speculation of other readers, be sure to join our Facebook Group, Unbreakable Readers.

And if you haven’t caught it yet, you can read the first free short story for Snow and Jude, called House Hunting With Anna.