KINGDOM CITY: REVOLT Blog Tour and Giveaway

Book:  KINGDOM CITY: REVOLT
Author:  Ben Ireland
Pages: 516
Format:  Paperback, Kindle, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, etc.
Publisher:  Xchyler Publishing
Book Source:  publisher
Category:  Dystopian/young adult dystopian
Style:   High tension action/adventure set in a near-future dystopian society, with science fiction and urban fantasy elements, written in a fast-paced style that can be at times gut-wrenching; rare vulgarities, significant violence in battle and in laboratory
Giveaway: Scroll down to enter! or visit Rafflecopter or the XP Facebook page.

Synopsis:

Paul Stevens has survived a terrorist attack, medical experimentation, and an attempt by the government to “neutralize” their rogue subjects. However, his escape cost him his wife, and now he battles to overthrow Brian Shuman, the dictator responsible for her death. With the kidnapping of his daughter and the disappearance of his son, he must choose between saving what may remain of his family or the fledgling rebellion on the verge of collapse.

About this book:

People can surprise you. Case in point: at Xchyler Publishing, we conduct short story contests anonymously. That means none of the judges know who have written the submissions they're adjudicating. Thus, it came as quite a surprise to learn that Ben Ireland had written "Kissed a Snake," ultimately a winner that was included in A DASH OF MADNESS: A THRILLER ANTHOLOGY, published in 2013. You see, the Ben Ireland I knew was a quiet, mild-mannered young man who never talked much, who spent a great deal of time chasing after his two young children in the foyer at the church we both attended. He was the youth who graduated high school with my son shortly after his family moved from Australia. Squeaky clean.

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Book Giveaways: Breathless Slipcase from Penguin

Here's a giveaway from Nereyda at Mostly YA Book Obsessed featuring a slipcase from Penguin including advanced readers copy of Falling Kingdoms, Black City, Venom, Origin and The Innocents.  These are all part of Penguin's Breathless Reads campaign.

Falling Kingdoms looks like an interesting read about a princess born to luxury, a commoner adopted into wealth and status, and a soldier born and bred in a warless world.  Nereyda also includes a mini-interview with author Morgan Rhodes.

This looks like a fun collection to win and get a jump on these young adult books which won't be released until the fall.

Book Giveaway: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Here's a fun book giveaway you'll want to check out.  Rebecca Berto over at Novel Girl is giving away a copy of Insurgent by Veronica Roth.  This book is the sequel to Divergent, the first of a young adult dystopian trilogy.  Since synopses from sequels usually spoil the originals, I'm including the Divergent blurb from Amazon [with asides from me].

In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). [Does this sound like the Houses at Hogwarts to anyone but me?]  On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and [or] being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.  [Not even a thinly veiled Hunger Games scenario.]

Judging solely by the synopsis, it seems Ms. Roth rode The Hunger Games tsunami all the way to the top of the New York Times best-seller list.  Twice.  (Even the swirly cover evokes the HG look.)  That being said, I liked The Hunger Games.  My #2 son didn't think I would (a subject for another post).  Maybe I'll like the Divergent trilogy as well.

So, hop on over to Novel Girl's giveaway page, enter the drawing, and see how right (or wrong) I am.  You have only one more day to to it.  The drawing ends on July 6th at 12:00 am.