Monday, January 21, 2008

Auralia's Colors By Jeffery Overstreet

Hi Everyone! :D

I was sad that I joined just in time to miss this book, but I did glean some information to share with all of you! This link is the first chaper. That will let you get your pallet ready for more! http://lookingcloser.org/auralia/Auralia_Chapter1.pdf

This book is the first in a trilogy, so this is very likly one you will want to check out! :D
The Book web site: http://www.blogger.com/
Jeffrey Overstreet Author blog, Looking Closer Journal: http://www.blogger.com/

But MOST of all, you can find this book HERE:
Auralia’s Colors: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/1400072522

About the Book





As a baby, she was found in a footprint.As a girl, she was raised by thieves in a wilderness where savages lurk. As a young woman, she will risk her life to save the world with the only secret she knows.When thieves find an abandoned child lying in a monster’s footprint, they have no idea that their wilderness discovery will change the course of history. Cloaked in mystery, Auralia grows up among criminals outside the walls of House Abascar, where vicious beastmen lurk in shadow. There, she discovers an unsettling–and forbidden–talent for crafting colors that enchant all who behold them, including Abascar’s hard-hearted king, an exiled wizard, and a prince who keeps dangerous secrets. Auralia’s gift opens doors from the palace to the dungeons, setting the stage for violent and miraculous change in the great houses of the Expanse. Auralia’s Colors weaves literary fantasy together with poetic prose, a suspenseful plot, adrenaline-rush action, and unpredictable characters sure to enthrall ambitious imaginations. Visit the Website especially created for the book, Auralia's Colors. On the site, you can read the first chapter and listen to jeffrey's introduction of the book, plus a lot more!

Praise:
Film critic and author Overstreet (Through a Screen Darkly) offers a powerful myth for his first foray into fiction. Overstreet’s writing is precise and beautiful, and the story is masterfully told. Readers will be hungry for the next installment."--Publishers Weekly“Through word, image, and color Jeffrey Overstreet has crafted a work of art. From first to final page this original fantasy is sure to draw readers in. Auralia's Colors sparkles.”-–Janet Lee Carey, award-winning author of The Beast of Noor and Dragon's Keep“Jeffrey Overstreet’s first fantasy, Auralia’s Colors, and its heroine’s cloak of wonders take their power from a vision of art that is auroral, looking to the return of beauty, and that intends to restore spirit and and mystery to the world. The book achieves its ends by the creation of a rich, complex universe and a series of dramatic, explosive events.”-–Marly Youmans, author of Ingledove and The Curse of the Raven Mocker

About the Author:
Jeffrey Overstreet lives in two worlds. By day, he writes about movies at LookingCloser.org and in notable publications like Christianity Today, Paste, and Image.His adventures in cinema are chronicled in his book Through a Screen Darkly. By night, he composes new stories found in fictional worlds of his own.Living in Shoreline, Washington, with his wife, Anne, a poet, he is a senior staff writer for Response Magazine at Seattle Pacific University.Auralia’s Colors is his first novel. He is now hard at work on many new stories, including three more strands of The Auralia Thread.

Brandon Barr Jim Black Justin Boyer Amy Browning Jackie Castle Carol Bruce Collett Valerie Comer CSFF Blog Tour D. G. D. Davidson Chris Deanne Jeff Draper April Erwin Marcus Goodyear Andrea Graham Jill Hart Katie Hart Michael Heald Jason Joyner Kait Carol Keen Mike Lynch Margaret Rachel Marks Melissa Meeks Rebecca LuElla Miller Mirtika or Mir's Here John W. Otte John Ottinger Rachelle Steve Rice Cheryl Russel Ashley Rutherford Hanna Sandvig James Somers Steve Trower Speculative Faith Jason Waguespac Laura Williams Timothy Wise


4 comments:

Rebecca LuElla Miller said...

Great job, Carol. So glad you're a part of CSFF.

Becky

Unknown said...

Carol -

I happen to have a copy that I am doing a drawing for. If you leave a comment on my post before next Tuesday you can enter the drawing for a chance at the book.

Melissa

Valerie Comer said...

Welcome to the tour, Carol! I'm sure you'll love the book when you get the chance to read it.

Roheryn said...

Hey'a!
I came through while looking at some of the tour blogs.
kinda glad to see another who hasn't read the book yet.
But I did pick it up!
That's pretty cool that you're blogging 'bout it when ya haven't read it yet.

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