Time is running out for the Collaborative's oppressive rule of the
remote world Senca One. The government attempts to suppress the escalating
riots, even while seeking to further their experiments. When their parents are
taken, triplets Juliet, Cilla, and Emiah Tripp set out to locate them, and soon
discover they are at the center of a hunt to capture them.
Evading the Collaborative across Senca One’s harsh terrain,
they’re confronted with the trials of survival. They also discover something
that changes the very core of their reality: they’re morphs. Struggling to
adapt to the strange new ability, they question what they really are . . . and
why. Are the rumors of experiments done on children true? Did their scientist
parents have anything to do with it?
Their quest brings them to the capitol city of
Brighton, which is on the verge of revolt. While searching for information
about their parents, the Tripps align themselves with the very people fueling
the rebellion. They unwittingly spark the revolution they want no part of and
discover something more dangerous than they suspected.
The thing that intrigues me most about this book as that it's written in 3 distinct POV's and each one was written by a different author. I thought we could use this chance to get to know each of them a little bit better.
Now, if you know me at all, you know I love books and music. There's something about lyrics sometimes that can say something that simple spoken words cannot convey--a memory, a feeling, an experience. There are always those songs that can take you to another time and place, entirely. It's almost like magic.
So, what I asked these awesome authors to do was share some songs with us that in some way connects them to the book they've written. Here's what they had to say...
Jeffery
Moore: I don't know if the songs remind me of the story in general,
but here are a few songs I pulled from my playlist that I think shadow the mood
in many areas of the story. For me, the music is more about the tempo and
melody . . . the feeling it gives me rather than any message the lyrics are
trying to convey.
Jack Johnson's "Upside
Down": A song that's about curiosity, and
expanding one's thinking about how things are.
http://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down/dp/B000XNZN6U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415248&s=dmusic&sr=1-1
Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan's "Some Surprise": A song that embodies the emotion behind kisses.
http://www.amazon.com/Some-Surprise/dp/B000W1UXFY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415377&s=dmusic&sr=1-1
Depeche Mode's "Home": A song that is about feeling accepted.
http://www.amazon.com/Home-2007-Digital-Remaster/dp/B00122HSSM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415500&s=dmusic&sr=1-1
The 69 Eyes' "Still Waters Run Deep": Because I love the tempo and the underlying story of innocence.
http://www.amazon.com/Still-Waters-Run-Deep/dp/B000RG9CME/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1375415642&s=dmusic&sr=1-14
Moore was born in Germany. As a military brat, much of
his childhood was spent abroad, growing up in Germany on military
installations. He subsequently enlisted in the military and served for ten years
as an army pilot. While in the military, he lived in Italy and South Korea and
deployed to many European countries. He has traveled to Australia, Japan,
Singapore and most European countries. His experiences and contact with many
different cultures helps form some of the elements in his stories. He currently
works for a global IT company and lives in Massachusetts.
Unlovable was Gammon's debut
novel and quickly rose to many top seller lists on Amazon. She is pleased to
announce that Unlovable is currently being made into a movie. She has added two
more novels to her body of work. Not so
Easy, book one of the Souls in Peril
series, is the poignant story of Max Sanchez who is on a journey to help the
struggling JD Miller survive high school, and Pete & Tink, a fun, light-hearted novella of a manga-loving
geek and a five-and-a-half inch fairy. Gammon and her husband, along with their
children and a couple of crazy dogs, call Upstate New York home. It is where
she spends her nights writing instead of sleeping.
Cindy C Bennett:
Lana del Rey's "Young and Beautiful": Cilla's theme song, because she worries she'll only ever be admired and loved for her beauty.
http://www.amazon.com/Young-And-Beautiful/dp/B00CBUNUAO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375412939&s=dmusic&sr=1-1
Avicii's "Wake Me Up": Em's theme song, because he didn't know he was missing anything in life, happy to live in his inner world, until the world was opened to him.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DJBQWAE/ref=dm_hot_B_Avicii?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=13CPHGA6GAJXJ1FW1QEE&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1586930302&pf_rd_i=1001104331
Empire of the Sun's "Alive": Jules' theme song because she is the thing that wakes up not only Brax, but the entire world of Senca one.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D902LB4/ref=dm_hot_B_EmpireSun?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=13CPHGA6GAJXJ1FW1QEE&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1586930302&pf_rd_i=1001104331
London Grammar's "Wasting My Young Years": A combined theme song for all three, because they were forced to grow up almost overnight.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWNDETQ/ref=dm_hot_B_LondonG?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=13CPHGA6GAJXJ1FW1QEE&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1586930302&pf_rd_i=1001104331
Bennett is the YA author of
several books, including Geek
Girl, Rapunzel Untangled, Enchanted Fairytales, and Heart on a Chain. She lives in
Utah and has six kids (two of which are daughters in-law). She loves gooey
cookies, dark chocolate, and cheese popcorn. She hates housework and cooking,
and has no plans to become a domestic goddess. She occasionally co-hosts a geek
podcast with her son, called Geek Revolution Radio. Her favorite pastime is
riding her Harley.
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