The Expatriates #1 by Corinne O’Flynn
(Song of the Sending)
Publication date: October 15th 2014
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
(Song of the Sending)
Publication date: October 15th 2014
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Synopsis:
They told him his world was destroyed.
And they were the last to escape.
They thought he was safe.
They were wrong.
Jim Wales can communicate with animals, but that’s not why he lives with a traveling carnival. Turns out his family’s been hiding him there since he was little, since someone started hunting all the scholars. Jim is a scholar—someone who can manipulate energy using magic—and he has no idea.
When a message arrives from Jim’s father—who supposedly died twelve years ago—Jim’s whereabouts are discovered, their carnival is attacked, and his mother is kidnapped. On the run with a strange glass map and a single coin, Jim finds himself racing to reclaim the father he thought he’d lost, plotting to save his mother, and discovering the truth about who he is.
But going home isn’t the same as being safe, and trust is everything.
And they were the last to escape.
They thought he was safe.
They were wrong.
Jim Wales can communicate with animals, but that’s not why he lives with a traveling carnival. Turns out his family’s been hiding him there since he was little, since someone started hunting all the scholars. Jim is a scholar—someone who can manipulate energy using magic—and he has no idea.
When a message arrives from Jim’s father—who supposedly died twelve years ago—Jim’s whereabouts are discovered, their carnival is attacked, and his mother is kidnapped. On the run with a strange glass map and a single coin, Jim finds himself racing to reclaim the father he thought he’d lost, plotting to save his mother, and discovering the truth about who he is.
But going home isn’t the same as being safe, and trust is everything.
What readers are saying:
"Told in a beautiful, flowing style full of colorful images and adrenaline-pumping action."
"Pop some popcorn, sit back ... and enjoy the thrill ride, right up to the end, which leaves you begging for more."
"Captures your attention from the start and then guides you through a roller coaster of adventure, drama, mystery, magic and young love."
"Told in a beautiful, flowing style full of colorful images and adrenaline-pumping action."
"Pop some popcorn, sit back ... and enjoy the thrill ride, right up to the end, which leaves you begging for more."
"Captures your attention from the start and then guides you through a roller coaster of adventure, drama, mystery, magic and young love."
EXCERPT
“Shh!” Charlie
stepped toward the midway, her head cocked to listen. “What in the
world?”
I followed her gaze
across the fairgrounds where the big top towered over the smaller
event tents. Festive red, white, and blue flags atop each of them
blew in the morning breeze.
“Do you guys hear
that?” she asked.
“Hear what?”
Hollis said, wiping sweat from his face. He held the swaddled bird
against his chest.
The peaked canopy of
the big top stood tall over the row of concession stands. The old
marquee twinkled faintly in the sunlight, its red and yellow light
bulbs spelling out Sweetwater’s Traveling Show. Everything was
quiet.
“Charlie?” I
knew better than to question her ears.
“What is it?”
Sam asked.
“Shhh.” She
closed her eyes and cupped her hands around her ears.
“I don’t hear
anything,” I said. “Actually I don’t hear anything at all.”
Usually, on the day
we arrived in a town, the fairgrounds were so noisy you could barely
have a conversation without shouting. The roustabouts and canvasmen
made a terrible racket erecting the tents and hammering the steel
spikes into the ground. Then there was the constant hum of generators
and cranes and trucks permeating everything as we all got things
ready for the weeklong stay. Not to mention the animals screeching
and squawking and the regular people noise. But from where we stood,
it was eerily quiet. The whole place felt like a ghost town.
A mushroom of black
smoke billowed above the big top in the distance. A rolling boom
reached us a moment later.
“Whoa,” Sam
whispered.
“Sweet Sisters.
They’re here,” Hollis said.
AUTHOR BIO:
Corinne O'Flynn is a native New Yorker who now lives in Colorado and wouldn't trade life in the Rockies for anything. She loves writing flash and experimenting with short fiction. Her novel, THE EXPATRIATES (Oct. 2014) is a YA fantasy adventure with magic and creatures and lots of creepy stuff. She is a scone aficionado, has an entire section of her kitchen devoted to tea, and is always on the lookout for the elusive Peanut Chews candy.
When she isn’t writing or hanging with her family, Corinne works as the executive director of a nonprofit. She is a member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. You can find her online at her website, Facebook, or Twitter @CorinneOFlynn.
Website: http://www.corinneoflynn.com
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When she isn’t writing or hanging with her family, Corinne works as the executive director of a nonprofit. She is a member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. You can find her online at her website, Facebook, or Twitter @CorinneOFlynn.
Website: http://www.corinneoflynn.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/
Newsletter: eepurl.com/YNic5
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/
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