Hi there! I am new to goodreads and I saw this community - I am not sure if this discussion group is still active, but I thought I'd share that the Kickstarter launch page for my YA fantasy novel has just gone up, and it'll be live in five days. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... Here's a bit about the book...
‘The trick is to never look down.’ The theatrin’s voice came back to her, as if she was watching him step out onto the tightrope all over again. ‘Tell your feet the air is solid ground, and everything else will fall into place.’
As the daughter of one of The Talliswood’s Ambassadors, it’s Aerva’s job to hold everything together. Eredhest’s war on her people might have ended decades ago, but there is always a cost to staying alive, and tensions are starting to grow once again. But unlike the others, she doesn’t have the power to hold back what’s coming.
Now, as part of a last-ditch peace deal, she’s been shipped off to Udela Arkanium, one of Eredhest’s finest schools, right in the heart of enemy territory. All she has to do is get to the end of the school year in one piece, without making too many enemies, and her people might stand a chance of surviving. But when a mysterious assassin breaks into the temple on a mission to kill a teacher, peace suddenly seems further away than ever. With the help of a troubled poet, a healer from the wrong side of the mountains, and a killer who cannot kill, Aerva sets out to unravel a plot that could threaten the whole world…
…and maybe, just maybe, she’ll be able to save herself in the process.
‘The trick is to never look down.’ The theatrin’s voice came back to her, as if she was watching him step out onto the tightrope all over again. ‘Tell your feet the air is solid ground, and everything else will fall into place.’
As the daughter of one of The Talliswood’s Ambassadors, it’s Aerva’s job to hold everything together. Eredhest’s war on her people might have ended decades ago, but there is always a cost to staying alive, and tensions are starting to grow once again. But unlike the others, she doesn’t have the power to hold back what’s coming.
Now, as part of a last-ditch peace deal, she’s been shipped off to Udela Arkanium, one of Eredhest’s finest schools, right in the heart of enemy territory. All she has to do is get to the end of the school year in one piece, without making too many enemies, and her people might stand a chance of surviving. But when a mysterious assassin breaks into the temple on a mission to kill a teacher, peace suddenly seems further away than ever. With the help of a troubled poet, a healer from the wrong side of the mountains, and a killer who cannot kill, Aerva sets out to unravel a plot that could threaten the whole world…
…and maybe, just maybe, she’ll be able to save herself in the process.