THE BOOK
BOOK DESCRIPTION
The Stone
of Immortality has always been kept under the watch of the Draconta. That is,
until the betrayal of a Fate. Now everything is about to change.
Aurora Megalos accepted her destiny without blinking-even if
it meant succumbing to her dragon side. Deemed the Progeny, she left the
ordinary life she knew and has done everything in her power to learn the ways
of her new realm and what it means to be part dragon. But when her mentor,
Astral, suddenly disappears, she is forced to take the reins.
With war on the brink, she sets out on an epic journey to not only find
her mentor, but to stop her Arch Enemy, Zordon, from obtaining the Stone of
Immortality. But what she discovers about him along the way is far worse than
she could’ve ever imagined. She will be tested and pushed to the limit. Lives
will be lost, love will be questioned, and a battle will begin.
BOOK 2 WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, KOBO, B&N, KOBO AND 48fourteen ON 7/17/2012
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Post - What Inspired the Trilogy
Hello readers!
Our topic for today is one of my
favorites...inspiration. As most know, inspiration is what fuels an artist to
create. An idea has to spark from somewhere be it something you saw while
jogging, something someone said, or a dream that wakes you in the middle of the
night.
We need it in order to envision the worlds we think
up and the characters we breathe life into. For me, I’ve always loved anything mythical and
magical. When I first thought up the idea for the Born in Flames Trilogy, it came from a need to fill a void. Boredom.
I already
had a strong love for dragons and magic, so I tried to think of an innovative
way to incorporate those things into a new age story. Something young adult and
urban. I actually thought of it while picking up my son’s toys after he went to
bed. It just struck me out of nowhere and I blindly walked over to the computer
and started writing.
In my
mind, while plotting, the only way of modernizing a dragon was giving it the
option of shape shifting and putting it in the middle of our modern day world
as a young adult.
I can’t
really explain how Aurora, the protagonist, came to be. She just did. Maybe she
came from my need to be something more. Or the longing to jump inside the many
books I’ve read and loved while growing up. I think that’s what ultimately sat
me down and pushed my fingers to type.
She was
a real girl in my mind, one with flaws and all. Someone like me who has real
issues and real hopes. She doesn’t just give in to the first guy she sees and
she doesn’t jump into any situation without a care in the world.
As I
talked out my idea with my best friend, the plot grew larger and more complex,
thusly turning it from one book into three. I had the broad idea of where it
would start and where it would all end. One idea just sparked into another like
a wildfire.
I’m so
grateful for these characters. Without them, I would never have known where my
true passion was. I wouldn’t have even tried.
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THE AUTHOR
AUTHOR BIO:
Candace
Knoebel is the award-winning author of Born in Flames-a young adult fantasy
trilogy. Published by 48fourteen in 2012, Born in Flames went on to win Turning
the Pages Book of the Year award in February of 2013.
Candace Knoebel dreamed of being a
dancer ever since she could remember. With a love of all things art, she saw
herself moving to New York and pursuing her passion as an artist. But all that
changed on October 10th, 2002 when she met the love of her life. Her dreams
diverged and after marrying her high school sweetheart and having two beautiful
children, she realized she missed her creative side. Through lunch breaks and
late nights after putting her kids to bed, she built a world where she could
escape the ever-pressing days of an eight to five Purgatory. Since then, she
crawled out of Purgatory and has devoted her time to writing and sometimes
heelying.
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