hear thunderchikin roar!
Our very own LJer, thunderchikin, has a second YA novel which will debut in tne fall. BLACK HOLE SUN by David Gill (Greenwillow, September 2010) is as different from his debut novel, SOUL ENCHILADA, as a basketball playing urchin from El Paso can be from a fallen Regulator on Mars.
Jake, aka Durango, has taken on a fool's mission that sends him and his davos off to Fisher Four. They believe they are supposed to defeat the Draeu (sorry chickin, I cannot get my keyboard to produce the right spacing). Of course,there are complications in this sci-0fi meets film noir meets kung fu feature with elements that resonate from classic novels and sci-fi flicks.
And that is all of the plot I care to relate as it is better experienced firsthand than seen here. I will say that, while there is non-stop action, the real story lies within the interplay of Jake and his crew, especially the ones closest to him, Mimi and Vienne. Romance, intrigue, betrayal, narrow escapes, and so much more await readers in BLACK HOLE SUN. And wait for the wonderful word play here, too. Creative cursing (carking good, that) and references to the Orthocracy (Orwellian) and euphemisms for horrible crimes against man and nature. The world that thunderchikin has created is one that is as layered as the dust and rust of the mines of Mars.
Jake, aka Durango, has taken on a fool's mission that sends him and his davos off to Fisher Four. They believe they are supposed to defeat the Draeu (sorry chickin, I cannot get my keyboard to produce the right spacing). Of course,there are complications in this sci-0fi meets film noir meets kung fu feature with elements that resonate from classic novels and sci-fi flicks.
And that is all of the plot I care to relate as it is better experienced firsthand than seen here. I will say that, while there is non-stop action, the real story lies within the interplay of Jake and his crew, especially the ones closest to him, Mimi and Vienne. Romance, intrigue, betrayal, narrow escapes, and so much more await readers in BLACK HOLE SUN. And wait for the wonderful word play here, too. Creative cursing (carking good, that) and references to the Orthocracy (Orwellian) and euphemisms for horrible crimes against man and nature. The world that thunderchikin has created is one that is as layered as the dust and rust of the mines of Mars.