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Friday, November 4, 2016

A MILLION WORLDS WITH YOU by Claudia Gray / Blog Tour: Author Guest Post / Giveaway


Hello and welcome to the last stop in the A MILLON WORLDS WITH YOU blog tour. Today's stop features a guest post from author Claudia Gray, a spotlight featuring her newest release, as well as it's series, and a giveaway! First, Claudia:

AUTHOR GUEST POST



What's up next for me? Information about Claudia's new book(s):

Well, coming from Little Brown in early April is the first book of my new YA series—DEFY THE STARS. We sold the book as "INTERSTELLAR meets BLADE RUNNER," but someone recently offered a better one-line pitch: "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA meets CASABLANCA." I love that one even more!

The story takes place 300 years in the future, as a dying Earth fights a desperate war with one of its colony worlds, Genesis. As Earth sees it, humanity needs a new home, and while there are other colony planets, only Genesis could house everyone. But Genesis only sees that Earth's leaders intend to poison and wreck their planet the same way they did their own. Their only hope of protecting their world is to defend it. But the battle's raged for three decades now, with the increasingly beat-up Genesis armies falling to Earth's warrior "mechs"—robotic fighters who fight without fear or mercy.

Noemi Vidal, a soldier of Genesis, has volunteered for the Masada Run, a mission to seriously damage the nearly indestructible Gate in spacetime that links Earth and Genesis. The Masada Run will buy Genesis a few years to rearm, but it will kill every pilot who takes part in it. Noemi has given up her life to protect her adoptive sister, as well as her entire world. That doesn't make it easier for her to face. She's bracing herself during a practice flight for the Masada Run when warrior mechs suddenly come through the Gate and attack. In the ensuing battle, Noemi's sister is badly wounded. There's no chance to get her back to their ship in time. However, in the debris field rotating around the Gate, she spots an abandoned Earth ship that might have some supplies. It's her only hope.

Aboard that ship is Abel, Mansfield Cybernetics Model One A. He's the single most advanced mech ever created, the special project of Burton Mansfield himself. But a battle nearly thirty years ago stranded him in this ship alone, where he's been waiting, lonely, ever since. All he wants is to free himself and find his creator again. When he sees Noemi's ship approaching, he prepares himself. She restores power; he goes into attack mode, very nearly killing her. Then Abel realizes Mansfield is not in cryosleep and has left the ship. That means he now owes his loyalty to the senior human on board—Noemi.

She doesn't know what to do with this thing. He hates having to obey her. Abel also has to tell her the truth, which means he has to reveal that there is a way to destroy a Gate. Of course, he'd be destroyed too in the process, but what does that matter when he's only a machine? So Noemi believes, and Abel has to agree, though it seems to him somehow this must be wrong.

Together, they embark on a chase around all the colony worlds, putting together the pieces of their master plan. They travel to the tropical pleasure world of Kismet, the planetary supercomputer Cray, the stony and unforgiving Stronghold, and even Earth itself. Along the way, Noemi begins to realize that Abel is far more than a machine. Abel discovers that he was discovered for some special purpose, one even he doesn't know. And when the aged Burton Mansfield finds out that Abel's still out there, he'll stop at nothing to get Model One A back. Both Noemi and Abel are forced to choose: Will they be loyal to their homes, or to what they know to be right…and to each other?

This series has been so exciting to work on, and I've really come to love Noemi and Abel. I hope you guys will too!

ABOUT: A MILLON WORLDS WITH YOU


By: Claudia Gray
Published: HarperTeen
Released on: November 1, 2016
Series: Firebird #3
Purchase from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks
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A million universes. A million dangers. One destiny.
The fate of the multiverse rests in Marguerite Caine’s hands. Marguerite has been at the center of a cross-dimensional feud since she first traveled to another universe using her parents’ invention, the Firebird. Only now has she learned the true plans of the evil Triad Corporation—and that those plans could spell doom for dozens or hundreds of universes, each facing total annihilation.
Paul Markov has always been at Marguerite’s side, but Triad’s last attack has left him a changed man—angry and shadowed by tragedy. He struggles to overcome the damage done to him, but despite Marguerite’s efforts to help, Paul may never be the same again.
So it’s up to Marguerite alone to stop the destruction of the multiverse. Billions of lives are at stake. The risks have never been higher. And Triad has unleashed its ultimate weapon: another dimension’s Marguerite—wicked, psychologically twisted, and always one step ahead.
In the epic conclusion to Claudia Gray’s Firebird trilogy, fate and family will be questioned, loves will be won and lost, and the multiverse will be forever changed. It’s a battle of the Marguerites . . . and only one can win.

ABOUT THE SERIES


By: Claudia Gray
Published: HarperTeen
Released on: November 4, 2014
Series: Firebird #1
Purchase from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks
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Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray.

Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.

Marguerite can’t let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is more sinister than she ever could have imagined.

A Thousand Pieces of You explores a reality where we witness the countless other lives we might lead in an amazingly intricate multiverse, and ask whether, amid infinite possibilities, one love can endure.


By: Claudia Gray
Published: HarperTeen
Released on: November 3, 2015
Series: Firebird #2
Purchase from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks
Add it to Goodreads

Ever since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross into alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurting the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked and his consciousness scattered across multiple dimensions.
Marguerite has no choice but to search for each splinter of Paul’s soul. The hunt sends her racing through a war-torn San Francisco, the criminal underworld of New York City, and a glittering Paris where another Marguerite hides a shocking secret. Each world brings Marguerite one step closer to rescuing Paul. But with each trial she faces, she begins to question the destiny she thought they shared.
The second book in the Firebird trilogy, Ten Thousand Skies Above You features Claudia Gray’s lush, romantic language and smart, exciting action, and will have readers clamoring for the next book.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claudia Gray is a pseudonym. I would like to say that I chose another name so that no one would ever learn the links between my shadowy, dramatic past and the explosive secrets revealed through my characters. This would be a lie. In truth, I took a pseudonym simply because I thought it would be fun to choose my own name. (And it is.)
I write novels full-time, absolutely love it, and hope to be able to do this forever. My home is in New Orleans, is more than 100 years old, and is painted purple. In my free time I read, travel, hike, cook and listen to music. You can keep up with my latest releases, thoughts on writing and various pop-culture musings via TwitterTumblrPinterestGoodreads or (of course) my own home page.
If you want to contact me, you can email me, but your best bet is probably to Tweet me. I don’t do follows on Twitter, but I follow everyone back on Tumblr, Pinterest and Goodreads.
3 winners will receive a finished copy of A MILLION WORLDS WITH YOU, US Only.
FOLLOW THE TOUR
10/24/2016- Seeing Double In NeverlandRecap of A THOUSAND PIECES OF YOU
10/25/2016- BookHounds YARecap of TEN THOUSAND SKIES ABOVE YOU
10/26/2016- FangirlishWhat we can expect in A MILLION WORLDS WITH YOU
10/27/2016- FiktshunExcerpt from A MILLION WORLDS WITH YOU
10/28/2016- Two Chicks on Books-Interview
10/31/2016- Novel Novice - Series Playlist
11/1/2016- Tales of the Ravenous ReaderInterview
11/2/2016- Page Turners BlogSeries Photo Board
11/3/2016- Dark Faerie Tales- -Interview
11/4/2016- Mundie Moms - What's up next? Info about Claudia’s new book(s)

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