Dead
of Night
The
Aftershock Series
Book
One
Carlyle
Labuschagne
Genre: YA Dystopian
Publisher: Fire Quill Publishing
Date of Publication: September
21, 2015
ISBN: 978-0-9946536-9-7
Number of pages: 236
Word Count: 72 000
Cover Artist: Sandra Valente
Book Description:
In a dark and desolated After
Earth, love still does exist, but the cost of bearing such a flaw is
death.World War III has left Earth in utter turmoil. People’s beliefs are said
to be the cause of the worldwide destruction. After The Clearing new laws are
set about – to show certitude in anything besides the law is weak and
chargeable as mutiny. To be illogical and have faith in religion is illegal, to
be limitless is dangerous. And Illness is seen as a defect – all flaws that are
inexcusable.
But to love is the greatest
betrayal of all man kind. It is a fault the world has long forgotten and
punishable by death, a fatal risk Aecker and Opel are fully prepared to take –
because in love there is freedom. But how far can they push back before it
claims their lives and of those they care about?
Excerpt:
CHAPTER
ONE
HEART
ON FIRE
HIS VOICE ECHOES
THROUGHOUT THE VAST room. It’s a voice I feel I could know, one that is as
familiar to me as his handsome face. When he moves, the bunk’s springs squeak
like a little rodent that is desperate to scurry away. I don’t mean to
stare—but those soft gorgeous lips and strong jaw, the warm smile that brings
sparkle to his honey-colored eyes, carries forth a loud voice in my head,
telling me this boy can be trusted.
Lingering
beneath his gentle stare I can see something else, the embers of concern. They
drown out the spark in his stare as he waits for my answer.
Why would he
show me this consideration? I don’t know who this beautiful stranger is.
I look around, realizing that I don’t even
know who I am. Or, if the blue cotton uniform I am wearing is even mine. I
glance back down at the green tin cup I hold in my hands, and the sweet and
salty aroma of corn soup fills my nostrils.
“Are you sure
you’re okay?” His voice is calm, but the quickening thump of his pulse and the
tight set in his jaw relays something else entirely.
He inches
closer, beads of sweat darkening his dusty blond hair, giving away the secret
he is trying so hard to hide. He is upset. Nervous. Maybe both.
Is he
withholding something?
About
the Author:
Calyle is an South African award
wining author, with a flair for mixing genres and adding loads of drama to
every story she creates. For now she is happy to take over the world and
convert non Sci-fi believers.
Her goal as an author is to touch
people's lives, and help others love their differences and one another by
delivering strong messages of faith, love and hope within every outrageous
world she writes about.
"I love to swim, fight for
the trees, and am a food lover who is driven by my passion for life. I dream
that one day my stories will change the lives of countless teenagers and have
them obsess over the world literacy can offer them instead of worrying about
fitting in. Never sacrifice who you are, its in the dark times that the light
comes to life."
Carlyle used writing as a healing
tool and that is why she started her very own writers support event - SAIR
bookfestival.
"To be a helping hand for those who
strive to become full times writers, editors, bloggers, readers and cover
artists – it’s a crazy world out there you dont have to go it alone!"
Tour
giveaway
5 Digital copies Dead of Night
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