EXODIA and OUT OF EXODIA Launch Simultaneously Today
By 2093 American life is a strange mix of failing technologies, psychic predictions, and radiation induced abilities. Tattoos are mandatory to differentiate two classes, privileged and slave.
In this sequel to EXODIA, Dalton Battista takes on his prophesied identity as Bram O'Shea. When this psychic teen leads a city of 21st century American survivalists out from under an oppressive regime, he puts the escape plan at risk by trusting the mysterious god-like David Ronel. With Ronel's ulterior motives under suspicion, Bram's loyalties questioned, and a mutiny imminent, this large group of outcasts faces multiple problems. What should have been a two-week journey lasts for months as they engage in battles against new enemies. Bram's unusual abilities and a special weapon supplied by Ronel help them overcome obstacles but can they reach the "Promised Land" before time runs out?
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Based loosely on the ancient story of Moses, this two book dystopian journey (EXODIA and OUT OF EXODIA) crosses genres, combining young adult, new adult, sci-fi, magical realism, and speculative fiction for an adventure full of symbolism, hidden codes, and thematic imagery.
ENTRY for THE WRITER'S VOICE
Title: TIME SLEEPERS
Genre: YA, time travel
QUERY:
Genre: YA, time travel
QUERY:
Dear Agent,
I’m currently seeking representation for my young adult novel, TIME SLEEPERS. Given your interest in sci-fi I thought this might be a good fit for you.
Before Laken Mitchell is born her parents are using their time machine to check up on her. By the age of seventeen Laken is secretly using the machine too. With a Dexter-like code for choosing girls she has a grudge against, she sends them into the past. But she may also be sending them to their graves.
She really isn’t an evil person though. Honest. When she realizes her mistake she convinces her best friend Skylar to time travel with her to 1994 so they can rescue one of her victims. The problem is the girl dies as soon as they return to 2020. Laken and Skylar time travel back to un-rescue her but that creates a paradox — that, and the fact that Laken accidentally leaves Skylar in the past.
Laken returns alone to an aftereffect she couldn’t have imagined. If she tries to change the past one more time she, or her best friend, will cease to exist.
TIME SLEEPERS is complete at 50,000 words and the manuscript is available upon request. I’ve been writing for teens for twelve years and have been indie-published in the US and traditionally published in Germany. I've included the first 250 words below.
Thank you,
Debra Chapoton
First 250:
Anybody who did what I did would
eventually kill someone. Accidentally … or not so accidentally. Sometimes you
can see death on someone’s face and there’s nothing you can do except move on.
“You’re going to have to pull the
switch,” I told Skylar as I stumbled past the controls and toward the time
machine. “I don’t think I can run and leap like I did before.” I climbed up onto
the cushioned white platform, curled myself into a ball around my giant
purse—which should have held what we’d need to return—and prayed we’d make it.
Skylar stood by the panel of
coordinates biting her nails. “Do I change anything?”
I couldn’t imagine why she’d need to
change anything, but my head was mud and my vision was fading so I said, “Make
it plus six for the far right elevation. Then hit the lever and run.”
I heard her squeal and though I
couldn’t see her I knew the instant she landed next to me on the machine. I heard another voice too, then a popping
sound, like weak firecrackers, and I smelled the electricity. We fell that time—our
second time travel. Six feet of sudden drop. It was hardly long enough to
comprehend what was happening. I landed on my back and then I slid head first a
few feet, my bag tumbling from my arms. I thought I’d never be able to suck in
the air. It was a horrible, helpless feeling having my breath knocked out of
me.
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By 2093 American life is a strange mix of failing technologies, psychic predictions, and radiation induced abilities. Tattoos are mandatory to differentiate two classes, privileged and slave.
Dalton Battista fears that his fading tattoo is a deadly omen. He’s either the heir of the brutal tyrant of the new capital city, Exodia or he’s its prophesied redeemer. Shy, handsome, smart and in possession of powers he doesn't yet realize, he escapes an order for his execution by fleeing the city with the help of Lydia, who quickly captures his heart. But can he escape a destiny that will force him to marry another girl and return to Exodia as its liberator?
Based loosely on the ancient story of Moses, this two book dystopian journey crosses genres, combining young adult, new adult, sci-fi, magical realism, and speculative fiction for an adventure full of symbolism, hidden codes, and thematic imagery.
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