I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the blog tour for EXO by Fonda Lee! I am super excited to read this book! I have an excerptto share with you today! And make sure to enter the awesome giveaway for a chance to win the book!!
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Title: EXO
Author: Fonda
Lee
Pub.
Date: January 31, 2017
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages: 384
Formats: Hardcover,
paperback, eBook
It’s been a century of peace since Earth became a colony of an alien race with far reaches into the galaxy. Some die-hard extremists still oppose alien rule on Earth, but Donovan Reyes isn’t one of them. His dad holds the prestigious position of Prime Liaison in the collaborationist government, and Donovan’s high social standing along with his exocel (a remarkable alien technology fused to his body) guarantee him a bright future in the security forces. That is, until a routine patrol goes awry and Donovan’s abducted by the human revolutionary group Sapience, determined to end alien control.
When Sapience realizes whose son Donovan is, they think they’ve found the ultimate bargaining chip. But the Prime Liaison doesn’t negotiate with terrorists, not even for his own son. Left in the hands of terrorists who have more uses for him dead than alive, the fate of Earth rests on Donovan’s survival. Because if Sapience kills him, it could spark another intergalactic war. And Earth didn’t win the last one . . .
Now on to the excerpt!
Donovan had seen an old photograph in a museum once that showed this
area from a time before the War Era, before the Landing, even: just miles and
miles of waving grass and grazing cattle with only the occasional small human
town to break it up. It was hard to imagine such a time, when all around them
sprawled evidence of activity and growth: construction equipment, busy roads
running every which way, new neighborhoods filled with houses and shops and people
hoping for erze status and work. The fluid curves of modern zhree-style
architecture mingled with blocky, traditional human buildings. Skimmercars
buzzed past ground cars, electricycles, and pedestrians. Donovan had seen
another photograph in the same museum, of the Ring Belt some eighty years ago,
in the early days of peace, when it had been part trading post and part refugee
camp, burgeoning with displaced humans hoping for some livelihood or profit from
working with the new governors. Now the urban sprawl encircled Round Three (for
it was the third out of eighteen Rounds all over the world) in a messy, vibrant
swath of humanity, like algae glommed around a pond rock.
The Ring Belt had its bad parts, though. The skimmercar slowed, began
making tight turns to navigate the narrow streets of an old, crumbly
neighborhood of small, square brick houses and weed-choked front lawns.
“This has got to be War Era housing,” Jet remarked. “Crazythat this
stuff is still standing.”
Donovan checked the navigation screen and pointed down the row of near-identical
dwellings. “Third one on the left,” he said.
“Park over there, out of sight. I don’t think anyone out here in the
place time forgot is going to be friendly to stripes.”
Jet took manual control of the skimmercar and guided it to a strip of
gravel alley at the end of the block before lowering it to a stop. He checked
his handgun, pocketed extra ammunition. “Let’s go hunt us down some sapes.”
Donovan drew his own sidearm—a standard 9mm
electripulse pistol, modeled after a classic human weapon but built with
offworld metal composite and outfitted with zhree battery technology. He made
sure the magazine was full, then holstered it and stepped out of the car after
Jet.
They spaced apart defensively as they approached the house. Donovan
watched for movement in the tiny windows of the neighboring homes. Evening had
turned the world a shadowy blue, and the temperature was plummeting fast. The
banter between them was gone, as was their earlier sense of fatigue; there was
nothing like the possibility of danger to clear the mind. This place made them
tense, focused. All the buildings on the street had flat, walled roofs and
radiation-shielded basements. They had been built for a time of war, and the
people who lived here—poor, unmarked Sapience sympathizers—probably felt like
they were still in one. Donovan’s exocel crawled up, responding to cold, and
nerves.
They circled Corrigan’s house. “Someone’s home,” Jet said through his
transmitter, his voice low in Donovan’s earbud.
Donovan scanned the front door and the street. There was a car parked
at the curb and a pickup truck in the side driveway. Sudden, silhouetted
movement in the windows. Two, maybe three people. Donovan’s pulse quickened.
Corrigan’s supposed to live alone, isn’t he? The guy had a criminal history,
stacks of seditious material, and visitors at night? Donovan toggled his transmitter.
“PT 202 to Command, we have a suspected terrorist safe house here. Request permission
to search.”
About Fonda:
Fonda Lee writes science
fiction and fantasy for teens and adults. Her debut novel, Zeroboxer was an
Andre Norton Award finalist, Jr. Library Guild Selection, ALA Top 10 Quick Pick
for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, Oregon Book Award finalist, and Oregon
Spirit Book Award winner. Her second novel, Exo, releases from Scholastic in
February 2017.
Fonda wrote her first novel,
about a dragon on a quest for a magic pendant, in fifth grade during the long
bus ride to and from school each day. Many years later, she cast her high
school classmates as characters in her second novel, a pulpy superhero saga co-written
with a friend by passing a graphing calculator back and forth during biology
class. Fortunately, both of these experiments are lost to the world forever.
Fonda is a former corporate
strategist who has worked for or advised a number of Fortune 500 companies. She
holds black belts in karate and kung fu, goes mad for smart action movies
(think The Matrix, Inception, and Minority Report) and is an Eggs Benedict
enthusiast. Born and raised in Calgary, Canada, she currently resides in
Portland, Oregon.
Giveaway Details:
3 winners
will receive a finished copy of EXO, US Only.
Tour Schedule:
Week
One:
1/23/2017- Tales of the
Ravenous Reader- Interview
1/24/2017- Bibliobibuli YA- Review
1/25/2017- Two Chicks on Books- Excerpt
1/26/2017- The Forest of
Words and Pages- Review
1/27/2017- Novel Novice- Excerpt
Week
Two:
1/30/2017- Omg Books and More Books- Review
1/31/2017- Rich in Color- Interview
2/1/2017- Nerdophiles- Review
2/2/2017-Fantasy Book Critic- Guest
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2/3/2017- Such a Novel Idea- Review
