Unearthed Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
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DECEMBER 2017 Unearthed Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Lara Croft and Indiana Jones join forces - in space! This December, discover the newest series from New York Times bestselling duo, Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. Jules Addison and Amelia Radcliffe join forces in a tomb-raiding race on a newly-discovered planet to unravel the secrets of an ancient, long-extinct civilization--only to uncover a revelation that could spell the end of the human race... Sales points • Ages: 12+ • Demy format for shelf presence (bigger than a standard B format PB) • The new two-book series by the authors of the award-winning and NYT bestselling Starbound Trilogy • MAJOR 5-city tour on book release with Amie and Meagan • These Broken Stars won the Aurealis Award for 2013 Best Young Adult Fantasy and a Gold Inky, and This Shattered World was shortlisted for the 2014 Best Fantasy Novel • Amie Kaufman is the co-author of the multi-award-winning and international bestselling novels, Illuminae and Gemina • Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner publish their own newsletter www.starboundtrilogy.com, and are active in the blogosphere as well as the sci-fi community, and Amie, who is based in Melbourne, is a popular speaker at festivals and conferences • Thrilling and adventurous -- more easily described as Lara Croft Meets Indiana Jones, set in deep space • Unearthed has been acquired by Cross Creek Pictures for film adaptation, with Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow and The Bourne Identity) slated to direct • Themes include adventure, space travel, romantic love, ancient civilisations, aliens, technology, slavery Description We are the last of our kind. We will not fade into the dark. We will tell our story to the stars - we will be Undying. When Earth intercepts a message from a long-extinct alien race, it seems like the solution the planet has been waiting for. The Undying's advanced technology has the potential to undo massive environmental damage and turn lives around, and Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) Gaia, the Undying's former home planet, is a treasure trove waiting to be uncovered. ISBN: 9781760292157 Format: Paperback - Demy format For Jules Addison and his fellow scholars, the discovery of an alien culture offers unprecedented opportunity for study... Dimensions: 208x138mm Extent: 384 pages as long as scavengers like Amelia Radcliffe don't loot everything first. Main Category: YFG Sub Category: YFC Despite their opposing reasons for smuggling themselves onto the alien planet's surface, they're both desperate to Illustrations: Previous Titles: uncover the riches hidden in the Undying temples. Beset by rival scavenger gangs, Jules and Amelia form a fragile Author now living: North Carolina, USA Beaumaris, Melbourne alliance... but both are keeping secrets that make trust nearly impossible. As they race to decode the ancient messages left by the alien race, Jules and Amelia must navigate the traps and trials within the Undying temple and stay one step ahead of the scavvers on their heels. They came to Gaia certain that they had far more to fear from their fellow humans than the ancient beings whose mysteries they're trying to unravel. A & U Children DECEMBER 2017 Unearthed 10 copy pack Includes 10 copies of Unearthed plus a poster and a free reading copy. Sales points Description About the Author Price: $199.90 (NZ$299.90) ISBN: 9324551061480 Format: Dimensions: mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: A & U Children DECEMBER 2017 These Broken Stars Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner A young socialite and a war hero crash on an uncharted planet in this timeless and romantic love story of Titanic proportions. 'Intense, thrilling, and achingly beautiful.' - Marie Lu Sales points • Ages: 12+ • Demy format for shelf presence (bigger than a standard B format pb) • Local author available for publicity (Amie lives in Melbourne) • International excitement: US publisher is Hyperion (Disney) and was buzzed about in PW's Bologna wrap up • Refreshing reinvention of high concept YA (Titanic in space) • Science fiction that is both romantic and thrilling • Winner of the 2014 Aurealis Award for best young adult novel • Rave review from Marie Lu, author of LEGEND: 'One of the most intense, thrilling, and achingly beautiful stories I've ever read. Kaufman and Spooner will break your heart with skilled aplomb, and you'll thank them for it. Absolutely incredible! If I have to, I will come to your house and shove this book into your hands!' • Both authors very active in the blogosphere as well as the sci-fi/fantasy community • Suitable for the classroom as it provides a great entry point to discuss classical myth and the notion of adaptation • Themes include hope, survival, romantic love, technology Description It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets to the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they're worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. Price: $18.99 (NZ$23.99) ISBN: 9781743318522 Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other's Format: Paperback - Demy format arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder - would they be better off staying in Dimensions: 208x138mm Extent: 384 pages this place forever? Main Category: YFB Sub Category: YFB General Fiction Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver Illustrations: may find a way off this planet. But they won't be the same people who landed on it. Previous Titles: Author now living: North Carolina, USA Beaumaris, Melbourne The first in a sweeping science fiction trilogy, These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds. A & U Children DECEMBER 2017 This Shattered World Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner This second instalment in the epic Starbound trilogy which began with THESE BROKEN STARS introduces a new pair of star-crossed lovers on two sides of a bloody war: Jubilee Chase, a tough soldier who has faced more than her fair share of demons, and Flynn Cormac, the rebel leader who has already lost so much. Sales points • Suitable for 12 plus • Reissued for the release of Their Fractured Light, the final book in the series • Demy format for shelf presence (larger than a standard 'B') • Unique trilogy format: Each novel in this trilogy stands alone, but is set in the same world and shares characters • Sizzling forbidden love story • Accessible, girl-friendly sci-fi - a genre that's poised to grow • These Broken Stars is heading for television, with four executive producers on board: Eric Balfour; Stephanie Varella, Warren Littlefield and Martin Berneman • Both authors very active in the blogosphere as well as the sci-fi/fantasy community • Amie lives in Melbourne, Meagan in the US. Great self-promoters, they jointly write a website and newsletter. http: //thesebrokenstars.com/ • These Broken Stars won (tie) the 2014 Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel and has been longlisted for the Silver Inky • Praise for These Broken Stars included: 'The writing is snappy; characters fully evolved, there is action galore, great detail, and a romance that manages to avoid sappy, teen trappings. Book one of The Starbound Trilogy lives up to the hype.' - Saturday Age • Suitable for the classroom as provides a great entry point to discuss Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet • Themes include forbidden love, colonisation, technology, industry, adventure, hope and survival Description Jubilee Chase and Flynn Cormac should never have met. Price: $18.99 (NZ$23.99) ISBN: 9781743319703 Lee is captain of the forces sent to Avon to crush the planet's rebellious colonists, but she has her own reasons for hating Format: Paperback - Demy format the insurgents. Dimensions: 208x138mm Extent: 400 pages Main Category: YFB Flynn is leading the rebellion against the powerful conglomerate that rules Avon. These corporations terraform Sub Category: YFB General Fiction uninhabitable planets across the universe and recruit colonists with the promise of a better life for their children. But they Illustrations: Previous Titles: never fulfilled their promise on Avon. Author now living: North Carolina, USA Beaumaris, Melbourne Desperate for any advantage, Flynn does the only thing that makes sense when he and Lee cross paths: he returns to base with her as prisoner. But as his fellow rebels prepare to execute this tough-talking girl, Flynn makes another choice that will change him forever. He and Lee escape together. A & U Children DECEMBER 2017 Their Fractured Light Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Will the secrets of LaRoux Industries finally be exposed by Gideon Marchant, an eighteen-year-old computer hacker and an urban warrior, and fellow rebel and thief Sofia Quinn? Sales points • Ages: 12+ • Demy format for shelf presence (bigger than a standard B format pb) • The conclusion of the successful Starbound trilogy: the trilogy of interconnected stories set in the same world - Gideon and Sofia bring together what happened to all the characters in the first two books • Highly acclaimed series, These Broken Stars won the Aurealis Award for 2013 Best Young Adult Fantasy and a Gold Inky, and This Shattered World was shortlisted for the 2014 Best Fantasy Novel • International excitement continues to build: These Broken Stars was a New York Times' bestseller in January 2015 • Amie's star is on the rise.