Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Auralia's Colors by Jeffrey Overstreet


This week, the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing

AURALIA'S COLORS
(WaterBrook Press September 4, 2007)

by

Jeffrey Overstreet


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:



Jeffrey Overstreet lives in two worlds. By day, he writes about movies at LookingCloser.org and in notable publications like Christianity Today, Paste, and Image.

His adventures in cinema are chronicled in his book Through a Screen Darkly. By night, he composes new stories found in fictional worlds of his own. Living in Shoreline, Washington, with his wife, Anne, a poet, he is a senior staff writer for Response Magazine at Seattle Pacific University.

Auralia’s Colors is his first novel. He is now hard at work on many new stories, including three more strands of The Auralia Thread.





ABOUT THE BOOK:
As a baby, she was found in a footprint.

As a girl, she was raised by thieves in a wilderness where savages lurk.

As a young woman, she will risk her life to save the world with the only secret she knows.


When thieves find an abandoned child lying in a monster’s footprint, they have no idea that their wilderness discovery will change the course of history.

Cloaked in mystery, Auralia grows up among criminals outside the walls of House Abascar, where vicious beastmen lurk in shadow. There, she discovers an unsettling–and forbidden–talent for crafting colors that enchant all who behold them, including Abascar’s hard-hearted king, an exiled wizard, and a prince who keeps dangerous secrets.

Auralia’s gift opens doors from the palace to the dungeons, setting the stage for violent and miraculous change in the great houses of the Expanse.

Auralia’s Colors weaves literary fantasy together with poetic prose, a suspenseful plot, adrenaline-rush action, and unpredictable characters sure to enthrall ambitious imaginations.

Visit the Website especially created for the book, Auralia's Colors. On the site, you can read the first chapter and listen to jeffrey's introduction of the book, plus a lit more!

PRAISE



"Film critic and author Overstreet (Through a Screen Darkly) offers a powerful myth for his first foray into fiction. Overstreet’s writing is precise and beautiful, and the story is masterfully told. Readers will be hungry for the next installment."
--Publishers Weekly


“Through word, image, and color Jeffrey Overstreet has crafted a work of art. From first to final page this original fantasy is sure to draw readers in. Auralia's Colors sparkles.”
-–Janet Lee Carey, award-winning author of The Beast of
Noor
and Dragon's Keep


“Jeffrey Overstreet’s first fantasy, Auralia’s Colors, and its heroine’s cloak of wonders take their power from a vision of art that is auroral, looking to the return of beauty, and that intends to restore spirit and and mystery to the world. The book achieves its ends by the creation of a rich, complex universe and a series of dramatic, explosive events.”
-–Marly Youmans, author of Ingledove and The
Curse of the Raven Mocker



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Posting Information



The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400072522

Author's picture is:



The book cover photo is:


Jeffrey can be reached through the Contact link on his
Website

45 comments:

Edgy Inspirational Author said...

I'm posting now.

Deena Peterson said...

Posted, reviewed, interviewed, and all linked together:-)

Ha!

AngBreidenbach said...

I'm up. I posted the CFBA plus a commentary from me.
Angie

David Meigs said...

Here's my links:

http://dameigs.blogspot.com/2007/11/auralias-colors-by-jeffery-overstreet.html

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=194251211&blogID=332741694

http://www.shoutlife.com/profile_view.cfm?uid=58795&blog_id=141939&view_mode=blog

Jim Thompson said...

Here's mine

Anonymous said...

I'm up...just got back, so didn't get a chance to do a review or interview.

Gotta put my new URL on list, though!

Kevi n Lucia

Rel said...

Up down under - review to come as only partway through it!

L. Diane Wolfe said...

Mine's up!

CeeCee said...

Will be posted soon.

Anonymous said...

Mine's done.

Kim said...

I'm posted with a review and pinged.

Kim
berlysue.blogspot.com

April Erwin said...

Mine's up at www.ProjectingA.blogspot.com

Ernie W. said...

The post is up.

Scrambled Dregs said...

http://kellyklepfer.blogspot.com/

up and running.

Jenny said...

It's up at mybucklingbookshelf.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Review posted at Bookshelf Review.

Christy LaShea said...

posted

Erica Vetsch said...

mine's up

Marcia Lee Laycock said...

My post will be up in a sec. :) Marcia - www.writer-lee.blogspot.com

kc said...

I'm up with a review. Everyone: be aware that the CFBA Blog post has some typos! Reread and correct them for your own blog!
Karri
www.kcreviews.blogspot.com

Melissa Sheldon said...

Hiya, my first review is up at http://www.faithfilledwives.com/index.php/2007/11/28/auralia%e2%80%99s-colors-by-jeffery-overstreet/ and http://www.acupofteawithme.com/2007/11/28/auralias-colors-by-jeffery-overstreet/

Thank you for allowing me to participate.

storyline said...

Posted.

Brittanie said...

Posted.

Melissa Markham said...
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Melissa Markham said...

Mine is posted here.

M. C. Pearson said...

Posted at Mimi's Pixie Corner...

Sorry for any typo's. I copied it straight from the publisher's website.

Anonymous said...

Got my interview with Jeffery up. Will post praises on the last day.

CherryBlossomMJ said...

Mine's up. I forgot to comment this morning. OOPS.

cherryblossommj.blogspot.com

Camy Tang said...

I'm giving away a copy of this book!
Camy
Camy's Loft

Karen said...

Mine is up and pinged:)

http://momofajl.blogspot.com/2007/11/cfba-presents-auralias-colors-by.html

Hisart777 said...

Posted!

Jerome said...

Posted links.

april penny said...

All posted!

Gretchen Geyer said...

Posted! Wow, I loved this book!!! It was so good, it's been awhile since I finished reading it :). Did I mention that I LOVED IT???

Unknown said...

Posted!

Valerie Comer said...

Posted

Janis Rodgers said...

Mine is up!

Sabrina L. Fox said...

Mine's up and I'm giving away a copy of the book. :)
Sabrina L. Fox

Unknown said...

I'm up.

Marjorie Vawter said...

Posted!

amyanne said...

up! he lives like 2 miles from my house! small world. :)

Rebecca LuElla Miller said...

My post is up at A Christian Worldview of Fiction.

Becky

Jason said...

Posted an almost complete review. Not quite done with it. I will blogging about it more. Good book!

Andrea Graham said...

my review in a word: Wow.

Michelle K said...

I posted!