Cover Reveal: Blood Crown by Ali Cross

 

 

Blood Crown

Author: Ali Cross

Genre: Science Fiction Romance

Expected Release Date: February 20, 2014

  

Description:

Serantha is the daughter of the Emperor of the West, who rules over the remnant of humanity who escaped a dying Earth and took to the stars a thousand years ago. With no habitable planets found during their exile, the android Servants who were supposed to care for them rose up, took the name of Mind, and murdered her father. Now the androids amuse themselves by forcing humans like her into mindless drudgery. But flashes of memory hint that Sera is no ordinary human.


On the other side of the galaxy, Nicolai, Son of the East, has abandoned his crown and joined the rebel forces in the war against the Mind. Humans have no real chance... unless the enhanced DNA developed by the Blood Crown scientists can unlock mankind's potential. When Nic and Sera are united, they discover their true potential--and together, humanity just might have a chance. But there's a legion of androids and nine years of mistrust between East and West... and coming together will require more than they ever expected.

Ali Cross is the sensei of Novel Ninjutsu where she holds a black belt in awesome. She lives in Utah with her kickin' husband, two sparring sons, one ninja cat, one sumo dog and four zen turtles.


Ali is the award-winning author of young and new adult fiction and moonlights as Alex Cross when she can write wild middle grade adventures set in the faraway places of her imagination.


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Destined (Desolation Series #3)

Author: Ali Cross

Genre: Paranormal

Release Date: December 12, 2012

Description:

Choosing is a bad idea, because Desi always makes the wrong one, and sometimes there are no do-overs. Certainly not this time, when all has been lost and Desi can’t even save herself, let alone her friends. For Desi, the hardest thing is letting someone help her, to accept their sacrifice on her behalf. But that’s exactly what she’ll have to do in order to save the worlds from Helena’s destruction.

The goddess of Helheimer, long imprisoned by Desi’s father, Loki, is free at last, and she’s bent on reclaiming what once was hers. The nine worlds will be drawn into war, over Hell, over Earth, with innocent humans meaningless collateral. While Michael and the Gardians of Asgard, along with the golden-armored Valkyrie lead the battle for freedom, it’s Desi who holds the destiny of all the worlds in her hands.

Can she set aside her doubts, once and for all, and claim the gifts that are hers to bear? Can she accept the sacrifice that is made for her and Become all that she was created to be?

Her final choice will define not only her future, but the fate of humankind, forever more.   

From Desi's POV

My father kept me pretty well plied with items of pop culture. He thought I should know what the world was like, what Midgard was like. I think he had this vision of who I would be--Paris Hilton or Miley Cyrus, I don't know. Someone not like me. That I knew for sure.

Father wanted a girl who knew her own power. A daughter who could weave a spell around men, promise power and popularity to other girls.

Instead he got me--a girl who wore black, who liked to clomp along stone hallways in her heavy boots, a girl who did everything possible to stay out of the spotlight.

Anyway, he thought it was especially funny to provide me with movies about heaven and hell, angels and demons. I don't know what he thought to accomplish--the hell in movies was nothing like the real thing, the demons nothing like Father. But the angels . . . maybe that's what he was after. Maybe he wanted to draw out the good in me (did he know it existed? I always assumed he didn't but now . . . now I wonder) so he could trounce on it and stomp it out for good.

He doesn't know how well his plan worked.

Because when I first met Michael the goodness in him was like a shining star. It spoke to me, to the spark in my heart that I'd kept hidden for so long. That spark was almost the death of me--but ultimately my salvation.

So yeah. The demons you see on TV aren't at all like the real thing, but the angels? Well, if you picture angels as holding pieces of sunlight in their hearts, having only the best of intentions toward the children of Earth, then I'd say you pretty much had it right. Because the Gardians of Asgard, are true angels and as much, or more, than you ever dreamed.

Father didn't succeed in making me in his own image, but in a way he played the most important role in determining who I would be. Who I Became had everything to do with him.

 

Ali Cross is the sensei of the writer's dojo where she holds a black belt in awesome. She lives in Utah with her kickin' husband, two sparring sons, one ninja cat, two sumo dogs and four zen turtles. Ali is the author of the Desolation series, a young adult paranormal romance about the kick-butt devil’s daughter and her search for a destiny of her own choosing.


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Title & Cover Reveal: DESTINED by Ali Cross

 

Destined (Desolation #3)

Author: Ali Cross

Genre: YA Fantasy/Paranormal

Expected Release Date: December 2012  

Description:

Choosing is a bad idea, because Desi always makes the wrong one, and sometimes there are no do-overs. Certainly not this time, when all has been lost and Desi can’t even save herself, let alone her friends. For Desi, the hardest thing is letting someone help her, to accept their sacrifice on her behalf. But that’s exactly what she’ll have to do in order to save the worlds from Helena’s destruction.

The goddess of Helheimer, long imprisoned by Desi’s father, Loki, is free at last, and she’s bent on reclaiming what once was hers. The nine worlds will be drawn into war, over Hell, over Earth, with innocent humans meaningless collateral. While Michael and the Gardians of Asgard, along with the golden-armored Valkyrie lead the battle for freedom, it’s Desi who holds the destiny of all the worlds in her hands.

Can she set aside her doubts, once and for all, and claim the gifts that are hers to bear? Can she accept the sacrifice that is made for her and Become all that she was created to be?

Her final choice will define not only her future, but the fate of humankind, forever more.

Goodreads Series Link: http://www.goodreads.com/series/74955-desolation

Author Links:

Ali Cross, award winning children’s author on:

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Buy Links:

BECOME (Desolation #1): Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads

DESOLATE (Desolation #2): Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads

 

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