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Author: Kia Garriques
Publication date: February 14th 2013
Genre: YA Fantasy
Order it at: Amazon
Be prepared to immerse your self in a world where falling in love could cost you your life and nothing is as it seems.
Innovera Yakov – The Journey of A Thousand Eyes is the first installment in an action-packed fantasy drama where characters with powers of healing and destruction live, love, compete and disappear without a trace while they are being prepared for the Journey.
What is the Journey? What happens to the ones who do not return? What unspeakable, stomach-churning things can happen to them there?
Even Ayana the Great Healer, Krave ‘The Golden One’ and the powerful Blu Tara are terrified of it.
Interview:
1. How
different is INNOVERA YAKOV: THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND EYES from other
books out there?
Innovera
Yakov: The Journey of A Thousand Eyes is the first installment in an
action-packed fantasy drama where characters with powers of healing and
destruction live, love, compete and disappear without a trace while they are
being prepared for ‘The Journey’. Innovera Yakov is a faraway planet in a
faraway universe: under five moons and two brilliant suns that never set. The
wise words of Odors Apeno guide from within the Learning Dome; the Circle of
Knowing decides their fate; the forbidden forests of the Dimmer Zone swallow
trespassers. And at the very edges of Innovera Yakov there is always the
terrifying watery darkness of Verheer. We meet Ayana, the questioning outsider,
forever searching for herself and the truth of their world; Vinton, her
protector. Gamma and Blu Tara are beautiful, fiery twins who can kill with one
look. Innovera Yakov: the journey of a thousand eyes is fantasy fiction and
more: it is also a story that explores the desire for acceptance, the need to
belong, the importance of self-belief, the danger of secrets, the pain of
betrayal and the power of love.
2. What was your favorite
chapter or part to write?
Visualising the world my
characters live in. I love mind-mapping that world and thinking of the possible
dangers of falling in love in that world, including the terrible jealousies and
rivalries that threaten to destroy the ones involved.
3.
Any pet peeves?
Grass!
I really have a phobia of standing on grass and I hate having to explain this
to people. Going to a park is an unleasant experience, because while other
people simply run across it, I tend to walk the long way around. If anyone
notices, the questions begin: What are you doing? Why would you do that? Then
I would have to explain my dislike of grass and I'm both annoyed and
embarrassed when doing that. This is where the pet peeve comes in.
4. What is next for your writing?
I am working on the second book in the series and I
already have ideas for the third and fourth novel.
5. If you are going to be born
again, what would you like to be?
I
would like to be a bird. It would be wonderful to be able to fly and be
anywhere you want to without restriction. Next to life, freedom must be the
greatest gift. It’s a wonderful privilege.
6. Do you have any
advice for aspiring writers?
Follow your dreams. Work
for what you want and even in the depths of despair or fading confidence never
give up. It is important to believe in yourself because not everyone is going
to believe in you. Embrace your gifts. Learn what they are and use them for
good. Cherish what you are and don’t let go of that.
About the author:
Kia
Garriques studied writing and English literature at University and has
been a published short story writer since 2009. Her first story
“The Invisible Alien Watcher” was published by Micro Horror in 2009
and reprinted by Pill Hill Press in 2011. Innovera Yakov: The Journey of
a Thousand Eyes – is her first novel in the ‘Worlds’ series and will
be out on amazon mid February. visit www.kiagarriques.com/books to read the first chapter.
You can also find Kia at:
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