Writers-Wheel-Magazine-Issue-6-Midsummer-2015

Young Adult Books special offer on eBooks only 99p/99c on Amazon (may be subject totax) for the whole of September! Coming soon!Inside the PalisadeWhat if the sexes were divided by a massive stone wall, and someonewas on the wrong side?Omega has grown up surrounded by women – literally. Inside thepalisade, women fall in love, marry and raise daughters, relying onan artificial insemination process known as the Procedure. Butsomething goes horribly wrong. One day, Omega comes face toface with a mythical monster – a man – within the society’s walls.Men had been eradicated long ago to protect women from thethreat of violence. But this boy is not what Omega has been led tobelieve. And he needs her help. She soon finds herself embroiled ina manhunt headed by a vigilante Protector, Commander Theta.When she falls into Theta’s clutches, Omega realizes that there’smore to the banishment of men, and to her own past, than she’sever known. Ultimately, she is forced to make a choice betweenbetraying the lost boy and betraying her society, a decision complicatedby the realization that she has more in common with himthan she cares to admit, and the fact that she is developing feelingsfor him.A tense thriller about a future where the choices humanity is makingnow have ravaged the world as we know it. The Palisade andthe rigid society that survives within are an adaptation to the newenvironmental circumstances, but its people are running out oftime. One girl challenges her society to either change...or die out!~ Alyx Dellamonica, author of the Indigo Springs series and theChild of a Hidden Sea trilogyA mother of three and online book reviewer, K.C. Maguire hasstudied fiction writing at Stanford and UCLA, and will shortly commenceher Masters at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is widelypublished in the flash-fiction area, and has received strong reviewsfor her three e-novellas: /Dear John/, /Destiny/, and /Ivory Tower/.You can find her on the web at: kcmaguire.comEscape From the PastWhen fifteen-year-old nerd and gamer Max Anderson thinks he'ssneaking a preview of an unpublished video game, he doesn't realizethat 1) He's been chosen as a beta, an experimental test player.2) He’s playing the ultimate history game, transporting him into theactual past: anywhere and anytime. And 3) Survival is optional: toreturn home he must decipher the game's rules and complete itsmissions—if he lives long enough. To fail means to stay in thepast—forever.Now Max is trapped in medieval Germany, unprepared and clueless.It is 1471 and he quickly learns that being an outcast may costhim his head. Especially after rescuing a beautiful peasant girl froma deadly infection and thus provoking sinister wannabe Duke Ott.Overnight he is dragged into a hornets' nest of feuding lords whowill stop at nothing to bring down the conjuring stranger in theirmidst.Fast-paced, compelling YA debut.~ Giselle Green, #1 bestselling author of A Sister’s GiftA wonderfully crafted romp to the time of lords, ladies, and knights.Cool gaming experience is an understatement as young Max findshimself in the 1400s as he's beta testing a new video game. Historyis made, intrigue abounds, and the bonds of friendship are forgedas a modern-day boy bravely navigates the past. Are you Maxenough to play the game?~ Lee Ann Ward, author and former Senior Editor of ChampagneBooksAnnette Oppenlander writes historical fiction for young adults.When she isn’t in front of her computer, she loves indulging hermutt, Mocha, and traveling around the U.S. and Europe to discoveramazing histories.30