Welcome to today's cover reveal for BREAKER by Emma Raveling
BREAKER is the fourth book in the Ondine Quartet, an upper Young Adult Urban Fantasy series.
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War. Prophecy.
Freedom.
She fought for
herself.
She fought for friendship and love.
Now, Kendra Irisavie fights for the survival of her world.
She fought for friendship and love.
Now, Kendra Irisavie fights for the survival of her world.
War rages on, leaving
no one untouched. Destruction rips through elemental communities and terror
flourishes in its wake. Suspicion soars, order fractures, and loyalties crumble
despite Kendra’s desperate attempts to protect everyone she holds dear.
When an
organized Aquidae army launches a series of merciless assaults, Kendra and her
friends set out to end the bloodshed once and for all. With the fate of
elementals hanging in balance, the Shadow and sondaleur hunt
each other down in a brutal match of cunning and will.
Kendra has trained for
this her entire life. But in a ravaged world where trust is scarce and no life
is sacred, she soon realizes her battle may be against an invincible enemy and
that her darkest days lie ahead.
Twists and turns shape
her harrowing odyssey, leading to a stunning climax that challenges everything
she believes in.
Torn between destiny
and autonomy, Kendra must finally decide whether the cost of freedom is too
high.
Heartbreaking decisions,
turbulent alliances, and shattering revelations collide in Breaker,
the explosive conclusion to the Ondine Quartet.
And now for an author interview and a more information about Emma Raveling:
Tell us about the covers in this series.
The main novels of the Ondine Quartet (Whirl, Billow,Crest, Breaker)
have conceptual covers. Each cover’s imagery captures a particular theme or
motif in the book, and the coloring conveys a sense of the story’s mood and
emotional arc.
The shorter works/novellas in the series (Ondine,Chevalier,
and Warrior Prince) are essentially character portraits and are
told through the eyes of different characters in the series. Those covers use
models.
The goal for Breaker’s cover
was to visually convey high stakes, explosive energy, and a brilliant, sharp
intensity.This is the epic finale to the series and everything that has
happened in previous books has led to this moment.
Out of all the covers in the series, this one
took the most amount of work. My designer and I went back and forth multiple
times, going through several drastically different versions before finally
arriving at the right imagery and coloring.
How does it feel to end a series?
It’s bittersweet. A part of me is thrilled to
share the end of Kendra’s journey with readers. I’ve had the entire series
planned since the very beginning so finally releasing what’s been in my head is
a relief.
But the process of writing this final book has
been a highly emotional one. There’s a personal attachment to the work itself.
I’ve spent countless hours thinking and living with these characters and with
this world over the past four years. It’s difficult to bring not only Kendra’s
story, but my journey with her story,to an end.
A few easy questions:
Top 3 books?
Only 3?? Argh! There are so many books I love
for different reasons and my list of favorites is always changing, depending on
what’s going on in my life. Right now, if I had to name three, they’d be:
1. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. And of course, the Harry Potter series
Top 5 movies?
1. Aviator
2. Mulholland Drive
3. The Matrix
4. The Breakfast Club
5. Okay, I couldn’t just pick five. So the
last one is a tie between The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, Star Wars (ep.
4-6), and Catch Me If You Can.
Top 5 places in the world you enjoy visiting?
1.New York City
2.Tokyo
3.Paris
4.Kauai Island (Hawaii)
5.Berlin
Top 5 foods?
1.Fresh basil pesto – I’ll add this on
anything
2.Sashimi (Japanese-style raw fish)
3.Dark chocolate
4.Jamón ibérico(Spanish ham)
5.And my terrible guilty pleasure: pizza
Author Bio:
Emma Raveling writes a
wide variety of fiction for teens and adults. Hopelessly addicted to coffee and
diet coke, she is the author of the Ondine Quartet and Chancer young
adult series, and is currently working on the first book in her new Steel
Magic series for adults.
Here are Amazon links to the previous novels:
and previous novellas (and Ondine is free!):
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