Please enjoy this next excerpt from Insignia 2020: Best Asian Speculative Fiction, a YA dark fantasy piece set in the Philippines, penned by the amazing Celestine Trinidad! Celestine is a regular INSIGNIA contributor: check out her author page for links to her publications with us. (I recommend the excerpt of her story 'Horse Feet' too).... Continue Reading →
BOTW: ‘Serpentine’ by Cindy Pon
Sorry I haven't posted a book feature for so long! I love the artwork on this cover, and the story sounds interesting too. It's going on my YA reading list! I think the sequel is due out in September... 'Serpentine' by Cindy Pon Blurb: SERPENTINE is a sweeping fantasy set in the ancient Kingdom of... Continue Reading →
BOTW: “They Came Out After Dark’ by Chris Ward
Congratulations to Chris Ward, one of our Insignia Series authors, for his new fantasy novel, They Came Out After Dark. This is Book 1 in a new series, Tales of Crow. The kindle edition is only US 99c! ~~~ Blurb: For Jun Matsumoto, a school trip to the remote study camp of British Heights is... Continue Reading →
Book Preview: ‘Cinder’ by Marissa Meyer
Thanks to Holly Kench for putting me on to this YA series! Cinder is a unique play on the fairytale Cinderella, and set in a futuristic Beijing with humans, cyborgs, aliens, and a lot of cool technology. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer Blurb: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New... Continue Reading →
Book of the Week: ‘The Rider Trilogy’ by Joyce Chng
This week's book preview is Riders, by Singaporean indie author, Joyce Chng. Joyce writes exciting YA fantasy and urban fantasy stories, and she's a short story contributor to The Insignia Series and Visibility Fiction. View her profile here. Rider (The Rider Trilogy Book 1) Blurb: Li-Fang has a way with nature. So she is sent... Continue Reading →