08-31-2009, 10:30 AM | #1 |
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Free on Kindle - Legacy
Legacy: AmazonEncore Edition is an award winning Young Adult fantasy novel, the first from 16-year old Cayla Kluver. It's available as a free download until Sept 6.
Book Description ...an unrelentingly suspenseful coming-of-age tale. Duty-bound to wed her father's choice in successor to the throne, Princess Alera of Hytanica believes that she is being forced into the worst of all possible fates' a marriage to the arrogant and hot-tempered suitor, Steldor. When a mysterious boy from enemy Cokyri appears bearing secrets and an entirely different view of what's appropriate behavior for a young lady, Alera learns that her private desires threaten to destroy the kingdom. When Narian's shocking past comes to light, Alera finds herself in a shadowy world of palace intrigue and ancient blood feuds, facing an uncertain future with dwindling options - and must learn to decide between right and wrong all alone. Marked by witty, rapid-fire dialogue and dramatic complexity that belie the writer's age, Legacy brings a fresh, new sensibility to age-old questions of duty and inheritance and to a young's heroine's quest to find her true voice. Legacy was Bronze Medalist in Young Adult Fiction in the 2008 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards; Finalist in Young Adult Fiction in the National Best Books Awards 2008, sponsored by USA Book News. |
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Got it. Thanks.
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09-07-2009, 08:01 AM | #3 |
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I didn't notice this was a promotional thing until today when I saw the price was back up to $9.99. I snagged it when it was free last week simply because I was going on a free book downloading rampage at the time. This doesn't seem like my cup of tea (I'm a fantasy fan but haven't cared for teenage writers since Amelia Atwater-Rhodes failed to entice me) but I'm interested in whether Amazon plans to give away all its Encore titles for free during the first week of promotion. Seems like a great idea from where I'm sitting.
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Good question and interesting idea. This is the first book in that program, which promises to bring back to print indie authors who have rave reviews, but essentially can't afford to get print versions out. With Kindle DTP, though, few of them have a reason to go entirely out of print, so I don't know how they'll be choosing future books in the series (this one had not been out on Kindle before, just in a print edition). As far as I could tell, this was the only book selected so far.
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09-07-2009, 07:13 PM | #5 |
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Sale price now over. No longer free.
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