There is something so satisfying and awe-inspiring to me, as an editor, about seeing the final product of one of your authors' books. I would liken the feeling to the birth of your baby or the result of baking a cake or something sentimental like that, but that's not really my style. Instead, I will present you with the latest release from speculative fiction author Scott Hale. "The Bones of the Earth" is an absorbing, often hair-raising fantasy-horror novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. If you love cross-subgenre speculative fiction with strong characters and well-placed gore, then you cannot go wrong with "The Bones of the Earth." The book's incredibly detailed jacket was designed by illustrator Hannah Graff, who has worked with Scott on several of his short stories, novellas, and screenplays and who is also his girlfriend.
Summary: Is it wrong to kill a human … when you’re not human yourself? It’s been two hundred years since the Trauma, a catastrophic event of a now forgotten origin, wreaked havoc upon the Earth, reducing the human population from billions to thousands, and leaving the survivors as prey to humanoid hunters. Vrana of the Raven is one of these hunters. Her tribe has made killing humans, now known as the Corrupted, its purpose—to “keep the balance”—to ensure that the Corrupted do not rise to power and lay the Earth to ruin once more. But, one night, in the great northern city-state of Geharra, over ten thousand Corrupted disappear. And if so many can disappear so quickly, what’s to stop it from happening again elsewhere, or to Vrana’s own? Geharra, however, is not the only place to suffer from strange happenings. In Caldera, Vrana sleeps fitfully, dreaming of a Void and the Witch trapped within. When she is called upon to travel with Serra, Lucan, and Deimos to the abandoned city, she accepts, but only to get away from Caldera, because the Witch that haunts her nightmares has begun to haunt her days. "The Bones of the Earth" is available as a paperback and an e-book on Amazon.com! For more from Scott Hale, check out his website, Scott Hale Books. If you'd like to see more of Hannah Graff's illustrations, you can visit her online portfolio and website, Hannah Margaret Illustrations.
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