Today we're celebrating the cover reveal for J. E. Anckorn's Untaken. This book releases on October 16th, 2014, published by Curiosity Quills Press. Described as a young-adult, action-adventure, science fiction novel, Untaken explores what happens when aliens invade and you're only fourteen years old.
Check out the blurb:
It turns out that a real alien invasion is
nothing like the Sci-fi shows 14-year-old Gracie loves. Not when it’s your own
family who are swallowed whole by those big silver ships. Not if it could be
you next.
In her search for her family, Gracie meets
Brandon, a high school dropout who would never have been caught dead hanging
out with a dork like Gracie before the world ended. Gracie isn’t too crazy
about Brandon either, but he has one thing she doesn’t: A plan.
Brandon’s uncle has a cabin up in Maine,
and If Gracie and Brandon can survive long enough to get there they can hide
out until the Space Men pack up their ships and leave.
Until the army guys come to rescue them,
says Brandon. Brandon is big into army guys.
Gracie has to admit that Brandon’s Awesome
Plan probably would have worked out great if wasn't for Jake.
They found 5-year-old Jake, laying half-dead
under the remains of someone’s ranch house. He’s a good kid, even if he
won’t-or can’t- talk.
But Jake has a secret, and when Gracie
finds out what it is, the fragile new life they’ve started to forge looks set
to break apart.
When the people you’ve been counting on to
put the world back together start hunting you down, alien invaders are the
least of your worries.
Sounds like there are lots of twists and turns in this one. Slightly outside of my normal wheelhouse, I suspect this book will be rather refreshing for me. I'm looking forward to going on an adventure with Gracie, Brandon and Jake in October
And now the big moment, the cover, please:
