Karen Amanda
Hooper, author of The Kindrily series and The
Sea Monster Memoirs, is releasing a new series, Virtual Arcana.
Is it not BEAUTIFUL?!
Karen says: “I love the cover because it represents the story so perfectly—a blend of old-fashioned and techy, romance and magic, reality and illusion, The Notebook meets The Matrix (with a sprinkling of The Giver). Some friends saw an early sneak peek and asked if the girl was real or a CGI (computer-generated image). That put a huge smile on my face because that is the perfect question for this series.” *insert mischievous smile here*
Huge thanks to friend and
talented cover designer, Steve Graham of the INFINITY CREATIVE (www.TheInfinityCreative.com) for making
her virtual reality-esque vision a beautiful reality.
Virtual Arcana will release this
fall serial style, meaning short episodes (averaging 15-20k) will be published frequently
(official schedule TBA), instead of waiting 6-12 months between each long book
in a trilogy.
Each episode will be named after one of the
major arcana cards of a tarot deck.
Season 1- Episode List
0- The Fool
1-The Magician
2-The High Priestess
2-The High Priestess
3-The Empress
4-The Emperor
5-The Hierophant
6- The Lovers
It’s an experiment for me as an author and for my readers. If Virtual Arcana develops a good following I’ll continue with season 2 and 3. That would mean 22 total episodes, one for each of the 22 major arcana tarot cards.”
In a faraway
future, Kelsey Zellar is starting her senior year at yet another school thanks
to her twin sister’s troublesome obsession with outlawed virtual reality games.
Every school
they’ve ever attended is pretty much the same: lunchroom drama, rich kids
binging on enhancement candies, and classmates rallying for or against the
government’s strict control over everything from entertainment privileges to
caffeine consumption.
Unlike her sister,
Kelsey follows the rules and keeps her nose out of trouble and politics while
sniffing out her next flavored latte and favorite novel. But when Kelsey meets
a charming book connoisseur, and accepts his offering of a tarot card, she
takes the first step toward two new addictions: the guy of her dreams, and his
illegal dealing of virtual escapes into her beloved storybooks.
Kelsey straddles
the worlds of fiction and reality, but is she a fool for believing in her own
happy ending?
“I realize some of my readers don’t/won’t care for episodic storytelling, so of course there will be the option to wait until the first season is complete and read all the episodes straight through as one full-length novel. But I wanted to offer my new series as a serial for those readers who dislike waiting so long to read more.”
To
celebrate, Karen is giving away EIGHT ebooks of the first episode: The Fool.
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internationally.
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Karen Hooper writes young adult paranormal and fantasy, and is the author of The Kindrily series and The Sea Monster Memoirs. She is currently sunning and splashing around Florida with her two beloved dogs. She’s addicted to coffee, chocolate, and complicated happily-ever-afters.
You can find her at www.KarenAmandaHooper.com
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