And Carillians for the Machine Book 1
But when the owner comes to visit, things go from bad to worse. Jamar, the owner’s son singles Silas out and the extra attention brings Silas under the owner’s microscope. The other kids in the Cartiam are unhappy with the way they are treated and rising emotions threaten to ruin all of Silas’ plans. Yet worst of all, Malina herself isn’t sure she wants to hang on. It is up to Silas to figure out the escape and fast. If he fails he could lose everything he loves.
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Reviews:
4 Stars
"It was one of those books that had me wanting to keep going and keep reading from page one all the way to the end. ...It was 126 pages of awesome story and I never felt like the book dragged on just to fill up pages.... I am really looking forward to this summer when the next installment of this book comes out. " Stacey Mann
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3 Stars
"Anyone who has read any one of Adams' books knows that they are unlike anything else out there. Full of imagination and originality galore." Kindlemom, at My Guilty Obsession
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And Carillians for the Machine
Book 2
Book 2
Coming in Summer of 2013
The White Lilac
From the day 15-year-old Caryn Tobin watched her best friend drown, she has carried two weights: a fear of water and the responsibilities of the oldest candidate in the Compound, a leading power on Beta Earth. Caryn is determined to live up to her friend’s memory, even if it means forcing herself to train in the water every day in order to protect the other girls so they can live and dream. After nearly 3,000 years on the first colonized planet, there is still a deadly toxin in the air poised to wipe out the world’s population and it is the Compound’s purpose to train candidates from birth to gather the underwater cure. All the candidates compete for the chance to save the world, but only one can win and the winner will not survive collecting the cure. Caryn has to win. It is the price she must pay to atone for her part in the drowning.
Yet moments after sealing her own fate, Caryn is offered an opportunity to see the planet and leave the Compound for three days. In the city she meets Kai, a 16-year-old street kid, who is searching for answers to his past. They form an unlikely friendship and Caryn realizes she has dreams of her own. Her decision is further complicated when she discovers the Compound has been experimenting on the very people they are sworn to cure. Now she must choose between her sense of duty and her heart, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
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Reviews:
Kirkus
"Briefly flirts with grim speculative fiction but ultimately alights on adventure." —Kirkus Review
5 Stars
"I loved the The White Lilac it is an excellent excellent read. It's unforgettable, original, intense, and will have you asking a million questions like, "What would you do?". The author creates a fantastic future world and worlds that are very imaginative and unbelievable. I love where she takes this story and the twists and turns and new information we learn throughout.... Christina J. Adams kept me entranced and unbelievably hooked to a new story line and excellent plot!" --Carole at The Life of Fiction
Reading with Monie: 4 Stars
The White Lilac immediately drew me into the world of Beta Earth and Caryn just like if I was there. It was a fast paced read that kept me glued to the pages. The story is told in first person form from Caryn’s point of view and third person form from Kai’s point of view. It was a unique way to relate the story but I think it shed a little more light on the story than it would have any other way.... Overall it was a great read that I highly recommend to all sci-fi readers.
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Shhh! Mommy's Reading: 4 Stars
I truly enjoyed this book. I was never bored at all and I loved getting the story from two different points of view so that you know what both are thinking. I loved getting to know the characters and see their relationships form. And the ending, wow, so didn't see that coming!
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Short Stories:
The Compound
Allia Washington watches as another young Compound candidate is wheeled into the science lab for emergency care. The boy is only 12 years old and will not survive to see another sunrise. This means a new position will open in the candidate program and the Compound will be looking for new applicants, the first of which is Allia's four-year-old son. She knows the program will kill her son and she has to find a way to keep him out of it. But protecting her son will take more than solving the mystery that kills all of the candidates too soon. She may be forced to do something drastic, anything to save her son, even if it means she has to defy the Compound itself. This is a short story prequel to The White Lilac a YA dystopia sci-fi novel. Available at Smashwords. It's FREE!
Packets of Sweetness
Katie Hart doesn't know what she wants. When her boyfriend of four years mentioned marriage, Katie freaked out and said she wasn’t ready. Yet now Katie thinks she might've been too hasty. She loves David and wants to spend the rest of her life with him, but he may not ask again. Katie decides it is up to her to make the next move, if she can keep from changing her mind.
Available at Smashwords and Amazon.
The Stadium
Some people notice the lives behind the scenes, others don’t. And when Dan realizes he is about to witness a murder he has to make a choice. Yet the choice to act is harder than he thinks. The Stadium is slightly futuristic, but has a contemporary feel. Only in e-book formats.
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