Book details
Author: Christina Bauer
Title: Scythe
Series: Dimension Drift Worlds #1
Publication date: April 24th 2018
Genres: Dystopian, Fantasy, Young Adult
Series: Dimension Drift Worlds #1
Publication date: April 24th 2018
Genres: Dystopian, Fantasy, Young Adult
Synopsis
“Fans of A Wrinkle in Time can’t miss Dimension
Drift!” – Christina Trevaskis, The Book Matchmaker
Truth time. I go to a Learning Squirrel High School. Don’t judge.
Truth time. I go to a Learning Squirrel High School. Don’t judge.
On second thought, judge away. Learning
Squirrel is one step above attending class in a junkyard. But what do
you expect? Everything’s made out of garbage these days. At least, I
have my freelance work to keep Mom and me housed,
clothed, and fed. How? I’m your regular high school science geek for
hire, except my work manipulates space-time. The good news is that these
gigs pay really well; the bad news is that the government likes to kill
people like me. Whatever. I’m not worried;
hiding from their detection systems is easy for me.
Then I screw up one of my illegal projects. Badly.
In fact, things go so sideways that my
house slips into two-dimensional space-time. The shift only lasts for a
few seconds, but that’s long enough to set off a dozen government
alarms. If those goons track me down, Mom and I
are as good as dead. Long story short, I need to pay someone off, hide
the evidence, and keep us safe.
Unfortunately, that means asking the Scythe
for help. He runs the local underground crime scene and has absolutely
no conscience…Or at least, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t. It’s hard to
think straight when a guy’s that hot in an
‘evil Mafioso kingpin’ kind of way. Most importantly, the Scythe
is a crime lord who can conceal my slip-up with a few clicks on his
minion’s computer keyboards. But the man has his price. In this case,
the Scythe
wants me to finish a certain dimensional prototype
for him in twenty-four hours. I can do it, but it might mean Learning
Squirrel High gets blown up in the process. Oh yes, and there’s also my
new hot classmate who may or may not be an alien…and he says he’ll do
anything to help me.
This job won’t be easy, but I’ve gotten out of worse scrapes. Maybe.
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Excerpt
Dimension Drift, Prequel 1
Chapter One
Not long now.
Up
ahead, a tiny concrete tower rises from the darkened hilltop.
Guardhouse #83. I scan the gravel road before me. Everything is
deserted, quiet, and perfect. Despite the chilly night air, a rush of
excitement warms my limbs. Most days, I’m a teenage she-hermit who lives
for my basement laboratory. But in this moment, I’m my best self: a
science prodigy-for-hire whose inventions secure my family’s safety. And
if a little thievery is involved? Well, that just makes me a lot
badass.
In other words, time to steal for Mom and science.
Marching
to the guardhouse, I stop before the intake window. There’s no need to
announce myself; motion detectors will activate the auto-guard. Seconds
later, a mechanical buzz sounds as florescent lights click on, revealing
an animatronic woman sitting at a fake desk. Like most auto-guards,
this one is less than perfect, what with her
chipped plastic
skin, frayed blue uniform, frizzed-out hair, and single functioning eye.
Raising her head, she addresses me through the Plexiglas.
“You
have reached guardhouse #83 for Reclamation Center Massachusetts-1,” she
says. “The manufacture of new goods is reserved for the military, so we
sort, clean, and refurbish old items from landfills.”
To kill
time, I adjust the loose straps on my backpack. This auto-guard won’t
interact with me until her welcome spiel is over. Sadly, animatronic
speeches at Reclamation Center Massachusetts-1—also called RCM1—always
take a while.
With jerky movements, the auto-guard gestures to
the monitor embedded in the outer concrete wall. Here comes the slide
show. Images appear on the screen, showing endless rows of long metal
buildings stretching off to the horizon. “Since our founding in 2107,
RCM1 has processed more than three million objects across two thousand
warehouses. It is now 11:43 pm. How may I be of service?”
That’s my cue. All the blah-blah-blah is done.
“I need to check in for my shift,” I say.
Which is a total lie.
AUTHOR BIO
Christina Bauer knows how to tell stories about kick-ass women. In
her best selling Angelbound series, the heroine is a part-demon girl who
loves to fight in Purgatory’s Arena and falls in love with a part-angel
prince. This young adult best seller has
driven more than 500,000 ebook downloads and 9,000 reviews on Goodreads
and retailers. The first three books in the series are now available as
audiobooks on Audible and iTunes.
Bauer has also told the story of the Women’s March on Washington by leading PR efforts for the Massachusetts Chapter. Her pre-event press release—the only one sent out on a major wire service—resulted in more than 19,000 global impressions and redistribution by over 350 different media entities including the Associated Press.
Christina graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School with BA’s in English along with Television, Radio, and Film Production. She lives in Newton, MA with her husband, son, and semi-insane golden retriever, Ruby.
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Bauer has also told the story of the Women’s March on Washington by leading PR efforts for the Massachusetts Chapter. Her pre-event press release—the only one sent out on a major wire service—resulted in more than 19,000 global impressions and redistribution by over 350 different media entities including the Associated Press.
Christina graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School with BA’s in English along with Television, Radio, and Film Production. She lives in Newton, MA with her husband, son, and semi-insane golden retriever, Ruby.
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