Scavenger Hunt Blog Tour: The Galahad Legacy by Dom Testa

Hello, everyone! Thanks to Tor.com, I'm getting to host an excerpt from author Dom Testa's latest book, The Galahad Legacy, from his YA science fiction series. Check out the links below to learn more about the author, and read on for today's portion of The Galahad Legacy.

Here's a link to the full list of blog stops for March and April: http://torforge.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/scavenger-hunt-book-tour/.

And here are some helpful links, so you can find Dom Testa and Tor online:

* Tor's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/torbooks

* Follow Tor on twitter: @torbooks

* Sign up for the Tor newsletter: http://www.tor.com/community/?task=registers

* Follow Dom on twitter: @HeyDomTesta

* Like Dom on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DomTesta

 

You can also buy The Galahad Legacy and any of the other 5 books in the series over here: http://us.macmillan.com/thegalahadlegacy/DomTesta#buy-the-book

 

Book description:

 

"The electrifying conclusion to the epic young adult science fiction series that began with The Comet�s Curse. Council leader Triana Martell has returned from her journey through the mysterious wormhole, but she isn�t alone. She is accompanied by the ambassador of an alien race�the Dollovit.
While the Council and crew of Galahad struggle to come to terms with the existence of the Dollovit, the ship begins to flounder. The radiation shields threaten to fail, damaged by the appearance of multiple wormholes. The Dollovit have a proposal for the crew: an offer of assistance that could be their only hope for survival. But their offer comes with an astronomical price. Beset with doubts and surrounded by danger, can Triana and her crew find a way to reach their destination�a new home for the human race?"

 

 

 

Tiger: And now, here's my blog stop excerpt from The Galahad Legacy!

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"Now the door to his room slid open and he stepped inside, mindful to be quiet. Daniil was sound asleep. Gap rarely had contact with his roommate these days; just another sign, he noted, that time off was overdue. His social life had withered away.

And, he realized, it was more insight into the life of Triana, or anyone with heavy responsibilities. It was the side of leaders rarely seen or understood.

Although his bed called out, he kicked off his shoes and checked his mail again. There was a single new entry, a note from Triana. Clicking on the file opened a group message to the Council, with a personal attachment for him. The main message called for the Council to assemble at seven in the morning - his shoulders sagged as he calculated the amount of sleep he would not be getting again this night�and thanked everyone for their great work during her absence. The note was short and to the point, in pure Triana style."

Please visit Moonlight Book Reviews for the next excerpt from the first chapter of The Galahad Legacy.

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Tiger: I hope everyone's enjoying the great giveaways and the cool science fiction provided by the blog tour!

Have a great day. :-)

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Guest Post: Writing Inspiration by K.C. Blake

Tiger: Hello, everyone! Today, I'm hosting a guest post from author K.C. Blake, who's discussing where she gets her inspiration for writing. I like her "never off the clock" take on writing, and the idea that inspiration comes at odd times, when we're busy with daily life. :-)

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"Where do ideas come from? I hear this question a lot. I have been interviewed more times than I can count and most of them ask me where the idea for the book came from. So here is my list, a list of where I find my ideas.

1. Movies/Books: As a writer I am never off the clock. Even when watching television or reading someone else�s work, I do it as a writer. Every once in a while I will pick up a great angle from a movie or book. You shouldn�t copy someone else�s idea, of course, but sometimes the writer went in a different direction than I would have gone. That gets me to thinking. If a movie or book doesn�t have the story I originally thought it did, I will later write that story myself.

2. Real Life Events: This is a great way to pick up ideas. Nothing is crazier than real life. I laugh all the time at people who shake their heads at fiction because �it couldn�t possibly happen that way.� Yeah, right. I have heard and seen some things that no one would believe if you wrote them into a book. Real life is way crazier than fiction.

3. A Comment: Sometimes a person will say something that sends my mind on a fantastic journey. Back when I was in college several people came up to me, insisting they�d seen me downstairs or on the other side of the campus. It wasn�t me. So I started to wonder if I had a twin or if something more sinister was happening. The thought gave birth to a book that I hope to one day finish and publish.

4. Dreams: This is one of my all-time favorite ways of finding a good story. I love it when I have an intensely vivid dream where I�m being chased by a werewolf or trying to hide the fact that I�m the killer or any number of things. That�s why I keep a notebook beside my bed.

I think those are the main places my ideas come from. Then I take the little crumb of an idea and add to it until I have a complete plot with characters, conflict, and endless possibilities. Witch Hunt (available at Amazon April 2012) started off with the idea of what witches would do if they had powers. I figured teen witches would use those powers to play games that ordinary kids couldn�t. That idea has turned into two books with more on the way. Happy writing and reading!"

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Tiger: Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, K.C.! Your story about potentially having a double/twin on campus reminds me of when I was in college and was acquainted with twin girls for six whole months before I learned they were twins--I never saw them in the same place, so I thought they were one girl who changed her outfits a lot.

Readers, to get another look at K.C.'s fiction, you can check out her blog, Ghost Writer!

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Guest Post: "My Favorite Quotes" by Shawn Kirsten Maravel

Tiger: Hello, everyone! Today I'm glad to be hosting a guest post from author Shawn Kirsten Maravel, who will be sharing some neat quotes from three of her books (I love getting sneak peeks!). The first two books are romantic YA, and the third is literary fiction. Read on...

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Guest Post: My Favorite Quotes by Shawn Kirsten Maravel

When searching for books on Goodreads I always go through and find the book quotes, they�re my favorite. Not only is it a good way to get a taste for an author�s writing style but for the feel of a book. So I want to share with you a few of my favorite quotes and excerpts from all three of my novels, Volition, Severance, and The Wanderer.



�The longer I looked into his eyes the more I felt that he was leading me down a road that I was determined not to follow.�

? Volition


�Friends, I told myself. We could be friends. Friends held hands all the time, and I hadn�t given up hope that maybe he could even be gay. Gay would be perfect.�

? Volition

�His eyes darted over the surface of my face. Like a moth to a blaze he was hesitant, seeming to crave my warmth but not its inevitable burn. He explored me from a distance with his unspoken desire, with the fear that touching me would set him to flame. I wanted nothing more in that moment than to prove very much the opposite.�

? Volition


�Your heart is either beating or it's not, your heart never forgets. As long as your heart is beating follow it, it will always stay true to you.�

? Volition

�?A heart that had chosen its path couldn't be led in any other direction.�

? Severance


�The thirst we shared for one another made it clear that the distraction would only come from deprivation. Charlotte was always on my mind. In my dreams, her name balancing fatally on my lips at all times, the scent of her drove me on through my everyday tasks. It was in denying myself of her soft skin and intoxicating presence that I truly began to lose touch.�

? Severance

�I knew that she couldn�t hear me if she was there. But the sound was enough to grab me, to hold me to hope, and with desperation that I�d never known before I knew that I must find my way back to her.�

? Severance

�I was investing more and more of myself into an outcome I couldn�t predict and would very likely be disappointed by. But for me there was no other option.�

? Severance




�If I could get down on my knees and ask for your forgiveness I would,� he said �but I�m afraid that along with misplaced manners, yesterday�s accident has also taken away my ability to grovel properly.�-Landon�

? The Wanderer

�Can I make you some breakfast? Do you like your eggs sunny side up?�

�I�m going to start feeling spoiled if you keep up this grovelling. I�ve already forgiven you, you know.�

�Oh, I�m not grovelling. I�m just making breakfast. I figured since it�s your kitchen and all it would only be polite to offer you some.�

? The Wanderer

"A bike needs to be taken care of just like a woman. Treat her right and she'll bring you happiness you never knew existed. Lock her away and she'll make you suffer a worse fate than hell.�

? The Wanderer

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Tiger: Thanks for sharing the quotes, Shawn!


Readers, if you're intrigued by what you've read, you can follow the links above, or maybe check out the author's Blog and Twitter. Enjoy!

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