Atlantis Rising by Amy Cip is a Spring Into Books Festival pick #NAfantasy #newadult #fantasy #giveaway
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Title: Atlantis Rising
Author: Amy Cip
Genre: New Adult Fantasy
Book Blurb:
The lost city of Atlantis was cursed to the sky, and it falls upon one girl, with the help of an Atlantian refugee and a ragtag band of space pirates, to return the magical city to the ground.
When an accident on the mainland leaves her parents dead and her sister in long term care, Ember Weathers is forced to drop out of school to run her parents’ bookstore in Devil’s Fork, Maine. Her only excitement is her pet dragon, who no one else can see. At least not until an attractive stranger named Shepherd walks in seeking her mother’s art. Before she can get any answers from him, hellhounds chase them to the relative safety of a woman named Maryse, who turns out to be no friend at all, but another seeker of Atlantis who will do anything to see the island returned.
They’re rescued by a band of space pirates led by Captain Hawkins who are ancestors of Atlantis that seek and protect survivors from the curse of the Atlantian King’s brother. Ember has a choice to stay with this band of survivors or pursue the return of Atlantis. In her quest, she’ll be forced to seek out Maryse, who holds her sister hostage, as well as discover the secrets of Shepherd’s past, including the dark magic allowing him to live hundreds of years. In the end, it’s Ember who must go alone if she’s to free her sister and return the island of magic and love to the world.
Fans of Holly Black, Rebecca Ross, Sarah J. Maas, Lauren Roberts, Kiera Cass, Tracy Wolff, and Jennifer L. Armentrout will enjoy Amy Cip.
Excerpt:
Tasked with seeing the future, they saw only death unless Atlantis fled. The spell was the only chance they stood, and even then – the future was hazy. It was left to a girl with great magic and love, sometime far in the future.
His shoulders slumped. She’d forgotten what a heavy burden it was that he carried. “Come.” He offered his arm, and she took it, sparing a last look at the city streets at night. “Send word,” he instructed his closest guard as they walked inside the great double doors. “Tomorrow it is to be done.”
Casius nodded, sweeping the cloak off his shoulders as he opened the door. “Shall I alert the city?” he asked.
The king looked back. His face paled and the lines there deepened. “Let them rest,” he said, running a hand over his chin. He was past his prime but not yet in old age. Too young to make such important calls, but too old to be impetuous. “They will need it.”
In the morning, the city would be cursed to the skies, until the one came who would set them free. Until the time where love and magic were again welcome in the world. Until the time an unknown woman rose into her power.
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Why is your featured book a must-read this spring?
There aren’t many books in the fantasy genre who take on Atlantis, so this will be a fresh story full of action, lore, and a little romance.
Giveaway –
One lucky reader will win a $100 Amazon gift card.
Open internationally.
Runs April 1 – 30, 2025
Drawing will be held on May 1, 2025.
Author Biography:
Amy Cip is an author, blogger, people watcher, sci-fi junkie, website novice, eternal optimist, and introvert. She is the author of seven YA science fiction/fantasy/dystopian books. She resides in Massachusetts.
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