UPDATE: Contest open to international readers!
hi all! I’m Dave Williams, author of the Autumn Rain trilogy, which began with 2008′s THE MIRRORED HEAVENS and last year’s THE BURNING SKIES, and concludes this week with THE MACHINERY OF LIGHT. And I’ll be giving away three copies of the first book, and one copy of the entire #$# trilogy, so what more could you ask for?
And special thanks to Ilona for the opportunity to tell you more about the books, though she may not thank me when she hears the awful confession I have journeyed to her blog to make:
Feline Unit #1: Captain Zoom - Click for larger image
I am remote-controlled by my cats.
There are two of them–Ajax and Captain Zoom–and they vie for control of my teleoperated brain. They force me to run all over my apartment looking for stupid fake mice, and then they go and make me write blog posts like this one where I humiliate myself for all and sundry to see. I think it started with Ajax’s hacking of my computer. From there, it was only a matter of time till Zoom hacked my mind. Now I’m a pawn in their twisted little game.
But as I reflect on the pathetic fate I’ve been reduced to, I can’t help but note the similarities with the future to which we’re heading (that’d be the bit about the mind’s vulnerability, not necessarily the bit about the cats. . . )
Feline Unit #2: Ajax - Click for larger image
The world of the early 22nd century is one where people wear powered armor smarter than they are, and the razors — the hackers — have tiny fractions of a second to distinguish friend from foe. Foremost among those razors is Claire Haskell, who–subsequent to the terrorist group Autumn Rain’s nuking of the world’s space elevator–gets paired on assignment with her former lover Jason Marlowe. She hasn’t seen him in ten years. But they learn early in the book that their spymaster handlers are #$# with their memory. So . .. were they ever really lovers in the first place? This Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-meets-James Bond dynamic is what got me an agent, Jenny Rappaport; she then turned around and sold the whole trilogy to Bantam as “John LeCarre on sci-fi crack.” I’m not precisely sure what sci-fi crack is like, but I have spent much of the last several years looking for it. If I pretend it’s something like catnip, my cats might even let me find it.
But back to Claire. She’s verging on posthuman with her abilities, but she can’t trust anyone.. . certainly not that onetime lover of hers. But most of all, she can’t trust her own mind. Once it becomes clear that the terrorists Autumn Rain might have hacked her already, she’s forced to start writing stuff down on her own skin — the only surface that they might not have access to. And when she starts to get glimpses of the future… well, that’s when things get downright demented. There’s a trailer video for the third book that I think captures her predicament in a nutshell. . .
I can see my own future too, and it involves feeding my cats and scratching their damn bellies. It’s as though I have no will of my own. At any rate, it looks like the Feline Units did a nice job with THE MACHINERY OF LIGHT. I can’t wait to buy it and see how it all turns out.
To enter, please comment on this blog post by Friday, June 4th, 2010. Contest is open to US and international readers.
Thanks for this awsome opportunity! Count me in!
The books sound fantastic! I can’t wait to read them. Count me in on the contest~
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Your books sound awesome, would love to win them!
Hopefully your feline handlers will let you get the sci-fi crack
oh your cats have you wrapped around their little paws! They have an edgy look to them, reminds me of the cartoon about the evil gold fish! Its always the ones you least suspect! I think i would really enjoy your books! Your my sort of people! x
Oh, sounds awesome cant wait to start on this series.
count me into the contest as well please.
take care,
xoxo Nas.
OMG these books sound great. I can’t believe I haven’t read them yet! Count me in please
Awww! They’re adorable! Mine have me running around with not one, not two, but three different brushes! ^_^ And don’t get me started on the catnip pillows…
Cats are sneaky, evil little bastards, which is why we love them. They remind us of ourselves.
ooooooooooooh! i’m all excited – i’ve got your series on my “buy as soon as i has monies” list! so please, also include me
Thanks so much for the opportunity!
I´m always looking for new series, so you can most definetly count me in!
By the way, the cats are soo adorable… reminded me of mine when they were still little!
Greetings!
The story sounds interesting. I would also like to read them.
Hook me up, oh cat mindslave! I can’t wait to read this series.
My psychotic cats are madly running about as I post this comment. I enjoyed Mirrored Heavens and posted exactly that on Chapters. Please count me in.
You’re books sound like they would be a great read. And Ajax and Captain Zoom are awesomely fun names for your cats!
please count me – it sounds really scary interesting
You’re cats are so cute and your story sounds fascinating!
Fluffy ginger kitten controllers for the win.
Thankyou very much for the opportunity to win your books.
Ooooh, these look NIFTY! Count me in, and I’m going to check them out regardless!
Always look forward to discovering new worlds!
Ooh, the trailer looks good – who did it? Anyway, count me in as well…
Hey the series sounds awesome. Count me in!!!
cute cats. would love to check out your books.
Sounds good. Please count me in.
Ooooooh, count me in! This trilogy sounds awesome!
These books sound fantastic! Thanks for being willing to give some away.
Your books look great will have to look out for them over here. (NZ)
Ajax looks a bit like my cat Dax. You’re books look awsome as well!!!
Hi Dave,
Your storyline sounds intriguing … more so as it is written by the command of your cats.
I’m sure my cats would be interested in reading your books
Nice. International readers can enter now
Wow, it’s open to international readers now
yippieee….i would love to win this, enter me in !
Sounds like fun, count me in
Sounds awesome! Count me in for the contest! Yay! I’m always up for a great book by a new author. (new to me anyway!) Thanks!
Hmm, very interesting! Sounds like I may need to get me some of this sci-fi crack! Please count me in.
Oooh! Sounds cool! I want a copy.
They sound good, and love the cats x
Does the comment has to be funny/extraordinary or just be?
Count me in!
Aww your cats are so cute! The book sound really good too.
I was looking at your books at the store yesterday thinking they sound very interesting. I’d love a copy.
Thank you Cpt Zoom and Ajax for the great post. Your books sound very interesting. I’d love to win a copy.
Oh yes, cats are eeeeeeeeeevil like that!…and fluffy and adorable and…oh crap…
Your books sound fantastic so count me in, please and thank you! John le Carré on sci-fi crack sounds right up my alley!
Yipee! thanks for opening it up – I hope the copies end up in the UK in my paws, errrr I meant hands…
Sounds like an awesome series. Look forward to reading them
Please count me in too!
they sound great!
Haha. This post was hilarious. It does seem that cats do control the owners through various nefarious ways. Count me in for the contest. I would love to read these books.
Sci-fi crack is always good. These sound like books made of awesome!
gimme!
Those books sound very cool! Nice cats, too!
Sounds great! Cute cats!