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SOULLESS
by Jacinta Maree
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GENRE: Dystopian New Adult
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BLURB:
We are the generation that laughs at death.
Reincarnation; what was once considered a gift of
immortality has become an eternity of nightmares.
Nadia Richards lives in a world plagued by
reincarnation, a system of recycling souls where all past memories,
personalities and traumatic events are relived daily in disjointed sequences.
Trapped within their own warped realities, not even the richest and most
powerful are saved from their own minds unraveling. Madness is the new human
nature, and civilizations are crumpling beneath themselves trying to outrun it.
Within a society that ignores death, Nadia appears
to be the one exception to the reincarnation trap. Born without any
reincarnated memories and with printless eyes, the hot tempered 19 year old
quickly becomes the ultimate prize to all those wishing to end the vicious
cycle, or for some, to ensure they could evade death forever.
Readers discretion: Adult language, violence and
some adult scenes. For mature audiences only.
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EXCERPT TWO:
The world had turned to waste; immortality was never meant for man and
it drove humanity to the edge of destruction. There had been plenty of stories
about how the human race would end. Unlike the movies from Hollywood, there was
no big bang caused by a sun exploding; there was no catastrophic moment where
our world was flipped upside down like in a nuclear war or zombie virus
outbreak. It was gradual, like a seeping virus that withered everything within
its path until it ground us down into brittle, hollowed out cores. It wasn’t
out to destroy our bodies; it destroyed everything we once treasured. Hope,
love, compassion, joy… even our mortality. It was all gone. And now it mocked
us with a peace we could never achieve: death.
I kept my hand behind me, ensuring Annie was safe before slowly creeping
out. The steady thump of the Sweepers had almost gone silent as they walked
further away down the block, but it was Annie’s sudden scream that spun me
around. A dark shadow stepped up behind us just as a snap of red crossed my
vision.
No! Before I had time to jerk my head away, the Sweeper lurched forward
and snared me by the shoulder. My body seized underneath its grip as it hoisted
me up from the ground.
“Run, Annie! Run!”
Annie squealed and pressed herself up against the building. “Nadia?”
“Just run!” I screamed as the robot reached over and took the shotgun
from my hand. It crushed the barrel easily before finding the pistol in my back
pocket. It smashed that one, too.
In its inhuman static voice, the machine said, “Corrupted identification
code detected. Blacklisted threat. You are under arrest.”
“I’m not one of them!” I screamed as I wrestled in its grip. “Let me go.
I’m not one of them!”
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Born
in Melbourne Australia, Jacinta Maree considers herself a chocoholic with an
obsession with dragons, video gaming and Japan. She writes a variety of genres
including YA paranormal, steampunk, horror, new adult, dystopian and fantasy.
Winner of 2014 Horror of the year and bestselling author, Jacinta writes to
bring enjoyment to others while fulfilling her own need to explore the weird
and the impossible.
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CONNECT WITH JACINTA:
Facebook:
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Deviant art:
http://jacintamaree.deviantart.com/
Twitter:
jacintamaree6.com
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I really enjoyed reading the entire post today. This is a new author for so thank you for the reveal!
ReplyDeleteI am beyond pleased to hear you enjoyed it. Ally really did a great job.
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ReplyDeleteThank you SO much for being a part of the tour and helping me out with Soulless, I really, really appreciate the time and effort spent into this post.
:D You have a rocking blog, keep up the fantastic work.
xoxo Jacinta Maree.
What was your inspiration (or muse) to write this novel?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome question, I guess I have a fascination with the afterlife and the idea of a soul. I will admit I am a believer in reincarnation and that we are energy that can return.
DeleteI started exploring the ideas of a human race infected with reincarnation, therefore, immortality. It was fascinating watching just how dark and how quickly the idea of never truly dying can warp the human mind. Also, losing your sense of identity once race and sex was taken off the table. From spending hours and months building this dystopian world eventually created The Immortal Gene.
Thank you for your answer! I am intrigued by the idea of reincarnation. I love to hear other people's views on the subject! :)
DeleteYou and me both!
DeleteThe story sounds very intriguing.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Rita. I really appreciate it. :D
DeleteI love this cover and I enjoyed reading the excerpt! Sounds like a great book, thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, the cover actually won Cover of the Year 2015 with Ausrom and the artist is a Sydney, Australian girl called Thander Lin. She is absolutely amazingly talented.
DeleteAnd thank you, I really appreciate your compliment. If you do end up giving it a shot, I hope you enjoy the intensity of it. I know I did writing it, haha.
You're welcome! I will leave a review after I read it :)
DeleteOmgosh that would be absolutely fantastic! Thank you, reviews are so important! I look forward to it!!
DeleteGood luck with the book tour, Jacinta!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Nikolina! :D It's always exciting being a part of these tours.
DeleteIt sounds very intriguing!
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Thank you, I really appreciate that. :D
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