Hi lovelies! It gives me
great pleasure today to host Amanda J. McGee and her new book, “Daughter of
Madness”! For other stops on her Goddess
Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the
images in this post – except the Available at Amazon picture.
Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a copy
of BOTH books in The Creation Saga Book Series – Book One, “Mother of
Creation,” and Book Two, the featured book, “Daughter of Madness”!! Also, come back daily to interact with Amanda
and to increase your chances of winning!
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Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!
Please note that this giveaway is only available to US
residents. Sorry INTL – please check out
other giveaways on this blog.
Daughter of Madness
by Amanda J. McGee
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GENRE: Epic Fantasy
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BLURB:
Liana
has lost much to Herka's manipulations, though nothing so precious as her
sanity. Emerging from her madness, she finds the world changed - her body
wasted, her son gone, and her kingdom still beyond her reach. Only the fires of
vengeance remain, and she will build the flames high.
DAUGHTER OF MADNESS tells the story of a princess and her twin, a
soldier and his king, and an oracle who is more than she seems.
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EXCERPT TWO:
He
remembered the moment that the curse had claimed him.
The
king sat in the garden, and the moon shone down. There was a phantom caress on
his skin, an ice cold hand.
Darkness
bloomed in his blood.
He
remembered the moment, over and over, the darkness rising, rising, swamping
him.
There
was terror there, but for the king it was an old terror. He had lived with the
darkness now for a timeless time, and in the darkness he was sheltered. He
remembered nothing. He was nothing. That was good, for the man that had been a
king sensed that he had failed, that he had hurt. The world beyond the darkness
was made of nothing that he wanted to see again.
But
no night could last forever.
The
man who had been Alexander came back to himself in blood.
I hope readers find as much
to love in Liander and Liana’s relationship as I have. It’s nice to have some
spots of hope amidst all the conflict in the plot.
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GUEST POST:
A Prince and His Twin:
The character I identify with the most in Daughter of Madness
There
are six viewpoint characters in The Creation Saga. Daughter of Madness is the
second installment, and my first time writing a sequel. It’s been a lot of fun
watching my characters grow through these new adventures, and it’s hard to pick
just one who I identify with the most. I think as an author you have to find
ways to identify with all of your characters, at least a little. That said, the
character I have felt the closest to in this book is definitely Liander.
Liander
spends a lot of time in this series providing another lens through which to see
Liana, his sister and the protagonist, but that’s not all he is. At his core,
Liander is faithful, but he’s also flawed. He consistently makes mistakes that
hurt others, and in this book he is coming to terms with the fact that he can’t
ever fix those mistakes. The past will always be there. The only thing he can
do is try to be better, to be there for his sister - even when being there for
her means that he engages in some really messed up stuff. In turn, Liander
becomes a path through which Liana can find her compassion, if she decides to.
I
think one of the reasons I like Liander so much is that it would be easy for
him to double down and not learn from what has happened to him. It would be
easy for him to insist that the things that happen to his sister in the first
book are no fault of his, that she should have been smarter or let him keep her
in a box. And when she goes down her own dark road in response, he could decide
to abandon her, or not support her. He does neither of those things. Liander
learns from his mistakes, and if they aren’t always the right lessons they
aren’t the worst conclusions he could draw. Guilt is what makes it hard for him
to see his path, but guilt is also what helps him grow.
Guilt
and love sometimes find themselves good company, when we have failed someone.
Liander’s guilt arguably causes him to make more mistakes, and he shares a lot
of blame for the actions he takes to support Liana when she’s not in the right.
But their relationship continues to inspire me. It’s so important to have
someone who will back you up, who you know will be there for you if things
don’t go well. I think we all want to have that and be that for someone. At his
heart, Liander still believes in loyalty to his family above all other things,
and there’s something admirable in that no matter what things he does or fails
to do.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Amanda J. McGee is
fantasy author living in Southwest Virginia with the love of her life and two
cats. She likes baking, gardening, and flights of fancy. You can find out more
about her books and her blog at www.amandajmcgee.com.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Amanda will be awarding a copy of both published
volumes of The Creation Saga: MOTHER OF CREATION and DAUGHTER OF MADNESS,
(after the June 2, 2018 publishing date, US participants only) to a randomly
drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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