Bestselling mystery author, Toby Neal is pleased to announce the release of her first YA fantasy survival adventure tale, Island Fire. This is the first book in the Island Series. Neal is known for using her home state of Hawaii as the backdrop in her novels, and new book is no exception.
In the very near future, on the tiny island of Lanai, teens from very different worlds must find a way to survive when technology is destroyed.
Bea and Sam, Hawaiian kids isolated by a paranoid, alcoholic father, are thrown together with orphaned big-city pickpocket Nick when a disaster fries all technology. Aided by a mysterious `aumakua dragon that may or may not be Bea's imaginary friend, the kids face fire, plane crashes, gangs, pit bulls, thieves, sharks, hunger, thirst and abuse in a coming-of-age that explores a post-technology world where only the strong and connected survive.
Recent Praise for Island Fire (Book 1 in Island Series):
"Island Fire is another fantastic page turner from Toby Neal. It sucked me in until the very end and I feel like I know each of the characters personally. I still have goosebumps thinking of everything. Definitely a must-read!" - Sophia, age 17
"My only complaint is that once again I am sleep deprived because I cannot put down Toby's book. With Island Fire, I tried to go to sleep two nights ago, and I just kept thinking about what might happen and I finally had to read more. This is always the sign of a wonderful book, that the reader is so engrossed, so deeply enmeshed in the story and so invested that it is impossible to stop reading." - F. Pepoon
"Island Fire... unbelievable... I loved every moment of it. I was imagining seeing this in theaters and casting in my head!" - G.Schneider
"Deep, fast-paced, filled with action, suspense, and heart, this little book about small islands is huge on the inside!" - B. Morrison, middle school teacher
Island Fire will be available at all major online book retailers in print and ebook!
Book Details:
Island Fire
(Book 1 in Island Series)
By Toby Neal
Published: December 2014
ISBN: 978-0-9896883-4-5 (print)
ISBN: 978-0-9896883-5-2 (epub)
Pages: 230
Genre: YA Fantasy
YA Fantasy Adventure
YA Dystopian
About The Author:
Toby Neal is the bestselling author of the Lei Crime Series, with well over a million books in circulation. Island Fire is her first novel in the YA adventure/survival genre.
Toby Neal grew up on the island of Kaua`i in Hawaii. After a few "stretches of exile" to pursue education, the islands have been home for the last fifteen years. Toby is a mental health therapist specializing in work with children, adolescents and families, a career that has informed the depth and complexity of the characters in her books. Outside of work and writing, Toby volunteers in a nonprofit for children and enjoys life in Hawaii through beach walking, body boarding, scuba diving, photography and hiking.
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