Launch

By Carol Fiore

The series is finished, and it isn't just for young adults

Embark on a sci-fi/fantasy adventure with three diverse teens. Travel across the globe and two foreign planets to discover the importance of the natural world, friendship and love, ethical government, social justice, and what it means to do the right thing-even at great personal cost.

** The first book Countdown was named to the 2019 Green Earth Book Award Long List. The author donates royalties to environmental nonprofits. **

In every revolution there are heroes and there are casualties.

Skye Van Bloem is in an impossible situation. The depraved king of the Beholders, Pruet, has her friends and a lethal virus. He'll exchange them for Starion-the man she loves.

But things are about to get even worse. Skye is on her father's planet, Vanger. It may be scenic and peaceful, but it's home to her ugliest nightmare, and she's about to meet it.

Meanwhile, on the environmentally ravaged planet of the Beholders, Skye's friend Janine is helping to develop a vaccine for Pruet's virus at the hidden insurrectionist base. Time is running out for the revolutionary forces. So is the food.

While the Beholder and Vanger people rise up in war and protest, General Tane and his Falco Eskadron forces prepare to embark on a dangerous mission. The cost for failure? Another climate apocalypse and the destruction of three planets.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 098970047X
• ISBN13: 9780989700474
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Flying Kea Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary