Shifters, Zombies, and Vampires? Oh my!
My name is Dorothy Gale, and I think I might be dead.
When my dog Toto and I got swept up in a twister, we landed in hell. A very colorful hell. Like a rainbow dripping in blood. Now it looks as though this dreadful underworld plagued with vampires, zombies, and shifters will be the site of my eternal damnation.
They say this terrifying land called Oz isn’t hell or purgatory and escape is possible, but first I must survive the journey down the blood-soaked yellow brick road to the only place in Oz where vampires dare not tread—The City of Emeralds.
With enchanted footwear and the help of my three new friends—a friendly zombie, a massive shifter lion, and a heartless axe murderer of evil night creatures (who also happens to be the hottest guy I’ve ever seen)—Toto and I have a chance to make it to the Vampire Free Zone. When we get there, I must convince the most powerful wizard in this magical land of monsters to send us out of this radiant nightmare and back to the world of the living. They say he’s just as frightening as this monstrous land, that he detests visitors, and even the most horrifying creatures cower in his presence. But I must seek him out. And when I find him, I’ll do whatever it takes to make him send me home.
The book launched on October 11th but has hung out in the top twenty of Hot New Releases in its category on Amazon for three months. It was in the number one slot for the first week and stayed in the top five for the first sixty days. Right now, it is a #1 New Release in Teen/YA Monster Fiction, #1 New Release in Children's ebooks on Death, Grief and Bereavement, and #6 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Death & Dying.
My current sales rankings:
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,325 Paid in Kindle Store
#17 in Teen & Young Adult Monster Fiction
#3 in Children's eBooks on Death, Grief & Bereavement
#59 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Death & Dying
Shades of gray paint the landscape before me. Even though it looks like the land is grieving after a cataclysmic disaster, for the first time, its beauty is plain to me. The gray shadow I carried with me has disappeared. Tragedy no longer taints the lens I see the world through, and for that I will be forever grateful to Oz and the magic that brought me there. I may face hardships again, and I will grieve again, but never again will I let it darken my entire world.
Like Oz, life is full of beauty and horror. Whether you’re in the magical realm or the so-called civilized one, you can look at the world around you and see both things at almost any time. But what being in Oz taught me is that no matter how horrific a situation may be, no matter how devastating or scary or chaotic, there is still always beauty in the colors of it all, even in the grays. As I look back on the last four years of my life, on everything that led me to the place where my life changed forever for a second time, I might think I wasted too many crucial years perceiving my world through a lens that leeched the color from everything I set my eyes on, but now I can forgive myself for my mistakes and maybe even be grateful for the trials I’ve faced. After all, a rainbow only comes out when it rains. The most spectacular rainbows are set against a backdrop of a half dark sky where gray clouds hover and rain batters the surface of the earth, but the horizon is clear and bright—a pure, radiant blue surrounding a shining golden sun. When I’m in Oz, that rainbow is who I am—a vivid, radiant spectrum of colors with a clear bright landscape ahead only made more rich-hued and vibrant by the darkness that lies behind it.
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Italian
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Already translated.
Translated by Alessandra Gazzella Furfaro
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Author review: Alessandra delivered a perfect translation in a timely manner. Highly recommend. I look forward to working with her again in the future. |
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Portuguese
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Already translated.
Translated by Laura Silva Dulci
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Author review: I couldn't be happier with the result of her work. |
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Spanish
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Gabriel Guzman
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