Paperback, 288 pages
Expected publication: February 7th 2012 by Entangled Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13: 9781937044497
Source: Publisher, for the purposes of an honest review
Genre: Sci Fi
Series: A New Dawn, book #2
Best read in order: no, book 1 & 2 work as stand alones
Stars: 5
Flames: 1
Loved it! I loved the vivid imagery, I loved the various
stories of the different characters lives, I loved the Seer’s memories of Old
Earth, I enjoyed the dreams of alternate times and places that the lifers on
board the Expedition experienced, and I liked the fact that I didn’t get lost
in scientific technical jargon that can sometimes weigh down sci fi books. Over
all Tundra 37 is a highly enjoyable
book filled with memories of a time past, a spacecraft full of people
struggling to survive on a frigid ice rock, and some intense sitting on the
edge of your seat action.
Gemme is the Expedition’s Matchmaker. She verifies that the
computer makes appropriate pairing choices for the Lifer’s whose future
generation will one day inhabit Paradise 18. The day her name finally appears
on the screen at her work station should have been a momentous occasion. It
turns out she will never see Paradise 18. The ship has flown through a comet
field and will be crash landing on an icy planet instead. Now her new job leads
her out on the surface of Tundra 37 and part of the exploration team assigned
with finding the greatly needed alternate energy source.
Miles, one of the Expeditions Lieutenants is tasked with the
job of finding an alternate energy source so that the survivors of the crashed
Expedition may live to see the future that their ancestors wanted for them. He
soon discovers that much more is expected from him and this expedition into the
frozen world of Tundra 37. It seems that some have put the interests of
themselves before that of the Lifer’s that are in dire need of the mineral he
has been sent to retrieve. Now he has to face the decision of doing what is
best for the entirety of the ship or following the orders he has been given.
Mestasis and Abysme are the Seer’s (powerful telepathic like
people who control the Expedition.) I enjoyed what they brought to the book. Readers
get to experience their lives before they came to be the driving force of the
Expedition. I also enjoyed seeing how the responsibility affected them, how
they evolved and changed. I liked seeing their before and after characters. It
was an interesting perspective to read.
There is so much more going on than matches made and crashes
on barren planets. Fate, destiny, and the misplaced desires of others have
their hands in everything it seems. Selfish wants changes so many factors with
the lives of the Lifer’s. I enjoyed the fated destiny element within this book
along with the mystery of the orb and the beacon.
I am looking forward to the third book in the series A Hero Rising. It is a prequel to the
series and takes readers through the fall of Old Earth. Through the memories of
the Seer’s of Tundra 37 the readers
are introduced to James. James is the hero in book three. He is a man of
extreme valor and he puts the well-being of the less fortunate above his own
interests. I am also very curious about what happens to Earth.
Interviewing the Diva Aubrie
Would you like to start off by telling us a little bit about
yourself?
Sure, I’m a flutist by night, writer by day. I write in the
mornings and early afternoons, then I teach flute and gig at night and on
weekends. I started as just a flutist, making up stories to go with the music.
Then, my students liked my stories so much they told me to start writing them
down. Here I am today!
During your writing career have you done anything
embarrassing or shocking in the pursuit in getting published?
Thankfully, nothing comes to mind…
What is one thing about you that your readers would find
surprising or never guess about you?
I write about space ships all the time, but the thought of
actually going into space scares the heebeegeebees out of me! You couldn’t pay
me enough to put me on a spacecraft of any shape or size! I’m perfectly happy
on planet Earth!
Can you tell us about your current work in progress, perhaps
you could share a favorite fact or piece of fascinating information it?
I just finished the final book in the New Dawn series called
Haven 6. This book ties in the other three in so many ways. There are the
mysterious winged people from the eggs, the golden liquid, and descendants of
Aries and Striker from Paradise 21. Many secrets are unfurled!
If you were to write yourself into one of your books or
series which would it be, what role would you pick and why?
Well, it wouldn’t be in one of my space books, because of
the reason I gave you above! I’d love to live in a medieval world with magic,
knights, castles, and even dragons.
What has been your favorite scene to write and why?
I love all of the scenes where two characters fight over
another one. For instance, in Tundra 37, Gemme and Luna both fight for
Lieutenant Brentwood’s attention. Very juicy. A lot of comments come out on the
fly and you see who each character really is inside.
What have you read and loved recently?
I couldn’t put down The
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I had to know what happened in the end!
(which I won’t spoil here in this interview!)
How do you spend your down time between edits, deadlines,
writing and creating new and fascinating books? Do have a favorite pastime or
hobby to fill you spare time with?
Between flute and writing I have enough to do! But I do love
going to the movies, and watching certain movies (LOTR, Pirates of the
Caribbean, Star Wars) over and over again.
I enjoy spending time with my year and a half old nephew and taking him
to music and me class with my sister.
How did you celebrate the publishing of your first book?
But buying fifty copies and giving them all away to my
friends and family!
I love author stalking. Do you have any 2012 convention
plans? Where can fans stalk you?
No convention plans yet, but I’m on blogger:
Twitter: @authoraubrie
Goodreads:
Thank you so much for hosting me today!
Tundra 37
A
New Dawn, #2
Author: Aubrie Dionne
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance
Length: 288 pages
Release Date: February 2012
ePub ISBN: 978-1-937044-49-7
Print ISBN: 978-1-937044-51-0
Tundra 37 Book Trailer:
A
New Dawn Novel, Book Two
Gemme is a hi-tech matchmaker who pairs the next
generation of Lifers aboard the Expedition, a deep space transport vessel
destined for Paradise 18. When the identity of her lifemate pops up on her
screen, she’s shocked that he’s the achingly gorgeous and highly sought after
Lieutenant Miles Brentwood—a man oblivious to her existence. Believing everyone
will think she contrived the match, she erases it from the computer’s memory.
Just as comets pummel the ship and destroy the
pairing system forever.
With the Expedition disabled, the colonists must
crash land on the barren ice world of Tundra 37 where Gemme is reassigned to an
exploratory mission, led by Lieutenant Brentwood. Only in the frozen tundra
does she understand the shape of his heart and why the computer has entwined
their destinies.
A
New Dawn, #3
Author: Aubrie Dionne
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance
Length: novella
Release Date: February 2012
ePub ISBN: 978-1-937044-83-1
Prequel
to A New Dawn - Book Three
After watching his love leave on a colony ship,
James Wilfred must save those left behind from a planetary apocalypse. Their
salvation lies in an unfinished ship tucked away in a secret government base,
and only James can break in and pilot him and his people to freedom on a nearby
space station.
Skye O’Connor’s boyfriend never returns after his
gang attempts an assassination of the Governor, and the State Building is
destroyed. Worse, crazed moonshiners addicted to the chemical Morpheus have
stormed the city, and she must find a safe place for her and her boyfriend’s
daughter. When a heroic man saves her, Skye asks to accompany him on his quest
to find the last colony ship left on Earth.
As the city falls around them, James and Skye must
work together to build a new future, all the while rediscovering their ability
to love, before the apocalypse claims them both.
Paradise 21
New Dawn #1
Author: Aubrie Dionne
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance
Length: Novel
Release Date: August 2011
ePub ISBN: 978-1-937044-02-2
Print ISBN: 978-1-937044-03-9
Author: Aubrie Dionne
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance
Length: Novel
Release Date: August 2011
ePub ISBN: 978-1-937044-02-2
Print ISBN: 978-1-937044-03-9
A New Dawn Book One
Aries has lived her entire
life aboard mankind’s last hope, the New Dawn, a spaceship traveling
toward a planet where humanity can begin anew—a planet that won’t be reached in
Aries’ lifetime. As one of the last genetically desirable women in the
universe, she must marry her designated genetic match and produce the next
generation for this centuries-long voyage.
But Aries has other plans.
When her desperate escape
from the New Dawn strands her on a desert planet, Aries discovers the rumors
about pirates—humans who escaped Earth before its demise—are true. Handsome,
genetically imperfect Striker possesses the freedom Aries envies, and the two
connect on a level she never thought possible. But pursued by her match from
above and hunted by the planet’s native inhabitants, Aries quickly learns her
freedom will come at a hefty price.
The life of the man she
loves.
About the
Author:
Aubrie is an author and flutist in New England. Her
stories have appeared in Mindflights, Niteblade, Silver Blade, A Fly in Amber,
and several print anthologies including Skulls and Crossbones by
Minddancer Press, Rise of the Necromancers, by Pill Hill Press, Nightbird
Singing in the Dead of Night by Nightbird Publishing, Dragontales
and Mertales by Wyvern Publications, A Yuletide Wish by Nightwolf
Publications, and Aurora Rising by
Aurora Wolf Publications. Her epic fantasy is published with Wyvern
Publications, and several of her ebooks are published with Lyrical Press and
Gypsy Shadow Publishing. When she’s not writing, she plays in orchestras and
teaches flute at Plymouth State University and a community music school.
Thank you so much for reading all three of my books in the series! :)
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