Pursuing Representation
Strength Beneath the Surface
Her name was Jackie Kickback and she was houndin’ for a fight.
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Beneath the frozen Pacific lies a neon-lit city where only the strongest rule. By the President's own decree, anyone can lead–if they can defeat him. Few attempt the deadly challenge. For prize-fighting refugee Jackie "Kickback" Delgado, there is no other choice.
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When Jackie’s father is stolen from the family to fight a faraway war, she is desperate to protect her brothers and the boy she loves from a similar fate. After years of training and scraping together a battle kit of augmented clothing, called GLIMa, Jackie climbs President Futigawa’s infamous Spire. Beating floor after floor of lethal challenges, victory is within her grasp. But the fight is nothing like she’d imagined. Her climb ends as she’s thrown from the Spire’s peak.
When she awakens, two years of memories are missing. Debilitating seizures wrack her body. Outside her hospital window, protests erupt. Some call her a hero—those in power call for her death. President Futigawa calls, too. Only he’s offering a deal.
According to Futigawa, he’ll sponsor her in the upcoming GLIMa Warrior Circuit—the city’s most beloved and bloody pastime—providing her with means to protect her sisters from a life of indentured work and her brothers from military conscription. In exchange, she will represent Futigawa’s company and help silence a growing class rebellion.
But when the charming rebellion leader begins planting doubts about the tournament’s legitimacy, Jackie realizes she’ll need more than just a new GLIMa kit. She must unravel forgotten memories, grapple with her traumatic injury, and uncover newfound strength to succeed. For this isn’t any ordinary tournament. It will be a fight for her life.
YA. Action/Sci-Fi.
A city beneath the sea.
A family of refugees.
A final hope.
She must be stronger.
FlashFire & The Blades of Duality
High-school freshman Ryker Aiden always dreamt of being a hero. He never expected a dream is where he’d become one.
When Ryker falls asleep, a mysterious girl named Melody guides him to the Aetherium, a mystical dreamland that everybody once visited. There he learns he is one of the last remaining Celestial Illustrators.
As a Celestrator, Ryker creates himself a dual-personality: the fast-phoenix FlashFire. His arrival seems fortuitous. Evil is looming; threatening to sever our worlds forever.
Much more importantly, Ryker's got a lot of 'life stuff' going on. He's at risk of being expelled from high school for protecting his best friend in a fight. The bully that he fended off is looking for revenge. And his snooping older brother is getting dangerously to uncovering both secrets.
By day, Ryker must gather evidence to prove his innocence. By night, Ryker and Melody must recover the lost Blades that bind our worlds. If he fails at either, his world will come to an end.
YA. Adventure/Urban Fantasy
