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The Blood of Faeries

The Allison Lee Chronicles Book 2

by Dan Rice

Genre: YA Urban Fantasy 

Allison Lee wilts under the bright light of celebrity after being exposed as a shape-shifting monster. She'd rather be behind the camera than in front of it. Being under the tooth and claw of her monstrous mother is even less enjoyable. All she desires is for everything to go back to the way things were before she discovered her true nature. But, after she accidentally kills a mysterious man sent to kidnap her, she realizes piecing her old life back together is one gnarly jigsaw puzzle.
When Allison's sometimes boyfriend Haji goes missing, Allison and her squad suspect his unhealthy interest in magic led to his disappearance. Their quest to find Haji brings them face-to-face with beings thought long ago extinct whose agenda remains an enigma.

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Dragons Walk Among Us

The Allison Lee Chronicles Book 1

Shutterbug Allison Lee is trying to survive high school while suffering the popular girl's abuse. Her life is often abysmal, but at least her green hair is savage. Her talent for photography is recognized by the school paper and the judges of a photo contest. While visiting her friend Joe, a homeless vet, Allison's life irrevocably changes after an attack leaves her blind. All her dreams as a photojournalist are dashed as she realizes she'll never see again. Despair sets in until she is offered an experimental procedure to restore her vision. But there are side effects, or are they hallucinations? She now sees dragons accompanying some of the people she meets. Can she trust her eyes, or has the procedure affected her more than she can see?

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Dragons Walk Among Us

Obscured by the surrounding shrubbery next to the base of a conifer is a blue tarp. I press my free hand against the brown bag, feeling the warmth radiating from the container of broth. Good. I’d hate for the soup to be cold. 

A gust of wind pushes me sideways. From somewhere overhead comes a loud crack like the bone of some gargantuan creature snapping. A widowmaker thumps to the earth. Gasping, I nearly drop the soup and freeze in place. Overhead, the trees sway in the wind, branches creaking and groaning. I scamper toward the encampment. 

About half a dozen tents surround the base of the tall conifer. A wide man with hunched shoulders moves around the camp. I smile. It’s Joe. 

I’m about to call out to him when I smell a strange mixture of eucalyptus and menthol and sweat on the wind. It’s the kind of odor I’d expect to roll off guys at a crowded dance club. I scan my surroundings for the source of the scent. 

A figure stands behind me in the gloom.

“What are you doing?” I ask.

The stalker strides toward me, raising something about a foot long overhead. A club?

My muscles tense like springs under immense pressure. Dad warned me about attacks on campus. I back away, a scream rising up my throat. The club whirls through the air too fast to avoid. 

The Blood of Fairies

“Tranquilize her! Now!”

I tear my gaze from Mauve to the five paramilitary types spread out around the room. One holds a huge gun that wouldn’t be out of place in the first-person shooter. Two carry short-barreled rifles aimed at me. Gore stands on the far side of a coffee table and creamy white sofa. He is not as cadaverously gaunt as I remember. Next to him is a petite woman with Asian features and quavering lips. White-hot anger not entirely mine pounding through me, I charge Gore.

Cracks echo in the room like the report of gunfire but softer. Something whistles past my face. I’m stuck in the neck by a needle. I paw at my neck, tearing away a syringe fletched with red feathers, tossing it aside without consideration. If I can capture Gore, his minions will surrender and release Mauve from the strange netting ensnaring her.

I leap onto the coffee table. Gore’s leering face distorts like a reflection in a funhouse mirror, and my limbs are as heavy as diving bells. A second dart punctures my thigh. No worries. My body will metabolize whatever drug they’re dosing me with before it takes full effect.

I leap, soaring over the couch, stretching my hands toward Gore like the talons of a raptor. His thin lips curl into a sneer.

“Kill them!” he shouts, backing away and pointing toward the condo’s entrance.

My trailing foot catches against the couch, and I plummet to the floor, landing with a bellyflop.

Surprisingly Fantastic Reads

As an author, I'm always reading. Mostly in my genre—young adult speculative fiction—but not always. In no particular order, here are five books that surprised me with how darn good they are.

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

I was blown away by how good this book is. It reminds me of the original Star Trek with its optimism and inclusiveness. The original Star Trek moved the boundaries of inclusion by featuring a Black woman and an Asian man in starring roles as officers in Starfleet. Charlie Jane Anders does something similar with the sheer diversity of her characters in ethnic origin, neurodiversity, and LGBTQA+ identification. This is done brilliantly in a manner that is in your face, lighthearted, touching, and nuanced. Even more impressive, all this is accomplished without sacrificing the yarn's sci-fi suave.

I was so impressed with Victories Greater Than Death I immediately read its follow-up, Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak. While considerably darker than its predecessor, it is an exciting story full of diverse characters who will win your heart and mind. I can hardly wait for book three, Promises Stronger Than Darkness.

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

I picked up this book after seeing numerous ads on Facebook informing me the story had won a Bram Stoker Award for best young adult horror. I expected an okay read at best. Boy, was I in for a surprise.

Clown in a Cornfield is one of the best horror novels I've ever read. The protagonist is a likable final girl with a tragic backstory and an equally likable father. Some of the other teenage characters aren't enjoyable at first, but they grow on the reader enough before they get picked off to make you feel sorry when they die. Alongside the horror is a generational conflict between the elder townsfolk and the teens that makes the slayings just plausible enough to give the yarn a little extra creep factor.

Cesare has written a sequel called Clown in a Cornfield 2; it's on my TBR.

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

This book was a real surprise. I had heard of the author but knew him only as a writer of detective fiction. The Book of Lost Things is a YA portal fantasy where David, the protagonist, must escape the real world for a spell in order to mature and cast aside his childish angst.

The plot is a slow-burn, where the fantastical aspects of the tale only appear after the real-world tragedies and characters are thoroughly established. David befriends and battles numerous entities torn from ancient fairytales. Hands down, The Book of Lost Things is one of the best books I've read this year.

Feed by M.T. Anderson

I picked up Feed after researching books for my sixth-grade son to read. I came across a website listing books for students to read by grade. Feed showed up in the 12th-grade reading list. Determining it was a science-fiction yarn, I decided to pick it up. I'm glad I did.

Feed is one of the most immersive stories I've ever read. It warns about society through technology becoming too detached from humanity and calls out the dangers of consumerism run amok. Be forewarned, this is a depressing tale, not a hopeful one. The characters are compelling but challenging to like. In all honesty, this is one of the most memorable books I've read this year and maybe the best.

Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi

Scalzi transports us to his ever-exciting Old Man's War universe for a retelling of The Last Colony from a teen's perspective. Aliens, adventure, and young love abound in Zoe's Tale, a yarn sure to delight Scalzi fans and is an excellent entry point for young adult readers interested in his brand of witty sci-fi.

With Zoe's Tale, Scalzi demonstrates that a fantastic protagonist is one key to a compelling story. Zoe is just that. She is engaging, stubborn, snarky, a true friend, an angsty teen, and brave. Readers who enjoy Scalzi's clever writing will find the fact Zoe's Tale is a retelling of The Last Colony immaterial. That's how captivating a character Zoe is.

Dan Rice pens the young adult urban fantasy series The Allison Lee Chronicles in the wee hours of the morning. The series kicks off with his award-winning debut, Dragons Walk Among Us, which Kirkus Reviews calls, “An inspirational and socially relevant fantasy.”

While not pulling down the 9 to 5 or chauffeuring his soccer fanatic sons to practices and games, Dan enjoys photography and hiking through the wilderness.

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