Announcing the Release of TORQ by Yours Truly! There is no feeling in the world like holding your own book in your hands. Pictured here (not my best photographic work, I know) is a copy of the trade paperback of TORQ, along with both sides of the bookmarks I've had made to help promote it!
To say I'm excited does begin to capture it! This book represents a new and unique publishing experiment for me. Rather than going the traditional route, TORQ has been published directly by my agency, Scovil Galen Ghosh of New York, though their new publishing arm, Swallow's End Publishing. The actual printing and distribution is entirely through Amazon's White Glove Program. This allows us to keep much more creative control over the book's production. The cover art, for instance, is my own design and I have to admit I'm happier with it than I've been with a cover in a while! But enough about the boring publishing details. What's TORQ even ABOUT? I think I'll let Amazon answer that: Welcome to the Machine, an enormous, ancient, broken device that has become home to a million souls. After a hundred generations spent without doors or windows, all knowledge of the outside world, if any, is lost. Today, society is split between the all-powerful Upperfolk, who rule, and the helpless Lowerfolk, who work, suffer, and die. Helpless, that is, except for Torq, the Lowers Champion. Concealed behind his golden mask and armor, Torq alone fights for justice and freedom. Until the day when sixteen-year-old Rand Roberts, the poorest of the poor, witnesses his hero's demise and subsequently discovers Torq's disillusioning and heartbreaking secret. Now, Rand decides, it's time for the Machine to have a new Torq. A better Torq. A real Torq. So, donning the armor himself, he and his best friend Lucy form an unlikely alliance with a courageous uppergirl and a mysterious little boy called No Name. Together, the four of them set out against overwhelming odds to do the impossible - free the people of the Machine. To accomplish this, they must face dangers, monsters, and madmen, and ultimately reveal ancient truths that will shake the very foundation of their world. Let the revolution begin... If you're intrigued, there's only one way to find out more! Paperback Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Torq-Ty-Drago/dp/0985020547 Kindle Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Torq-Ty-Drago-ebook/dp/B07J5WPDBP
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3/12/2019 03:43:32 pm
Writing a book and being able to hold a copy of it in your hands is an amazing feeling. I think that you can compare it to holding your child for the first time. I am not underestimating the idea of birth, but it is something that I believe to be true. Well, you can look at your book and consider it as your kid. I mean, is it not? Your book is your own creation, just like your kid. Leave a Reply. |
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