A post by Mary Fan |
Hey everyone! Mary here, and it’s my turn to do a Back
Jacket Hack Job! And once again, I’ve decided to pick on my own book… mostly
because it’s kind of therapeutic to mock my own stuff. Especially since writing
back cover copy is such a frustrating nightmare, and so it’s fun to see just
how bad I can make it.
My next release, a YA dark fantasy titled FLYNN NIGHTSIDER
AND THE EDGE OF EVIL, has been a long
time coming. I wrote the first draft back in 2012. And pretty much ever since
then, people have been saying it’s like Harry Potter meets the Hunger Games.
So, the Hungry Harry Games. By the way, it's up for preorder, and it'll be 99 cents through the end of March...
And now, without further ado, here’s the Back Jacket Hack
Job!
Cover of the Hungry Harry Games |
THE HUNGRY HARRY GAMES (a.k.a. EDGE OF EVIL)
It’s just like Harry Potter, except Harry is actually named
Flynn, and he doesn’t have any magic. In fact, there are laws keeping
non-magical kids like him from even knowing how magic wands work. And Hermione
is actually named Aurelia, and she’s more into chopping monsters in half than
going to school. And she also doesn’t have any magic. Hogwarts is actually called the Academy of
Supernatural Defense, and yeah, it’s a magic school, but it lets non-magical
kids like Flynn attend too. Except they’re not allowed to learn the magic stuff…
actually, they’re just there to be servants and clean up the magic students’
messes. Plus, the Ministry of Magic is actually the Triumvirate of North
America, except they don’t hide from the non-magical. They’ve used their magic
to conquer the nation and set up a caste system where those with magic get all
the good stuff, and those without are second-class citizens. And if you say
something they don’t like, they’ll make you disappear.
So Harry-Flynn was born into the bottom tier of this whole
dystopian system, which makes him basically Katniss. Except a guy. Who sucks at
shooting arrows. And who, instead of being thrown into a high-tech arena to
kill other kids, has to deal with all the supernatural monsters that prowl the
earth. See, a hundred years before the story began, the Lord of the Underworld
escaped the monster dimension and unleashed a whole bunch of nasty beasts, and
they destroyed pretty much everything. Which the magical folks used to set up
their Triumvirate.
I guess that would make Hermione-Aurelia… Peeta? Except good
at slaying monsters instead of baking bread? That works, right?
Anyway, Katniss-Harry-Flynn is pretty pissed off at this
whole dystopia situation and winds up joining an underground rebellion, where
he meets Peeta-Hermione-Aurelia. They’ve got to fight both the Harry Potter
dark magic stuff—like supernatural monsters and a mysterious dude who controls giant
zombies—and the Hunger Games dystopia stuff—like a government that stomps on
freedom and has no qualms about feeding dissenters to monsters.
So there you have it: The Hungry Harry Games! May the magic
be ever in your favor!
2 comments:
Sounds like a magical mix! Can't wait to check it out.
Edge of Evil! Appears to be a magical read! Great post Mary!
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