The Awakened Duology Re-Release Launch Day Blitz
Hi, everyone. Well a lot has happened since my last post. I really didn’t think that the world could get crazier but it has. While I haven’t posted anything officially on the blog until now (because, let’s face it, I don’t blog very often), I want to make it clear that I support #BlackLivesMatter and am very anti-racist. I’ve been doing work offline by reading, watching, signing petitions and am making a conscious effort to buy and read more books by BIPOC authors and support BIPOC bookstores. There are many resources online if you need recs on what to read, watch, or organizations you can support.
Alright – let’s get into today’s post. Today we are celebrating the re-release of The Awakened Duology by Sara Elizabeth Santana with brand new covers, available in both ebook and paperback. There is a pre-order bonus still available and a giveaway! I have known Sara for quite awhile now. We met through the world of book blogging and young adult author events in the SoCal area. Sara is truly one of the sweetest people I know and I am so excited and proud of her today. I love these new covers and am super excited that these books are available again. Read on for more info on the series!
About the Series:
Title: The Awakened – Book One, The Sanctuary – Book Two
Author: Sara Elizabeth Santana
Pub. Date: June 16th 2020
Publisher: Sara Elizabeth Santana
Formats: Paperback, eBook
The Awakened Links – Goodreads, Amazon, Nook, Apple Books, Kobo
The Sanctuary Links – Goodreads, Amazon, Nook, Apple Books, Kobo
For Zoey Valentine, the roughest parts of her life are having to go to one of the many self defense classes her dad makes her take and dealing with Ash Matthews.
That is, until the Z virus hits.
It wipes out a third of the population in a matter of weeks. If that weren’t frightening enough, the bodies of the victims disappear and suddenly reappear, awakened from their dead state. They’re faster, smarter, and they work together to get the one thing they crave – human flesh.
The United States is in a panic and the government decides to do the unthinkable: bomb every major city across the country overrun with the Awakened.
Now Zoey is on the run, with her dad and Ash, desperate to find a place of safety amongst the ruined remains of the country.
Zoey Valentine is finally safe. Tucked away miles underground in the fortified community of Sanctuary, she no longer has to worry about Awakened – flesh eating zombies – coming after her and her boyfriend, Ash.
But Sanctuary is different than she had imagined. She may be safe, but she feels trapped, buried in a hole in the ground, waiting for time to pass. Sekhmet, the evil corporation behind the Awakened, is still out there and nothing can stop the nightmares that plague Zoey every night. Sanctuary feels like a ticking time bomb and she’s starting to feel suffocated.
Then suddenly, citizens of Sanctuary begin to go missing until their bodies turn up right on their doorstep, mutilated by Awakened. Each one is tagged with a note, a warning, signed by Razi Cylon, the leader of Sekhmet, who Zoey saw die months before.
Sanctuary is in a panic and while Zoey and her friends are ready to fight, the leaders are burying themselves further into hiding. Zoey is angry and helpless, until Razi Cylon threatens something really close to Zoey and all hell breaks loose.
Sekhmet has existed for far too long and Zoey is tired of running and hiding. Razi and the Awakened need to go down, even if she has to take them down one by one.
Join Zoey and Ash in the conclusion to The Awakened Duology! And now as an extra bonus – The Survivor, Liam’s novella, is available to be read at the end of your copy of The Sanctuary!
Pre-Order Bonus: If you have pre-order ebook copies of The Awakened or The Sanctuary OR purchase either book or physical copies of either book in the first week of release, you get the preorder bonus! This includes a wristband, a bookmark and a signed bookplate for the book you purchased – and you CAN get both! Submit your receipt at this link here.
Giveaway Details:
2 Winners – Signed Copy of The Awakened
2 Winners – Ebook Copy of The Awakened
US Only
About Sara:
Sara is a young adult and new adult fiction writer. She has worked as smoothie artist, Disneyland cast member, restaurant supervisor, photographer, nanny, pizza delivery driver, and barista but writing is what she loves most. She has an obsession with baseball, cupcakes, tattoos and peach green iced teas. She runs her own nerd girl/book review blog, What A Nerd Girl Says. She lives in Southern California with her boyfriend and her two cats, Kaz and Kai. Her debut novel is The Awakened. She was originally published through a small press publication but is now solely self published. Her debut new adult romance, Benched, releases this fall.
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