Happy Halloween!
Hope you all have a great day/evening! Today, you will see a Guest Post by Author J.A. Huss, Info about her Three I Am Just Junco Novels and a Tour-Wide Giveaway!
Guest Post By: J.A. Huss
The Difference
between Good and Evil
We know it when we see it, right? We can pick out evil, no problem. I mean, evil comes in the form of ugliness and filth. Or
maybe violence and anger. Either way, it’s pretty easy to spot.
Unless of course, you’re the one who’s evil.
And then things get a little sticky because it’s you, right?
You’re evil.
That’s not an easy thing to accept and this is right where
the heroine of Clutch, the first book in the I Am Just Junco series, finds
herself.
Junco is evil.
She knows she’s evil and she’s got the past to prove it. A past she whole-heartedly chooses to
forget. She clings to the
emptiness in her mind like a nightdog clings to the night.
But she’s also someone’s only hope. Almost a savior, if you
will.
Sorta sucks, right?
I mean, on the one hand you’re evil. 100% good-for-almost-nothing-but-bad-stuff evil. But on the other hand, some fellow evil
being sees you as the answer to all his problems.
Now here’s the bigger issue.
All those people who see you
as evil? Well, they’re not any
better that the ones who know they’re
evil. They’ve committed heinous
crimes, heck, they even trained you to be your little evil self.
So, let’s recap.
You’re evil. You know you’re evil.
The people everyone says
are evil, they’re evil too.
The people who say their not
evil – also evil.
So who’s the good guy in all this? Surely we can find the good guy, right?
Well, good luck with that. Because good and evil can have many shades and sometimes the
good guy is the lesser of three evils.
And this is Junco’s struggle. In this series Junco asks
herself quite a few questions and one of them is “who is us and who is them?” Whose side am I on? Who’s the good guy and who’s the bad
guy? Who can I trust to keep me on my one true path?
Believe it or not, Junco has a pretty firm relationship with
her God. She’s a believer and
she’s not too proud to pray for help when she needs it, but of course, she’s
not so keen on living by the rules either. So she struggles with her dual
nature a lot. In fact, this is one
of the main underlying themes of the entire I Am Just Junco series.
It would be very easy to write Junco off as a cold-hearted
killer, because she absolutely is.
But she know the difference between good and evil and in her
heart she knows, no matter what she turns out to be, this is her path in life
and she’s gonna meet her end with courage. If there’s one thing Junco really wants, it’s to fulfill her
one true purpose. And she has
every intention of following her heart straight to the apocalypse, whether
she’s the bad guy or not, she’s been trained to do one thing and only one
thing.
Complete her mission.
Junco’s story is a lot of things but one thing it isn’t, is
simple. She’s got her reasons for
who she is and the way she acts, but she never blames her decisions on
others. She takes full responsibility
for her actions.
Clutch is the first book in a five book series and in this
book we find Junco on the cusp of discovering the truth about who and what she
really is.
What you don’t get in the first book is the true nature of
the problem she’s facing, but since we’re sharing I’ll let you in on a secret…
The End of Days are coming and Junco’s blowing the trumpets.
Welcome to the angel apocalypse. Welcome to I Am Just Junco.
RANGE – Book Four – Coming April 1, 2013
RETURN – Book Five – Coming October 1, 2013
Get them all at Amazon today and experience the end of the
world through the eyes of Junco, the reluctant savior.
JA Huss Newsletter
Book Descriptions
Clutch
Book One I Am Just
Junco
By J.A. Huss
BLURB
In
2152 the avian race is on Earth looking for something stolen from them decades
ago – their genetics. At the
center of the search lies the Rural Republic; a small backwards farming country
with high hopes of military domination and a penchant for illegal
bioengineering.
19
year old Junco Coot is the daughter of the Rural Republic’s ranking commander.
She’s the most foul-mouthed, wildly unpredictable and ruthless sniper the Rural
Republic has ever trained. But
when her father’s death sparks a trip into forbidden places, she triggers
events that will change everything she knows to be true.
As
an elite avian military officer, Tier’s mission is to destroy the
bioengineering projects, kill Commander Coot’s daughter, and return home
immediately. There’s just one problem. Junco isn’t who she claims to be.
With
no one to trust, not even herself, Junco must confront the secrets of her past
and accept her place in the future, or risk losing herself completely.
Book
Trailer: http://youtu.be/Iz0PWDGoTJY
Fledge
Book Two
Junco
Coot can’t even remember her trip off Earth; she was too busy being morphed
into her new avian body. But
reality hits her hard when she wakes up to find her new life is not what she
expected. Not even close. Tier is on trial for disobeying his commander’s kill
order and only Junco seems to care.
In
most places the avian coming-of-age Fledge ritual would be nothing more than
mass murder, but here in the capital city of Amelia, it’s called growing up.
Junco has no choice; either fight to the death to prove her worth or get sent
back to Earth in the hands of her enemies.
Her
new military team is hostile, her body is being taken over by an illicit
artificial intelligence, the avian president wants her dead, and her only
friend is a ten-year old throwaway boy.
On
a foreign habitat, in a foreign culture, and surrounded by people she can’t
trust or count on, Junco must find a way to save herself and Tier without
losing her immortal soul in the process.
Flight
Book 3
Escape
from Earth. Check.
Morph
into an avian body. Check.
Survive
Fledge and Deliverance, soul intact. Check.
Bring
her Siblings back to Amelia and restore the avian race? Not so fast, darlin’.
There’s
a new twist on an old prophecy and this one brings the End of Days. Junco must
make a choice, but the choices all confirm her only worth is tied up in
killing.
Lucan
has secrets. Secrets that will make the Stag Camp look like playschool. And the
lies are flowing like a mountain river during spring thaw. But he needs Junco
to cooperate just a little bit longer or it all falls apart.
The
Siblings on Earth are waiting for the Seventh to return and pull their clutch
together. But Earth has secrets too -- secrets that change everything.
Junco
has survived against impossible odds, but the cost of survival is higher than
she ever imagined. Luck is about to catch up with Junco Coot and her debt must
be paid.
About The Author
J.
A. Huss never took a creative writing class in her life. Some would say it
shows. Others might cut her some slack. She did however, get educated and
graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in Equine Science. She had
grand dreams of getting a Ph.D. but while she loves science, she hated academia
and settled for a M.S. in Forensic Toxicology from the University of Florida.
She
went on to write science curriculum for homeschoolers and now runs a successful
home business that creates and offers online science unit studies. When she’s
not writing science curriculum or fiction, she works as a farm inspector,
traveling the Eastern Plains of Colorado in variety of environmentally friendly
vehicles that never have four-wheel drive, so when she gets stuck in the mud in
said vehicles, she has to beg for assistance from anyone who will help her. She
is not bitter about that at all.
She’s
always packing heat and she is owned by two donkeys, five dogs, more chickens
and ducks than she can count, and of course, the real filthy animals, her kids.
The I Am Just Junco series was born after falling in love with the ugliest part
of Colorado and the Rural Republic is based on the area of the state she
currently resides in, minus the mutants, of course.
Thanks for having me on your blog today, Marissa! It's been a lot of fun touring and you're my very last stop on the Bewitching Tour! Have a happy and safe Halloween! :)
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Glad to have hosted you and on Halloween! :)
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