Untaken, by J. E. Anckorn
Genre: young-adult,
action-adventure, science-fiction
Publisher: Curiosity
Quills Press
Date
of Publication:
October 16th, 2014
Cover
Artist: Amy
Chitulescu (http://ameliethe.deviantart.com/)
Description:
It turns out that a real alien
invasion is nothing like the Sci-fi shows 14-year-old Gracie loves. Not when it’s
your own family who are swallowed whole by those big silver ships. Not if it
could be you next.
In her search for her family,
Gracie meets Brandon, a high school dropout who would never have been caught
dead hanging out with a dork like Gracie before the world ended. Gracie isn’t
too crazy about Brandon either, but he has one thing she doesn’t: A plan.
Brandon’s uncle has a cabin up in
Maine, and If Gracie and Brandon can survive long enough to get there they can
hide out until the Space Men pack up their ships and leave.
Until the army guys come to
rescue them, says Brandon.
Brandon is big into army guys.
Gracie has to admit that
Brandon’s Awesome Plan probably would have worked out great if wasn't for Jake.
They found 5-year-old Jake,
laying half-dead under the remains of someone’s ranch house. He’s a good kid,
even if he won’t-or can’t- talk.
But Jake has a secret, and when
Gracie finds out what it is, the fragile new life they’ve started to forge
looks set to break apart.
When the people you’ve been
counting on to put the world back together start hunting you down, alien
invaders are the least of your worries.
About The
Author:
J. E. Anckorn has been an
artist and writer ever since she began to surreptitiously doodle on school
supplies instead of learning about practical things, like osmosis and
mathematics.
After barely surviving a
freak mathematical osmosis disaster, she set out to travel the world, living in
New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong before returning to her native Britain-
just in time to marry an American and leave for the U.S.A. She still failed to
learn anything about osmosis, but did manage to cultivate an accent that is
unintelligible to almost everyone. (It happened through a mysterious net
movement of information from the outside environment into her brain. If only
there was a word for that!)
This led to her development
of a new language, based almost entirely on polite yet uncomprehending nods. In
between these adventures, she has worked as a toy designer, copywriter, and
freelance illustrator. She lives in Boston, with a small grumpy dog, and a
large, slightly less grumpy husband.
Find J. E. Anckorn Online:
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/JE-Anckorn/62490393088?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/ultra_lilac) | Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8379204.J_E_Anckorn)
