Sparrow Squadron
by D.L. Jung
Genre: YA Historical Fiction/Action-Adventure
Release Date: February 2018

Summary:
"There was a time when flying didn't mean looking over my shoulder for death coming at me."
 
World War II. June 1941. Hitler's war machine turns to the Soviet Union.
 
Escaping her hometown ahead of the Nazis, 16-year-old Aelya Makarova seizes a chance to live her dream. Obsessed with flying, she joins a women's fighter squadron to defend her homeland against the invaders. She'll go faster and higher than she's ever gone before.
 
But the harsh reality of Air Force life shatters her expectations and forces her to grow up fast. The squadron is split by petty rivalries, male pilots treat them like a joke, and the ideal country she thought she was fighting for doesn't really exist.
 
Finally given a chance to prove herself in battle, Aelya is pushed to breaking point. With all her talent, the help of her comrades, and a lot of luck, she might just make it through. But will there be anything left of her humanity?
 
With fast-paced action and a heart-rending mix of humour and tragedy, Sparrow Squadron is an adventure novel for young adults that brings an overlooked episode of history to life.

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About the Author:
DL Jung has been an enthusiastic student of history since grade school, when he spent lazy afternoons flipping through an old Encyclopedia Britannica set. He enjoys blogging about history and writing historical fiction. He also writes fantasy and horror fiction as Darius Jung.

Jung is married, with two children, and lives in Toronto, Canada. They are lucky enough to spend part of the time in New Zealand. Outside of writing, he has tried stints as an industrial engineer, a film and TV script supervisor, an IT consultant, a professional game show contestant, and a grossly under-qualified business wear model. Sparrow Squadron is his debut novel.​

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The Phantom of New York, volume 1 - Peter and the Crown
by A.L. Janney
Genre: MG/YA Adventure
Release Date: December 2017

Summary:
'This is a story about vigilantes and magic.
About prophecy and hope.
About a boy and his hotel.
 
When twelve-year-old Peter Constantine wakes up in the Crown Hotel with a new identity, life is over as he knows it. But perhaps that’s not such a bad thing… 
 
A dangerous man Peter only knows as “The Client” is after his family, so they’ve relocated to New York City. With help from unlikely friends living at the glamorous hotel, including the ghost on the tenth floor, Peter's new life begins. Soon, however, he learns of a plot to destroy his new home, a plot only the Phantom can foil.
 
Peter and the Crown is the first book in the Phantom of New York series, an adventure for readers aged ten and up. If you like smart, funny characters and “can’t put it down” escapades, then you’ll love Alan Janney’s Phantom of New York series.'

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An interview with A.L. Janney about The Phantom of New York:
A coming-of-age saga.


Blogger:      So tell us about the book!

Janney:     I was in a hotel room a few years ago, flipping channels. I came across Batman Begins, the first Christian Bale movie.

Blogger:     Great movie.

Janney:     I love it. In the few scenes I watched, Bruce hobnobbed with the wealthy, showed impressive business acumen, and then thrashed some villains, like six thugs at once. He’s the best. But how’d he get that way?

Blogger:     For starters, his parents were murdered?

Janney:     That provided motivation. We know why. But I wondered, how? He wasn’t bitten by a spider. No one injected him with a super serum, no gamma radiation, no parents from a distant planet. How does one become sharp at business, at social interactions, at violence, get the body of an olympian, all at once?

Blogger:     In the movie he was trained by the League of Shadows.

Janney:     This is where movies fall short of novels. The movie dedicates ten minutes to his training. Ten minutes to become the world’s most feared vigilante. But it would take a lifetime, or longer. And that’s where the fun is, that’s what a novel can explore.

Blogger:     So your book is a coming-of-age story?

Janney:     Yes. But I wanted to write a coming-of-age saga. Go from Bruce-the-boy to Bruce-the-Batman, so to speak, which took years. And all the tears, the fun, the adventure, the loss-of-innocence, the trials along the way.

Blogger:     I see your point. What fun would Harry Potter be if he went from the cupboard under the stairs to Auror in ten minutes?

Janney:     Exactly! The joy is in the journey. We want to watch Harry learning how to apparate or whatever.

Blogger:     Stuff like getting the Marauders Map and getting Ginny as a girlfriend?

Janney:    Especially getting Ginny.

Blogger:    So The Phantom of New York is a coming-of-age sage about Peter growing into…what exactly? A super hero?

Janney:    The best comparison I can think of is Zorro, though I don’t know if kids know about him. The reader meets Peter when he’s moving, waking up in a new place as a scared kid, and eventually he’ll be a fabled warrior, taking care of his city.

Blogger:    A warrior who is fulfilling a prophecy.

Janney:    Yes. Kinda. Readers will understand once they finish the book. Book two explains it even further. =)

​About the Author
Winner of the 2016 National Indie Excellence Award!
You work hard.
I write adventures.
Let me entertain you.
My favorite adventurers: Ender, Frodo and Sam, Rand, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, Katniss, Spenser, Peter and Alicia and Amy (from The Passage), Jack Ryan, Dirk Pitt, and many others, including my two sons and my super hot wife.

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