Here's the gorgeous cover for OCULUM ECHO, coming October 2022!

This new book baby went to press last week! WELCOME OCULUM ECHO!

"From the Governor General's Literary Award-winning author of Firefly.

The explosions come in the night. Miranda1, Mannfred, Grannie, and the one thousand children of Oculum must flee their farm, chased by the UnRuly. But there is hope: a voice from the past sends word of a book that may hold the secret to their survival.

Just as they begin their journey through the wasteland, Echo1 wakes up after an eighty-three-year sleep and is given a mission to find the four domes of the children of Oculum, and to find the First One, whatever the cost."

What gorgeous covers for OCULUM ECHO, thank you to artist Emily Weedon. The book will be out in the world fully on October 1, 2022. I'll be holding a book launch, or a signing depending on the state of the pandemic I guess, stay tuned for more. As always, thank you to my fabulous publisher, DCB Young Readers, for letting me tell this second story in The Children of Oculum series! It was a gift to go back into this world, and explore what happens to the children next.

It's not a simple story, but I am glad that I wrote it and that you'll get to read it. Once again, the children face pandemic, climate crisis, and this time war (sadly prescient on all three) ... but there is hope in this story. Kindness. An effort made to mitigate at the last minute. And a new character. Can't WAIT for you to meet Echo1.

SOON!

To request a copy for review, an author interview or more, contact DCB Young Readers.