ENTER THE DIMENSION…
All Ion Jacobs ever wanted was to be normal. But when you’re capable of killing with your very thoughts, it’s hard to blend in with the crowd.
Running from his past and living in fear of being discovered, Ion knows he will never be an average college student. But when Hawk, the beautiful, mysterious girl next door unearths his darkest secret, Ion’s life is flipped upside-down. He’s shocked to discover a whole world of people just like him -- a world in another dimension, where things like levitation, shape-shifting, and immortality are not only possible… they’re normal.
the series
The blood rACE BOOK 1
All Ion Jacobs ever wanted was to be normal. But when you’re capable of killing with your very thoughts, it’s hard to blend in with the crowd.
Running from his past and living in fear of being discovered, Ion knows he will never be an average college student. But when Hawk, the beautiful, mysterious girl next door unearths his darkest secret, Ion’s life is flipped upside-down. He’s shocked to discover a whole world of people just like him -- a world in another dimension, where things like levitation, shape-shifting, and immortality are not only possible… they’re normal.
WORLDS BENEATH BOOK 2
When Icarus falls into the ravine, Hawk collapses into a coma -- and the Dimension crumbles into chaos.
Icarus plunges into a terrifying new world -- an endless green forest, where wolves appear out of nowhere and dreams seem as tangible as reality. To make matters worse, he can’t remember anything that came before the fall -- Hawk, the Dimension, even his own name.
Meanwhile, Hawk awakens to find the Dimension changed: harmony is turning to chaos and summer is changing to winter. She realizes what she has to do: find Icarus and bring him back.
rESURGENCE BOOK 3
200 years into Earth’s future, the Anomalies return…
When Icarus and the other Anomalies of the Dimension reemerge into a war-torn world, they have no idea how to take down the Reformed Global Militia — a military superpower which now rules by force and mind-control. Without Hawk or Sensei by his side, Icarus is haunted by his own self-doubt and questions his ability to lead the sliders into battle. But when he’s captured and inducted into the RGM, Icarus must face his biggest challenge yet: keep his true identity a secret from the power that wants to kill him.
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What inspired The Blood Race series?
The idea that we are powerful. That we have so, so much inside of us - and we don’t even realize it. We have unlimited potential inside of us. We are the anomalies, the creators and protectors of earth: whether we realize it or not, we are making tomorrow. We are creating every moment of every day, and we have the power to realize that and use it to bring the world inside of us to life. It changes everything.
What would you say is the number one theme of the Series?
The Blood Race and the two books that follow are stories about waking up. About searching for identity; who we truly are. For me the theme is really a question: who are we? Who are we really? Haven’t we all asked this question? Or haven’t we heard faint whispers of it each time we look into the mirror - each time we gaze into our own eyes and seem to peer past that darkness into a mystery deeper and more mystifying than we could possibly comprehend? For me, the series is about this mystery.
What would you say drives the characters in The Blood Race?
Hawk, Ion, Fin, and the rest of the students within the Dimension - every character in the series really, they each share a hunger: a longing we all feel inside of us. That there is something more, something else. That feeling that swells inside of us when we see the ocean, or when we gaze up into the stars, there’s something going on...so much more than we realize. I think C.S. Lewis put it well when he said:
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
...and what if that world is actually inside of us - waiting to be unleashed? What if it flows through our veins? What if we create that world?
What this story means and why it matters to you...in your own words?
It means that there is a mystery. There is meaning and purpose, and not just for some but for all. It means that there is a great an encompassing love inside and around us. It means that there is so much power inside of us - so much potential for good and beauty. It means that everything...absolutely everything is possible.
What’s one thing writing this series has taught you?
To dream.
To ask.
To leave more room for wonder.
To embrace the mystery.
To believe.