THE GREAT MOUSE WAR (A Book Pitch)
By: Kelsey Corcoran
Vladimir is the brave, young mouse king on the first floor of Castle Holiday Inn. Vladimir lives a happy, easy life; his mice are happy and his village is very prosperous as it is inside the kitchen walls. However, Vladimir and his people are blissfully unaware of the mice on the other floor and their politics. Famine spreads throughout Holiday Inn and the hundreds of mice on the other floors suffer while Vladimir and his mice are shielded from starvation.
The other mice discover Vladimir’s seemingly unlimited supply of food and King Henry on the eighth floor demands the food be shared for all of the mice. Vladimir disagrees and war breaks out in Holiday Inn. Vladimir will have to make new friends and allies to expand his kingdom and stand up to King Henry to defend his beloved home.
My children’s book, The Great Mouse War, is an epic adventure packed full of action. Corrupt kings against good kings, spies in elevator shafts, marching soldiers in the lobby, a counsel of robed magicians, and much, much more. What will happen when the human owners discover what is going on? How can mice defeat a cat? What will happen to Vladimir’s beloved home in the Kitchen Walls?
GHOST LINCOLN VS. ROBO-HITLER (A Book Pitch)
By: Xander Slay-Tamkin
Picture yourself tied to the roof of a burning building while shooting at flying zombies that have dynamite strapped to their heads. That will give you a faint idea of what it feels like to read this story.
Enter the year 3000. Aliens have picked up transmissions of old Nazi propaganda and have become devoted to Adolf Hitler. They stealthily invade earth to join their Fuhrer; but, finding him dead, they use a sample of his DNA to rebuild him as the mechanized overlord known as Robo-Hitler.
Sensing the impending danger of this malevolently mustached man, the Order of Ghost Presidents send their best warrior to aid America one last time. He is the vengeful and honorable spirit of Abraham Lincoln. He is Ghost Lincoln.
Now, follow this tale, written as a 2000-page rhyming epic poem, through danger, destruction, love, loss, murder, and monkeys as these resurrected leaders duke it out in a battle that is unmatched in scale and glory. You’ll see intergalactic bounty hunters, demon Nazis, fairies of the sea, and many other wild and baffling creatures that our hero must conquer to save all that is good and American. Can America withstand another World War II? Can a ghost love a woman? How many punches does it take to destroy Satan? Can the comic relief be killed off fast enough? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more, in…Ghost Lincoln Vs. Robo-Hitler.
CHRONICLES OF THE SUN (A Book Pitch)
By: Rachel Douglas
Nine-year-old Faylinn is a solar fairy and warrior-in-training on Sonne, a star much like our own sun—flaming, and too hot for most other life-forms. Life for Faylinn is made up of warrior training, riding her flare dragon, Eldin, and waiting for her wings to come in. Then her discovery of darkened and cooling sun spots growing over Sonne changes everything. Time is running out for the solar fairies, because if their Sonne becomes cold and dark, then they too will become cold—and dead.
Their only hope is to try to find the creator of their planet, Solon, the mightiest flare dragon of them all, so he can reignite the dying flames. However, Solon has been in hiding for thousands of years, following a clash between him and the solar fairy council. And the only way he can reignite the planet is if he sacrifices all of his magical power. So the question is, would Solon sacrifice everything that makes him the ruler of his dominion for a people that he hates? The council is convinced that he wouldn’t, and starts sending out units of solar warriors to find a replacement planet for all the fairies to move to before Sonne’s untimely destruction. Faylinn and Eldin, however, are sure that Solon could be convinced to give up his powers, for he was once of the solar fairies. There was a time long ago when he was the mount and closest friend of Oberon, the ancestor to all solar fairies.
Taking matters into their own hands, Faylinn and Eldin set out on an expedition to find the lair of Solon, a mission holding many perils. But even if they can find him, will Solon agree to give up his power and authority? Or will Faylinn and her people perish? In this story of believing in legends to believe in yourself, Faylinn must conquer her doubts in order to save her people from the ultimate end.
PYRAMIDS AND PARAPHERNALIA:
THE EGYPTIAN ADDICTION SERIES, BOOK ONE (A Book Pitch)
By: Wyatt Weber
In the sandy wake of a criminal-ridden town, a single pure soul, Jabari Al-Fulani conceals himself within the caged confines of a destroyed inner Egyptian city, averting the crazed casualties of drug mongers, unpredictable U.S. air raids, and the ravenous rag-tag infantry of the rebel leader and drug kingpin, Masud Khaldun.
As his initial act of courage, Jabari must overcome his fear brought on by horrific, bloody screams heard around the dark corners of the now outlandish labyrinth which once was his home. He must step out into lawless land where his dear sister, Aziza, is somewhere held captive after being separated from him in the midst of a destructive airstrike. Only catching the last glimpse of her as she was dragged away by rioting anarchists before vanishing into the havoc of smoke and fire, Jabari holds on to the dim hope his precious sister is still alive and sets off to the shanty towns of the ghetto. Along with the information he discovers about the newly named General Masud Khaldun forcibly recruiting young women for sex trafficking, Jabari discovers Aziza’s name among the victims.
To reach the powerful kingpin, Jabari must commit to doing the dirty work of a local high-ranking mobster, work he had resented as resulting in the destruction of his own city. Through a close encounter with Khaldun, Jabari finds himself one impure job away from seeing his sister again: performing the hideous act of murder upon the befriended mobster responsible for Jabari’s quick escalation through the mob hierarchy. Ultimately doubting Khaldun’s honesty, Jabari must turn to drastic measures. He must find a way to push Khaldun into a checkmate and retrieve his sister before time runs out.