Today I'm pleased to showcase some beautiful Character Artwork from Linda Ulleseit's novels On A Wing and A Dare and In the Winds of Danger.
The artwork was done by the talented Susan Stec!
Meet Evan and Clyth!
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Linda Ulleseit
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Author Bio: Linda
Ulleseit was born and raised in Saratoga, California, and has taught elementary
school in San Jose since 1996. She enjoys cooking, cross-stitching, reading,
and spending time with her family. Her favorite subject is writing, and her
students get a lot of practice scribbling stories and essays. Someday Linda
hopes to see books written by former students alongside hers in bookstores.
Her first
novel, ON A WING AND A DARE, was published in 2012. It is a Young Adult fantasy
set in medieval Wales, complete with flying horses, a love triangle, and
treachery. It’s sequel, IN THE WINDS OF DANGER, was released March, 2013. The
focus of that book is the misty past of a groom and the murky future of a
rider.
As a child,
Linda always loved to write. She took her first creative writing course in
seventh grade, accumulating a closet full of stories that she never showed
anyone until 2007. At that time, she gave the first draft of a flying horse
book to a teacher colleague to read. . ON A WING AND A DARE began as a
NaNoWriMo novel in 2009. It was revised with the help of reviewers on
thenextbigwriter.com over the next two years. For NaNo 2011, Linda drafted the
sequel, IN THE WINDS OF DANGER.
The next
Flying Horse book is a novella titled WINGS OVER TREMEIRCHSON. It will be
released as an ebook in Fall 2013. It follows the story of Hoel and Neste,
parents of a main character in ON A WING AND A DARE. This fall, also, Linda
will begin drafting UNDER A WILD AND DARKENING SKY, the end to the flying horse
trilogy.
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ON A WING AND A DARE
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Book Blurb: Flying
horses…a love triangle…poison….Welcome to Tremeirchson.
In Tremeirchson, a barn leader’s children are expected to follow their
parents into the sky, becoming riders of the magnificent winged horses that are
the medieval Welsh village’s legacy. Neither Emma nor Davyd, however, want to
follow that tradition.
Sixteen-year-old Emma risks losing her family by following her heart.
Eager to take her place in the air, she longs to ride a forbidden winged colt
born in barn of her father’s biggest rival. She also dreams of the rival’s
sons, not sure which she truly loves. Bold and exciting, Evan will someday lead
his father’s barn. Davyd is quieter, more dependable, with an ability to get
things done. Her father disapproves of both boys and pushes her toward an
ambitious newcomer. He also insists she ride the colt he’s picked for her.
Davyd, also sixteen, is plagued with a secret—he is afraid of heights.
Refusing to become a rider means public humiliation, his parents’
disappointment, and lifelong ridicule from his brother, Evan. He reluctantly
prepares to join his family aloft in the Aerial Games that provide the entire
village with its livelihood and tries desperately to think of an alternative.
As Tremeirchson’s barns prepare for the Rider Ceremony, winged horses
suddenly start dying. Shocked, the adults hesitate, mired in tradition and
politics. Is it a disease or poison? Accidental or purposeful? Someone must
discover the answer and act before all the winged horses in the world are gone
forever.
IN THE WINDS
OF DANGER
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Book blurb:
Nineteen year old Nia is shocked when she is secretly
offered the leadership of Third Barn. This new barn full of flying horses will
need someone confident, experienced, and innovative, so why are both warring
factions pursuing an untried girl? Suspicious that both sides want a puppet
instead of a leader, Nia races to discover their secrets before making the
biggest decision of her life.
Some of those secrets are unknowingly buried in the disconnected memories of a young groom named Owain. Terror and guilt haunt Owain’s dreams – and then a face from his nightmare arrives in High Meadow. Owain looks for answers in his past and uncovers a dangerous plot that could doom High Meadow's future. How can he foil the plot and save his people as well as the winged horses?
Some of those secrets are unknowingly buried in the disconnected memories of a young groom named Owain. Terror and guilt haunt Owain’s dreams – and then a face from his nightmare arrives in High Meadow. Owain looks for answers in his past and uncovers a dangerous plot that could doom High Meadow's future. How can he foil the plot and save his people as well as the winged horses?
WINGS OVER
TREMEIRCHSON
(a flying horse novella)
Book Blurb: Eighteen year old Neste rides a
winged horse in Tremeirchson's Aerial Games and she is betrothed to the barn
leader's son, Hoel. Life would be wonderful if Hoel wasn't so unpleasant to the
other riders. Adam, on the other hand, is handsome and nice but a terrible
rider. Together, Hoel and Adam are the perfect man. Obviously she can't have
both of them. When Neste's winged horse is involved in a terrible accident, her
life changes and she must make different choices about her future. Can she go
against her father's dying wish that she marry Hoel? Can she forgive Adam? Can
she make a life away from the barn and the winged horses she loves? 
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Gorgeous artwork!
ReplyDeleteIt captured them so well!
DeleteAwesome, Linda. I love this series.
ReplyDeleteI love this series as well!
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