Hello lovelies,
Today, I have a special guest on the blog. Mr. Christian Schoon himself has prepared an inside look into the research for his debut science fiction novel, Zenn Scarlett. But first, a little about the book.
When you’re studying to be exoveterinarian specializing in exotic, alien life forms, school… is a different kind of animal.
Zenn Scarlett is a resourceful, determined 17-year-old girl working hard to make it through her novice year of exovet training. That means she’s learning to care for alien creatures that are mostly large, generally dangerous and profoundly fascinating. Zenn’s all-important end-of-term tests at the Ciscan Cloister Exovet Clinic on Mars are coming up, and, she’s feeling confident of acing the exams. But when a series of inexplicable animal escapes and other disturbing events hit the school, Zenn finds herself being blamed for the problems. As if this isn’t enough to deal with, her absent father has abruptly stopped communicating with her; Liam Tucker, a local towner boy, is acting unusually, annoyingly friendly; and, strangest of all: Zenn is worried she’s started sharing the thoughts of the creatures around her. Which is impossible, of course. Nonetheless, she can’t deny what she’s feeling.
Now, with the help of Liam and Hamish, an eight-foot sentient insectoid also training at the clinic, Zenn must learn what’s happened to her father, solve the mystery of who, if anyone, is sabotaging the cloister, and determine if she’s actually sensing the consciousness of her alien patients… or just losing her mind. All without failing her novice year….
From goodreads.com
Born in the American Midwest, Christian started his writing career in earnest as an in-house writer at the Walt Disney Company in Burbank, California. He then became a freelance writer working for various film, home video and animation studios in Los Angeles. After moving from LA to a farmstead in Iowa several years ago, he continues to freelance and also now helps re-hab wildlife and foster abused/neglected horses. He acquired his amateur-vet knowledge, and much of his inspiration for the Zenn Scarlett series of novels, as he learned about – and received an education from – these remarkable animals and the awesome veterinarians who care so deeply for them.
Zenn Scarlett is out May 7th, 2013.
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This book sounds really good! I went and added it to my Goodreads TBR list. 🙂 I'm currently writing a YA story that involves a Mars mission, so I'm definitely into anything about Mars, space, what have you. And girl who wants to work with alien creatures? Sounds fantastic!
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Hi and thanks again Valia for letting me schmooze w/ you & your gang here.And thanks Jaime for stopping by; yeah, Mars just has this special grip on us Earthers, huh? I've had a thing for that planet ever since reading the Edgar Rice Burroughs books in grade school.
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