Author
Name: Alex
Lidell
Release
date: Jan
10, 2013
Genre:
Fantasy
Age
Group: Young
Adult
Tour
organized by: AToMR
Tours
Tamora Pierce
meets George R. R. Martin in this smart, political, medieval
fantasy-thriller.
There is a new king on the throne of Tildor. Currents of political unrest sweep the country as two warring crime families seek power, angling to exploit the young Crown's inexperience. At the Academy of Tildor, the training ground for elite soldiers, Cadet Renee de Winter struggles to keep up with her male peers. But when her mentor, a notorious commander recalled from active duty to teach at the Academy, is kidnapped to fight in illegal gladiator games, Renee and her best friend Alec find themselves thrust into a world rife with crime, sorting through a maze of political intrigue, and struggling to resolve what they want, what is legal, and what is right.
There is a new king on the throne of Tildor. Currents of political unrest sweep the country as two warring crime families seek power, angling to exploit the young Crown's inexperience. At the Academy of Tildor, the training ground for elite soldiers, Cadet Renee de Winter struggles to keep up with her male peers. But when her mentor, a notorious commander recalled from active duty to teach at the Academy, is kidnapped to fight in illegal gladiator games, Renee and her best friend Alec find themselves thrust into a world rife with crime, sorting through a maze of political intrigue, and struggling to resolve what they want, what is legal, and what is right.
Alex
Lidell (www.alexlidell.com)
was a finalist in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novelist Award
competition and lives in New Jersey. This is her first novel.
Social
Media links:
Twitter:
@alexlidell
Facebook:
http://ow.ly/bbdw9
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Links
to find/buy your book:
Amazon:
http://ow.ly/bbb0C
Website
www.alexlidell.com
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13549523-the-cadet-of-tildor
About
the Author
Alex
Lidell is a YA fantasy writer and author of ABNA Finalist THE CADET
OF TILDOR (Penguin, 2013).
Although
English is Alex’s primary language, it wasn’t her first.
Coming from Russia, Alex learned english in elementary school and
fell in love with reading when the school librarian put Tamora
Pierce’s ALANNA into her hands. Years later, in college, it
was another book that re-united Alex with russian, which she had
shunned in adolescence. The Three Musketeers.* Alex thanks both
books, and the writers who created them.
Beyond
writing, Alex is also a photographer, a horseback rider, and a
paramedic. The latter two go hand in hand more often than one
would like. She is trying to self-teach herself and her horse
to sword-fight.
Alex
would love to see THE CADET OF TILDOR in the classroom and is working
on developing teacher guides for the novel. She enjoys
“e-meeting” both students and educators.
Character Run Down
Name: Headmaster
Verin
Age: 50s
Physical
description:
“Get your animal under
control, Commander,” said a familiar voice. Its owner, leaner and
more gray-haired than Savoy remembered, guided his own horse through
the crowd. He sat tall in his saddle and his eyes scrutinized Savoy
from head to toe, as if he were a boy caught after the curfew bell.
“The mount oft reflects the mood of his rider.”
Quote
that really fits this character’s personality:
“You should not startle me
so.” [said Savoy]
“Ah, my mistake then.”
Verin pulled down on his tunic, settling it back into place. His
forehead creased. “I had been under the impression that I raised a
self-controlled military officer and not a wild animal. I thank you
for correcting the misconception.”
Good
quality: Shrewd
and decisive
Vice: ends
justify the means.
**GIVEAWAY**
The author is offering the giveaway:
$20
Amazon Gift Card, PLUS a copy of THE CADET OF TILDOR with swag – US
$20
Book Depository Gift Card – International
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