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Towers Trilogy: Radiant, Defiant, Towers Fall

post-apocalyptic YA trilogy in a dystopian world where those with magic live in living floating towers

a nonmagical girl in the under-city who can see ghosts tethers herself to a a powerful ghost, and they find themselves hunted for their power

no romance, female friendship, dark magic

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REVIEW: Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith

REVIEW: Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith

The final installment of Karina Sumner-Smith’s Towers trilogy is finally here. While I haven’t devotedly followed the trail of this trilogy, I’ve admired it and been a fan from afar, ever since I reviewed the first book Radiant in July 2014. Mainly, I was relieved to read a book featuring two leading female characters that didn’t focus on some kind of bitter rivalry between the two or pit them…

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Radiant by Karina Sumner-Smith - Fancast 

Britne Oldford as Xhea and Willow Shields as Shai

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Towers Fall, the third book in the Towers Trilogy by Karina Sumner-Smith released last week, and we have a copy to give away to one lucky winner! If you’d like a chance to bring this book home, you’ll need to get your entries in by midnight Eastern time on the night of Monday, November 30, 2015. Take a look below to see all the ways you can enter.

(Continue reading Contest: Win Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith! at Fandomania)

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Happy Book Birthday to TOWERS FALL!!

It’s a great day for book birthdays! Please help us congratulate Karina Sumner-Smith whose epic fantasy trilogy concludes today’s release of TOWERS FALL!

“Towers Fall is the third and final volume in Karina Sumner-Smith’s debut trilogy from Talos Books. I’m tempted to call it a tour-de-force, but that’s mainly for the strength of my emotional reaction to this, the climax and conclusion of a very strong arc. Sumner-Smith’s career, I think, will be well worth watching.” – Tor.com

“In this strong culmination of author Sumner-Smith’s Towers Trilogy, the dark magic of living woman Xhea and the bright magic of ghostly Shai must be brought into balance in order to save their futuristic home from destruction…Sumner-Smith powerfully portrays a world of duality and dichotomy through characters brimming with strength, determination, and self-sacrifice.” – Publishers Weekly

TOWERS FALL War. Fire. Destruction. Xhea believed that the Lower City had weathered the worst of its troubles—that their only remaining fight would be the struggle to rebuild before winter. She was wrong.

Now her home is under attack from an unexpected source. The Central Spire, the City’s greatest power, is intent on destroying the heart of the magical entity that resides beneath the Lower City’s streets. The people on the ground have three days to evacuate—or else.

With nowhere to go and time running out, Xhea and the Radiant ghost Shai attempt to rally a defense. Yet with the Spire’s wrath upon them, nothing—not their combined magic, nor their unexpected allies—may be strong enough to protect them from the power of the City.

From Nebula Award–nominated author Karina Sumner-Smith, Towers Fall is a fantastic climax to this amazing and thought-provoking trilogy.

Congratulations Karina! Check out the rest of the trilogy on Karina’s website: www.karinasumnersmith.com

And say hi and cheers on twitter @ksumnersmith

Happy Book Birthday to TOWERS FALL!! was originally published on kt literary

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These books, you guys. These books! The first two are out, the third one is coming pretty soon but book two doesn't end on a cliffhanger, you're fine, just go buy Radiant and Defiant right now. Why? Um, how about an incredibly diverse, compelling, new world with fabulous magic and gorgeous writing? How about a cranky delightful gutsy necromancer girl of color fighting the classist status quo? How about strong female friendships, anti-capitalist wrath, terrifying risks with real consequences, hope and affection and learning to respect and love and care for both others and yourself? How about injuries and disabilities with no magical cures? How about characters with complex agendas and conflicting motivations? You guys, this is the political and economic thriller with a main character from the lower classes like you never knew you wanted (or maybe just never believed you could have). Do you love diverse lady-centric stories about raging against the political machine? Do you like new and exciting magic systems and vaguely dystopian, beautifully complex secondary worlds? Do you like series where the second book is *even better* than the first book instead of a letdown? This and NK Jemisin's Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, guys. They're rocking this genre. (Ok cards on the table I know the author but I do not rec things I don't love and also I can promise that she is a ridiculously quality human being, okay? So go read these. They're worth your time.)

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Holy shhhhiiiiiiiiit the Towers trilogy is so good. Shai and Xhea--you guys are KILLING ME. Friendship (or something more? ;)) to last the ages. Karina Sumner-Smith did a really great job with these books. Can't wait for the last one.

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Happy Book Birthday to DEFIANT!

Congratulations to Karina Sumner-Smith – her second fantasy DEFIANT, is available today!

DEFIANT is the second book in her epic TOWERS trilogy and follows RADIANT which was named Top 10 SF/F/H (science fiction/ fantasy/ horror) of 2014 by Publishers Weekly.

Ed Greenwood, creator of The Forgotten Realms and New York Times bestselling author of SPELLFIRE, THE HERALD, etc. read RADIANT and said, “This beautifully-written page turner is topnotch. A world that comes alive, rich and magical; characters you want to spend time with; a heroine to root for; trust, friendship, and belonging – – RADIANT has it all! Fantasy not your cup of tea? You should read this one anyway; it deserves space on every bookshelf. Where’s the next one?”

To answer Ed, Voila! Here is the next one… DEFIANT Once, Xhea’s wants were simple: enough to eat, safety in the underground, and the hit of bright payment to transform her gray-cast world into color. But in the aftermath of her rescue of the Radiant ghost Shai, she realizes the life she had known is gone forever.

In the two months since her fall from the City, Xhea has hidden in skyscraper Edren, sheltered and attempting to heal. But soon even she must face the troubling truth that she might never walk again. Shai, ever faithful, has stayed by her side—but the ghost’s very presence has sent untold fortunes into Edren’s coffers and dangerously unbalanced the Lower City’s political balance.

War is brewing. Beyond Edren’s walls, the other skyscrapers have heard tell of the Radiant ghost and the power she holds; rumors, too, speak of the girl who sees ghosts who might be the key to controlling that power. Soon, assassins stalk the skyscrapers’ darkened corridors while armies gather in the streets. But Shai’s magic is not the only prize—nor the only power that could change everything. At last, Xhea begins to learn of her strange dark magic, and why even whispers of its presence are enough to make the Lower City elite tremble in fear.

Together, Xhea and Shai may have the power to stop a war—or become a weapon great enough to bring the City to its knees. That is, if the magic doesn’t destroy them first.

Congratulations Karina! Happy reading everyone! Feel free to stop by her website to check out these books: www.karinasumnersmith.com

or say hi and congrats on twitter @ksumnersmith Cheers!

Happy Book Birthday to DEFIANT! was originally published on kt literary