For over a thousand years, the Tanoa have relied on their
line of Earth Shamen to bring rich harvests, temper stone tools and weapons,
and imbue pottery with strength like metal. Now, though, the bloodline has
dwindled to one Shaman, Tuwa, who is trapped high in the mountains, holding
bedrock together to prevent a volcanic eruption while the rest of her people flee
to safety. The only way to save the village is for her to sacrifice herself and
buy them the time they need to evacuate.

But her grandson, Ahote, refuses to abandon her to die.
Rather than do as she asks—marry and bear daughters who might inherit her
gift—he sets out to find the one person who might be able to save Tuwa’s life.

Kasha is a Tanoa girl in who lives in Solace, a city of
the pale-skinned Andalanos. If the Engineers Guild ever discovers her gender or
race, they could order her execution—for in violation of the King’s law, Master
Engineer Seamus trained Kasha as his apprentice. She is a genius in all things
mechanical and earned her master certification when only fourteen years old.
Since Seamus’s death, she has been discreetly working his job as the City
Engineer.

No engineer in history could save Tuwa; it requires an
invention unlike anything the world has ever seen. Kasha believes she can do
it, but when Ahote breaks the Andalanos’ most sacred law, she is caught between
worlds. Kasha must choose between her Tanoa heritage and her Andalano friends
who have risked their lives to give her the only career she has ever wanted.
Choosing one means betraying the other, and in this world, betrayal means
death.

You can pre- order these books on Amazon. 

I write as both Emily Mah (for science fiction and
fantasy) and E.M. Tippetts (for chick lit). My short stories have appeared
in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Black Gate, and anthologies like The
Dragon and the Stars, Shanghai Steam, and The Change: Tales of Downfall and
Rebirth. My E.M. Tippetts novels have been on the Amazon Top 100 numerous
times, and my novel, Someone Else’s Fairytale was semi-finalist for the Best
Indie Book of the Year – Kindle Book Review, and a runner up in Romance for the
Best of the Independent Book Awards – eFestival of Words.

I’m a graduate of the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop for Science Fiction and Fantasy and Viable Paradise Writers Workshop, and I often teach the
unit on self-publishing at the Taos Toolbox Writers Workshop.

When I’m not writing or chasing small children, I
manage E.M. Tippetts Book Designs, my company which offers
formatting, cover design, and editing services to authors and publishers.

For more information about Emily Mah please visit her
YouTube Channel, Facebook, Twitter or watch her interviews for Black Gate. Or
sign up for her mailing list. 

The author is giving away an ebook of the first book in
the series, Restless Earth, to everyone
who signs up for her mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bitx49

This event was organized by CBB Book Promotions.