Atlantis Rising is the latest book from T.A. Barron, and the first chapter is now available to download for free!
You can get your first chapter of Atlantis Rising by liking the author’s Facebook page, and then clicking on the button at the top that says, “Free Chapter.”
The first chapter will be downloaded in PDF form for easy reading on the computer or your eReader. You’ll only have to fill out your name, age, and email address, and then the chapter will be sent to you.
The chapter is being given out for free, but the author has also chosen to donate a substantial amount of money to charity using proceeds from the sale of his latest book. For every chapter downloaded, Barron will donate $10 to one of a number of charities, up to $10,000 total.
The charities include:
Sierra Club
National Wildlife Federation
Environmental Defense Fund
The Wilderness Society
EarthJustice
Natural Resources Defense Council
Rainforest Action Network
All of these charities are centered around conservationism, which is something Barron has always strongly stood for. Indeed, novels like Tree Girl and The Lost Years of Merlin have a strong conservationism theme to them, specifically focusing on the effect humans can have their environment, whether detrimental or otherwise.
The back cover blurb for Atlantis Rising is as follows:
In a magical land called Ellegandia, a boy named Promi scrapes by, stealing pies, cakes, and sweets to survive. But when he takes a pie that belongs to the Divine Monk and gets thrown in a dangerous dungeon, Promi’s life changes completely. Marked at birth with the image of a soaring bird on his chest, Promi learns of a Prophecy that tells of someone with that mark who will save Ellegandia and bring about the end of all magic. Promi wants no part in this Prophecy, but because of a courageous girl named Atlanta who is trying to save her beloved forest, he is pulled into battles both on Earth and in the spirit realm. He may indeed bring about the end of all magic – but not in the way he or Atlanta expected.
With his trademark magic, adventure, and poignancy, master of fantasy T. A. Barron explores a whole new mythology – the origin of the legendary isle of Atlantis.
If you think Atlantis Rising is of interest to you, why not download the first chapter and help out one of the aforementioned charities? The book will be released in full on September 26.