The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira by Lou Diamond Phillips
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Actor Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba, Prodigal Son) has turned his attention to writing with The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira (Aethon), a science fantasy/space opera retelling of the Hans Christian Anderson tale of the same name.
The book already is receiving high praise. Author Chris Bohjalian calls it “a wonderful mashup of Stars Wars, Game of Thrones, and one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most complex fairy tales.”
Says author Craig Johnson, “An amazingly prescient tale from one of the finest storytellers I know, The Tinder Box is an otherworldly adventure combining a much-loved fable with the sweep and grandeur of a startling science-fiction epic.”
In this YA novel, we meet Everson. He didn’t want to be a soldier but his parents forced him to serve, as all good Indiran men should. The only problem? His first battle against their mortal enemies goes horribly wrong and he winds up stranded on the enemy planet.
Now, Everson has to survive in this strange new land where everyone is out to get him.
Not to mention that the planet Mano is covered in an unforgiving desert. And he’s the target of traitors who want to use him in a dastardly plot to overthrow their mad king, Xander the Firm, by having him retrieve a piece of mysterious and powerful ancient technology known as the Tinderbox.
But everything changes during a chance encounter with the king’s daughter, Allegra. Despite her station, she’s in as grave of danger from her own people as Everson is. And though their peoples have been at odds for centuries, an unlikely spark forms between them. As their worlds come crashing down around them, their forbidden love might be the only chance to end this war forever. And if not, it might just be the doom of everyone.
The audiobook version of The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira is produced by Podium Audio and will be narrated by award-winning voice over artist R.C. Bray (The Martian) and actress Julia Whelan (The Secret Life of Zoey).
