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Video Interview with Erec Rex author Kaza Kingsley

New Erec Rex release on June 30th! Pre-Order today!

For the first ever post as the monthly SciFi/Fantasy Book Addict contributor, please enjoy a video interview with Kaza Kingsley, author of the incredible EREC REC series and an excerpt from the second book. The third Erec Rex novel in the series, Erec Rex: The Search for Truth, is being released on June 30th! Pre-order The Search for Truth today!

Fantasy fiction author Kaza Kingsley is a bestselling writer, artist and singer who loves to travel and thrives on adventure, especially in dangerous and mystical realms. When she is not off exploring, talking at schools, or doing book/media tours, Kaza can be found in Cincinnati with her loving family. She has won over young readers with the inventive gadgets, relentless action, and gross-out humor in her first book, Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye. The book became a bestseller and collected numerous children’s book awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Award for best new voice in juvenile fiction.

The second book in the series, Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness, deals with themes of adoption and acceptance under the mythological framework of the Hercules legend. As Erec fights to save the lives of 50 dragon hatchlings, his real quest is to uncover the truth about his own identity.

The excerpt below is from the forthcoming third book, Erec Rex: The Search for Truth

“Chapter One: The Substance Channel”
by Kaza Kingsley

It must have been a dream. That was the only explanation Erec Rex could think of for what had just happened. Yes, a nightmare. That’s what it was.

Thirteen-year-old Erec blinked a few times, waiting for his bedroom to appear. It did not. In fact, his skin still looked disturbingly green. And his fingernails—were they shrinking before his eyes? They hadn’t really been long claws a moment ago, had they?
      After waiting another minute, Erec squeezed his eyes shut, wishing he was anywhere else. The sad fact had sunk in—he was not in bed after all. He was lying on his back in Fork-Out Grocery. Heaps of sparkling pink notebooks and toppled stacks of diaper boxes were scattered all around him in a big mess on the floor.

At first he thought he was covered in snow. Then he saw the slashed boxes. Torn white fluff from shredded Lil’ Dumpling diapers covered everything around him like a Christmas display. But who would have shredded the diapers all over like that? He ran his hand through his dark hair, which was straight in front and wildly curly in the back, shaking diaper fuzz from his head.

Then Erec noticed gray dust sprinkling down from a black, charred hole in the side of a nearby case of spaghetti boxes. It looked like someone had blasted it with a flamethrower. Who could have come in here and done this? Someone really ransacked this place.

Erec gulped as a realization dawned on him. If he truly was here, in the grocery store, and he had not been dreaming, then maybe . . .

Could he have done all this?

This was not good.

A little girl stood staring at him, her lip trembling. She tugged on her mother’s skirt and pointed at Erec. The mother glanced at him with disgust, as if he was a delinquent who made a mess of store displays for fun.

Erec wished that were true. Because what really happened was far worse than a bout of bad behavior. What had just happened, in fact, should never have occurred here, in New Jersey, in plain sight of normal people.

Erec hid his eyes with a diaper fluff-covered hand. He had to face the facts. He had begun to turn into a dragon.

Learn more about this amazing author and this fantastic series on the website www.erecrex.com.

Now watch the video interview!

Her latest Erec Rex novel Erec Rex: The Search for Truth is being released on June 30th! Get your copy of Erec Rex today!

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Christine Rose is half of the husband/wife writing team: Christine and Ethan Rose, award-winning authors of YA fantasy Rowan of the Wood. The authors are on a year-long book tour, traveling the country in a fancifully painted RV they affectionately call the Geekalicous Gypsy Caravan. Christine blogs daily, produces two videos weekly (TheTuberRose) on YouTube, and was named one of the top 100 authors on Twitter by mashable. Catch her prolific tweets and pictures from the road @christinerose.
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