Acknowledgments
Thank you thank you thank you to the READERSof both the Dwellers Saga and the Country Saga (orboth). You and you alone make me want to write forever andever!
Thanks to the awesomeness who is my wife,Adele, who pushes me to be better, to try harder, to never give up.I’ve stepped through so many important doors in my life because ofyou.
Another BIG thanks to Rhomy at Black LionBook Tours, who once again got things kicked off the right way witha fun and amazing blog tour. Your enthusiasm and optimism iscontagious!
To Regina Wamba, my cover artist, youabsolutely nailed the third cover. The three together are anabsolute work of art that represent the series so well.
Thank you to my beta team, most of whom havebeen around for all six books in the combined series so far. Thefollowing people should be recorded in the ship’s annals as beingAWESOMESAUCE: Laurie Love, Alexandria Theodosopoulos, Kerri Hughes,Terri Thomas, Lolita Verroen, Rachel Schade, Brooke DelVecchio andAnthony Briggs Jr.
And finally, to my street team, you rock! MyARCs couldn’t possibly have a better home than in front of youreyes. If you didn’t get the word out, I’d be poor and homeless(well, more poor and homeless than I already am).
The saga continues in other books by DavidEstes available through the author’s official website:
http://davidestesbooks.blogspot.com
or through select online retailers includingSmashwords.com.
Young-Adult Books by David Estes
The Dwellers Saga:
Book One—The Moon Dwellers
Book Two—The Star Dwellers
Book Three—The Sun Dwellers
Book Four—The Earth Dwellers (ComingSeptember 5, 2013!)
The Country Saga (A Dwellers Saga sisterseries):
Book One—Fire Country
Book Two—Ice Country
Book Three—Water and Storm Country
Book Four—The Earth Dwellers (ComingSeptember 5, 2013!)
The Witch Wars:
Book One—Brew (Coming December 12, 2013!)
The Evolution Trilogy:
Book One—Angel Evolution
Book Two—Demon Evolution
Book Three—Archangel Evolution
Children’s Books by David Estes
The Adventures of Nikki Powergloves:
Nikki Powergloves—A Hero Is Born
Nikki Powergloves and the Power Council
Nikki Powergloves and the Power Trappers
Nikki Powergloves and the Great Adventure
Nikki Powergloves vs. the Power Outlaws(Coming soon!)
Connect with David Estes Online
David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite
Blog/website
About the Author
David Estes was born in El Paso, Texas butmoved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was very young. He grewup in Pittsburgh and then went to Penn State for college.Eventually he moved to Sydney, Australia where he met his wife andsoul mate, Adele, who he’s now been happily married to for morethan two years.
A reader all his life, David began writingnovels for the children's and YA markets in 2010, and has completed15 novels, 13 of which have been published. In June of 2012, Davidbecame a fulltime writer and is now travelling the world with Adelewhile he writes books, and she writes and takes photographs.
David gleans inspiration from all sorts ofcrazy places, like watching random people do entertaining things,dreams (which he jots copious notes about immediately after wakingup), and even from thin air sometimes!
David’s a writer with OCD, a love of dancingand singing (but only when no one is looking or listening), amad-skilled ping-pong player, an obsessive Goodreads group member,and prefers writing at the swimming pool to writing at a table. Heloves responding to e-mails, Facebook messages, Tweets, blogcomments, and Goodreads comments from his readers, all of whom heconsiders to be his friends.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
THE EARTH DWELLERS
BOOK 4 OF BOTH THE DWELLERS SAGA AND THECOUNTRY SAGA
Available anywhere e-books are sold onSeptember 5, 2013!
The Earth Dwellers will cap off aneighteen month journey that has taken me from unknown Indie authorto still-mostly-unknown fulltime Indie author. The change isa subtle one for most people, but for me it’s a dream come true. Tothe hundreds (and now maybe even thousands!) of readers who havecome along for the ride with me, either by reading the DwellersSaga, the Country Saga, or both, I thank you from thebottom of my heart.
Now down to business. There may be some ofyou who have only read the three books in the Country Saga,and are now thinking you’ll read The Earth Dwellers, whichis supposedly the 4th book in the Country Saga,even if the title sounds a bit funny. Well, that’s awesome!However, I must highly recommend that before reading The EarthDwellers that you read the three books of the DwellersSaga: The Moon Dwellers, The Star Dwellers, andThe Sun Dwellers. Trust me, doing so will greatly enhanceyour experience, as The Earth Dwellers will be takingsignificant characters from both series and crashing them together(yes, like a water country wave) into an action-packed tale ofstruggle and loss and hope and friendship…and maybe a little love,too ;)
Anyway, that’s my advice, it’s up to you whatto do with it. In any case, thanks for being a part of my ownadventure, I’m a better person for having written stories foryou!
Recommended Reading prior to The EarthDwellers
Fire Country
Ice Country
Water & Storm Country
The Moon Dwellers
The Star Dwellers
The Sun Dwellers
A SNEAK PEEK
THE EARTH DWELLERS
BOOK 4 OF BOTH THE DWELLERS SAGA AND THECOUNTRY SAGA
Available anywhere e-books are sold September5th, 2013!
Chapter One
Adele
I blink against theblinding sun and the crimson sky and the birds wheeling overhead,and they’re still there. My mind is spinning, remembering: the longjourney with Tristan through the rock-surrounded shaft, theexhilarating walk down the tunnel to end all tunnels, the thrill ofstepping out onto the surface of the earth, of kissing Tristan, ofbreathing the real, real air.
And then the three girls appearing, as iffrom nowhere. But no, they stepped from the shadow of the very rocklooming behind us. The middle one asked a question—something aboutwho we are and a sun goddess, right?—one that’s still hanging inthe air, patiently awaiting an answer.
I open my mouth to speak, but nothing comesout; not a breath, not a word, not a sound.
Thankfully, Tristan answers for the both ofus. “I’m Tristan Nailin, a sun dweller, and this is Adele Rose, amoon dweller. We’ve come from the depths of the earth.”
The girls just stare at us for a moment, thetwo on the sides not smiling, but not frowning either—just staring,like we’re covered in filth. The one in the middle, however, iswearing a thick scowl, her eyebrows bent and threatening to pinchher nose. I want to look away, to avert my eyes under theirscrutiny, but I don’t. I stare right back.