Compete

Written by Vera Nazarian

Narrated by Sofia Willingham

It's one thing to Qualify . . . But do you have what it takes to Compete?

With Earth about to be destroyed by an extinction level asteroid, teenage nerd, geek, and awkward smart girl Gwen Lark, barely Qualified for rescue onboard one of the thousands of ark-ships headed to the ancient colony planet Atlantis.

Now faced with a year-long journey in space, life in a wondrously alien environment, and many tough life choices, Gwen must decide who or what she will become. Fleet Cadet or Civilian? Friend or lover? Average or extraordinary?

Can she make new friends? Can she trust the old ones, such as Logan Sangre, her sexy high school crush and an Earth special operative?

Time and time again, Gwen's uncanny ability to come up with the best answer in a crisis saves her life and others. And now, her unique Logos voice makes her an extremely valuable commodity to the Atlanteans-so much so that her enigmatic commanding officer Aeson Kassiopei, who is also the Imperial Prince of Atlantis, has taken an increasingly personal interest in her.

Before the end of the journey, Gwen must convince him that she has what it takes to compete in the deadly Games of the Atlantis Grail.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Dec 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9781515943280

Vera Nazarian

VERA NAZARIAN is a two-time Nebula Award Finalist, 2018 Dragon Award Finalist, award-winning artist, a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and a writer with a penchant for moral fables and stories of intense wonder, true love, and intricacy.She immigrated to the USA from the former USSR as a kid, sold her first story at the age of 17, and since then has published numerous works in anthologies and magazines, and has seen her fiction translated into eight languages.She is the author of critically acclaimed novels DREAMS OF THE COMPASS ROSE and LORDS OF RAINBOW, the outrageous parodies MANSFIELD PARK AND MUMMIES and NORTHANGER ABBEY AND ANGELS AND DRAGONS, and most recently, PRIDE AND PLATYPUS: MR. DARCY'S DREADFUL SECRET in her humorous and surprisingly romantic Supernatural Jane Austen Series, as well as the Renaissance epic fantasy COBWEB BRIDE Trilogy.Her bestselling and award-winning series THE ATLANTIS GRAIL is now a cross-genre phenomenon -- a high-octane YA / teen dystopian apocalyptic science fiction adventure, romance, and historical mystery thriller -- has been optioned for film, and is in development as a major motion picture franchise or TV series.After many years in Los Angeles, Vera lives in a small town in Vermont, and uses her Armenian sense of humor and her Russian sense of suffering to bake conflicted pirozhki and make art.Her official author website is http://www.veranazarian.comTo be notified when new books come out, subscribe to the Mailing List:http://eepurl.com/hKaeo

Reviews for Compete

[kp9949 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great story! I am not a huge fan of Young Adult novels, but a good book is a good book. I loved its predecessor (Qualify) and this one was no disappointment. It took our brave young people who had competed for a chance to save their own lives due to an approaching apocalypse from qualifying to competing. As with the first book, I could not put it down. Everything stopped while I read the book, and I am anxiously awaiting the next book in the series.

[scrib7gums · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wow!
What a cliffhanger.
I thoroughly enjoyed this and the first book and I'm already hanging out for the third instalment. I think I enjoyed this one more than the first because so much had to be learnt in the first book. This applies to 'Lark' as well as myself.
It is such a delight to read a book and not have any context or spelling errors.
Please hurry with the third book but don't sacrifice the time it takes against the proof reading.