Scar of the Downers by Scott Keen
Publication date: February 27th 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Branded on the slaves in the Northern Reaches beyond Ungstah, the scar marks each one as a Downer. It is who they are. There is no escaping this world. Still, strange things are stirring.
Two foreigners ride through the Northern Reaches on a secret mission. An unknown cloaked figure wanders the streets of the dark city of Ungstah. What they want no one can be sure, but it all centers around a Downer named Crik.
Crik, too scared to seek freedom, spends his days working in his master’s store, avoiding the spirit-eating Ash Kings, and scavenging food for himself and his best friend, Jak. Until he steals from the wrong person. When Jak is sold to satisfy the debt, Crik burns down his master’s house and is sentenced to death.
To survive, Crik and his friends must leave behind their life of slavery to do what no other Downer has ever done before – escape from the city of Ungstah.
I graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Script & Screenwriting, and so my first foray into writing stories was through screenplays and plays. So a couple of the “authors” were playwrights, and it was their plays that influenced me in the earliest stages.
1. J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Walter Wangerin Jr.
3. Victor Hugo
4. Charles Dickens
5. C.S. Lewis
6. J.K. Rowling
7. George MacDonald
8. Arthur Miller
9. Lois Lowry
10. Eugene O’Neill
About the Author
Scott grew up in Black River, NY, the youngest of three children. While in law school, he realized he didn’t want to be a lawyer. So he did the practical thing – he became a writer. Now, many years later with an MFA in script and screenwriting, he is married with four daughters, two of whom he homeschools.
Author links:
http://www.scottkeenbooks.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13464631.Scott_Keen
https://www.facebook.com/scarofthedowners?_rdr
https://twitter.com/scottkeenbooks
Excellent giveaway. Love the title of your novel
Thanks for hosting today, Brooke! 🙂
I love finding new, exciting authors to add to my shelf. This books sounds very intriguing.
Looks like a great read! I love a good book that keeps me turning pages until the very end. This one sounds like that!
The writer is very handsome. I followed him on Goodreads.
Sounds great! And I love your top 10 list of most influential authors. Great choices.
Good job