Hello droogs!
Today’s the big day for the AURORA RISING cover reveal! We won’t waste much of your time, since we’re sure you want to get to the loot and AMAZING cover itself, but, we must say a special thanks to the incredible team at Allen and Unwin, our brilliant cover designer Debra Billson and our incrediballs illustrator, the one and only Charlie Bowater (squeeeeeee)!
So! We’ll do this in three stages.
 

1. Pre-orders

Pre-orders are the lifeblood of any book’s launch, and there’s no better way to support your fave authors than pre-ordering their next book. So, if you’re inclined, links are below.
If you do pre-order, thank you! And if you’re an ILLUMINAE fan, save your receipts, because we’ll be announcing a pre-order offer early next year that you will not want to miss out on. Trust us.

AUSTRALIA
Booktopia
Dymocks
Angus and Robertson

UNITED KINGDOM
Amazon uk
Waterstones
Foyles

UNITED STATES
Amazon
Barnes&Noble
Indiebound
Powells
Book Depository
 

2. ARC giveaway

We have FIVE AURORA RISING ARCs to give away. Behold the awesome:

If you’d like the chance to win one just in time for the holidays, read on. And we seriously mean read. YES, THE WHOLE THING.

THIS CONTEST IS OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. BRITONS. AUSTRALIANS. AMERICANS. MARTIANS. WE GIVE NO TOSSES ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE FROM.

Each of you will be given two chances to enter. Yes, this means you can enter twice, and we encourage you to do so:

1. Tweet about the cover reveal. Your tweet must include a link to this site and the hashtag #squad312. Other than that, do what you like. If your tweet is cool or creative, you might get extra entries. If you’re slack (and that’s ok, so are we), here’s a sample tweet:The AURORA RISING cover is live, and my eyes are bleeding from the awesome. Make with the clickies:
   jaykristoff.com
   #squad312
   
2. Post the cover artwork onto your instagram feed. You must include the hashtag #squad312 (otherwise we won’t see it)

 
That’s it. Two ways to enter. Enter both ways, double your chances of winning. Simple, yes?
This contest closes on Sunday, December 23.
 

 3. The cover!

 
From the internationally bestselling authors of THE ILLUMINAE FILES comes an epic new science fiction adventure.

The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…

A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm
A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates
A smart-ass techwiz with the galaxy’s biggest chip on his shoulder
An alien warrior with anger management issues
A tomboy pilot who’s totally not into him, in case you were wondering

And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.

They’re not the heroes we deserve. They’re just the ones we could find. Nobody panic.