Cover Reveal: The Chasm by Ioana Visan

The Chasm

by Ioana Visan

On a distant planet, a discovery has been made that can change the industrial world as we know it, landerslide, a plant with properties just beginning to be uncovered, yet ones that may prove endless… and very profitable. The harsh terrain of the planet makes retrieval difficult, yet when the chasm opens and lava spews forth, it makes the operation impossible – and deadly.

Seanah Ward is a brilliant chemist, and possibly the only one alive who can solve the riddle of the chasm. Armed with science and a theory, she is sent with a team to the mining colony on a mission to cool the lava on the hostile world of flame and death. Once there, Seanah discovers that everything she was told is a lie. Her cousin is still dead, but the miners, whom she had been told were dead or deranged from the smoke, are alive. When they crash land while surveying the chasm, Seanah is left to pick up the pieces, salvage what she can from the wreckage and attempt the impossible.

Aided by Griff Hollander, chief commander of the Northside Fire Brigade, and Dex Sheppard, a geologist who currently leads the colony, Seanah must put her methods to work, trying to cool a flame that burns with the planets core. Yet the chasm seems to know they are there as it seeks them out with fireballs and terror. It’s a moving, breathing thing that stalks the planet, surrounding the colony, and appears determined to drown them all in its lava.

Fire burns. What could be worse? Look into the chasm.

Release Date: November 10, 2016

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Writing Update - August 2016

The Chasm - 110,000 words, 53 chapters, 6 months. First draft done.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, The Chasm is done! :D I've tripled my daily word quota on Friday just to finish it before the weekend. I'll work on the second and third draft in September, and then my editor will get her hands on it in October. Until then, stay tuned for a cover reveal on Thursday, September 1st, including the book description and the pre-order link. The newsletter subscribers will also receive an excerpt and an option to request an ARC.

Next on my writing agenda are three more installments of Law and Crucible Saga. The plan is to have them out for Christmas along with a Broken People short story. I don't know if it's entirely doable since these aren't only short stories but enter well into novella territory and I only have the first one plotted in detail so far, but I do know what's supposed to happen in the other two as well. If they're not ready by the end of December, they will definitely be released in January. I know you were hoping for the final novel in the Broken People series to be out this year, and so was I, but The Chasm took double the time assigned for writing it and delayed my plans.

For now, let's all get excited about The Chasm. I know I am! :)

Writing Update - May 2016

Quite a few things happened since the last writing update back in February. My second Romanian short story collection, Secventa de zbor, was launched at Final Fantasy book fair. I had three short stories published, one in Argos, one in Revista de Suspans, and one in Stiinta si Tehnica. The Galaxis space opera anthology will be launched at Bookfest book fair in June. The second book in The Stolen Wings series and the second story in The Devil You Know series have been released as well. So it's been pretty busy on the publishing front.

The real work was done, however, on the writing front. I've finished translating The Impaler Legacy series and got it to the second draft. The final draft will have to wait until I finish writing The Chasm. I'm up to date with the daily writing quota, but the novel turned out to be longer than initially planned. I was aiming for 50k, I passed that mark, and I'm no way near the end. I suppose that's good news as it will be a bigger story, but it also means the release date gets delayed. I'm not sure when it will be ready. I'll have a better idea once the first draft is done. I still enjoy writing it so I'm not rushing it.

Yes, I know you're more invested in Broken People and The Stolen Wings series and can't wait for book 3, but there will come a time for those, too. My fingers are itching for another Law and Crucible adventure actually. And should I tell you meanwhile I'm having a lot of fun plotting a ghost story? No idea when I'll write that one. :)