To be released January 15, 2015!

The Biodome has been liberated, the slaves have been freed, and a new democratic government has been formed. Yet tensions between the Pit and the Dome have never been higher. With the disappearance of Senator Jack Kenner, the old regime makes a political move to reestablish their government.

In the third book of the Sunset Rising trilogy, Sunny O’Donnell is determined to find Jack and bring him home. With the high-tech assistance of Doc, Sunny and her friends, Summer and Reyes, team up with the Nation to set out into a lawless post apocalyptic world. But as the ruthlessness of the recruiters unfolds amidst the discovery of betrayals within their own group, friends will become enemies and enemies will become friends on a journey that will end in a New World Order.

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I feel like I should say a few words about this momentous occasion… Book. Three. Is. Written. YAY!

New World Order was a bit more difficult to write than the first two books. Not only was there more backstory to constantly check and recheck to ensure I was remaining consistent with my characters and world, but (SPOILER ALERT) the story is told in two different voices.  At one point, I made a grid for myself to sync timelines as well as a chart of characters with their personality traits beside their names for quick reference. And I loved every minute of it.

What I didn’t love was that the minute I made self-imposed deadlines to get this to my editor, all kinds of things in life popped up to rob me of time I could have otherwise devoted to writing.  At first it was little things and then it was one big thing: I had a mountain bike accident. We thought it would be a good idea to check out some biking trails in Quebec… until we were actually on the trails.  Gorgeous, beautiful scenery that we were hard put to admire because of the gruelling 1 HOUR and 45 MINUTES it took to get up the hill.  Yet it was the downhill ride that did me in. I hit a rock, it flipped, and threw me.  With a swollen leg, sprained shoulder and dislocated finger, I got up and biked the five kilometres out of the woods. Yeah… I know if my friends are reading this they’re going to chime in and say that it was only two kilometres. But five sounds way more heroic.  And I am, after all, a writer.

So I can honestly say that writing New World Order wasn’t without its challenges. In fact, the last thirty thousand words were typed out with that dislocated finger and sprained shoulder. It really helped me give my characters’ pain an authentic voice.

Back to editing.

I’ll leave you with some of the music that helped inspire the Sunset Rising series:

Somewhere Only We Know, Keane (Jack, Book 3)

Bad Dream, Keane (Reyes, Book 3)

Run, Snow Patrol (Crystal, Book 1)

Spies, Coldplay (Sunny & Jack, Book 1)

Fix You, Coldplay (Book 3 action scene)

Born to Die, Lana Del Rey (Sunny)

Extreme Ways, Moby (Sunny & Jack)

Running Up That Hill, Placebo (The Pit)