The Call of the Rift: Veil by Jae Waller
Series: The Call of the Rift Book 2
Publisher: ECW Press
Publication Date: October 8, 2019
About the Book
Veil is a stunning YA fantasy set in a world like and unlike our own in
which a rebellious and reckless heroine must face a colonial land coming unstitched.
In the second volume of The Call of the Rift quintet, Jae Waller returns to the wondrous and war-torn colonial world introduced in The Call of the Rift: Flight.
The Blackbird Battle has left all sides devastated. The wind spirit Suriel has disappeared. A hard winter is coming, and famine stalks the land. Kateiko Rin returns to her people, ready at last to rejoin her community, but the dangers of the unsettled times come raging to her doorstep. Leading an unlikely alliance that includes her new love Airedain and her old one Tiernan, 18-year-old Kako is left with no choice but to battle the forces that seek to open a rift between the worlds.
Praise for Book 1: The Call of the Rift: Flight
“[A] stunning debut . . . An intricately lush and well-crafted new fantasy that deserves (and demands) a sequel.” — Kirkus STARRED review
“Waller puts a great deal of thought into her world-building . . . A mature choice for those who love high fantasy and magical realism.”— School Library Journal
“Waller’s world-building is impressive . . . While the magical and romantic elements of Waller's story are most likely to hook teen readers, it's the commentary on colonized cultures that really sets this novel apart from other YA fantasy tales.” — Quill & Quire
“How can there be no one?” I said the next afternoon as Fendul and I knotted scratchy rope into fishing nets. Rain cascaded off our canvas shelter. Ditches overflowed with muddy water, draining toward the sea.
Fendul didn’t look up. “No one we trust. Tokoda found a few people who can read Gallnach, but we have no idea what we’re handing over in the Rutnaast papers.”
“So I’ll go to CaladheÃ¥ and ask my friends—”
“No. I need you here.”
“Fen, maybe the Corvittai took Rutnaast for more than just the silver mines. Suriel needs damaged sites to open a rift into the void. If they’re moving toward Toel Ginu, the war will follow.”
“I know, Kako, but it’s in Tokoda’s hands. This is her jouyen’s land. I’m just trying to keep our people alive.”
I watched the bustle in the stockade. People packed blankets into bedrolls, checked over paddles, stacked bark baskets. At dawn tomorrow, five Rin would canoe down the coast to the river mouth of Yeva Iren to fish for our winter stores. Tokoda had given us permission to share her plank house’s fishing grounds.
“Fen.” I waited until he looked at me. “We should go to the salmon run.”“I can’t leave the Rin-jouyen that long.”
“Hiyua will be here. The people leaving need you more. They’ll be living right among the Iyo, not with a stakewall between the two jouyen. I don’t know what Ilani would’ve done to me if Tokoda hadn’t been there.”
Fendul opened his mouth, then closed it. He leaned against a hemlock, rubbing his tattoos through his plain woolen shirt. Nili would’ve loved to show her skill embroidering for an okorebai, but he always said there was more important work to do. “What about Yironem? You’re supposed to teach him water-calling.”
“We’ll take him. He’s not . . . handling all this attention well.” Just that day, he’d snapped at another boy for saying good morning.
For a moment he just gazed at me. Then he picked up his net. “We’d better finish these fast, then.”
Excerpted from The Call of the Rift: Veil by Jae Waller. © 2019 by Jae Waller. All rights reserved. Pub-lished by ECW Press Ltd. www.ecwpress.com
About the Author
Jae Waller grew up in Prince George, a lumber town in northern British Columbia. She has a joint BFA in creative writing and fine art from the University of Northern British Columbia and Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Now living in Melbourne, Australia, she works as a novelist and freelance artist.
Giveaway Information and Rules -
The giveaway is for a copy of The Call of the Rift: Veil and two winners will be selected.
Giveaway is running from October 7 to October 14 .
Open to anyone living in the US or Canada.
