GUEST POST: YA Author Les Berman

The Book Vixen is pleased to welcome YA author Les Berman to the blog today.

Question: How did you come upon this subject, the characters and how they seamlessly fit together especially, Zytor and Tandy?

A: I wanted to write an exciting novel for teenagers that would keep them in suspense and would hopefully encourage them to read other novels afterwards. Many of the teenagers that I had in class told me they hated to read. I came up with the idea of putting together a terrestrial fantasy with terrorists on earth. I believed that this combination of aliens from another planet with super powers going after the bad guys would spark the student’s imagination.

Zytor and Tandy seamed to me to make a great combination. Although their personalities were different, I felt they added a quality of realness as their relationship developed. I especially liked the way Zytor matured as the story evolves. Also, the change in attitude the youngsters had in trusting the adults, elicited a maturing process.

The math addition to the book was the main reason for writing this novel. Although I set the math aside until I finished the story, I knew I had to somehow insert the math problems in the book. I decided to add problems related to the story after each chapter, and then I came up with the idea of adding fifty problems related to high school exit exams.

And now the book is finished I have been very excited to the positive responses I’ve been getting from readers.

 

About the book:

This Captivating novel follows the wild adventures of three charismatic young aliens from the distant planet Hebutar, and their companion on Earth. Zytor, the son of the ruler of Hebutar, is determined to stop a group of terrorists from causing chaos in the United States. Against his father’s wishes, Zytor travels to Earth and meets a young girl, Tandy, whose father was killed by terrorists. Zytor’s sister Phelena, a Captain in the Hebutarian Military and a fellow soldier, are dispatched by her father to bring Zytor back to Hebutar before he mingles into the affairs of Planet Earth. While tracking down the terrorist, Zytor gets his medallion stolen (a powerful weapon), forcing him to team up with his sister and devise plans to retrieve the medallion, and help authorities stop the evil terrorists from executing a terrible attack in Washington D.C.

 

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