Title: THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN
Author: Meredith McCardle
Release date: May 6, 2014
Publisher: Skyscape (Amazon)
Genre: YA time travel thriller
ISBN: 978-1477847138
ASIN: B00DH3MP82
Publisher: Skyscape (Amazon)
Genre: YA time travel thriller
ISBN: 978-1477847138
ASIN: B00DH3MP82
Amanda Obermann. Code name Iris.
It’s Testing Day. The day that comes without warning, the day when all juniors and seniors at The Peel Academy undergo a series of intense physical and psychological tests to see if they’re ready to graduate and become government operatives. Amanda and her boyfriend Abe are top students, and they’ve just endured thirty-six hours of testing. But they’re juniors and don’t expect to graduate. That’ll happen next year, when they plan to join the CIA—together.
But when the graduates are announced, the results are shocking. Amanda has been chosen—the first junior in decades. And she receives the opportunity of a lifetime: to join a secret government organization called the Annum Guard and travel through time to change the course of history. But in order to become the Eighth Guardian in this exclusive group, Amanda must say good-bye to everything—her name, her family, and even Abe—forever.
Who is really behind the Annum Guard? And can she trust them with her life?
Now on to the playlist!
1. 33 Degree by Thievery
Corporation.
I listened to this song almost on repeat when I was writing the first draft. It
has such a cool vibe.
2. Seven Devils by Florence
+ The Machine.
I am OBSESSED with Florence. I bought the Ceremonials album the day it came
out, which also happened to be the day my agent and I went on submission with
THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN. And as soon as I heard the track Seven Devils, I knew I’d
found my book’s theme song. The whole mood of the song is perfect for what I
was trying to convey, and the lyrics are even oddly spoilerish for the book.
It’s eerie.
3. Radioactive by Imagine
Dragons.
As a disclaimer, this song was added to the playlist before it was played on
every radio in the country at every hour of the day. But it’s staying on the
playlist because this song encapsulates what I imagine the physical aspects of
time travel to be like.
4. Mindfields by The
Prodigy. This
song captures the mood of the last half of THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN, pretty spot on.
5. Don’t Forget Me by the
Red Hot Chili Peppers. One of the Chili Peppers best songs (IMO) and one that’s
telling of Iris’s mood in the latter half of the book.
6. Wandering Star by
Portishead. I
love the lyrics to this one, I guess because there are two wandering stars in the
book. . . .
7. Fixed Income by DJ
Shadow.
This song has such a unique sound. It’s mellow but also dangerous, kind of like
many of the Guardians.
8. Weapons of Mass
Distortion by The Crystal Method. If I close my eyes, I can pretty much hear this
song playing in the background of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum scene.
9. Finding the Bomb by The
Dust Brothers.
And this song could play in the background of just about any other scene in THE
EIGHTH GUARDIAN!
10. Iris Was a Pupil by
Autechre.
The song that started it all, quite literally. It was the title of this song
that gave me the inspiration to start this book. I knew I had to find out what
Iris’s story was, and so I wrote it. Thanks, Autechre!
Thanks so much Meredith awesome playlist!
Giveaway
Details:
Meredith is giving away 2 Kindle paperwhites,
a signed hardcover of THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN, and a paperback + book-themed
necklace.
THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN Blog Tour Schedule
May
5: Me, My Shelf and I
May
6: Winged Reviews and Pub(lishing) Crawl
May
7: Larissa’s
World
May
8: Swoony Boys
Podcast
May
9: The
Write Path
May
12: Min
Reads and Reviews
May
13: Two Chicks
on Books
May
14: The YA Guy
May
15: Manga
Maniac Cafe
May
16: Mercurial
Musings
May
19: I Am a Reader
May
20: Bibliophilia,
Please
May
21: Books
Complete Me
May
22: Mel’s
Shelves and Addicted Readers
May
23: A Chick
Who Reads
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