The wait is almost over! Don’t Let Chacha die will be released very soon!
The image on the right is my Kobo cover! I really think Ray Moth captured the spirit of Chacha in her beautiful illustration. I’m absolutely floored by the final results.
I’ve been a bit behind in getting Don’t Let Chacha Die ready for publication. Well, it’s kind of totally my fault. I repeatedly changed my mind on the size and shape of the novel I wanted, and apparently that’s something an author has to figure out first or it’s a real pain. But it’s all sorted now, and Ray Moth only needs to change the size of the print cover and send it back to me, and I’m all set. I decided I want a proof novel mailed to me before I publish the print book, so to give time for that, I’m not going to release the print book until mid-January. I’ll let you know when the print book is ready to be published. But the ebooks are all ready to go and I’ll probably submit them onto KDP and Kobo this weekend. It supposedly takes a day or two for it to show up on Amazon and Kobo. As for the audiobook; I haven’t even started getting the audiobook made, but it’s next on my list.
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New adult, queer dystopian novel with edge of your seat, exciting action & lovable realistic characters!
Chacha must conform in order to avoid execution, but conforming is its own psychological hell. Chacha needs a genuine friend to survive, but how can they find one when it’s too dangerous to trust?
Chacha is a citizen of Stormland, growing into adulthood under the oppressive regime of the God-King. Five centuries ago, the God-King created the divine process – a holy method of shaping masculine teenagers into the purest gender, men. Chacha is a teenager who faces the possibility of undergoing the divine process, but Chacha knows they will never become a man. Chacha is bent, which is an illegal gender punishable by death. They’ve never been good at hiding their bent nature and they believe it will only be a matter of time before they’re caught. Chacha begins to see the God-King for what he is, but doesn’t know what a gentle person like themself can do.
Chacha feels drawn to a clever and beautiful teenager named Setha. Chacha can’t risk showing vulnerability to Setha, but what Chacha doesn’t realize is that trusting another person is resistance. Chacha will need Setha, not only to survive, but to grow strong enough to fight.
Don’t Let Chacha Die is the first a book series called GeneEarth novels.
This Kobo Cover was illustrated and designed by Ray Moth (raymoth_art at instagram and X)