Join author Kamilah Cole, author of So Let Them Burn, in conversation with F.T. Lukens. The event is free, but registration is required for the in-person and virtual options.
Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods, making her unique among the summoners of San Irie. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island from its enemies, the dragon-riding Langley Empire. But now, at seventeen, Faron is all powered up with no wars to fight and is a living, lonely legend to her people.
When she’s forced to attend an international peace summit, Faron expects to perform tricks like a trained pet and then go home. She doesn’t expect her older sister, Elara, forming an unprecedented bond with an enemy dragon—or the gods claiming the only way to break that bond is to kill her sister.
As Faron’s desperation to find another solution takes her down a dark path, and Elara discovers the shocking secrets at the heart of the Langley Empire, both must make difficult choices that will shape each other’s lives, as well as the fate of their world. Complete with dragons, romance, interfamilial conflict, and brilliantly complex worldbuilding, SO LET THEM BURN will capture the imaginations of teen and adult readers alike and is perfect for most anticipated 2024 roundups.
By day, Kamilah Cole works in publishing. By night, she frantically types words she hopes to see in a book on shelves one day. In the past, she’s also worked as a journalist and at a hotel, two jobs that give you amazing stories to tell at parties. You know, if she went to parties. A graduate of NYU, Kamilah is currently based in the Tri-State Area, where she’s usually playing Kingdom Hearts for the 100th time, quoting early Spongebob episodes, or crying her way through Zuko’s redemption arc in Avatar: The Last Airbender. She invites you to visit her at kamilah-cole.com and on Twitter and Instagram @wordsiren.
F.T. Lukens is the author of In Deeper Waters and five young adult novels published through Interlude Press. Their book The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic was a 2017 Cybils Award finalist in YA Speculative Fiction, the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Gold Winner for YA fiction, the Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction, and on ALA’s 2019 Rainbow Book List. F.T. lives in North Carolina with their spouse, three kids, three dogs, and three cats.