Infinite by Erica Crouch
Series: Ignite #3
Published by Patchwork Press on June 16, 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult Goodreads
Synopsis:
There are infinite ways to die, and the fates are calling for blood. After evading Azael since her betrayal, it’s finally time for Pen to stop running and face her desperate brother. But she won’t have to challenge him alone: the rebel army of New Genesis is ready to stand strong and fight to secure the future they believe in. As Azael spirals deeper and deeper into darkness, and Pen grapples with her new leadership role, a familiar name rises to power whose decisions have the potential to rewrite everyone’s future. Dangerous secrets, silent traitors, and unraveling fates means that time is running out. There’s no telling who will survive the final battle. In this thrilling conclusion to the Ignite series, Pen and Azael return to finish what they started over a millennia ago.
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Add Infinite on Goodreads, and pre-order it on Amazon, B&N, or Kobo. Let us know what you think of the cover — and what you’re most excited to see in Infinite — in the comments!Excerpt 3
Azael freezes, his back stiffening with indignation as he
turns to look at me and then back at Michael. “Are you going to kill me now?”
he asks, smiling.
My mouth goes dry. Now is our chance to stop him—to finish
this once and for all. But killing Azael here, like this... It will get us
nowhere. There are enough soldiers fighting for him who would easily take his
place if he were to fall. There’s always someone else to step up into power,
and who’s to say that they wouldn’t be worse than Azael?
I hold my daggers out to Azael and look at Michael. “How
many are injured?” I ask, nodding to the door.
He looks behind him and shakes his head. “A lot.”
“Dead?” I ask.
He shakes his head again.
Azael, laughing, gets to his feet. He looks pathetic and
insane, his hair a mess and his eyes wild with anarchy. Everything about him
screams savagery—the blood on his face, on his hands, in his hair—but he holds
himself so still, so calm, even when he stumbles. He is Pandora’s box: madness,
chaos, and death locked within. I don’t want to see what happens when that lid
flips open.
“Kill me!” His words are high and hysterical, a disturbing
singsong to its pitch. With wide gestures, he sweeps his arms in front of him,
beckoning Michael forth. He even bows a little at the waist like he’s about to
join in on a dance. “Kill me! Isn’t that what you’re both here to do?” He
swivels toward me. “My sister. Come on now. Bury that blade in my heart. Pull
my head off my body and put it on a pike to serve as a warning to others.”
Interview:
How does it feel to finally have finished the series?
Really weird, actually. But good weird, I think.
Ignite was the first book I published, and this is
the first series I’ve written, so to actually be finished with the
stories and the characters I imagined about three years ago…it’s cliché
to say it, but it’s like saying goodbye to old friends. I think what
makes me more excited than sad about it, though, is that I really love
the conclusion to the series and feel that I left the characters in
places that make sense—and in places where the reader knows the story
continues after
The End. Plus, I’m now free to write all these other books I have floating around in my brain, so that helps with the mourning process!
Are your fans going to be devastated with the events in Infinite?
Devastated? Gosh, I hope not. Well…maybe. It depends. I had the final scenes of the series pretty much written when I started writing
Ignite; I knew where the characters would all end up.
While I got deeper into the series, I reevaluated that ending to see if
it’s still what I wanted, and I tried about three different versions.
There are some character deaths in
Infinite, and I didn’t make those choices lightly. I
tried writing some scenes a few times, with different outcomes, to make
sure that anything that might come across as devastating was something
that 1) needed to happen and 2) made sense to happen. Hopefully that
consideration will come across and readers won’t be completely
devastated. That being said, my editor had a few scenes where her
comments were just: “NOOOOOOOO!” So…
What are you currently reading?
Right now, I’m reading
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, and I love it! I
picked it up and nearly finished it in a day, so I don’t know how much
longer I’ll be reading that one. Up next, I’m reading
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld (who is one of my favorite authors) and then
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray which I am SO! EXCITED! FOR!!!!!
What's your next project, now that you have finished Infinite?
That’s the million dollar question right now, and it’s one that has me a
liiiittle bit nervous! I think I want to write a standalone first to
get out of the
Ignite series, and I’m toying around with a really
fun one — it’s a dark fantasy (that I haven’t mentioned anywhere yet!)
inspired by European folklore and the Blair Witch Project stories. I
also have a few contemporaries on the back burner, and a number of new
adult projects. Basically, I’m going to be playing around a little bit
with everything until I find
the one.
Do you plan on writing another novella for the series ( I would thank you forever if you did)!
Haha, for now… I don’t think so. I might later on decide to publish really short flash-fiction in the world of
Ignite on WattPad or something. But I’m really happy
with where I’ve left the world, and I think something really major would
have to happen in my mind to these characters to revisit and write
something more. We’ll see, though. I will never say definitively no!
Now that Infinite is being released, which of the books was your favorite to write?
This is a tricky one, because I want to say
Incite. But
Incite was really both
Incite and
Infinite in the end. I think my favorite scenes are in
Infinite, and I really loved exploring Lilith’s
voice. She was so different from Azael and Pen — darker in a completely
new way. It also felt really good to finish the entire series and close
the book (ahhhh) on that chapter (ahhhhh!) of my life. But seriously, I
think I’m most excited for people to read
Infinite and see how everything ends, so I’ll probably say that was also the most fun to write!
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