Deadly Destinations: Deborah Cooke’s Zoe Sorensson talks about the Realm of Wyvern from FLYING BLIND

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We’re hitting the skies for today’s Deadly Destination thanks to Deborah Cooke's Zoe Sorensson.  We get to learn about the realm of Wyvern, a parallel universe that Zoe and other dragon shifters can slip into from FLYING BLIND (available now & you can read my review HERE). Thanks to NAL books, three of you who comment on this post will win a copy of the book!  See details below

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Zoe Sorensson’s Guide to the Realm of Wyvern
by
Deborah Cooke

This destination du jour is Zoë's choice - although she lives in Chicago in 2024, she thinks that's old news. Her current adventure in this trilogy of YA paranormals is mapping the territory of the Wyvern, so let's talk about that mysterious bit of turf.

First a little bit of background on the series. Zoë is a dragon shape shifter. My dragon shifters are known as the Pyr - because they breathe fire - and are an ancient species charged with defending the treasures of the earth. The Pyr - or true Pyr - include humans in that list of treasures: the bad dragon shifters, called Slayers, don't think humans are so precious, and in fact, think humans threaten the earth. (For more on Slayers and Pyr, check out my paranormal romance series called Dragonfire.

In the world of Dragonfire, there is only one female Pyr at any given time. She's called the Wyvern and is said to have special powers beyond those of the guy dragons. This is all theoretical for Zoë, who as daughter of a Pyr must be a dragon shifter herself, but all of that changes at the beginning of FLYING BLIND. The guy shifters come into their powers at puberty and (big surprise) so does Zoë. The issue for Zoë is that there's no one to tell her what she can do or how to master her skills - the fact that she exists as Wyvern is dependent upon the last Wyvern being dead.

Zoë loves lists, so, here's her list.

Six Things I Know about the Realm of the Wyvern:

1. You can't get there from here. At least not on purpose. The realm of the Wyvern is in a parallel universe, I guess, because you can't just decide to go there like you decide to go to the tofu burger joint. Time is strange there, too, and not necessarily related to the time in the real world. You can go to sleep in the middle of the night, slide into the realm of the Wyvern and find yourself in bright sunlight. The entries and exits seem to be easiest to find when I'm dreaming - or maybe they find me then. I first thought it was a dream world, but it's much more than that.

2. There's snow. When I dream and it's snowing (like I've stepped out onto the tundra) I know I'm in the realm of the Wyvern. I'm not usually dressed for this. In dreams, you don't feel temperature differences, right? So, there's more going on that just dreams. Maybe it's astral travelling to the Arctic - it's not an out of body experience exactly because my toes get cold - my body is right there with me, wherever the heck I am.

3. The usual rules, barriers and expectations don't apply. Things can appear and disappear without rational explanation in the realm of the Wyvern. I can talk to dead people sometimes, and mythic characters in others. I can know things that I don't know in real life - and I can do things in that realm that I can't do in real life. You would think that if the realm of the Wyvern was a kind of dream state that I wouldn't be able to bring back souvenirs - but I can. So, it must be another place entirely, one to which the Wyvern (that's me!) holds the keys. Maybe it's astral travelling to the past - or to the realm of myths.

4. There's possibility there. I can see things that might not happen or that maybe never did happen. They exist as possibilities, and in this realm, they still exist, like shadows or ghosts. I can see in the memories of other people, too. So, every view in this realm is filled with shadows, ideas, and chances. I need to figure out what's real and what's just possible, never mind how to use this information to help my dragon shifter buddies. In this way, the realm of the Wyvern is adventure or a maze, an enchanted forest that will turn you loose wherever and whenever it chooses. It's definitely alive, this realm, and it's definitely watching.

5. I can learn new Wyvern tricks in this realm. This is partly because I can connect with past Wyverns - as well as other dead people - although they tend to tell me things in an enigmatic way. There's always some key to the riddle that I have to work out to understand what's going on. So, in a way, the realm of the Wyvern is like a game. Or a challenge. (I like that. I'm good at puzzles.)

6. I'm going back, as soon as I can figure out how to get there from here.

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About Deborah Cooke

Deborah Cooke has always been fascinated with dragons, although she has never understood why they have to be the bad guys. She has an honours degree in history, with a focus on medieval studies. She is an avid reader of medieval vernacular literature, fairy tales and fantasy novels, and has written over forty romance novels and novellas. She has also been published under the names Claire Cross and Claire Delacroix. Deborah makes her home in Canada with her husband. When she isn't writing, she can be found knitting, sewing or hunting for vintage patterns. Visit Deborah Cooke online: Website|Blog|Facebook

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Giveaway provided by NAL

3 copies of FLYING BLIND by Deborah Cooke

Available now from New American Library

Description:

The next generation of shape-shifting dragons from the popular author of the Dragonfire novels.

Zoë is the Wyvern of the Pyr – the one female dragon shape shifter with special powers.  But Zoë is at the bottom of the class when it comes to being Pyr, and her powers are AWOL. Worse, there’s no reference book to consult, and the last Wyvern is dead….

Everything changes when Zoë’s best friend is bullied and Zoë reacts. Before she can blink twice, her inner dragon is loose, and she’s suspended from school and headed to a shape shifter boot camp with guys she’s known all her life. But soon she’s doubting her powers – and even some of her friendships.

Zoë quickly realizes she has to master her powers yesterday – there’s danger ahead and boot camp is a trap. A secretive group, the Mages, want to eliminate all shifters and the Pyr are next in line – unless Zoë and her friends can solve the riddle and work together to save their own kind…

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