J. Scott Savage is the author of twelve published novels, including the Farworld fantasy series, the Case File 13 MG monster series, and the Shandra Covington mystery series (published as Jeffrey S. Savage).

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LDSWBR:  What books do you plan/hope to read this summer?

JEFF:  Anything I can get my hands on! Off the top of my head: The Ocean at the End of the Lane and Doctor Sleep. I’ve just finished an ARC of Lock & Co, Insomnia by Jenn Johansson, the 3rd Beyonders book, and an ARC of The Eye of Minds.

LDSWBR: Did you ever go to summer camp, and/or what is your most memorable camping experience?

JEFF:  My family camped all the time and I also went to Scout camp every year. Most memorable moment is waking up on the 3rd morning of a fifty miler to find the entire scout troop staring at me . . . and the huge skunk that had been climbing back and forth across my sleeping bag.

LDSWBR:  If you could have a summer home anywhere in the world, where would it be?

JEFF:  On a lake in the California redwoods.

LDSWBR:  Thanks, Jeff/J. Scott! ;)

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Find Farworld: Air Keep

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It’s been six months since Marcus and Kyja obtained the help of the land and water elementals, but before they can secure the help from the mysterious air elementals, the two friends must first be reunited. A task easier said than done.

Master Therapass is worried that trying to pull Marcus to Farworld would put him in danger of the shadow realm, but if Marcus stays on Earth, he’ll be sent back to the Philo T. Justice School for Boys instead of being able to stay on the protected grounds of the monastery.

While attempting to return to Farworld, Marcus finds himself in the Abyss of Time, facing four doors: the Is, the Was, the Will Be, and the Never Was. What he learns in that dangerous place has the potential to change his life—and Kyja’s. But does he have the courage to tell her what he learned?

And in Farworld, a drought, floods, and blizzards have seized the land, hinting that perhaps there is a traitor in the elementals’ midst. The Dark Circle is growing in power, and as Marcus and Kyja desperately search for the air elementals, they must first answer the question “Is there anyone we can trust?”

Find Dark Memories

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There are things in the darkness—things much worse than the tracks and abandoned pieces of equipment that trip the children up and gash at their feet and legs—things that brush silently past them, touching their faces before disappearing again.

1977—In the sleepy Town of Twin falls, Colorado, what starts as a carefree school picnic ends in tragedy when six children disappear into an abandoned gold mine. Six enter the dark void—and days later, only five emerge. After an arduous search, the hunt for the last child is called off and the mine entrance is blasted. Little Frankie is left behind, alone in the darkness.

He is coming.

2011—Police Chief Cal Hunt’s investigation into the recent string of bizarre murders in Twin Falls takes a chilling turn when he learns that each of the victims was a survivor of the Seven Stars mine incident. Cal realizes that they share a dark secret—the truth about what happened to Frankie.

To drag them deeper.

With time running out for the remaining survivors, Cal must face a killer that defies all logical explanation. Because no matter how Cal analyzes the facts, there is only one conclusion: A supernatural force is reaching out from the depths to reclaim those who escaped more than thirty years before. And it will not rest until it takes them all . . .

Into the darkness.

Have you ever encountered a skunk?

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