The Sovereign Hand
“A grand and highly original work of fantasy ... Quite possibly one of the best works of fantasy ever published in New Zealand”
The difference between hope and despair turns on the tiniest thing
Thorn, the gilded capital: bedecked in steam and the dust of convoys bearing riches from all across the earth. From here, wise and ruling hands have ensnared all Aurawn ina great story, a Primacy of Peace. A land where every person – human, gobelin, or drake – can dream, toil hard and succeed. Of course, not everyone sees things that way. But when Alexa Temperen stands above Crucible Square and denounces the First and all his government for their injustices, the last thing she imagines is that she’ll soon be working for them, as a champion: one of the Sovereign Hand. Because prophecy has spoken.
Evil is stirring, and Alexa is just one of five unlikely heroes chosen to face it. They each have their doubts, and in her darkest moment Alexa still must decide: put pride aside and fight for a government she despises, or turn her back on her calling, leaving millions at the mercy of an unimaginable terror ...
Shortlisted for the 2015 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel
“A wonderfully energetic debut, a celebration of form and expression.”
Paul Gilbert, Author
Generation Icarus: Air Born
Russian and Chinese (traditional) rights have been sold.
Generation Icarus has been optioned for TV and film.
Air Born is Book One in the YA sci-fi series Generation Icarus
My past.
My present.
My future.
Destroyed in an instant.
So, who am I?
Seventeen-year-old Tyler Owen is smart, good-looking, and destined to be a fighter pilot. He's mapped out his life and knows exactly where he's headed.
That is, until his first solo sky-dive, when he undergoes a terrifying transformation. Caught on camera, Tyler becomes a viral hit. Everyone wants a piece of him, including the sinister Evolutionary Corporation and a religious cult known as the Angelists.
But the worldwide media coverage also alerts others like him. Driven by instinct, they come together and form the Flight. The first of an extraordinary new species, they have only one way to survive.
Fly.
JL Pawley, Author
Generation Icarus: Take Flight
2019 Storylines Notable Book Award
Capture. Rebellion. Revelation.
The Flight is recovering in a remote mountain hideaway. They think they're safe, but they couldn't be more wrong.
When Evolutionary Corp mercenaries in helicopters hunt them down, only Condor and Kestrel manage to escape. With nowhere else to turn and desperate for help to save their friends, the two flee across the country to the jubilant Angelists.
Meanwhile, a nightmare unfolds for the imprisoned teenage Icari. A shocking bond is revealed which changes everything.
Pushed to the limits of endurance, somehow they must survive the most dangerous place they can imagine.
Somehow, they must fly free.
J L Pawley, Author
Generation Icarus: Sun Strike
The nail-biting conclusion to the popular Generation Icarus series.
The Flight, grief-stricken, exhausted and starving, are increasingly demonised as they struggle to survive.
The police and the sinister Evolutionaries are closing in, and social media is rife with conspiracy theories and prejudice.
Meanwhile, emotional relationships grow strained and ever more complex, and the pull of family threatens the stability of the group, just as new Icari make contact.
Trying to take control of their future, the Flight use social media to ask for help. But as events spin out of control and a deadly virus threatens, their only way forward is to uncover the truth hidden in their pasts.
Can the Flight finally find their place in the world, and be accepted for who they are?
JL Pawley, author