Blog Tour: Snakeroot

Picking up right where BLOODROSE left off, SNAKEROOT follows two characters readers know well from the original Nightshade trilogy.  Adne, one of the Searchers and Ren's half-sister, is plagued by nightmares featuring the evil Bosque Mar, now trapped in the Nether and looking for a way out.  Adne's power draws him to her, and he wants, more than anything, for her to come to the side of dark magic and free him. Logan Bane, the Keeper who was once set to rule Calla and Ren's Haldis pack, is one of the few of his kind left, after he helped Shay close the rift between our world and the Nether.  But he wants to re-open that rift so he can re-create Guardians and reclaim the Keepers' magic. He raids the Rowan Estate to find what he needs to perform dark, ancient rituals, but Bosque Mar has turned his back on Logan for his treachery, and without his help, Logan is lost.  The two teens are both battling Bosque Mar--one who wants to be left alone, and the other who wants help.

Welcome to the SNAKEROOT blog tour! Bosque Mar haunts the dreams of both Adne and Logan, trying to escape for the Nether, where Calla, Shay and the other Guardians trapped him in the final battle in the War of All Against All… Will he turn Adne to the dark side? Will Logan reclaim his birthright? And will darkness take over our world? Follow the SNAKEROOT blog tour, featuring nine posts from author Andrea Cremer, over the next three weeks to get the inside scoop!

 Guest Post:

The original Nightshade novels and the prequels, Rift and Rise, provide different views of the same world. The challenge of bringing these books together derives primarily from the distance of time separating the two. Nightshade takes place in the present day U.S. whereas Rift and Rise tell a story set in the 15^th-century in Scotland. At first glance it might seem difficult to understand the ways in which characters and places so far from one another could be intimately tied, but Rift and Rise comprise the origin of the Nightshade world. These novels reveal the beginning of the war that Calla and her allies fight ‘til its final battle. Therefore the connection is about a cycle of history coming full circle, tracing the first conflict that created Keepers and Searchers to their final contest for power.

About Andrea Cremer:

Andrea Cremer is the internationally bestselling author of the Nightshade series, which includes the critically acclaimed Nightshade, Wolfsbane, Bloodrose, Rift and Rise. She went to school until there wasn’t any more school to go to, ending with a Ph.D. in early modern history–a reflection of her fascination with witchcraft and warfare–and taught for years at Macalester College.  She grew up roaming the forests and lakeshores of northern Wisconsin, but now lives in New York City, where she roams the sidewalks and riverbanks of the concrete jungle she calls home. www.andreacremer.com  @andreacremer

The events of Rift and Rise play a more transparent role in Snakeroot. While the Witches War has ended, danger remains in the form of Logan Bane. Having survived the last battle, by running away, Logan learns that living without his powers isn’t all he’d imagined. As he hunts for a way to tap into dark magic once more, he learns that the key lies within himself, within his blood. Logan’s ancestry, a bloodline established in Rift and Rise, is the only means to find his way back to the Nether and the powers supplied by Bosque Mar.

Happy Reading!