Monday 1 December 2014

Release Day! SLIP and GRIP


Whew! It's been an exceptionally busy three months, in which I've written two new books and released four others. The latest releases are SLIP and GRIP, the first two books in my new YA dystopian series, The Slip Trilogy, where "Someone must die before another can be born..." in my futuristic world of population control.

As many of you know, Slip was originally meant to be released way back in June. At the last minute, I delayed the release as my agent received some strong interest in the book from a major publisher. Although it was a close call, in the end all parties agreed to go our separate ways for this particular project, and my agent and I decided to publish Slip through Amazon White Glove. Well, that day has finally come! The other cool thing is that the delay gave me time to write and finish the sequel, Grip, so I'm pleased to release both books on the same day! Thanks for all your patience and support, see below for information on the books and links to buy. I hope you enjoy my new series!

Slip (Slip #1)
Genre: Dystopia
Kindle Buy Link HERE
Amazon Paperback Buy Link HERE

Someone must die before another can be born...
As sea levels rise and livable landmasses shrink, the Reorganized United States of America has instituted population control measures to ensure there are sufficient resources and food to sustain the growing population. Birth authorization must be paid for and obtained prior to having a child. Someone must die before another can be born, keeping the country in a population neutral position at what experts consider to be the optimal population. The new laws are enforced by a ruthless government organization known as Pop Con, responsible for terminating any children resulting from unauthorized births, and any illegals who manage to survive past their second birthday, at which point they are designated a national security threat and given the name Slip.

 
But what if one child slipped through the cracks? What if someone knew all the loopholes and how to exploit them? Would it change anything? Would the delicate resource balance be thrown into a tailspin, threatening the lives of everyone?

And how far would the government go to find and terminate the Slip?

In a gripping story of a family torn apart by a single choice, Slip is a reminder of the sanctity of a single life and the value of the lives we so often take for granted. 

         Grip (Slip #2)         Genre: Dystopia
         Kindle Buy Link HERE
         Amazon Paperback Buy Link HERE
 
WIN PRIZES

As part of the release festivities for Slip and Grip, there is a massive giveaway with lots of great prizes like:
- Winners choice of book to the value of $15.00 U.S. from The Book Depository
- A signed copy of SLIP plus bonus swag- U.S. entrants only
- A signed copy of BREW plus bonus swag- U.S. entrants only
- 3 ebook packs with three David Estes ebooks of your choice
- 4 signed packs of bookmarks

You can enter the blitz wide giveaway here:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

The launch of Slip and Grip, as well as the associated release Blog Blitz, was managed by:

Lola's Blog Tours

15 comments:

  1. CONGRATULATIONS David!!! Been waiting for this day for a long time :)

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    1. Thank you SO MUCH Jenny!! We've both been waiting a long time LOL

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  2. You have been a busy, busy man! Congrats on your newest release!

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    1. Thank you Leandra!! And LOL, I have been exceptionally busy, I'm thinking of legally changing my name to David Busy Estes :)

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    2. LOL How about "Diligent David?" Or "Energetic Estes?"

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    3. Ha! I'd prefer to replace my middle name as it's my least favorite of my names LOL

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  3. Thanks for the chance to win and Congrats!

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    1. You're most welcome Sally!! And thank you so much for your kind words and support :)

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  4. How fabulous that you get to release two books at once! Wow! Double the fun! :) Wishing you the best of luck and looking forward to checking them out. Thanks for the giveaway!
    ~Jess

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    1. Thank you, Jess! And you're most welcome for the giveaway, good luck :)

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  5. Congrats on your latest releases! You have been busy. The books sound very interesting. I think I will need to check them out. Thanks for the giveaway.

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    1. Thank you Jen!! I'm so glad you think they sound good :) You're most welcome and I appreciate your support!

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  6. David: as always, I'm so excited and happy for you on these two new releases, and I can't wait to read them!! And of course I entered the giveaway :-) I just wanted to point out that for the summary of GRIP it says, "GRIP (Slip #1)" - and I'm pretty sure you meant to say (Slip #2), right? Just mentioning it because it fooled me for a second, too, and I scrolled up to look at the copy for SLIP to see if I had the order backwards ;) Just a helpful note! Hope you are doing GREAT!

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    1. Thank you so much, Holly!! Your support has been incredible for so long, I really appreciate it :) And great catch on the typo, you are exactly right, I completely missed that! All updated, thank you :) Hope you enjoy the reads!!

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