Book Launch: The Virus by Nicole Seitz!

We’re thrilled to welcome the lowcountry’s own wildly popular Nicole Seitz. (If you haven’t read The Cage Maker – it’s one of our favorite books in the store!) Now, she has a YA series that’s making waves – you won’t want to miss this chance to grab signed copies of Nicole’s adult and YA titles on November 5th (just in time for holiday gift giving!

Faith, not fear, should spread like a virus. A new day has dawned. Those without the mark are considered a virus to be cleansed from the Global Union. Pets are being targeted to lead the enemy to their owners in hiding. When the students of Heaventree receive their new assignments, Cornelius questions his ability to lead a team into danger. How can he trust his teammate, Atlys, after she showed her lack of loyalty in the building challenge? And does his mentor, Mr. Deal, truly understand these end times, or is he in over his head?

Flare, Corn’s sister, is growing closer to Josh, and has been tasked with protecting Heaventree’s invisible dome. Can she truly use her creative gifts to keep her friends safe and the campus hidden? Filled with pet rescues, ancient books, and hidden passageways, Book 2 of the House of Heaventree series is a page-turning continuation of The Firstborn. In The Virus, war rages just beyond the walls of Heaventree, while the students battle within for faith, trust and unity.

Nicole Seitz is a writer, editor, educator, illustrator and artist. She paints the covers of her novels and teaches visual arts and creative writing at a local Christian school. She was inspired to begin writing a series for teens with a Christian worldview, one that would spark their interest in Biblical prophecy as well as encourage endurance and perseverance. 

Seitz is the author of two YA novels, The Firstborn and The Virus (House of Heaventree Books 1 and 2) as well as seven adult novels: The Cage-maker; Beyond Molasses Creek; The Inheritance of Beauty; Saving Cicadas; A Hundred Years of Happiness; Trouble the Water; and The Spirit of Sweetgrass. 

She is also the editor of When You Pass Through Waters: Words of Hope and Healing from Your Favorite Authors and coeditor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy. 

Nicole graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and has a degree in Illustration from Savannah College of Art & Design. Visit her website at www.nicoleseitz.com for more information.