About the Book
Title: Spiral (The Salzburg Saga Book One)
Author: D.U. Okonkwo
Genre: Literary / Adventure
Left to
raise her three younger siblings at the tender age of seventeen, Nina Bishop is
accustomed to solving problems. Now that she and two friends run their own law
firm, she gets paid for solving other people’s problems. And as a
businesswoman, she can always smell a great opportunity. So when her biggest
client, Parker Drayton, organizes a networking ski trip to Salzburg, Austria,
she is the first to board the plane. There's only one drawback: Parker is
bringing along his two notoriously difficult, grown-up sons, Justin and Hugh.
Even
before take-off the tension between Parker and his sons is palpable. But when
Hugh causes their small jet to crash, plunging them all into unforgiving back
country, the networking trip goes from tension-filled journey to living
nightmare.
Author Bio
D. U. (Davina Uchenna) Okonkwo is the
author of the novel, RISE, and the Salzburg Saga. She was born and raised in
London, United Kingdom. An avid reader from a young age, she cites her
favourite childhood books as Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume, Hacker by Marjorie
Blackman, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, and The
Twits by Roald Dahl.
Davina began to write her own stories at
age ten and would give them to her schoolteachers to read. Not limiting herself
to any one genre, she wrote stories about children’s fiction, romances, and
mysteries. She fondly remembers enjoying her mock GCSE English exam at age 15
because she was required to write a story: “I wrote about a teenage girl
who finds out that her boyfriend is cheating on her,” she recalls. “I remember
my teacher giving me an A grade and writing at the end of the paper, 'What
a creep!'
She didn’t
think about writing again for several years and instead pursued higher
education and graduated with honours in European Business with Spanish from the
University of Salford. The course had included an ERASMUS placement in La
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
It was when, upon graduating and working
full time, that the idea of writing once again occurred to her. While in a
bookstore she suddenly had the thought, ‘I wonder what it would be like to
write a book one day.” She says that as soon as she had the thought, a
powerful jolt seemed to go through her, actually pushing her back a step.
Dismissing the strange sensation she left the bookstore but it was later that
very same day that the idea for RISE surfaced.
She wrote and revised RISE around her full
time day job. While she did so, digital changes began shaking up the publishing
industry. It was seeing how these digital changes were empowering authors that
made Davina decide to publish RISE independently. In the summer of 2014
she launched her own publishing company, A Few Words Press
Limited. RISE was the first book published under AFWP in January 2015.
In her spare time she enjoys salsa
dancing, spa breaks, swimming and watching tennis.
Links
Author
Website: http://www.duokonkwo.com
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Book Excerpt
Desperate, Nina grasped Justin’s arm and shook it
hard. “He’s your brother,” she screamed. “Do
something.”
“I don’t know
what to do,” he snapped in resentment, and jerked his arm free. His face
was so devoid of color that his dark eyes stood out against his pale face.
“What the hell can I do?”
They stood outside the
cockpit door now. Only Rita remained seated with the baby, a horrified
expression on her face.
“Hugh,” Parker shouted at the unyielding door. “Open
this door now. What in the hell are you doing? You’ll get us all killed.”
Justin wet his lips. “What’s gotten into him?” His
eyes held disbelief. “What's he thinking?”
“He’s not thinking.” Neil clenched his fists
at his side. “We’ll kick the door down.
Stand back,” he warned, but before he’d even finished saying the last word, a
heavy thud ensued from inside the cockpit.
“Ben must have forgotten to lock the cockpit door
again,” Emily babbled from behind them. The stewardess stood several feet back,
her long fingers wringing together and her throat working convulsively. “He
does that sometimes.” She tugged at her earlobe in a nervous gesture. “But it’s
rare for us to lock the door on a private jet with such a small group of people
such as yours. I think he–”
The jet suddenly dipped at a sharp angle, the force of
it sending Nina sailing to the right. Her hip struck a nearby seat with a force
that had her hissing in pain, and a moment later, the full weight of Angela’s
body hit her back, rendering her momentarily breathless. Emily had been sent to
her knees, and Justin lost his balance as he stumbled against Parker and ended
up sliding down beside Neil who had landed hard on his backside, swearing.
Further back in the cabin, Angela and Rita’s seatbelts
had kept them and little Luke in place. “We have to stay calm and not let fear
take over,” Angela kept saying, though her voice fractured with anxiety.
Nina tried to catch her breath. The ice bucket near
their seats had tipped, and as she met Angela’s blank eyes, Nina's heart
constricted. Angela's biggest fear was being realized, and she had promised her
that they'd be fine. She’d promised. Unable to speak, Nina struggled back to
her friend, gripping Angela’s clammy hand in comfort when she reached her.
Suddenly the captain’s voice sounded over the
intercom, rushed and strained. “This is your captain speaking. Please
prepare….I’m sorry….please brace for impact.”
Nina froze. “Oh my God,” she breathed.
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