PRESS RELEASE IMAGINATION UNLEASHED January 18, 2010
Rare Event Horizon for Southern California
Filmmakers, art and book lovers, and educators are in for some otherworldly dessert when they venture into Ruby's world!
Join 7-year-old Ruby on the worst day of her entire life in a future spaceship society run by superstitious genetic engineers. Her parents are put down for being daydreamers--treated as an incurable disease by the Admins in the Triton community in 2992 M.N. After their fate is sealed, miserable Ruby is prodded by a legendary 100-year-old woman to escape into the wildness of Saardu, a planet where all of the animals are more enlightened than most people. Ruby wants nothing more than the impossible: to live free with her parents in this natural world. Her wish is thwarted when she is cast as the unwilling hero into an outrageous quest to save the last giant dragonfly in existence.
March 7-21, the local community of southern California has a rare opportunity to host a book-signing event where readers of all ages can obtain the collectible version of this special book with both author and illustrator signatures. Ludovic Leleu, the artist who illustrated the novel, will be visiting from France. The author resides in Costa Mesa.
SAARDU: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS was written for the screen by Carma Dillon and began winning awards last summer. Mentored by UCLA's prestigious Richard Walter, Carma went on to write a novel version to flesh out an amazing backstory linking children of the 11th dimension (Zenyans) to our universe. One sample of this brew is found in the character of Triton, who is a real Zenyan boy projecting himself into the 4th dimension as a sentient spaceship. It's time for a whole new myth!
Reviewers have gotten excited about this story, calling it the next STAR WARS or the next HARRY POTTER. "An out-of-this-world adventure that shouldn't be missed. Sure to become an instant classic!"
This rare book is not available through ordinary means. It was ordered in very limited supply from a local book printer, Intensive Image, Inc. The writer uses it as a promotional tool when pitching the story to potential filmmakers. Carma will offer 440 books to the general public in a way that maximizes the benefit to children. This book-signing event will be used to raise awareness and funds for a worthy charity. All proceeds will go to GEMS.
The only question now is, who will win the bid to host this special community event?