Kevin Kauffmann

Phoenix Rising: Book Two of the Icarus Trilogy Kevin Kauffmann

Publisher Marketing: The Revolution is about to start, but the hero is dead. Phoenix Rising continues the story of Ryan Jenkins and his teammates from the Crows. They are slaves to a corporate system that uses death and resurrection as just another hidden fee; their pain the entertainment for the masses. Most people watch War World and just think it's the next best thing in sports. The Eris Freedom Initiative wants to change that. They have recruited doctors, undercover agents and soldiers, but the system in place is oppressive and far-reaching. The corporations and alliances that build up the Trade Union are the true power on Earth and its eight daughter asteroids. And above all of them stands War World Entertainment, the company which owns Eris, a planet full of slave soldiers. These corporate masters have promoted Ryan Jenkins as a hero, but the man fighting and dying on those screens is not the same boy from New Chicago. He was changed, behaviorally modified, and is a symbol for the Trade Union's corruption. He is a sociopath who enjoys killing; a hero for all the wrong reasons. That's why The EFI is planning to bring the real Ryan Jenkins back. But can humanity rely on a man who killed himself? Phoenix Rising is the second book in Kevin Kauffmann's Icarus Trilogy. Telling a story of heroes and redemption, the novel shows what happens when corporate corruption has gone too far. Contributor Bio:  Kauffmann, Kevin Kevin Kauffmann (1987-)was one of those kids that would make up stories every day, creating worlds and adventures for action figures, old Transformers and even lucky stuffed animals. Then the real world came knocking and he forgot he loved to tell stories. After grabbing a degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, he remembered just what he lost. The Icarus Trilogy is Kauffmann's first professional project and he started on Murder of Crows back in April, 2010. In July of that year, Kauffmann was told that his grandmother had been diagnosed with cancer, which caused Murder of Crows to become an entirely different project. In order to cope with his grief, Kauffmann's writing became focused on how his characters dealt with loss, both in the form of personal identity and actually losing the people closest to them. His next book, tentatively titled The Fourth Horseman, is going through editing and should be released some time later this year.