The Last Orphans

One horrifying day will change the life of sixteen-year-old Shane Tucker and every other kid in the world. 

In a span of mere hours, the entire adult population is decimated, leaving their children behind to fend for themselves and deal with the horrific aftermath of the freak occurrence. As one of the newly made elders in his small town, Shane finds himself taking on the role of caretaker for a large group of juvenile survivors. One who just happens to be Kelly Douglas—an out-of-his-league classmate—who, on any other day, would have never given Shane a second glance. 

Together, they begin their quest to find out why all of the adults were slaughtered. What they find is even more horrifying than anything they could have expected—the annihilation of the adults was only the beginning. Shane and his friends are not the unlucky survivors left to inherit this new, messed-up planet. No, they are its next victims. There is an unknown power out there, and it won’t stop until every person in the world is dead. 

A spine-tingling adventure that will have you gasping for breath all the way until the last page, The Last Orphans is the first book in an all-new apocalyptic series.

N.W. Harris of San Diego, CA

Born at the end of the Vietnam War and raised on a horse farm near small town north Georgia, N.W. Harris's imagination evolved under the swaying pines surrounding his family’s log home. On summer days that were too hot, winter days that were too cold, and every night into the wee morning hours, he read books. 

N.W. Harris published his first novel—Joshua's Tree—in 2013. It was no wonder that with his wild imagination and passion for all things word related, that N.W. Harris was named a quarter finalist in Amazon's Break Through Novel Award Contest. In early 2014, N.W. Harris joined the ranks with Clean Teen Publishing when they signed his new young adult apocalyptic adventure series—The Last Orphans.

In addition to writing, N.W. Harris has been a submarine sailor, nurse, and business owner. His studies have included biology, anthropology, and medicine at UCSB and SUNY Buffalo. He is an active member of SCBWI and lives in sunny southern California with his beautiful wife and two perfect children. He writes like he reads, constantly. 

Marketing & Publicity
  • Author is marketing with The Southern Collective Experience https://www.facebook.com/TheSouthernCollectiveExperience to promote The Last Orphans by cross marketing with a large group of artists. Author will be doing an interview on his blog of an artist from the group next week. This will drive hits to his blog and exposure for The Last Orphans.
  • Two Week Blog Tour through Juniper Grove Book Solutions beginning 10/18/14. This will include 10-14 Blog stops with exclusive content, interviews, guest posts and reviews.
  • Release Day Blitz scheduled for 10/17/14 through Juniper Grove Book Solutions. This will include 15-20 Blog stops on release day.
  • Author was voted into the Goodreads list for "Most Exciting Upcoming YA Books," which has 10,552 voters. The Last Orphans is currently sitting at #25 out of 352 upcoming titles!
  • Submitted a print copy to USA Book News 2014 USA Best Book Awards for consideration for their Best 2014 Science Fiction Book Award. In addition, this paid submission will also receive: A five-month full-color listing on USABookNews.com which includes your color book cover, a brief paragraph about your title and a hyperlink to your website (valued at $1,250.00!) http://www.usabooknews.com/2014usabestbookawards.html