Today we are interviewing Cassandra Jainkul the main character of Shield, Allie's War, Book Two by JC Andrijeski. If you have questions for Cassandra please leave them in the comments as she will be stopping by to answer!
Thank you, Cassandra (and JC Andreijeski) for stopping by!
1. What is your name? What name do you use?
2. What do you look like? (Include height, weight, hair, eyes, skin, apparent age, and distinguishing features)
3. How do you dress most of the time?
Well, waaaay better than Allie, that’s for sure. I used to have
to make her go shopping with me, back in San Francisco. I’ve had to get a
little more creative up here in Seertown, since we’re in the middle of friggin’
nowhere in the Himalayas. But it’s kind of a tourist town, so I can still get
some cool stuff, but yeah, it feels like a long camping trip up here. I’m
looking forward to getting back to civilization, even though Revik, Allie’s
husband, let me go on a spree with his credit card one day. Man, that guy’s
tight, though. Allie wasn’t kidding when she called Revik ‘tighter than a
weasel’s a-hole’ when it comes to money. Jeez. That would drive me crazy,
personally, but she’s still in that whole honeymoon stage thing, so she just
thinks it’s cute. Wow. Yeah, if that’s love, I’ll pass...
I had this horrible beater in San Francisco for awhile, a lime
green toyota that used to backfire at the funniest times. It was great for just
a get around town car...well, until the water-pump died and then the engine
blew up because the temperature thingy went into the red. After that, I pretty
much took the bus, at least until the whole thing went down with Allie being a
seer and me and Jon getting kidnapped by Terian. I was saving up for a new car,
though...I was going to get convertible. I know, I know, convertibles are a
waste in San Francisco, but heck. You only live once, right?
5. What hobbies do you have?
Well, I dabble a bit in the art thing, but not like Allie or
anything. I used to sing in a rock band, back in my early twenties. It was
awesome! We wore these totally crazy outfits, like babydoll dresses with cones
on our bras and fake snake tails and wings. We mostly played noise...like
totally off-kilter industrial stuff. That was with my boyfriend, Jake. He was
the drummer. He was pretty brilliant though...he came up with our name, the
Angels of Ra. I have no idea if he even knew who Ra was, but it didn’t really
matter. We were pretty much just into the weird make up and painting our sets
with creepy black-light landscapes for raves...
6. Are you dating anyone right now? If so, who?
Well, yeah, I’m dating this seer named Chandre...I call her Chan,
so does Allie. Yeah, sometimes I date girls. Chan’s pretty intense. She was,
like, persistent, you know? And despite all the crazy stereotypes about seers
being into casual sex and nymphos or whatever, she’s, like...possessive. It’s
actually kind of too much sometimes, but she’s really cool. She’s like this
badass hunter chick, and works as an infiltrator, like Revik, Allie’s husband.
She’s really hot, too. Like...all muscle, but really pretty too, you know?
7. What’s your favorite movie of all time? Book?
Hmmm...movie. I might have to go with Dr. Strangelove. I think
me and Allie watched that like three hundred times in high school, that and
Young Frankenstein. ‘There wolf...there castle...’ You know, that one. Book? I
don’t know. I read a lot of Stephen King.
8. What is your view of authority, and what event most affected it?
Well, if you knew my parents, you probably wouldn’t have to ask the second half of that. Let’s just say, I don’t like being told what to do. Allie says I’ve got an ‘endless affinity for the hopeless case.’ Ha. Like she’s one to talk! I do tend to root for the underdog, though. I don’t like being told what to do, but I don’t like seeing anyone else getting pushed around, either.
9. What about you is heroic?
Me? I have no idea. I’m one of those people who doesn’t sit on
the sidelines, I guess. I mean, I guess I could have gone back to my life in
San Francisco after that whole thing with Terian...unlike Jon, I doubt anyone
would have bothered with me, with Allie gone. I could have gone back to my old
life, and just let her and Jon come her to India without me, and gotten therapy
or whatever else and tried to forget about the seers. But I just couldn’t, you know? I want to make a
difference. That’s kind of heroic, isn’t it?
10.
Of what benefit could
you be to the current group?
Allie’s War, Book Two
JC Andrijeski
Genre: New Adult / Urban Fantasy/ Romance
Publisher: White Sun Press
ISBN-10: 1456555731
ISBN-13: 978-1456555733
ASIN: B004TXR750
Number of pages: 432
Word Count: approx. 160K
Cover Artist: White Sun Press
Book Description:
“And they say Death will live among them in the guise of a child....”
Grappling with her new identity as “Bridge,” a being meant to herald the end for all of humanity, isn’t even Allie’s biggest problem. She’s also coping with a whole new set of rules around her seer marriage, as well as the power-hungry Rook she helped put in the White House, who is currently doing his best to start a war with China.
Then the boy appears. A sociopath with all of the energetic markings of Syrimne, a highly dangerous telekinetic seer who killed thousands during World War I, he doesn’t appear to have aged in one hundred years.
Worse, he thinks Allie belongs to him.
About the Allie’s War Series:
An urban fantasy paranormal romance set in a unique, gritty version of Earth, populated by a second race of beings called seers, the Allie’s War series centers on the relationship of a strong female protagonist, Allie Taylor, and her antihero guide, Dehgoies Revik. Falling into the new adult genre of books, the Allie’s War series takes place in a modern version of Earth you’ve never seen, that spans centuries along with the lives of its main characters, the seers, and the wars they fight with themselves and their human allies and enemies, (steamy sex scenes in parts!).
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Shield: Allie’s War, Book Twohttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17618582-shield
About the Author:
JC Andrijeski has published novels, novellas, serials, graphic novels and short stories, as well as nonfiction essays and articles, including the Allie’s War series, The Slave Girl Chronicles and bestselling novella, The Alien Club. Her short fiction runs from humorous to apocalyptic, and her nonfiction articles cover subjects from graffiti art, meditation, psychology, journalism, politics and history. JC has traveled extensively and lived abroad, but currently lives and works on the Oregon Coast.
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