CSFF Blog Tour – Curse

The title of this post sounds dramatic, which is fitting for the book the CSFF Blog Tour is featuring this month – Curse of the Spider King by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper, first in the Berinfell Prophecies. For a variety of reasons, I’d like to skip the preliminaries and get right to the review of the book, but I’ll restrain myself.

Rather, let me mention The Biggest Contest in the History of Men and Elves. The prize is truly one of a kind, and the contest itself promises to be a fun ride, though I recommend it most for younger young adults.

The actual name of the contest is “Tribe Building Quest: An adventure based on Curse of the Spider King.” The goal is to build tribes of twenty-one people or more.

For someone looking to be a part of an existing tribe, there’s information in the Underground – a discussion forum connected with the Berinfell Prophecies.

The other option, of course, is to start your own tribe. By the way, the larger the tribe, the better the chance of winning.

After a tribe has been formed and a name chosen, then there needs to be a home (such as a Facebook page) and a leader (someone with Internet access – and communication skills, it would seem 😀 ).

Each tribe member then earns points by doing such things as joining the Underground, posting about one of Christopher or Wayne’s books, mentioning them on Facebook or Twitter, even doing homework well without being told (note from parent required to verify this. 😉 )

I don’t know about anyone else, but the whole thing makes me wish I was back in junior high. What fun. What a great chance to interact with others who also love fantasy. What an excellent way to reach readers in the target age group.

But there’s more to the adventure—a clue at the end of Curse of the Spider King that can lead to solving the Alternate Reality Game, videos, store visits, and of course book buying.

Sound enticing? Just think of all the points a tribe could tally by participating in the blog tour!

See what other participating bloggers are discussing. Oh, before you do, have you voted yet for Readers’ Choice Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction? You have until November 30.

√ Brandon Barr
√ Justin Boyer
√ √ √ Amy Browning
√ Valerie Comer
√ √ Amy Cruson
CSFF Blog Tour
√ Stacey Dale
√ √ √ Shane Deal
√ Jeff Draper
√ √ √ Emmalyn Edwards
√ April Erwin
√ Karina Fabian
√ Todd Michael Greene Corrected link
√ √ √ Ryan Heart
√ √ √ Timothy Hicks
√ Becky Jesse
√ Cris Jesse
√ √ √ Jason Joyner
√ √ Julie
√ Carol Keen
√ √ Krystine Kercher
√ Tina Kulesa
√ Melissa Lockcuff
Mirtika
√ Nissa
√ √ √ John W. Otte
√ √ Donita K. Paul Not on the original list
√ Cara Powers
√ √ Chawna Schroeder
√ √ √ James Somers
√ Speculative Faith
√ √ √ Robert Treskillard
√ √ √ Fred Warren
√ √ √ Jason Waguespac
√ √ √ Phyllis Wheeler
√ √ √ Jill Williamson
√ √ KM Wilsher