The Dark River Free Giveaway: Win a First Edition Copy of Bestselling Author John Twelve Hawks Latest Novel!

Detroit, Michigan - Literary Illusions has been offered a copy of John Twelve Hawks new novel, The Dark River, for giveaway! Hawkes is the best selling author of the novel, The Traveler. The Dark River is the highly anticipated follow up for The Traveler.

This is a first edition copy of the novel, The Dark River. A synopsis of the story has been listed below. To win a pre-released copy of this novel before its release date interested parties should simply follow these contest guidelines.

The contest is a raffle. Each entry is processed via an email that is sent through the contact link on the Literary Illusions Website. Entries should include the name of the last book the submitter read. They can also feel free to include information on whether they liked or disliked this novel.

To win an additional entry into the contest, the submitter can post an entry on their blog, website, or Myspace about the last book they read. At the end of the post, information on the contest with a link to the Literary Illusions homepage (literaryillusions.com) should be included. Then the submitter can post the link in an email to Literary Illusions staff.

On July 5th, five days before the official release of The Dark River, a winner will be chosen and announced. The lucky person will have their name plastered on Literary Illusions. Staff members will contact the winner via email to get their address and have the book in the mail immediately.

Synopsis of The Dark River:

A frantic race to save a long-lost Traveler. An epic battle for freedom. Two brothers whose power puts them on a collision course …with each other.

In The Traveler, John Twelve Hawks introduced readers to a dangerous world inspired by the modern technology that monitors our lives. Under constant surveillance of the 'Vast Machine,' a sophisticated computer network run by a ruthless group, society is mostly unaware of its own imprisonment. Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, brothers who were raised "off the grid," have recently learned they are Travelers like their long-lost father- part of a centuries-old line of prophets able to journey to different realms of consciousness and enlighten the world to resist being controlled. But power affects the brothers differently. As The Traveler ends, Gabriel hesitates under the weight of responsibility. Michael seizes the opportunity-and joins the enemy.

THE DARK RIVER opens in New York City with a stunning piece of news. Gabriel's father, who has been missing for nearly twenty years, may still be alive and trapped somewhere in Europe. Gabriel and his Harlequin protector, Maya, immediately mobilize to escape New York and find the long-lost Traveler.

Simultaneously, Michael orders the Brethren-the ruthless group that has been hunting Gabriel-into a full-scale search. Gabriel yearns to find his father to protect him; Michael aims to destroy the man whose existence threatens his newfound power. The race moves from the underground tunnels of New York and London to ruins hidden beneath Rome and Berlin, to a remote region of Africa that is rumored to harbor one of history's greatest treasures. And as the story moves toward its chilling conclusion, Maya must decide if she will trade everything to rescue Gabriel.

A mesmerizing return to the places and people so richly portrayed in The Traveler, THE DARK RIVER is propelled by edge-of-the-seat suspense and haunted by a vision of a world where both hope and freedom are about to disappear.