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Sins Of Temptation, Violence And Treachery. Launch For Kobo’s Descent Dan Brown Inferno Competition.

April 25, 2013 by Joanna Penn 12 Comments

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So I've been involved in a secret project for the last month or so and today I can finally announce it!

KOBO DescentSo What's Happening? The Descent: Kobo's Inferno Contest

Dante's Inferno hopefully needs no introduction, but on May 15 Dan Brown's new novel, also called Inferno is launched, based on Dante's work.

For the lead up to the launch of the book, Kobo is running an exciting new kind of interactive online contest that you can enter for free in order to win fantastic prizes, including $5000 and Kobo Glo devices signed by Dan Brown himself.

The first step of the contest is a series of short stories, written by – yes, you guessed it, me – under my fiction name J.F.Penn 🙂 EXCITING!

You can get the first story right now: Kobo.com/TheDescent

and here's the official Kobo press release about the contest

(The contest is only open to residents of US, Canada and the UK, but everyone else can still get the stories)

Solve the clues in each of the stories and they will lead you to the next step of the puzzle.

dan brown infernoIt's an extremely cool idea and I've had a total blast writing the stories, exploring aspects I haven't yet done in my full-length novels. They're steeped in the symbolism of the world of Dante's Inferno as well as religious and supernatural themes that Dan Brown fans will love.

I haven't been involved in the development of the rest of the contest, so I can't give anything away, but from what I have heard, it is amazingly detailed and layered in symbolism, myth and literature. It's worth reading Dante's Inferno (a modern translation) in order to get the most from the competition. For example, you might not know that the center of Hell is actually ice, rather than fire, and the story will inform the clues.

You can check out the Pinterest board here to see images of the various aspects of the story.

Here's an intro to the stories – as you can see, the covers feature the wild creatures Dante encounters in the wood at the start of his Descent.

Sins of temptation J.F.PennStory 1: Sins of Temptation

When the tortured and mutilated corpse of a wealthy author is discovered, the police officer sent to investigate finds a curious diary amongst the occult objects at the scene. Will he uncover the author’s secret at the ruined chapel, and does he really want to pay the price that it demands?

Get the story right now at Kobo.com/TheDescent

Story 2: Sins of Violence

In a post-apocalyptic world, a young girl is about to be taken to the man known as The Minotaur for a Blessing that will end her innocence. Can her sister gain access to the fortified city of Dis in time to stop the ritual and wreak vengeance for her own lost youth?

Available on 2 May 2013 …

Story 3: Sins of Treachery

On the death of their Grandfather, twin brothers Simon and Gestas are left a map covered in alchemical symbols that could lead them to great wealth and power. But they find more than they expected in the frozen wastes of the Arctic north …

Available on 9 May 2013 …

You don't have to have a Kobo device to read the stories, you just have to join the site to get the download and then read on your computer, your mobile device or other apps listed here.

Once you sign up, you will also be in the contest to win loads of great prizes, so now's the time to check out Kobo!

The stories will be on sale after the game is finished but they are exclusive to Kobo for 6 months, so best get them for free right now.

You Can Also Listen To Story 1: Sins Of Temptation

I've recorded the first short story in this very podcast episode with an accompanying explanation about the launch. The bridging music before the story is Creative Commons Royalty Free Discovery Hit at Incompetech

If you'd like the unadulterated short story with no intro, you can also find it here as an mp3 file: www.JFPenn.com/sins

kobo writing lifeAs an author, you should definitely be on Kobo Writing Life.

After Amazon, Kobo is the greatest proportion of my income, and many other authors and they have now overtaken B&N Nook as the #2 e-reading platform. Learn more about Kobo Writing Life in this interview with Mark Lefebvre from Kobo about how they help authors.

Find more info at KoboWritingLife.com

Please do leave any comments or questions below. Enjoy the stories and good luck with the competition!

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  1. Jared Dees says

    April 25, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    Congratulations Joanna, this is really exciting!

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  2. Heather says

    April 25, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    this is really exciting, and I love my Kobo, though it wasn’t my first choice. I got it as a gift, and haven’t looked back. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that the Canada office is just down the street from my work. Looks like it will be some fun to read!

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    • Mark Leslie says

      April 27, 2013 at 7:18 am

      Hi Heather – glad you’re enjoying your Kobo reader. If you’re a fan of The Creative Penn and you work just down the street from Kobo’s head office, then I must offer you a tour if you’re interested. Hope you’re enjoying Joanna’s amazing “Sin Series” and best of luck with the contest.

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  3. Amber Dane says

    April 25, 2013 at 10:23 pm

    Congratulations, Joanna-so excited for you! Off to get my copy 🙂

    Reply
  4. Jonathan Gunson says

    April 27, 2013 at 3:13 am

    Interesting cover design. (There’s nothing like good puzzle.)
    Jonathan

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  5. laurence smith-henry says

    April 28, 2013 at 4:39 am

    amazing and brilliant idea ! joanna. well done !

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  6. Alyne DeWinter says

    May 6, 2013 at 5:47 pm

    Great story, Joanna. I don’t like graphic corpse imagery generally, but it was necessary to this story as you discover at the end. There’s a lot of growth in your writing as well. you read it well too.
    Very good.
    I love short stories too and wrote a bunch of them over a summer. I keep hearing they don’t ‘sell well’ which is a mystery to me. Maybe ebooks will change that.

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    • Joanna Penn says

      May 6, 2013 at 11:53 pm

      Thanks Alyne – I appreciate your words about my growth as a writer. I really do feel that the last 9 months have been significant for my craft. These short stories definitely stretched me but were brilliant to write and Desecration, the next book, is all the stronger for them.
      I think ebooks have changed the reception for short stories, because authors can release them as mini anthologies and use them as a promotional tool with pricing etc. I’ll be writing some more!

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  7. April says

    May 9, 2013 at 12:37 am

    Wonderful job! I am waiting very anxiously for the third story.

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  8. paulene klaudt says

    May 10, 2013 at 7:24 pm

    I have read all three of the books as part of the contest, but I came upon this page by mistake, and it does not say anything at Kobo about reading Dante’s Inferno???? any feedback? I am wondering if that will be part of the puzzle too!!

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    • Joanna Penn says

      May 11, 2013 at 1:03 am

      Hi Pauline – no, you don’t have to read Inferno – that was just my part of the fun:) You should be able to get to all the secret web pages from the ebooks themselves. But I don’t know anymore as I wasn’t involved in the build of the rest of the puzzle – have fun!

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    • paulene klaudt says

      May 11, 2013 at 5:40 pm

      I really enjoyed the three stories!! disappointed they were so short!! I’m hooked!!

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