Before Mia Tanaka decides to attend Vega Preparatory Academy,
the hardest decision in her life is choosing what college to go to; after she
gets to Vega, she has to choose between her dream of becoming a time traveler
and saving the world.
Vega Preparatory Academy is a place shrouded in mystery. Even the brochure Mia is offered by Vega
hotties Rhys and Jesse at her school’s college fair doesn’t provide any helpful
information. Mia gives the school no
real thought until Rhys impresses upon her how much Vega needs her, and in turn,
how much she needs Vega.
Later that day, when Mia arrives at work, a strange woman
grabs Mia and warns her that she must not attend Vega Preparatory Academy, and
if she does, there will be grave consequences.
Despite the warning, Mia feels drawn to Vega and decides it is where she
wants to go.
During Mia’s first day at Vega, she is reintroduced to Rhys,
who seems to be interested in her romantically.
That would be great if it weren’t for Angelica, the mean girl who
decides to make life miserable for Mia because she has it in her head that Rhys
is her man, and Jesse, Rhys’s beautiful and mysterious cousin who Mia can’t
help but have a crush on.
Vega continues to intrigue Mia as bits and pieces of its
secret comes out. When Mia finally
learns that Vega Preparatory Academy is the training ground for time travelers,
something clicks inside of her. This is
what Mia is meant to do. The only
problem is there is just one lone female time traveler spot open, so Mia will
have to fight for the position. Mia has
never had to fight for anything in her life and isn’t sure that she has enough
in her to get past Angelica’s conniving ways, the strange woman from the diner who
attempts to shut down Vega forever, and most of all, her own insecurities.
VEGA is a YA Fantasy novel complete at 100,000 words.
Growing up on the sunny shores
of Kailua, Hawaii, I read books like A
Wrinkle in Time, Tennis Shoes among the Nephites, and Anne of Avonlea voraciously.
These books opened my mind and prompted me to dream of traveling to long lost
times and being a part of different worlds.
As I grew up, I realized that dream was impossible. VEGA is, in a way,
my rebellion. After gaining my Bachelor
of Arts in History from Utah Valley University and learning even more about the
times I yearned to be a part of, I decided that if I wanted a world in which I
could time travel to exist, I needed to create it.