YA Book Launch: Burn the Water by Billy Ray
Schedule
Tue Mar 03 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Village Well Books & Coffee | Culver City, CA
About this Event
Join us for the launch of Burn the Water, a new YA novel by Billy Ray!
Ray will be joined by novelist Gregg Hurwitz to discuss the book.
About the book:
From award-winning screenwriter of The Hunger Games, Billy Ray, comes an immersive and breathtaking enemies-to-lovers epic romance about war, loyalty, and the power that love has to save... or destroy.
The year is 2425 and London is underwater.
Three hundred years ago, rising oceans drowned a vast majority of the English Isle. London is now a jungle of dead skyscrapers and submerged streets.
Fighting over the scraps of a world none can remember, two Houses -- the Crowns and the Rogues -- have been at war for three centuries.
Rafe is the Rogue army's fiercest captain. Jule is the Crown army's deadliest soldier. They are vicious and merciless, courageous and beloved by their Houses. They are sworn enemies.
And then they fall in love.
It's a death sentence. But their love is all-consuming. As Rafe and Jule try to keep each other alive in their war-torn world, they are forced to confront new, horrifying threats to their loved ones while the hatred between their Houses only grows.
From the award-winning screenwriter of The Hunger Games comes a visceral and breathless forbidden romance about sacrifice, the never-ending cycle of violence, and fiery, all-powerful love.
About the participants:
Billy Ray is one of modern Hollywood's preeminent screenwriters. He has won a Writers Guild Award and was Oscar-nominated for his screenplay Captain Phillips. Past works as a writer or writer-director include The Hunger Games, Richard Jewell, Shattered Glass, The Last Tycoon, and The Comey Rule for Showtime, an award-winning adaptation of James Comey's bestseller A Higher Loyalty. Billy also hosts the podcast "StrikeTalk" for Deadline Hollywood.
Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of 26 thrillers including the Orphan X series. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages. Gregg currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers (ITW). Additionally, he’s written screenplays and television scripts for many of the major studios and networks, poetry, and is an award-winning documentary producer.
Where is it happening?
Village Well Books & Coffee, 9900 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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