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Audio Excerpt: Cyber Squad, Level 1 by A.K. Mocikat

Featuring book 1 in the Cyber Squad series by A.K. Mocikat

Narated by Zachary Johnson

10 hours 6 minutes

Kai thought he had the best job in the world. Playing VR games for a living. Not if the games are trying to kill you. The Net is the last great frontier, a wilderness of data filled with mysteries beyond imagination. Bugs, a harmless annoyance in earlier decades, have become a deadly menace in times when gamers connect their brains directly to VR. 

The Cyber Squad has been...

5 Tips to Get More Reviews from Book Bloggers

If you’re publishing books, indie or otherwise, in today’s market, you’re probably aware that the days of putting a book up for sale and going to lunch while sales roll in are a thing of the past. (If you aren’t, spoiler?) Creating is a rewarding experience, and if you’re anything like me, you love the creative part of it but aren’t so thrilled about the business side. In particular, I struggle with putting myself out there, which is where having a strong book marketing strategy comes in. There ...

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Interview+Giveaway: The Defender by Larissa Soehn

An Interview with Larissa Soehn, author of scifi/fantasy The Defender

A woman battling depression and anxiety finds herself trapped in her own life, but when an alien device rips her away from Earth, she is forced to fulfill an impossible role and save the galaxies from destruction.

On Earth, Alexia Harmon is a mother and wife, but in a foreign galaxy, she is so much more. Torn away from her family, Alex is in an epic battle to escape from Gatlin and return to Earth. But little does Al...

Review+Giveaway: Jaxon and the Naughty Secret Monster by Madeline M. Pratchler

My review of childrens book Jaxon and the Naughty Secret Monster by Madeline M. Pratchler

Jaxon’s enthusiasm for the simplest things bubbles out of him, and ideas continually pop out of his very large brain. His delight in helping plant the garden with his family creates a magical learning opportunity, and he’s well on his way to being as smart as his dad. But sometimes his zest needs to be clamped down, and his blurting embarrasses others.

When Dad shares a surprise for Mom, Jaxon dis...

Happy Birthday to Season of Suffering by Jonathan J. Michael!

A villain in his own mind, Stone McLarin is labeled the hero for murdering a man.

Not only is Stone weighted down as a hero, but he’s idolized by the dominant religion, and he’s the sole protector of the knowledge of the ages. The pressure of the entire realm is on his shoulders.

Carib Reign, a shapeshifter building an army of immortals, plans to purge the Crimson Capital to find this hidden knowledge. His motive, to give the people of Azure the freedom they deserve.

With many adven...

Interview+Giveaway: Awaken by Lauren Wagner

Interview with Lauren Wagner, author of speculative fiction Awaken

Natalia has embraced the choice of her people. She is honored to have been chosen as their human sacrifice and will surrender her life to the Gods. She awaits the call of her people for that final moment, living a life of solitude until it’s time. But then her death is stolen from her—she is kidnapped by her own guards and forced into an eternal slumber.

Hundreds of years later—now—Natalia is woken in a world that’s com...

Interview+Giveaway: Friends to the End by Cherie Colyer

Interview with Cherie Colyer, author of middle grade action Friends to the End

Twelve-year-old Zach is convinced he’ll never be happy without his best friend Jeremy by his side. But both of their lives changed with a bang five months ago, and as far as Zach’s concerned, it’s his fault Jeremy will never see his twelfth birthday.

When Zach moves with his family to a Chicago suburb, he quickly becomes friends with a group of thrill-seeking kids trying to find a disappearing haunted ho...

Audio Excerpt: The Wing Cycle by E.G. Stone

Featuring fantasy The Wing Cycle by E.G. Stone, narated by Anne Marie Lewis

Book 1: The One Who Could Not Fly

For generations, sylphs have lived isolated on the island of Shinalea, forgotten by the world. But they, too, have forgotten their past. Until it rears its head and changes the very foundations of their world….

Ravenna has grown up isolated and ostracised amongst the sylphs for her small wing size and her unusual colouring. She lives with the Intellecti, a collection of ...

Interview+Giveaway: The Abdication by Justin Newland

Interview with Justin Newland, author of supernatural thriller The Abdication

The town of Unity sits perched on the edge of a yawning ravine where, long ago, a charisma of angels provided spiritual succour to a fledgeling human race. Then mankind was granted the gift of free will and had to find its own way, albeit with the guidance of the angels. The people’s first conscious act was to make an exodus from Unity – they built a rope bridge across the ravine and founded the town of Tope...