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I am so thrilled to share that Secret of the Sands is again an Amazon BESTSELLER!! Our Amazon.com kindle edition reached #87 in the kindle-fiction-historical fiction category today!!!

Below is the link to our Amazon.com kindle page:

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-of-the-S...

This wouldn't be possible, of course, without our AWESOME publisher, Maine Desk/Bristlecone Pine Press!





If you are a reader who likes a good mystery and is intrigued by ancient Egypt, I hope you will give us a try!

Rai Aren, co-author of Secret of the Sands

I am very happy to share the news that our publisher, Bristlecone Pine Press/Maine Desk LLC is in the process of striking a deal with Sony to offer their ebooks for the Sony reader. We've been receiving requests from interested readers who want our book for their Sony readers, so I am very happy that we will soon be able to offer this cool option!







Do stay tuned! I will let you know when it becomes available :)

In the meantime, you can find our trade paperback copy here:

Secret of the Sands trade paperback on Amazon


Our Amazon kindle version:

Secret of the Sands Amazon kindle edition


And our Mobipocket link:

Secret of the Sands on Mobipocket


Happy reading always, my friends!

Rai Aren, co-author of Secret of the Sands



For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth...

"A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands uses Egypt and her mythology as a backdrop to delve into the meanings of life and religion." -McNally Robinson

"Rai Aren and Tavius E. have crafted a fast-paced, exciting novel overflowing with mystery and intrigue. The tension is constant. The characters fully developed. And the plot gripping. Ancient history and present day relevance are so expertly intertwined, that you might forget you are reading a work of fiction." -- Thomas Phillips, author of The Molech Prophecy

Hi fellow readers,

I wanted to pass along some cool news - the eBook version of Secret of the Sands is now also available on OmniLit! We are honored that they chose to list our title :)









Here is the link to our OmniLit listing:

http://www.omnilit.com/product-secret...



Secret of the Sands
By: Rai Aren and Tavius E. | Other books by Rai Aren and Tavius E.
Published By: Bristlecone Pine Press
ISBN # 978-0-9817464-5-6
Word Count: 100532
Available in: Adobe Acrobat, HTML, Mobipocket, Epub



About the book
In the shadow of the Great Sphinx of Giza, two young archaeologists unearth extremely unusual artifacts dating over 12,000 years old. Not only could this change everything we thought we knew about Ancient Egypt, but the exhilarating find is wrong - very wrong. The artifacts shouldn't be there. . .they shouldn't even exist at all. The greatest discovery in human history may also turn out to be the deadliest. . . Visit www.secretofthesands.com to learn more about the story that opens a window into the past, bringing this previously unknown and startling civilization to life.

Hi fellow readers & authors,

I wanted to pass the word along about a great initiative – Operation eBook Drop. It provides donated eBooks to soldiers serving overseas. I am always inspired to hear about how books can help bring some light into someone’s life. I signed up to donate copies of Secret of the Sands – our title, published by Bristlecone Pine Press, was recently listed in the OmniLit catalogue, which made this possible. Here’s the link to our book there:

http://www.omnilit.com/product-secretofthesands-82018-240.html









Here is an article about it by Holly Christine in the Pittsburgh Book Examiner. You can find Holly on Twitter: http://twitter.com/hollyrambles and here is the link to the article, which I have copied in below:

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-15202-Pittsburgh-Books-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Introducing-Operation-eBook-Drop

"Operation eBook Drop is the recent development of Edward C. Patterson, author of eight novels (The Jade Owl, most recently). In the Kindle forums, Patterson came across a US soldier stationed in Iraq. The soldier expressed an interest in downloading Patterson’s work, but couldn’t because Amazon’s Whispernet (the service Amazon uses to send eBook purchases to it’s Kindle counterpart) does not function in Iraq.
The issue sparked an idea in Patterson, a frequent poster and respected member of the Kindle forums. After discovering that Kindle authors expressed an interest in making their work available for free to overseas soldiers, he concocted a plan to use Smashwords, utilizing the site’s coupon feature for free eBooks to soldiers.

Since the conception of Operation eBook Drop only a few days ago, over thirty-five independent authors have offered their work(s) for free to overseas U.S. soldiers. Smashwords quickly responded with Patterson in further developing the project, notifying nearly 1300 authors.

For now, authors interested in participating in the program are encouraged to email Patterson. Works must available through Smashwords with a 100% off coupon code. Soldiers interested in particular works will express their interest through Patterson. Patterson then notifies the author, who will then email the soldier links and coupon codes. Smashwords is currently working on an automated system to further the project development.

For more information or to get involved with the program, visit Smashwords for complete program details.”

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If you are an author, I hope you will join us in this very worthy effort!

Happy reading, always, wherever you may be…

Rai Aren, co-author of Secret of the Sands










For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth...

"A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands uses Egypt and her mythology as a backdrop to delve into the meanings of life and religion." -McNally Robinson

"Rai Aren and Tavius E. have crafted a fast-paced, exciting novel overflowing with mystery and intrigue. The tension is constant. The characters fully developed. And the plot gripping. Ancient history and present day relevance are so expertly intertwined, that you might forget you are reading a work of fiction." -- Thomas Phillips, author of The Molech Prophecy

Hi friends,

I was absolutely delighted to come across another 5-star review of our adventure novel, Secret of the Sands. I thought I would share it with you:

reposted from Amazon:

"Can't wait for the Movie!", October 27, 2009

"Secret of the Sands is a very entertaining and exciting tale of ancient Egypt and modern archeology. The authors succeed in painting the ancient world and its characters in realistic and memorable fashion. Secret of the Sands is a story of adventure, wonder, betrayal, forgiveness, suspense, and action - all the elements that so often can be weaved together into a blockbuster movie. A hope this tale gets the opportunity to reach the big screen - i'll be amongst the first in line to see it! Fans of adventure tales like Indiana Jones will love this book." --P. Martucci

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If you are interested in buying our mystery novel, here is the link to the trade paperback version:

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Sands-Ra...

and here is the link to our Amazon kindle version:

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-of-the-S...











Happy reading always, my friends!

Rai Aren, co-author of Secret of the Sands
www.secretofthesands.com

For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth...

"A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands uses Egypt and her mythology as a backdrop to delve into the meanings of life and religion." -McNally Robinson

"Rai Aren and Tavius E. have crafted a fast-paced, exciting novel overflowing with mystery and intrigue. The tension is constant. The characters fully developed. And the plot gripping. Ancient history and present day relevance are so expertly intertwined, that you might forget you are reading a work of fiction." -- Thomas Phillips, author of The Molech Prophecy

Yippee!! Thanks to our awesome readers, our adventure novel, SECRET OF THE SANDS is once again an Amazon kindle BESTSELLER!! Currently we are #77 for Historical Fiction - totally made my day :)

Here's a screen shot of our proud moment:



Here's the link to our kindle edition:

Secret of the Sands adventure novel kindle edition

And the link to our trade paperback:

Secret of the Sands adventure novel paperback edition


Happy reading, always, my friends!!

Rai Aren, co-author of Secret of the Sands
www.secretofthesands.com


In the shadow of the Great Sphinx of Giza, two young archaeologists unearth extremely unusual artifacts over 12,000 years old, but the find is wrong - very wrong. The artifacts shouldn’t be there…they shouldn’t exist at all. The greatest discovery in human history may turn out to be the deadliest…

Hey book peeps,

For the last few weeks I have been working on putting together a new Second edition of our award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS. It's the same cool story, with a even cooler cover! Here it is:



The publishing process is underway to roll the book out across pretty much all online platforms. The first stop is Smashwords:

Secret of the Sands on Smashwords

Shortly, it should be included in their Premium Catalog, which will allow the book to be available in the following places in addition to the Smashwords catalog:

* Apple's iBookstore
* Barnes & Noble
* Sony
* Kobo
* Borders (powered by Kobo)
* the Diesel eBookstore
* Whitcoulls (New Zealand, powered by Kobo)

I am also working on getting it onto Amazon kindle. I will let you all know as soon as these processes are complete.

For all of our fans, who continue to write in to us to tell us how much they love the story, rest assured, we haven't changed anything there. It's just got a spanky new cover, which I think evokes the substance of the story even more. The second edition allows me to make the book available on many more platforms, and while I was considering that, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to reinvent the cover. I'm extremely excited about this, and totally thrilled with the result!

I also want to pass along my sincere thanks for the hard work & incredible talent of the two people who have been helping me put the second edition together:

* Cover: Gary Val Tenuta, one of the best graphic designers I've come across. Here's the link to his site if you would like to tap his talents:

GVTgrafix: www.bookcoversandvideos.webs.com

* eBook formatting & design: Greg Banks @ BDDesign LLC, he really knows his stuff!: www.bddesignonline.com

Both of these guys are talented, professional & fantastic to work with. Highly recommended!

I will be updating our website and all of my online profiles to reflect the new images. I will also provide links as I get them to all of the great retailers where the book can be found. I may also consider a print edition with the new cover at some point. The first edition print & eBook will remain available in all of the current places.

I hope you like the new cover! I am over the moon about it... :)

Happy reading always, my friends!

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS

Hi everyone,

I just added Secret of the Sands to the Read an E-book Week promotions on Smashwords, starting today & running for one week. It's 26% off - it's easy-breezy, just download the coupon provided on this link:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...








Secret of the Sands is available in multiple eBook formats on Smashwords. I'd be honored if you'd add it to your eReader :)




















It's so exciting to see eBooks taking off, it's a great sign that people are reading more books more often - always a good thing!

Please pass the word on to readers you think would enjoy the story.

Cheers & happy reading always, my friends!

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS

For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth...


"The authors have successfully woven a story based on archeological events mixed with their own ideas of what happened to the Sphinx and the mysteries surrounding it."- www.sabrinareviews.com

"Rai Aren & Tavius E. write a spellbinding mix of mystery, history, fantasy, and adventure in this tale of two histories - one told in the present, the other told from the past - telling a story of misused power, learning how to trust, and the fate of civilization."- www.TeensReadToo.com