Michael Poeltl's Blog, page 19

Dystopian work for Canadian author - Jeyn Roberts - picked up by McMillan

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Very excited for this author. Jeyn Roberts, author of Dark Inside has been picked up by McMillan and being marketed as The Road (by Cormack McaCarthy) meets 28 Days Later. The Road is one of my favourtie books in the Post-Apocalyptic genre, and 28 Days Later was a well received movie series on the end times. Put them together and you have a very interesting premise for a book.

Looking forward to reading and reviewing this book. Jeyn has a presence on facebook and goodreads and will likely...

New review of The Judas Syndrome, on Amazon, by Jaidis Shaw

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There must be a balance between books and their endings. Some must end happily and others are destined to go the darker route, such as The Judas Syndrome by Michael Poeltl. We are introduced to your average teenagers that are carefree and optimistic about their futures. In an attempt to put off summer jobs and escape the gloom brought on by threats of the apocalypse, the group of teens gather for a camping weekend. Upon returning home, the teens are forced to discover that the threats came t...

Zvi Zaks reviews, Rebirth, book two of The Judas Syndrome

A Phoenix arises.

REBIRTH is Michel Poeltl's second book in THE JUDAS SYNDROME trilogy. The author has been careful to give enough back-story to make it understandable by itself, but is best read after the first in the series. That way, one gets a vivid picture of the transformation undergone by the characters—from carefree teens on a pre-college camping trip to survivalist adults in a post nuclear-holocaust world, with extremes ranging from, Sara, now a fiercely protective mother, to Earl, de...

Goodreads giveaway of book two of The Judas Syndrome series of dark fiction

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WInner for the autopgraphed verion of The Judas Syndrome

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After a grueling contest, involving 1031 potential winners, Carlene, a goodreads member from New York won the free autographed version of Michael Poeltl's, The Judas Syndrome.

The contest ran from Feb 24-Mar 12, 2011 and 1 copy was made available by the author.

Poeltl hopes to have brought the book and the series to the attention of the goodreads membership via this contest. Thanks to http://www.goodreads.com/ for the opportunity!

Fan Fiction Contest

We are holding a contest for budding or established writers to write a piece of fan fiction about characters from either the first book of The Judas Syndrome series or the second, Rebirth.
It could be about a character's background, or a character barely touched on, or what was happening in a characters mind during the books, or what happened to characters that 'disappeared'.

Please make your entries no more than 2000 words in length and include your name, e-mail and any links to your own
websites or writings. The top four entrees will be featured on the books website, and the top entry will win a signed copy of all The Judas Syndrome books in Paperback(including book three).

For more information on how to enter the contest please visit http://www.the-judas-syndrome.com/The....

The Judas Syndrome

Rebirth (The Judas Syndrome, #2)

New review from Author Zvi Zaks of Michael Poeltl's The Judas Syndrome - Book one

The Judas Syndrome - A cominng of age tale, told at the end of an age.

"The author has a clear and lucid style that takes the reader from one vivid situation to another." By Zvi Zaks author of IMPLAC and A Virtual Affair

The Judas Syndrome starts with a group of young adults on a camping trip before school. A cloud hangs over the trip, namely a terrorist's threat of a nuclear holocaust. The trip itself gives the reader a chance to know these youths and how they react under normal circumstances....

Read an ebook month. March!

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Michael Poeltl is supporting "Read an ebook week" via Smashwords during the month of March. The first of his series - The Judas Syndrome - is free, and the second, 50% until March 12th!
The first two of the series are available now, with the third slated for a late 2011/early 2012 release date.

Apocalyptic fiction giveaway via GoodReads

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