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Deception of Magic

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Deception of Magic is a unique Christian Fantasy that combines scripture with a humorous, action-packed fantasy world. Evangelical theology in this fantasy, aimed at youth and adults, discusses such topics as salvation, prayer, forgiveness, divorce, and of course, magic. Theology is presented using Bible verses from the KJV and NIV Bible through character interaction and action sequences.

Join the adventure as God’s wrath rains down on this rebellious Kingdom, which was originally founded on God’s Word. Javin and his friends must fight for their very lives as their kingdom crumbles around them. Along the way, they discover many truths about God, including salvation, forgiveness, and the powerful work of the Son of God on the Cross.

Javin is severely speech impaired, socially reclusive, and heart-broken over the loss of his childhood sweetheart, Chellell, who has left him and the church, to pursue magic.  Angry with God for not answering her prayers as a child when her father left her mother, Chellell embraces the doctrines of magic. She is unaware that Javin gets ill whenever he is near magic users. Her strong distrust for males and God is based on her experiences of abandonment and unanswered prayers.

Gevi is a fiery, half-elven girl that is a technology genius. Somehow, she always finds herself in trouble, dragging everyone around her into the chaos. Her struggles are based upon deep seeded fears from a childhood as an orphan, living on the streets. Thunderfall is a dwarven blacksmith, who adopted Gevi when she was nine. He is spiritually strong, and well versed in The Guide (Bible). Gevi is unaware that her adopted dwarven father is much more than he seems.

The Monster Man of Horror House

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John Coal is the town oddball. Old, crotchety, pungent and solitary, he lives in a scary old house that is almost as rundown as he and sees out his days shuffling around the streets harvesting his neighbours’ skips for scrap.

The local kids take great delight in plaguing him morning, noon and night but they’ve chosen the wrong old coot to mess with because John Coal is no ordinary man. He knows where the bodies are buried. He’s been to the outer limits. He is a keeper of dark secrets. Murder, monsters, demons and bi-polar vampires: he has seen them all and lived to tell the tale.

Now, if he is to rid himself of his woes, he must dig into the deepest recesses of his past and use these terrible experiences to convince his tormentors he’s not just an old man to be messed with.

He is John Coal – the Monster Man of Horror House.

From the award-winning writer of The Burglar Diaries and the movie, Wild Bill.

King’s X

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KING’S X is a supernatural Mystery/Thriller – Recommended for readers who want fiction to be page-turning and smart at the same time.


“…completely engaging from beginning to end.  WoW…just wow.  Harper really understands language.”
  – NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Tamara Rose Blodgett


“This is a ‘stand up and take notice’ story from a truly gifted writer.  The most original adventure I’ve seen in years.  ”The Matrix” crossed with “The Da Vinci Code.”  King’s X is dark, beautiful, and very provocative.  I’ve had the story stuck in my head since the first time I read it.” 
  – Ken Miller, Film and TV Producer - “Charmed“

Detective Wendell Book is a “young soul,” breaking down in body and spirit before his time. When Book encounters Molly – a frightened runaway on the streets of Hollywood with a strange story and a cold-blooded murderer on her trail – he quickly finds himself standing alone, outlaw, fugitive, and her only protection from dangers beyond his imagination.

Molly is an “old soul” just waking to a reality far worse than the nightmares that drive her to run. She is the fox in a harrowing chase which began many centuries ago.  Even death is no escape, as a relentless and malevolent figure she knows only as a “Shepherd” pursues her from lifetime to lifetime, one incarnation to the next… all because of a two word riddle… “KING’S X.”

To solve the mystery, Book and Molly must stay alive long enough for her to remember the whole story…  Long ago the KING’S X was stolen from its makers.  It is hidden somewhere in Los Angeles, right she left it… long before she was born.

Somehow, in a way neither can see, Molly and Book are connected.  But now she is young and helpless once more, her guardian is no match for the Shepherd, and time is running out.  Her enemy has the scent.  He has picked up her trail.  The chase is on.  Again.


Praise for King’s X…


“King’s X” belongs to that rare breed of books whose seemingly high-concept premise in fact shields a tightly crafted and deeply affecting story. Harper expertly balances character and conspiracy in a universe that will grab you from the very first chapter.” – Line Zero Magazine


“This book has grabbed me. …really well written and I liked the author’s style. Big thumbs up!” — Booked Up

“…a very well thought-out book with lots of suspense, twists, and history. I give it 5 stars. If you love a good suspense/thriller, you’ll love this book!” — Paranormal Opinion


“Wow…just wow.  (King’s X) is a classic tale of good versus evil, but it’s never stale.  Never.  If you’re a reader that digs fast-paced action, intrigue, highly detailed scene description, this is a novel for you.” 
– New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Tamara Rose Blodgett

“King’s X is a rare reader experience: an authentic thrill-ride that reads like literary fiction.  A must-read destined to become a classic!”

– Laura Taylor, Author of “Honor Bound”


“Stephen T. Harper is a master of words.  I stayed awake all night to finish, heart pounding, eyes bulging with every new twist, and the ending almost killed me!” – The Paperback Pursuer

“…starts out mid-action and doesn’t seem to slow down even when the author is describing delicate women in quiet moments with the men they care for… Pick up King’s X. You won’t be sorry.” — Into The Morning Reads


“A good, possibly GREAT book.” – Amazon UK Reader Review

“One of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE reads this year!  Maybe this DECADE!” – Amazon US Reader Review

 

Empire of Blood (OMNIPUNK)

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In the future, when genetic anomalies form a pact to alter the human race, a small group of freedom fighters is all that stands in their way.

 

 

 

Lost and Found

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Edmund Leighterton returns from

the battle of Waterloo with his life but not his hearing.

Convinced that the future now holds nothing for him,

he cares not whose life he makes miserable.

He is rescued from this destructive path by

the lovely Miss Elena Smithson. However the arrival

of the mysterious George Long so jeopardises

her comfort that Edmund is forced

to take him on to protect her.

‘You have your health and your hearing

and how have you used it? To leech off

the worthiest family in the district.’

Amelia’s story

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This is a powerful true story of one young girl’s struggle to survive the care system during the 70s, and 80s. Amelia has one wish and that’s to make it through to adulthood. However, the obstacles placed before her are proving too hard to bear. She starts to wonder about the peace and finality of her own death. Amelia can see no light at the end of the tunnel, she just wants to hold her own destiny in her own hands, but adulthood was so far way she could not even catch a glimpse of her dream.

Dumbass Vampire

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This is an 18 page short story:

Paul is an eight hundred year old vampire who feels only two things; hunger and despair.

When he happens upon another like him, he begins to feel something foreign to him: Hope.

An Act of Deceit (A Sarah Woods Mystery)

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Featured in Amazon’s Top 100 Hardboiled Mysteries

Sarah Woods has a secret. His name is Carter, a private detective from Boston who hires Sarah to help him carry out a peculiar assignment that requires a woman’s touch. Her task? Expose the philandering restauranteur, Marty Quinn. However, the case takes a drastic turn when Marty ends up dead. Was it an accident, or murder? To find the truth, Sarah agrees to go undercover at a strip joint where the clues to Marty’s death may be revealed.But the case takes a dangerous turn of events and leaves Sarah wondering if she’s in over her head. Will she put her own life at risk to discover the truth?

Other books by Jennifer L. Jennings

An Appointment With Murder (A Sarah Woods Mystery Book 1)

An Island of Illusions (A Sarah Woods Mystery Book 3)

 

What’s in My Skirt?/What’s in My Pants?

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If Dr. Seuss had a vagina, and made a book for adults, he would have created something similar to this! A humorous take on explaining everything from the birds and the bees to teen pregnancy. Guaranteed to give you a good laugh, and maybe even teach a lesson!

Diary of the Displaced – Omnibus (Books 1-3)

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The Omnibus Edition of Books 1-3

There is a place where nightmares are real. It is a dark and terrifying place, hidden from the world we know by borders that

only the most unfortunate of souls will ever cross.

James Halldon woke up in the dark, alone, without any food or water, without a clue where he was, and with no memory of

where he came from.

It only got stranger.

James has somehow found his way to The Corridor, a midnight place that no human should ever see and the prison of a creature

that has destroyed entire worlds. Somehow James has to learn to survive.

But he is not alone. The lost souls of others who have drifted into The Corridor, and died, also haunt this world, and they

have been waiting a long time for someone to come along.

The Journal of James Halldon is a dark sci-fi novel that follows Halldon’s struggle to survive whilst trying to understand

the strange, dark, and terrifying world in which he is trapped.

If it’s dark when you wake up, and you can hear growling, then close your eyes and maybe it will go away.

But maybe it won’t…