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Tomorrow Comes Media and Seventh Star Press are having a Blog Tour and Kindle Contest

From Oct. 26th through Nov. 10th, Tomorrow Comes Media, and Seventh Star Press are having back-to-back blog tours. Starting tomorrow, we will be featuring a tour for Steven L. Shrewsbury's newest release, BORN OF SWORDS, with Steven doing a guest post for us on Friday, Oct. 30th. Then the following week, Stephen Zimmer's new release, HEART OF A LION blog tour will begin, with a guest post from him on Friday, Nov. 6th. Both post will be here for you, but the best part is... THERE'S GOING TO BE A FABULOUS CONTEST THAT YOU CAN GET IN ON... That's right...they will be giving away a fabulous Grand Prize, a shiny, brand new, Fire HD 8 (or gift card equivalent if the winner is international). Five(5) first place winners will get their choice of a signed HEART OF A LION or HELLSCAPES book in trade paperback. Also, seven(7) runner ups will win eBooks of both new releases from Zimmer. Now how does that sound? All you have to do to be entered is this little Contest through Rafflecopter and you can play below. Get on board with WebbWeaver Reviews, Tomorrow Comes Media, Seventh Star Press, Steven L. Shrewsbury, and Stephen Zimmer for both these great tours and WIN!!!


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TRANSPORT - HUNT FOR THE FALLEN Virtual Tour Blog Post by Peter Welmerink

Here is the blog post we promised you from our friend Peter Welmerink. His latest zombie apocalypse novel will chill you to the bone, so please check out the post below and definitely check out TRANSPORT - HUNT FOR THE FALLEN.


Writing Second Book almost Kills Author
To throw this out bluntly, TRANSPORT (Book Two) HUNT FOR THE FALLEN was a bitch to write.
I had written TRANSPORT, the first book in the three part series, in roughly a year and a half. The story and characters seemed to flow from my brain, down to my fingers, into the keyboard to the computer screen.
The blank space filled up fast with action, zombies, pissed off civilians, bullets everywhere, Bob the 1950’s gas station attendant zombie, a giant mutated animal, wicked LIVING folk, NASTY Feral undead, and our star, Captain Jacob Billet, trying to keep himself, crew and vehicle in one piece to see the end of the day.
TRANSPORT, book one, flowed like a rain-swollen river.
TRANSPORT, book two, HUNT FOR THE FALLEN, ran like a stream of thick sludge ready to dry up totally under a hot sun.
I started writing the second book in May 2013. I knew where the tale started. I knew what bits and pieces I wanted to have in the storyline for the second book. I knew how I wanted it to end for the most part.
I didn’t know how to get from point A to point Z, and all the waypoints between.
It took me about 7 months to complete the 45,000+ word second novella. (I write slow due to day job, family, taking time out to breathe.) However, upon reading through it on that first path of self-editing, I truly hated not so much of what I wrote story and plot-wise, but how it all sounded.
It sounded flat and boring to me.
I got my end of edits done, and belligerently passed it along to my editor.
Then, my better senses screaming at me, asked him to toss his copy out as I was going to go through it again from a new angle.
I have to say, while finishing up HUNT FOR THE FALLEN, I had been reading and completed Chuck Wendig’s Urban Fantasy novel THE BLUE BLAZES, and had bought a copy of his THE KICKASS WRITER.
Reading THE BLUE BLAZES, and reading how it caught my attention throughout and seemed to simply POP…
This is what I wanted to do with TRANSPORT: HUNT FOR THE FALLEN. Make it pop and roar and flow like white water rapids, to carry the reader along RIGHT NOW.
I re-did the manuscript, taking me a few months to re-conbobble. (My new literary technical term for re-do. LOL) I sent the fresh copy to my editor, who read it, and came back saying WHAT THE HELL? DID YOU WRITE THIS? THIS ROCKS!
I changed up my “voice” and made the tale POP. I did that style in HUNT FOR THE FALLEN and its sequel and final book in the series, UNCIVIL WAR.
Here’s to you, dear reader. Enjoy the ride.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter Welmerink (www.peterwelmerink.com) was born and raised on the west side of pre-apocalyptic Grand Rapids, Michigan. He loves his hometown and West Michigan, which is why he writes about it. He writes Fantasy, Military SciFi, and other wanderings into action-adventure. His work has been published in ye olde wood pulp print and electronic-online publications. He is the co-author of the Viking berserker novel, BEDLAM UNLEASHED, written with Steven Shrewsbury. TRANSPORT is his first solo novel venture. He is married with a small barbarian tribe of three boys.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pwelmerinkTwitter: @pwelmerink
BLOGS
www.grandrapidsaltered.blogspot.com (TRANSPORT-related posts)www.darkheroicfantasy.blogspot.com (author interviews and all things fantastical)

BOOK LINKS
TRANSPORT (Book One)Barnes & Noble   http://bit.ly/1xDXMckAmazon   http://amzn.to/1M0j8bs

TRANSPORT (Book Two) HUNT FOR THE FALLEN
Barnes & Noble   http://bit.ly/1titw5TAmazon   http://amzn.to/1IOTgrp

TRANSPORT (Book Three) UNCIVIL WAR
Amazon   http://amzn.to/1F8IEsT
B&N   http://bit.ly/1KtpFoB   
DJ Weaver

Peter Welmerink's HUNT FOR THE FALLEN Virtual Tour

WebbWeaver Reviews is participating in a Virtual Tour featuring Peter Welmerink's newest release TRANSPORT - HUNT FOR THE FALLEN, the second book in the TRANSPORT series. Peter will be with us on Friday, the 25th with a blog post and you can check out all the information and stops on the tour, which are listed below. Very interesting stuff so please check out all the information, follow Peter on the tour, and check back here on Friday for his Guest Blog Post.

About the author: Peter Welmerink was born and raised on the west side of pre-apocalyptic Grand Rapids, Michigan. He writes Fantasy, Military SciFi, and other wanderings into action-adventure. His work has been published in ye olde wood pulp print and electronic-online publications. He is the co-author of the Viking berserker novel, BEDLAM UNLEASHED, written with Steven Shrewsbury. TRANSPORT is his first solo novel venture. He is married with a small barbarian tribe of three boys.
Find out more about his works and upcoming projects at:www.peterwelmerink.com

Book Synopsis for Hunt for the Fallen:
Captain Jacob Billet Journal Entry - Sunday April 5, 2026
It’s raining, it’s pouring, the undead are roaring…
Amassed at the UCRA east end enclosure, the dead strain the fence line while soldiers keep watchful eyes, the survivors on the opposite side of the rising river about to lose their minds.
It’s a crazy time: nonstop precipitation; everyone's up in arms; paranoid city council members with an asshat City Treasurer. Water, water everywhere. Zees dropping into the churning drink. Troops afraid of being stitched up and thrown back into the fray as Zombie Troopers. Tank commanders getting itchy to head out on their own after drug-laden shamblers. Reganshire insurgents trying to extract our west side civvies for some unknown reason, possibly pushing the city into taking heavy-handed action against them.
Then there’s some black-haired dead dude staring at me through the fence, grinning like he’s off his meds.
And I thought Lettner was a headache.
All this sh*t might give me a heart attack.
Hunt for the Fallen is Transport Book Two
Author Links:
Website: www.peterwelmerink.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/author.peterwelmerink
Twitter:@pwelmerink
Tour Schedule and Activities9/21 A Work In Progress Interview
9/21 I Smell Sheep Guest Post
9/21 Beauty in Ruins Guest Post
9/21 shells interviews Guest Post
9/23 Book in the Bag Interview
9/23 Sheila Deeth Book Blog Guest Post
9/24 Bee's Knees Reviews Review
9/25 WebbWeaver Reviews Guest Post
9/26 Vampires, Witches, & Me Oh My Top Tens List
9/26 fuonlyknew Review
9/27 Coffintree Hill Guest Post
9/27 Armand Rosamilia, Author Guest Post
Tour Page URL: http://www.tomorrowcomesmedia.com/peter-welmerinks-hunt-for-the-fallen-virtual-tour/
Tour Badge URL: http://www.tomorrowcomesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PeterWelmerinkTourBadge.jpg
Amazon Links for TransportPrint Version http://www.amazon.com/Hunt-Fallen-Peter-Welmerink/dp/1941706193 Kindle Version http://www.amazon.com/Hunt-Fallen-Transport-Book-2-ebook/dp/B00RB2PZJG
Barnes and Noble Link:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hunt-for-the-fallen-peter-welmerink/1120954014?ean=9781941706190
Contact for tour:Tomorrow Comes Media Contact:Stephen Zimmer
email: stephen@tomorrowcomesmedia.com



















DJ Weaver

Book Release Info for A COIN FOR CHARON by Dallas Mullican

Our friend, Dallas Mullican is releasing his debut novel, A COIN FOR CHARON on Sept. 20th, through Winlock Press, and we wanted to give you all a heads up on what looks to be a major offering from this new author. Check out the synopsis below and be sure to watch for the release. This one is going to ROCK, folks...

Gabriel isn’t murdering anyone―he’s saving them.

The media has dubbed him the Seraphim Killer. He believes the gods have charged him to release the chosen, those for whom life has become an unbearable torment. Gabriel feels their suffering—his hands burn, his skull thunders, his stomach clenches. Once they are free, he places coins on their eyes to pay Charon for passage into paradise.

Detective Marlowe Gentry has spent the past two years on the edge. The last serial killer he hunted murdered his wife before his eyes and left his young daughter a mute shell. Whenever she looks at him, her dead eyes push him farther into a downward spiral of pain and regret. He sees the Seraphim as an opportunity for revenge, a chance to forgive himself―or die trying.

Gabriel performs the gods’ work with increasing confidence, freeing the chosen from their misery. One day, the gods withdraw the blessing―a victim he was certain yearned for release still holds the spark of life. Stunned, he retreats into the night, questioning why the gods have abandoned a loyal servant. Without his calling, Gabriel is insignificant to the world around him.

He will do anything to keep that from happening.
Sound interesting... ? We think this one will be a smash hit, so please don't miss it when it drops on Sept. 20th... and Congratulations to Dallas Mullican on his debut. Available at www.amazon.com 




















DJ Weaver

Book Review of BORN OF SWORDS by Steven L. Shrewsbury

BORN OF SWORDS… what more can be said except Steven Shrewsbury has hit the mark again with his newest tale of Gorias La Gaul. This time out, La Gaul has a sidekick of sorts… enter scribe Jessica, who has heard the tales and travels to find Gorias to hear his stories first hand. What she finds, is a man, bigger than life, who takes on all comers, human or beast, with little thought for his own life and limb, but always with a tiny bit of ulterior motive.
La Gaul and Jessica travel together, pitting themselves against some of the nastiest men and most terrifying monsters imaginable, leading the reader on an adventure not soon to be forgotten. Shrewsbury’s characters are always crisp and refreshing and his descriptions of lands and kingdoms are glistening and spectacular.
If you have read other ‘La Gaul’ novels by Shrewsbury, you’ll definitely want to ride down this trail again. If you’ve never read a ‘La Gaul’ story, I can guarantee you will be scurrying to find more of his tales once you have devoured this one.
Monsters, madmen, danger, sword-play, and just the right amount of humor, make BORN OF SWORDS, the sword and sorcery, fantasy adventure you always wanted to read. Shrewsbury has done it again and BORN OF SWORDS is a hit NOT to be missed.
Five spiders for an entertainingly fun read.

DJ Weaver 

Book Review of OF LOVE AND DISTANCE by Divya Jyoti Randev

Of Love and Distance was written and published by Divya Jyoti Randev. You may purchase this book at www.amazon.com
Of Love and Distance is set in India and the U.K. It's a story about love, cultural barriers, overcoming adversity and strength of spirit.

Lisa is a journalist tasked with interviewing a movie star (who also happens to be her teenage crush). Whilst on their way to the studio
they are kidnapped and held for ransom (Lisa being caught up in it because she happened to be there). The relationship between Lisa and
Robert develops from this point.The experience for both of them is terrifying and, of course, traumatizing. 

The second part of the book explores the psychological implications and struggle of the main character, Lisa. The reader gets an insight into Indian culture as Lisa's perspective is of course, deeply rooted in her own culture. The author describes the after-effects of trauma all the while keeping hope alive throughout the book.

I would like to warn readers that there are themes explored in thisbook that are not for the faint hearted.
4 Spiders for this great read!


All the best from Down Under…
JeannieJ

Book Review of JUST FOR CHRISTMAS NIGHT by Lisa Marie Perry

JUST FOR CHRISTMAS NIGHT was written  by Lisa Marie Perry and published through Harlequin Kimani. You may purchase the book at www.amazon.com and you may learn more about Lisa at http://www.perrytalebooks.com
Ok. Lisa Marie Perry is now officially on my list of favorite authors!

JUST FOR CHRISTMAS NIGHT is a fabulous and SEXY,SEXY,SEXY read!

Martha is the wild child of the Blue dynasty. She's like an enigma wrapped in a riddle. But not all is as it seems. Joaquin, the hero, is a tortured soul. He, like our heroine, has something to prove, if only to himself. Their relationship was broken in the past. They must make some difficult choices in the present but make them they will and always on their own terms.

This story has many different layers. The characters are very well written. They are real, they are raw, as are their emotions. I loved them both. I was rooting for them all the way. It was a real trip reading on to see how it would all come to a head.

Lisa Marie has a fabulous writing style. It is modern, flows easily and is a pleasure to read.

A truly wonderful, very enjoyable read. Highly recommended!5 spiders…
Cheers from Down Under…

Jennie J

Book Review of MASTER YOUR MINDSPACE by Michael Atma

MASTER YOUR MINDSPACE was written by Michael Atma and published through Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press in March, 2015. You may purchase this book at www.amazon.com and you can read more about the author at www.michaelatma.com
MASTER YOUR MINDSPACE is an excellent book for everybody, everywhere. It is written in a way that is easy to read, it’s interesting and engaging and will open your thinking to the possibilities that exist when you use the power of your mind.
 Michael Atma gives the reader powerful insights and uses his own personal experiences as examples. In every chapter there are 5 minute exercises that you can choose to do each day. This is excellent for everyone, especially in these times when most people are time-poor. Committing to five minutes per day is all it takes to begin making changes that will enhance all areas of your life. While reading this book for review I noticed changes in my own mindset – positive changes, changes I liked. This is the first book by Michael Atma I have read and I will definitely be looking out for more of his inspiring work. I highly recommend his latest book. 5 spiders…
Cheers from Down Under…

Jennie J

Book Review of THE WITCH OF PAINTED SORROWS by M.J. Rose

THE WITCH OF PAINTED SORROWS was written by M.J. Rose and published through Atria Press. You may purchase the novel from www.amazon.com and you may read more about the author at www.mjrose.com
After losing her father and suffering at the hands of her cruel husband, Sandrine flees from her home in New York to Paris in order to seek refuge at the historic and beautiful mansion home of her beloved grandmother. But upon arrival, Sandrine finds the mansion mysteriously locked and empty, with her grandmother ensconced in an apartment.
Sandrine longs to visit the mansion, which holds wonderful memories for her, but her grandmother forbids it, stating only that it is too dangerous. Defying her grandmother’s wishes, Sandrine visits the mansion and meets the dashing, Julian Duplessi—a prominent architect who has been hired to turn the mansion into a museum.
Sandrine and Julian become embroiled in an erotic affair, but something else is hiding in the mansion as well . . . the ghost of a sixteenth century courtesan and ancestor; a witch named La Lune. Sandrine becomes possessed by the spirit of the beautiful but evil La Lune, and grows impassioned with La Lune’s urges to be a famous artist. Under the witch’s influence, Sandrine feels the woman’s obsession to control and be loved by a man. But as Sandrine begins to lose herself to the witch’s influence, people begin to die.
This latest novel from acclaimed author, M.J. Rose is provocative, erotic, and spellbindingly haunting, with lush settings and mysterious occurrences that will have the reader gasping in fear, as they remain totally mesmerized cover-to-cover. The writing is powerful, making the story impossible to put down before reaching the strangely twisted ending.
Another winning series start from Rose, written for her vast legion of readers. THE WITCH OF PAINTED SORROWS is a captivating supernatural read that will keep you enthralled… a ‘must-have’5 Spiders for M.J. Rose’s newest…
DJ Weaver
For Suspense Magazine

Book Review of THE UNQUENCHABLE FIRE (Low-Down, Desperate, and Damned) by D.A. Adams

THE UNQUENCHABLE FIRE by D.A. Adams, is the second offering in the Low-Down, Desperate, and Damned Series, published in Feb. 2015, by Amazon Digital Services. Sam Skeen is a man lost… a preacher plunged into darkness while fighting in the Civil War, he has lost his faith. As a hired gun for the town of New Port, Sam is besieged by the town leaders to investigate evil doings on Stone Mountain, and put a stop to them.

When Sam and his deputy finally confront the demons, it’s a battle to save the mountain people, and more importantly… to save Sam’s soul. Great characters, awesome story-telling, and a whole lot of action in this paranormal western adventure from D.A. Adams. Be sure to add this fantastic tale to your reading list.

5 spiders for THE UNQUNCHABLE FIRE…

DJ Weaver