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February 12, 2022
Read All Twelve Books in The Underworld Saga for Free with Kindle Unlimited
Kindle Unlimited subscribers will be pleased to learn that USA Today bestselling author Eva Pohler (that's me) has enrolled her Underworld Saga--comprised of three trilogies and a bonus box set--into Amazon's Kindle Unlimited Program.
Originally titled The Gatekeeper's Saga, the series was changed to The Underworld Saga to better accommodate the third trilogy and to make the content of the series more evident to readers.
Each trilogy has an ending, giving readers the option to stop after the first, second, or third trilogy without feeling unsatisfied. The books in the bonus box set are standalone novels--Persephone: The Prequel, Charon's Quest, and Gods of Olympus: An Interactive Adventure (that harkens to the choose-your-own adventure stories from the eighties).
The series begins with a bang as seventeen-year-old Therese is riding in the car with her parents, and they are shot at by an unknown assailant, causing the vehicle to careen from a bridge into a pond. Therese's parents drown, and she barely escapes with her life.
While in a coma, Therese meets the gods of sleep and death, fraternal twin gods who resemble hot eighteen-year-old boys. She thinks she's dreaming, and as a lucid dreamer, she takes control and kisses the god of death.
Thanatos had never been kissed. His brother, Hypnos, has had plenty of dalliances with both goddesses and mortals alike, but Thanatos has been a dutiful servant to Hades and has never veered from his responsibility of bringing souls to his father's Underworld kingdom.
After Therese wakes from her coma, the god of death petitions Hades for a chance to follow her to the Upperworld, to have his first chance at love and adventure. Hades agrees, but not without a catch: Thanatos (AKA Than) must help the girl avenge her parents' murders.
After falling in love with the god of death and desperate to prove she's worthy to become a goddess (so they can be together), Therese eventually finds herself in an arena face-to-face with her parents' killer, and only one will survive.
The Underworld Saga begins as a young adult paranormal romance, but it quickly morphs into urban fantasy as Therese becomes entangled with the gods of Mount Olympus. Some root for her success in joining the pantheon, while others try to kill her.
If she's to become a goddess, Therese must discover her unique purpose and contribution to the world or humanity. What will she be the goddess of?
Therese also discovers the blatant gender disparity among the gods and the flippant attitude Zeus and other gods have toward marriage. The teen begins to question her decision to attempt to become one of them.
Despite the many threats and obstacles Therese and Than face during their burgeoning romance, readers can expect a big, fat, happy ending to each of the trilogies.
Although these ebooks can be read for free by Kindle Unlimited subscribers, those who aren't subscribed to the Amazon program can still purchase the ebooks either individually for $7.99 or in trilogy box sets for $9.99 each (a much better value).
Readers can also find The Underworld Saga in paperback and audiobook at most online vendors, and very soon the series will be available in hardback. Be on the lookout for that announcement.
Meanwhile, readers can learn more about each book in the series by visiting this page, or by going to Amazon here.
Please share the news about this twelve-book series, which has often been described as Percy Jackson meets Twilight, by using the social sharing buttons below.
January 7, 2022
Book Blitz Giveaway: A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore
Thanks to Xpresso Tours for organizing a Book Blitz Giveaway celebrating the release of A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore.
Ellen should have known that a gathering in America’s last castle would entail a few uninvited guests.
During a Christmas eve wedding at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, Ellen and her friends are visited by multiple ghosts. The spirits have come to tell their stories, to right the wrongs that history has done to their memories. Each of them died in Asheville with their voices stifled. One spirit is particularly adamant and threatening, despite her small size, and her mood fluctuates like the mountain winds surrounding the great estate. She claims to be the ghost of Zelda Fitzgerald, and she wants her story told, even if she has to kill to make it happen.
* Although this is book eight in The Mystery House Series, these books can be read in any order.
Early praise for A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore:
"Besides loving the ghostly mysteries in this series, they also are loosely based on factual historical events. In this book, one of the ghosts the team tries to help is the ghost of Zelda Fitzgerald. I was so intrigued with what the ghost had to say, I googled it to see what was fact and what was fiction. I had this picture in my head of Zelda being the prime party girl. But in fact, her life was tragic." -Rhonda Jones, Amazon Review
"I loved this book! I went to the Biltmore and did the tour in October! So it was fun reading it and knowing the rooms snd everything they talked about in the book. It was a really good book! I recommend it to people who like fun mysteries. I give it 5 stars!!!" -Jo Anne Newman, Amazon Review
A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore is available in ebook and paperback at your favorite online vendor. The audiobook will release later this year.
To celebrate this release, I'm giving away a $25 Amazon gift card to one lucky winner. Please enter the giveaway below. Best of luck! (Btw, you won't be able to comment on this blog as an entry. Instead, visit one of the other blogs on the tour here.)
December 27, 2021
A New Year's Day of Giveaways
To celebrate the end of 2021 and the beginning of a brand new year, I'm hosting a New Year's Day of Giveaways in the Pohler Bear Lounge on Facebook.
Ring in the new year with us, beginning at 7PM CST on December 31st, New Year's Eve. I'll offer a new giveaway every hour. The giveaways will remain open until the evening of New Year's Day, at which time, I'll announce the winners in a live video in the Pohler Bear Lounge.
Here's preview of what I'll be giving away.
Up for grabs first will be this signed ten-book retro stack of The Underworld Saga, AKA The Gatekeeper's Saga. I'll post this at 7 PM CST.
Next will be signed paperbacks of the first three books in The Mystery House Series. I'll post this at 8 PM CST.
At 9PM CST, I'll offer signed copies of The Purgatorium Series.
At 10 PM, signed paperbacks of The Vampires of Athens Series will be up for grabs.
At 11 PM CST, I'll offer signed copies of the first two books in the Vampires and Gods Series. The third and final book in this series, The Guardians of the Sea, releases on March 14th.
At midnight, CST, I'll end the countdown with a giveaway of a signed paperback edition of A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore. The ebook version will then drop, like a ball, into the new year.
If you aren't already a member of the Pohler Bear Lounge and you'd like to join us, please do so here.
Whether you join us or not, I hope you and yours have a wonderful start to this brand new year, and I hope all of us see better days ahead!
December 10, 2021
A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore Teaser
The holidays are quickly approaching, and New Years' Day will be fast on their heels. I'm super pleased with how my New Year's Day release, A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore, is turning out.
Here's a sneak peek of the first chapter:
Chapter One: Hot Tub Musings
Ellen clung to the handrail as she eased down the steps into the hot, bubbling water. She adjusted her black one-piece bathing suit, making sure she was still covered. The aquafit class had rearranged everything.
From behind her, Sue said, “I can’t believe I let you guys talk me into this.”
“It wasn’t that bad,” Tanya said from where she was already resting in the tub.
Ellen sat across from her. “Speak for yourself. I could barely breathe.”
Sue followed Ellen through the water, the ruffles of her polka dotted bathing suit dancing on the surface. “I may have even died for a few minutes. I thought I saw a light at the end of a tunnel and my mother waving to me.”
“That was probably just the Nazi instructor on deck telling you to lift your knees higher,” Ellen teased.
Two other women from the aquafit class, both in their early seventies, joined Ellen and her friends.
“That instructor isn’t as good as the one on Tuesdays,” one of them, a petite woman with white hair, said. She was nearly as thin as Tanya.
The other woman, rounder than Ellen but not as round as Sue, nodded. “The one on Tuesday really works you.”
“Oh, Lord.” Sue pushed her dark brown bangs from her eyes. “Let’s not come on Tuesday.”
“We already agreed that we would,” Tanya pointed out. “At least until the wedding.”
Ellen tugged at her shoulder straps, trying to keep everything in the right place. “You can count on me. I’m determined to lose twenty pounds or die trying.”
Sue scoffed. “Well, maybe I love life more than you.”
“If that were true,” the petite woman with the white hair began, “you’d keep coming. I’ve been doing this for over thirty years. I used to be bigger than both of you combined.”
The woman pointed at Ellen and Sue. Ellen tried not to be offended. The audacity of some people, she thought.
“I’m sold!” Sue said comedically, lifting her finger high in the air. “Sign me up! Oh, that’s right. Tanya already did.”
The other women laughed, and Ellen’s mood lightened.
“Did I hear you say that you have a wedding coming up?” the rounder woman asked Tanya.
“Not my wedding,” Tanya said as her blue eyes widened. “It’s Ellen’s son. He’s getting married on Christmas eve at the Biltmore Estate.”
“Oh, how nice,” the petite woman said. “That’s the most beautiful house in the country.”
Ellen leaned against the lip of the tub and breathed in the smell of lavender and musk. “That’s what my son’s future in-laws say, too. They’ve been planning this wedding since their daughter was a baby, I think.”
“Are they from Asheville then?” the petite one asked.
“They live there,” Sue said. Then, turning to Ellen, she asked, “Is it the father that’s related to the Vanderbilts?”
“Yes,” Ellen said.
“Which means they’re getting the works,” Sue gloated. “The entire wedding party and their guests will be staying at the Biltmore House, which is never done anymore.”
Ellen gave Sue her keep-your-mouth-shut look. Maya’s parents had asked them not to talk about the event with others. They wanted to avoid a media circus.
“How wonderful,” the petite woman said. “You sure you don’t need another grandmother to come?”
Ellen smiled but said nothing in reply.
“That sounds like a once in a lifetime experience.” The round woman climbed from the tub. “I hope you enjoy it, and have a nice weekend, ladies.”
“You, too,” Ellen said as Sue and Tanya waved.
“I should go, too,” the petite woman said. “Will I see you all on Tuesday?”
“We’ll be here.” Tanya turned to Sue. “Right?”
Sue shrugged. “We shall see.”
After the two women left, and she and her friends were alone in the hot tub, Ellen said, “Poor Lane is so stressed over this wedding.”
“I thought that was the job of the bride,” Sue said.
Tanya stood up. “It can be hard on the groom, too. Poor thing. What’s been the most stressful for him?”
Ellen sighed. “Maya’s grandparents. Both sets are still alive, and, apparently, one set can’t stand the other, and vice versa.”
Sue furrowed her brows. “Do you know why?”
“Lane doesn’t know the whole story. The grandfathers were friends long before Maya’s parents were born. According to Maya, they can be really nasty when forced to be in the same room.”
“That’s too bad,” Tanya said as she took her damp blonde hair from its ponytail, and then remade it higher on her head. “I hope they won’t ruin the wedding.”
Ellen’s stomach clenched. She wanted Lane’s wedding day to be perfect for him so that only happy memories would be made.
“I would think the setting alone would be enough to sweeten even the sourest grapes of the bunch,” Sue said reassuringly.
Ellen lifted her brows. “I hope you’re right.”
“Is it Maya’s paternal grandfather or grandmother that’s related to the Vanderbilts?” Tanya asked.
Ellen submerged to her neck. She let out a small gasp of pleasure as the hot water relaxed her muscles, tight from the workout. Then she said, “Grandmother. Melissa Dresden—used to be Brown. She’s the daughter to a cousin of George Vanderbilt, the one who made it all happen. I just read a book about it called The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan. It was interesting to read about the estate’s history. George fell in love with Asheville when he took his ailing mother there to breathe.”
“To what?” Tanya asked.
“To breathe,” Ellen repeated. “Back then, they believed fresh air was the cure for almost everything—especially tuberculosis—and Asheville had become known for its breathing porches that overlooked the beautiful Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains.”
“George’s mother had tuberculosis?” Sue asked. “Most people didn’t survive it.”
“No, she had malaria, and she recovered from it, but not before George fell in love with the area and began buying up all the land.”
“What year was this?” Tanya asked.
“Late 1800s,” Ellen said. “According to the book, George wasn’t interested in the family business like his two older brothers, who took over various railroad companies when their father died. George was more of a scholar. He loved to read and to collect art, and he wanted something different for himself. So, he decided to outdo his siblings by building the largest private home in America.”
Sue nodded. “That he did.”
“It was more than that, though, wasn’t it?” Tanya asked. “Didn’t he build a famous dairy?”
“Yes—though now it’s a winery. He also hired the best forester and horticulturalist and created a forest preserve and foresters’ school. Later, his wife Edith, who outlived him by many years, created a school for the villagers that focused on textiles and crafts, I believe. Apparently, Edith did a lot for Asheville. I think she was the real heart of Biltmore, only because George died young. They had a daughter named Cornelia, but, according to the book, she was never as devoted to Biltmore as her mother.”
“How old was George when he died?” Sue asked.
“Early fifties, I think. Younger than us.”
“Can you believe I turn sixty next year?” Tanya asked.
“Already?” Sue covered her face with her hands. “I’m right behind you.”
“Brian’s sixty, and he’s fine,” Ellen pointed out. “It’s not the end of the world.”
“Not yet, anyway,” Sue said.
“That’s too bad about Maya’s grandparents,” Tanya said. “I really hope they behave themselves at the wedding.”
“Me, too.” Ellen sighed and leaned back on the lip of the tub. “Lane says that Maya’s Vanderbilt grandmother was originally engaged to Maya’s other grandfather, and that’s why the two sets of grandparents don’t get along. One man stole the Vanderbilt bride from the other.”
“Must be hard for the grandmother who isn’t a Vanderbilt,” Sue pointed out. “She might feel like chopped liver. Don’t you think?”
“I know I would, in her situation,” Tanya said. “How selfish of her husband that he can’t let it go.”
“Lane doesn’t think that’s the whole story,” Ellen said. “I just hope they can be civil for the sake of their granddaughter.”
“And for the rest of us,” Tanya added.
Sue shrugged. “I don’t know. Drama at the Biltmore might be fun.”
“Don’t say that,” Ellen insisted. “I’m worried enough about the other encounters we may have while we’re there.”
“Did the book say the house is haunted?” Tanya asked.
“No, and when I asked the Biltmore wedding coordinator about it, she said that they weren’t allowed to discuss it.”
“It’s rumored to be.” Sue furrowed her brows again. “And if Biltmore employees have been warned against talking about it, then you know what that means.”
Tanya stretched her arms. “It’s a good thing we’re taking along some of our equipment.”
“I’m afraid not to,” Ellen said. “Ghosts have a way of finding us, and I don’t want to be caught unprepared.”
“They find us because we have the gift, and they can sense it,” Sue said.
“What do Lane and Maya think about it?” Tanya climbed up and sat on the edge of the tub with her legs in the water.
“I haven’t mentioned it to them,” Ellen admitted. “I’d like to keep any ghostly happenings away from the wedding, as much as possible.”
“Have you done any research, to learn if anyone has written about hauntings there?” Sue asked.
Ellen combed her fingers through her short, damp hair. “I’ve read about ghosts in Asheville, but very little is said about hauntings at the Biltmore. One book claimed that George Vanderbilt’s ghost is there.”
“I wonder what unfinished business a billionaire would have, that would keep him from moving on,” Tanya said.
Ellen climbed up and sat beside Tanya. “Hopefully, it’s only a rumor, and the wedding will go off without a hitch—worldly or otherwise.”
“I’m sure it will,” Tanya reassured her.
“We’ll find out in two months’ time,” Sue said. “That is, if we survive Aquafit.”
Ellen and Tanya looked at each other and grinned.
***
To preorder this New Year's Eve release today, please go to this page and scroll to the bottom.
December 7, 2021
Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaways
I have good news for those of you who have joined The Pohler Bear Lounge, my fan group on Facebook. December 13th will kick off my first annual Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaways, and it will end on Christmas Eve, the day all twelve winners will be chosen. This event won't take place anywhere else but in The Pohler Bear Lounge, so, if you consider yourself a Pohler Bear, then please ask to join this group on Facebook here.
What is a Pohler Bear some of you (new to this website) may ask? Well, here's the official definition:
Would you like a sneak peek of the prizes members of the Pohler Bear Lounge will win?
Day One: A Retro Bookstack
Day Two: A $20 Barnes and Noble Gift Card
Day Three: A Moon Tree Tote and Matching Mug
Day Four: Signed Paperback of The Ghost of Blackfeet Nation and The Shade of Santa Fe
Day Five: A Moon Tree T-Shirt
Day Six: A $20 Amazon Gift Card
Day Seven: Signed Paperbacks of Cupid's Captive Series
Day Eight: A Pohler Bear Tote and Ornament
Day Nine: A $20 Apple Gift Card
Day Ten: Signed Paperbacks of The Underworld Trilogy
Day Eleven: A Book Greek Tote and Matching Mug
Day Twelve: A Signed Paperback of A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore
So, if you're a Pohler Bear but you haven't yet joined The Pohler Bear Lounge, what are you waiting for? You better scurry on over to this link to join the celebration. Did you know that a group of polar bears is called a celebration? Isn't that cool? And that's just what we are in The Pohler Bear Lounge: We're one big celebration.
Come and join the Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaways from Eva Pohler in The Pohler Bear Lounge from December 13th through Christmas Eve. I can't wait to see you there!
November 28, 2021
Cyber Monday Sale
Cyber Monday Starts on Sunday!
I'm excited to announce my Cyber Monday Sale: FOUR FREE EBOOKS FOR FOUR DAYS.
Celebrate Cyber Monday with this free multi-genre sampler.
Eros: Cupid's Captive Series, Book One:
When Psyche convinces Cupid to protect college softball pitcher Ellie Beaufort from the other gods, who want to kill her because of a prophecy, he agrees to hide her in his castle. But when his brothers, Phobos and Deimos, discover his secret, he has no choice but to shoot them with his arrows of love. Trapped in a magical castle for six weeks with two gorgeous gods who want nothing more than to love and protect her, Ellie finds herself falling for them both. Phobos and Deimos may be identical ginger twins, but their personalities are vastly different, surprising her in delightful ways. If they succeed in finding a way to be together, against all odds, which will she choose?
AmazonNookAppleGoogle PlayKoboThe Purgatorium: The Purgatorium Series, Book One:
Seventeen-year-old Daphne Janus goes to an island retreat with her neighbor and best friend, Cam. She doesn't know that she's been sent for experimental "suicide therapy" that crosses ethical lines--something the doctor calls "living art." Between the legends of the Chumash Indians, the ghost stories, and Cam's blatant lies, Daphne doesn't know what's real and what's a therapeutic exercise orchestrated by the Purgatorium, nor does she know whom to trust. When her horse bucks her off during a trail ride, and she becomes lost on the "haunted" side of the island, she begins to wonder if her parents sent her there to help her or to punish her.
Amazon Nook Apple Google Play Kobo Thanatos: The Underworld Saga, Book One
Death had never been kissed, until now . . . Thanatos meets seventeen-year-old Therese while she's in a coma hovering between the realm of the dead and the realm of dreams. A lucid dreamer, she takes control of her dream and kisses him, unaware that he is Death.AmazonNookAppleGoogle PlayKoboVampire Addiction: The Vampires of Athens Series, Book One
Is it love or addiction?As seventeen-year-old Gertie, studying abroad from New York, uncovers the unfathomable secrets of this ancient city, she becomes involved with a handsome vampire. Is it love that attracts her, or the temporary powers from his bite? She's more confused when her heart is drawn to the vampire's enemy--a demigod sworn to protect the city--and she becomes an unwitting catalyst to war.
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Happy Cyber Monday!
October 31, 2021
The Shade of Santa Fe Is Live!
Happy Halloween! And Happy Book Birthday to me!
The ebook and paperback editions of The Shade of Santa Fe are now available. (The audiobook is under production and should be ready in a few months.)
I can't wait to hear what you think of this most recent adventure for our intrepid heroines who always manage to get in way over their heads in their mission to bring peace to both the living and the dead.
When Ellen decides to buy a fixer-upper in an art community in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she's reassured by the realtor that nothing evil has ever occurred there. What she doesn't know is that the bridge near the back of the property is notoriously known in the town as Suicide Bridge. As she and her friends try to uncover why so many people have taken their lives there, they are shocked by what they find. Can the reunion of Ghost Healers, Inc. untether the troubling spirits near Ellen's fixer-upper, or will their discoveries be too much for them this time?
Go here to grab your copy from your favorite vendor.
But, before you go, you're invited to enter this giveaway in celebration of release day:
October 16, 2021
Black Mariah Author Pearry Teo
SEASON ONE, EPISODE NINE
When a group of survivors make shelter in Singapore's abandoned—and rumored haunted—Changi Hospital, they discover the horrors of the present bear a striking resemblance to the ghosts of the past.
When a covert government project known only as Project Archangel is released into the overpopulated city of Singapore, the death toll is astounding. Few survivors find refuge in the abandoned Changi Hospital, and while many suffer severe side effects of the unknown contaminant, the rest attempt something even more precarious: survival. They are able to make some sense of order within the confines of the ruined hospital, and for a moment, there is hope—until Shadow Ops hunt them down.
When Shadow Ops discover the survivors hiding in Changi Hospital, they do not raid the place. Instead, they block off all exits and turn Changi Hospital into a Black Site. Now prisoners, the Archangel survivors are used as human experiments for a new attack—Operation Black Mariah.
The lives of the survivors hang in the balance, trapped inside their human experiment lab, as their only hope lies in making contact with a rumored global citizen movement only known as "Crow."
All over the world, from small rural towns to big cities, from Alaska to South Africa, something is happening. Though events differ from place to place, all point to the same chilling outcome: the implementation of a New World Order by the global elite. Their goal—to centralize the world’s power and wealth into their own hands, and to control humanity. But first they need to cull the human population to sustainable levels, and their plans have begun. Wave One of Operation Black Mariah has begun.
Welcome to the world of Marie D. Jones Presents Black Mariah, a harrowing near-future ripped from today’s headlines that dares to look at what might come next. This is a world of conspiracies and cover-ups, of lies and deception, of chaos and confusion, and of small groups of people who realize the only way to survive is to harness the power of the human spirit. To defy and persist. In the wake of the quest for survival, a revolution called “Defiance” is born.
This is a stand-alone story in the Black Mariah Shared World, a collaborative effort by authors from all across the globe whose characters react and respond to the same events, but in their own unique ways. Each story takes the reader on a journey of one of these characters, allowing for multiple perspectives to unfold. The only thing these characters have in common is that they survived Wave One. But will they survive what’s to come?
ABOUT PEARRY TEO
Pearry Teo is a Singaporean born director / producer who made history as the first of his native country to direct a Hollywood feature film, with 2007's sci-fi thriller The Gene Generation, starring Bai Ling and Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway. Teo's films combine uniquely sinister visuals with engaging, action driven story lines that have been met with wide acclaim from horror audiences. Teo's unique stylistic sensibility characterizes the dark fantasy world of his films, ranging from a twisted remaining of the Land of Oz to cyberpunk dystopia.
Following the release of The Gene Generation, Teo wrote and directed the horror film Necromentia in 2009. In 2010, Teo was on location in China to direct NBC/Universal's fantasy project, Witchville, starring Luke Goss for the SyFy network. In 2011, he returned to the horror genre with Dead Inside, his most recent feature release.
Teo has recently returned from Romania after wrapping his latest project, Dracula: The Dark Prince, starring Academy Award winner Jon Voight, due later in 2013. Teo has entered pre- production on The Return of Captain Nemo, a steampunk adventure inspired by Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, to star David Morrissey and Hayley Atwell. Additionally, he has signed on to direct the future reboot of Tekken based on the video game series of the same name.
Outside of directing, Teo has served as an executive producer with Ascension Pictures for the Wachowski Siblings' Cloud Atlas, starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. Additionally, Teo is also slated to executive produce with Red Sea Media for four features under the Pearry Teo Presents label. He also serves as co-partner and founder of Teo Ward Productions, his development and transmedia content creation company.
Buy Season One, Episode Nine at Amazon here.
October 2, 2021
Black Mariah Author Monique Snyman
SEASON ONE, EPISODE EIGHT
For years, the people in Victoria West, South Africa, had prayed for rain, but when it finally came, hell followed.
Eleven-year-old Protea Meyer can barely remember a time before pandemic regulations became part of everyday life. Even in a small town like Victoria West, in the most sparsely populated province in South Africa, the new laws are, at best, draconian. Combined with the long, devastating drought, the continued hardship folks are facing, and the government’s reluctance to assist the struggling communities of the Northern Cape, the future already looks dire.
But when a storm erupts without warning, Protea watches on helplessly as a vast majority of Victoria West’s residents are killed by the rain. Stuck in a communications blackout, shocked, and confused, Protea and café owner, Simon Stander happen upon the mysterious, old librarian, Auntie Martha, who knows far more about what’s happening, thanks to someone called Crow.
All over the world, from small rural towns to big cities, from Alaska to South Africa, something is happening. Though events differ from place to place, all point to the same chilling outcome: the implementation of a New World Order by the global elite. Their goal—to centralize the world’s power and wealth into their own hands, and to control humanity. But first they need to cull the human population to sustainable levels, and their plans have begun. Wave One of Operation Black Mariah has begun.
Welcome to the world of Marie D. Jones Presents Black Mariah, a harrowing near-future ripped from today’s headlines that dares to look at what might come next. This is a world of conspiracies and cover-ups, of lies and deception, of chaos and confusion, and of small groups of people who realize the only way to survive is to harness the power of the human spirit. To defy and persist. In the wake of the quest for survival, a revolution called “Defiance” is born.
This is a stand-alone story in the Black Mariah Shared World, a collaborative effort by authors from all across the globe whose characters react and respond to the same events, but in their own unique ways. Each story takes the reader on a journey of one of these characters, allowing for multiple perspectives to unfold. The only thing these characters have in common is that they survived Wave One. But will they survive what’s to come?
ABOUT MONIQUE SNYMAN
Monique Snyman’s mind is a confusing bedlam of glitter and death, where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive. Sorting out the mess in her head is particularly irksome before she’s ingested a specific amount of coffee, which is equal to half the recommended intake of water for humans per day. When she’s not playing referee to her imaginary friends or trying to overdose on caffeine, she’s doing something with words—be it writing, reading, or editing.
Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her husband, daughter, and an adorable Chihuahua. She’s the author of the Bram Stoker Award® nominated novels, THE NIGHT WEAVER and THE BONE CARVER, and the upcoming South African horror series, DARK COUNTRY.
Visit Monique's website at moniquesnyman.com.
Purchase Season One, Episode Eight at Amazon here.
September 15, 2021
September Reader Scavenger Hunt
Are you excited for the September Reader Scavenger Hunt?
Play along for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card and other prizes. To play, visit all eleven participating authors. Each author will have a question for you. Keep track of your answers because you will enter them into a Google Form at the end of the contest, and only those with correct answers can qualify to win.
For those of you who don't know me, I'm a USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels in mutliple genres, including supernatural mysteries, thrillers, and young adult paranormal romance with Greek gods.
If you'd like to receive two of my ebooks for free, you can sign up for my newsletter here.
I'm also running a separate giveaway that you're welcome to enter here.
Now for my question: What is the name of the Greek god of Death? (Hint, it's also the name of the first book in my Underworld Saga, which you can find for free here.)
Write down your answer and move on to the next author in the scavenger hunt, Emily Shore.
Best of luck!
