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Amazon reviewer describes The Ninth Orphan as – “A movie for your mind!”

Amazon reviewer Cheri Swan reviews Book #1 in The Orphan Trilogy
 
October 30, 2012 PST
 
 ★★★★ A movie for your mind!  By C. Swan “cswan” (California) – See all my reviews
 
This review is from: The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1) (Kindle Edition)

I judge a book by its ability to paint a picture in my mind with the words the author chooses and The Ninth Orphan is a 3D blockbuster. It slowly draws you in and keeps you hooked until you realize you’re at the end of the book. I started the book this morning and just couldn’t put it down…good thing it was the perfect rainy day to get wrapped up in a good book. Can’t wait to ready the next book in the Trilogy! The Orphan Factory

Available as a kindle ebook and trade paperback.

This international thriller novel is currently on Amazon UK’s technothriller bestseller list.

Here’s the Amazon.com kindle link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC

And here’s the Amazon.UK kindle link: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056I4FKC

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Election Countdown: Nobody knows how it will play out, according to this commentator

Romney and Obama do battle…but does the election outcome really matter?  

12.45PM EDT 30 Oct., 2012: Nobody knows how the 2012 US presidential election will play out, according to US Today’s David Jackson. As he notes, “A historic storm has further clouded an already impossible-to-predict presidential election.”

Jackson continues:

As aides to President Obama and Mitt Romney assess how Hurricane Sandy might affect their campaigns, pollsters are starting to note the historically close nature of the race…The many and various polls have been all over the place, at both the national and swing state levels.

Now comes a totally unique factor: a massive hurricane that could directly affect as many as 60 million Americans.

Will the storm response enhance President Obama’s reputation with the voters? Will it reduce turnout by hundreds of thousands, or even millions? Will Mitt Romney be able to make his case in the face of wall-to-wall hurricane coverage?

…It’s a historic twist to an already historically close election. And the bottom line: Nobody knows how it will play out. Batten down the hatches. One week to go.

However, the question remains: Does the election result really matter? Has a US election result mattered since the Kennedy era?

We attempt to answer these questions in our international thriller novels, The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1), and The Orphan Factory (The Orphan Trilogy, #2) and shed some light on who wields the real power in today’s world…

The Amazon kindle link for The Ninth Orphan is: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC

For more about US politics and who really wields the power, go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/SterlingGateBooks

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The Ninth Orphan rises in Amazon UK’s bestseller ranks for technothrillers

Our international thriller novel The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1) is currently #18 and rising on Amazon UK’s technothriller bestseller list.

Available as a kindle ebook and trade paperback.

Here’s the Amazon UK kindle link: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056I4FKC

Election Countdown: Ohio looms as the key battleground

            Romney and Obama do battle…but does the election outcome really matter?  

October 29, 2012 PST: Voice of America’s Ken Bredemeier reports that “Polls in recent days show Romney edging ahead of the incumbent in national voter sentiment, in part because of overwhelming support for him in some southern and western states.” He says, “Those are the most conservative parts of the country that in recent elections have voted solidly for Republican presidential candidates.”

But wait, there’s more:

But the surveys – at least for the moment – show a different story in the battleground states.

In these eight states, the polling of would-be voters shows Obama maintaining slight leads in five of them – the midwestern states of Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa, as well as the northeastern state of New Hampshire and the western state of Nevada. If Obama wins these five states with 44 electoral votes, and holds the ones he is expected to carry, he would have 281 electoral votes, enough to win a second term in the White House.

Polling shows that Romney appears to have gained a narrow lead in the southern state of Florida, with 29 electoral votes, and is in close contests with the president in the mid-Atlantic state of Virginia and the western state of Colorado with another 22.

Numerous analysts say the bellwether state of Ohio, with its 18 electoral votes, is the key battleground. No Republican has won the White House without winning that state. It is a large state with three major cities – Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati – and numerous smaller towns. There are vast farmlands in Ohio, as well as major manufacturing plants.   

The president and Romney have staged numerous campaign rallies in Ohio. Surveys have shown the president with an average two-percentage point lead. But if Romney were to overcome that lead and collect the state’s electoral votes, he could win the election.

However, the question remains: Does the election result really matter? Has a US election result mattered since the Kennedy era?

We attempt to answer these questions in our international thriller novels, The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1), and The Orphan Factory (The Orphan Trilogy, #2) and shed some light on who wields the real power in today’s world…

  

The Amazon ebook link for The Ninth Orphan is: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC

For more about US politics and who really wields the power, go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/SterlingGateBooks

Election Countdown: Financial markets guru predicts a win for Obama

Romney and Obama do battle…but does the election outcome really matter? 

6.15am, 27th Oct., 2012 PST: Financial markets guru and Editor of ‘The Market Oracle, Nadeem Walayat, predicts President Obama will be re-elected on November 6th with the probability favouring more than 300 electoral votes. And this despite what he calls misleading highly erroneous opinion polls that give the illusion of a close race, and despite which way Ohio goes.

Walayat states:

…There has been no net change since the release of September jobs report as the trend continues to build towards Obama increasing the real events based gap between himself and Mitt Romney by election day, enough to push through the 300 barrier, with or without Ohio and even a bad October Jobs report of a rate above 8% (I expect 7.9%), will not have enough time behind it to create enough momentum to make much impact at such a late stage.

The bottom line is that Romney failed to re-ignite the momentum that built up following he first debate that was halted by the 6th October Unemployment report, instead his performance during subsequent debates has been weaker than Obama’s and therefore the election really was lost by Mitt Romney during mid September following the 47% video, which crippled his chance of ever taking the lead…

Source: The Market Oracle

However, the question remains: Does the election result really matter? Has a US election result mattered since the Kennedy era?

We attempt to answer these questions in our international thriller novel, The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1), and shed some light on who wields the real power in today’s world…

The Amazon ebook link for our novel is: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC

For more about US politics and who really wields the power, go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/SterlingGateBooks

 

Announcement: Kiwi actor scores roles in Oz-Bollywood movies

  The following media release is dated 17 October 2012 PST:

 

New Zealand-born actor James Morcan has been cast to play leading roles in upcoming Australian-Indian films ‘My Cornerstone’ and ‘Love You Krishna’.

James (34) is also the screenwriter on both productions which will be filmed in Sydney, Australia and several locations on the Indian subcontinent.

Indian-Australian filmmaker Stanley Joseph, of World Pictures Australia, is producing and directing ‘Love You Krishna’ and ‘My Cornerstone’. The stories for the films, which are quirky romantic comedies exploring multiculturalism and spiritual faith, reflect some of Joseph’s own experiences as an Indian migrant in Australia.

James, who resides in Sydney, is also a film producer and novelist. Recent productions he has performed in include the Australian independent feature film ‘The Pawn’ and ‘Ben Hur: The Stadium Spectacular’ with Russell Crowe. Morcan was also Executive Producer on last year’s New Zealand feature film ‘Desired’ which premiered at Cannes Marche du Film in France.

As an author, James co-writes novels with his Bay of Plenty-based father Lance Morcan. Their recently published novels include ‘The Ninth Orphan’, an international thriller, ‘The Orphan Factory’, a coming-of-age spy thriller, and ‘Fiji: A Novel’, an historical adventure.

‘My Cornerstone’ and ‘Love You Krishna’ will be shot simultaneously. Filming is scheduled to begin next month.

 

 

For images and further information go to:

    

http://www.amazon.com/James-Morcan/e/B005EPOU48/

 

The Orphan Factory rises on Amazon’s Top Rated list for Technothrillers

Our coming-of-age spy thriller The Orphan Factory (The Orphan Trilogy, #2) continues its rise on Amazon’s Top Rated list for Technothrillers.

The Orphan Factory is currently #27 on the list as per this link – http://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/digital-text/157324011/ref=zg_tr_nav_kstore_6_157319011#2 as at 15 October 2012 PST. Ratings are based on readers’ reviews; our novel has a review rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars.

In the late 1970’s, in Chicago, Illinois, the secretive Omega Agency initiates the Pedemont Project – a radical experiment utilizing genetic engineering technologies – to create twenty three orphan babies with the plan to turn them into the world’s most effective assassins.

One of the prodigies will rebel: meet Number Nine, an orphan with a mind of his own.

In 1998, when Nine reaches adulthood and graduates with honors from the Pedemont Orphanage, he is already an adept of the deadly espionage arts. Ordered by his Omega masters to assassinate a survivor of the Jonestown tragedy in Guyana’s Amazon rainforest, Nine is forced to draw upon all of his advanced training just to stay alive.

This reviewer totally gets The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)

Reblogged from Morcan Books & Films:

If you’re a fan of international conspiracy thrillers in the vein of James Bond and James Bourne – and you like your action fast and furious – this latest offering from father and son writing team, James and Lance Morcan, is guaranteed not to disappoint.

The first of a trilogy, The Ninth Orphan follows the fate of Sebastian George Hannar, the ninth orphan of Chicago’s Pedemont Orphanage.

Read more… 362 more words

The Orphan Factory tops yet another Goodreads’ list

Our coming-of-age spy thriller The Orphan Factory (The Orphan Trilogy, #2) has topped Goodreads’ list for books with highest reader/reviewer ratings.

Here’s the link to that list: http://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/1220327

And here’s the Top 3 on that same list as at 11 October 2012 PST:

1

The Orphan Factory (The Orphan Trilogy, #2)

by James Morcan

4.60 avg rating — 35 ratings Sterling rated it 5 stars

see review

My rating:

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shelf: read



2

Apart From Love

by Uvi Poznansky (Goodreads Author)

4.76 avg rating — 42 ratings Sterling added it to to-read

see review

My rating:

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shelf: to-read ( 11th )



3

Miami Spy Games

by Armand Rosamilia (Goodreads Author)

4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings

My rating:

The Ninth Orphan tops Goodreads’ list for Thrillers You Must Read

Our international thriller The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1) has topped another Goodreads’ list – this time for ‘Thrillers You Must Read’.

Here’s the link to that list. It makes for interesting reading and you’ll find some more great books: http://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/1515728

Here’s the Top 5 on that same list as at 11 October 2012 PST:

1

The Ninth Orphan (The Orphan Trilogy, #1)

by James Morcan

4.21 avg rating — 101 ratings Sterling rated it 5 stars

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My rating:

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shelf: read



2

The Bourne Ultimatum (Jason Bourne, #3)

by Robert Ludlum

3.91 avg rating — 17,185 ratings Sterling rated it 4 stars

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My rating:

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shelf: read



3

A for Argonaut

by Michael J. Stedman (Goodreads Author)

4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings Sterling added it to to-read

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My rating:

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shelf: to-read ( 16th )



4

Night of the Assassin

by Russell Blake (Goodreads Author)

3.90 avg rating — 117 ratings Sterling rated it 4 stars

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My rating:

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shelf: read



5

Bangkok Burn

by Simon Royle (Goodreads Author)

3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings Sterling rated it 4 stars

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My rating:

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shelf: read