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John warned to look out for his scalp in early encounter with First Nations people in ‘Into the Americas’ novel

In the opening chapters of our historical adventure INTO THE AMERICAS (A novel based on a true story) we describe as follows the arrival of young English blacksmith John Jewitt in Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, in the early 1800s…

John and his crewmates returned their attention to shore as The Boston entered Friendly Cove. Nootka village came into view and the drumming sound that had heralded the brig’s arrival earlier intensified.

Mowachaht villagers could be seen drumming sticks against the exterior of their lodges. To John’s eyes, those employed in such a way appeared to be working themselves up into a frenzy.

On the sandy beach in front of the village, warriors were in the process of launching some of the twenty or so canoes resting there. John could see the Mowachahts were intent on approaching The Boston and he hoped they meant the brig’s crew no harm. The fact that all were armed and most carried muskets did nothing for his confidence.

Dorthy, who stood alongside John, noticed his assistant’s interest in the activity ashore. “Them the Mowachahts,” the armorer said. “Savages every one of ’em, so watch your scalp.”

John hoped Dorthy was joking. The expression on his face indicated he wasn’t.

 

INTO THE AMERICAS is available via Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YJKM51E/

 

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Meet Moilow – the end result of fifty thousand years’ evolution

Behind the charred tree stump, a solitary Aborigine stood stock still, his spear clasped close to his side. Moilow had been standing there, unmoving, since dawn. He’d been about to give up when he sensed a presence in the rainforest beyond his hiding place.

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A respected member of the local Kabi tribe, Moilow was, in many ways, typical of others of his race. Intelligent, dark, deep-set eyes peered out from beneath furrowed brows; his broad nose protruded above full lips, and he wore a black, matted beard to complement his bushy hair, which he’d tied in a knot; his coal-black skin glistened and his near-naked, wiry frame oozed strength and robustness – the end result of fifty thousand years’ evolution in this unforgiving, inhospitable land; his chest and limbs were scarified as a result of his following the age-old practice of lancing the flesh with shells; and his nakedness was covered only by a skimpy loincloth fashioned from the skin of a dingo, the native wild dog that ranges over much of the continent. The loincloth, once yellow like the dingo that wore it, had browned with age.

 

You have been reading an exerpt from our epic, historical adventure WHITE SPIRIT (A novel based on a true story). It’s available as a paperback and Kindle ebook via Amazon.  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LWIRH9J/

 

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VACCINE SCIENCE REVISITED now available as a paperback

Our critically-acclaimed book VACCINE SCIENCE REVISITED: Are Childhood Immunizations As Safe As Claimed? was published as a paperback today. Exclusive to Amazon, it  is now available as a paperback and Kindle ebook.

 

Paperback launched on Amazon today.

 

An unbiased, neutral, fact-based investigation that simply allows the science to do the talking on childhood vaccinations, this exhaustively-researched book is possibly the most well-referenced work yet to explore this contentious healthcare subject. It avoids all rumor, conjecture and anecdotal evidence, and steadfastly focuses on what the latest medical studies actually reveal about vaccines listed on the immunization schedule.

To read more, or to see what the critics are saying about VACCINE SCIENCE REVISITED, go to: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0473521598/

 

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UNDERGROUND BASES a timely read in the age of COVID-19

At a time when concerned citizens are rumored to be stocking underground bunkers in anticipation of worsening pandemics and other catastrophes, Book 7 in our ‘Underground Knowledge Series’ is worth checking out.

‘UNDERGROUND BASES: Subterranean Military Facilities and the Cities Beneath Our Feet’ details confirmed and rumored underground facilities in the United States and around the world. Containing rare photographic evidence throughout as well as little-known quotes from key government figures, it makes a compelling case for there being an enormous hidden world under the Earth’s surface.

We the authors speculate that the covert underground infrastructure may be far bigger than anyone has previously supposed and is likely used for the development of suppressed technologies. Our sources include declassified files, university reports, WikiLeaks’ documents and interviews with ex-military personnel turned whistleblowers who claim to have worked in cities below ground.

 

UNDERGROUND BASES is available via Amazon as a paperback and Kindle ebook. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0184KA4KS

 

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The Orphan Trilogy thriller novels now available as paperbacks

New Zealand publisher Sterling Gate Books has announced that all three novels in its bestselling thriller series THE ORPHAN TRILOGY (The Ninth Orphan / The Orphan Factory / The Orphan Uprising) are now available via Amazon as paperbacks as well as Kindle ebooks.

All three novels in the trilogy have been regular visitors to Amazon’s bestseller lists on Kindle, but until recently only book one, The Ninth Orphan, was available as a paperback. That changed last month with the release of book two, The Orphan Factory, and this week with the release of book three, The Orphan Uprising, as paperbacks.

This comes as good news for the many fans of the series who enjoyed The Ninth Orphan paperback and lamented the fact it was the only novel available in paperback form.

 

The three novels, together with their Amazon links (to the paperbacks) are listed below:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0473193132/

“Ranks amongst the best thrillers.” –Kindle Book Review UK

 

https://www.amazon.com/Orphan-Factory-Trilogy/dp/0473519747/

“Answers a lot of questions while also opening other doors for the final book in the trilogy.” –The Kindle Book Review

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0473521040/

“A heart-tearing, mind-splitting, gut-churning crusade.” –Welcome Home Soldier Reviews

 

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THE ORPHAN FACTORY, book two in The Orphan Trilogy, now available as a paperback

Those who enjoyed the bestselling international thriller THE NINTH ORPHAN (The Orphan Trilogy Book 1) are advised THE ORPHAN FACTORY, book two in the trilogy, is available via Amazon as a paperback as well as a Kindle ebook.

 

Paperback published.

This prequel to book one in the trilogy is an epic, atmospheric story that begins with 23 genetically superior orphans being groomed to become elite spies in Chicago’s Pedemont Orphanage and concludes with a political assassination deep in the Amazon jungle.

 

See what the critics are saying about THE ORPHAN FACTORY:

“Black ice and black ops perhaps have a lot in common. You don’t see’em coming until you spin out.” –Welcome Home Soldier Reviews

“Buckle up for another wild ride in the Orphan Trilogy” –My Scribe World

“Answers a lot of questions while also opening other doors for the final book in the trilogy” –The Kindle Book Review

 

THE ORPHAN FACTORY is exclusive to Amazon.

Paperback link: https://www.amazon.com/Orphan-Factory-Trilogy/dp/0473519747/

Kindle link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008M9WWKW

 

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Paperback version of ‘The Dogon Initiative’ novel launched

The paperback version of our action-adventure The Dogon Initiative  has been published on Amazon. It follows last year’s successful launch of the novel as a Kindle ebook.

 

Paperback available now.

 

In The Dogon Initiative, a group of foreign mercenaries hired as deniable assets by a newly-formed humanitarian division of the CIA is tasked with saving Mali’s persecuted Dogon people from genocide. They are the Deniables. Their operation must be carried out in stealth while journeying across some of West Africa’s most hostile terrain. As if all that’s not enough, they are also instructed to help solve an ancient astronomical mystery linked to the pyramids of Egypt.

The Deniables soon find themselves fighting for their lives when they get caught in the middle of warring ethnic factions in Mali. Their only way to survive is to join with the Dogon in a race against the clock. The stakes are so high that not only could an entire indigenous group be wiped off the face of the Earth, but all evidence that supports advanced ancient technology theories surrounding the Dogon and a lost civilization thesis may be destroyed in the process.

Inspired by a true-life mystery of astronomy, The Dogon Initiative  highlights some of the many myths and theories surrounding the fascinating Dogon people of Mali. In particular, their unexplained knowledge of the invisible-to-the-eye Sirius B white dwarf star, the rings of Saturn and other heavenly bodies, and their rumored ancestral relationship to ancient Egyptians.

 

The Dogon Initiative   is exclusive to Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Dogon-Initiative-Deniables-Lance-Morcan/dp/0473519720/

 

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Listen up authors of alternative thinking books! Have we got a (free) deal for you…

If you are the author of alternative thinking books you can add them here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/241268?group_id=142309 in our Underground Knowledge global discussion group (13K+ members) – one of the fastest growing and most active groups on Goodreads. It’s free.

 

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Award-winning authors among Underground Knowledge group’s members.

 

The group’s bookshelves include the following titles:

Classified Woman / The Lone Gladio by Sibel Edmonds

Quarantine audiobook

The Science Delusion by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake — a scientific rebuttal to The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

Coronavirus guidelines

New World Order: A Strategy of Imperialism by Sean Stone

The Men Who Stare at Goats, by Jon Ronson

Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult by Professor Richard Spence

The Untold History of The United States 

The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide

JFK’s 100th bday, Cover-up Continues

Muhammad as foretold by bible

Gerald Posner’s God’s Bankers and other works

Ethical Empowerment by Arthur D. Schwartz

A Global Security System: An Alternative to War by Kent Shifferd

Promod Sharma’s humanitarian philosophy books

The digital age is under attack!

‘How I became a human being’ a memoir of an alien from Cosmos

The true identity of Yahweh.

Native American Empowerment over Oppression

Forbidden Bookshelf

Give-Away: A Dazzling Re-Imagining of Genesis

…and many, many more alternative thinking books. Check ’em out. And while you’re at it, feel free to join our Underground Knowledge group and have your say in one or more of the hundreds of active discussion threads if you have an interest in underground knowledge and in the news behind the (mainstream) news.

The group has been designed to encourage debates about important and under-reported issues of our era. 

Everyone’s welcome. Our members include award-winning writers and journalists, whistleblowers, members and former members of the intelligence community, armed forces and law enforcement, teachers, students, doctors, scientists, historians, bloggers, conspiracy theorists and other shit-stirrers, authors, everyday readers, stay-at-home moms and more.

Everything’s up for debate. No topic is off-limits.

The Underground Knowledge group homepage: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/142309-underground-knowledge-a-discussion-group

 

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Amazon Hall of Famer lauds new release box set of short stories

“Very highly recommended.” That’s Amazon Hall of Fame Top 100 book reviewer Grady Harp’s summation of 5 SHORT STORY GEMS: Once Were Brothers / Mr. 100% / A Gladiator’s Love / The Last Tasmanian Tiger / Brooklyn Bankster – a new release compendium of short stories that is currently exclusive to Kindle.

The Hall of Famer says, “Lance Morcan proves he is a master weaver of stories. This collection of tales, so appropriately called ‘GEMS’ in the bundle’s title, is a solid survey of Morcan’s gifts as a writer.”

 

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New box set for lovers of short stories… https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086JZSK2T/

 

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Book cover designer ‘germancreative’ highly recommended

Attention fellow authors and publishers… Allow me to introduce Les, a graphic designer who operates under the trading name germancreative  and whose design services we use for many of our book covers. 

 

Les…a superior cover designer.

 

Les, who is from Austria, offers her professional book cover design services at very competitive rates via Fiverr, the online freelance services marketplace. Her business germancreative  can boast an average 4.9 star rating after 1,000+ reviews.

Les describes herself as a graphic designer and illustrator focused in cover design, vector graphics and typography.

“I started as a young girl to create the first covers, then I graduated in communication and now I turned my passion for design in my job.”

Most recently, Les designed the exquisite covers for my recently released short story books Mr. 100%  and Once Were Brothers, and my new release box set 5 Short Story Gems (pictured below).

 

Cover by germancreative.

 

The reviews for germancreative speak for themselves.

One satisfied customer (from India) says, “Les is awesome. This is my third cover with her and she always gets it right. This time I had a template and she was super helpful and she’s very understanding of the concept and what I’m trying to do.” Another (from Spain) says, “It has been great working with germancreative. The result was absolutely amazing and beyond our expectations and not even needed to ask for a single review. We will definitely work again with her in the future!”

 

More examples of germancreative’s cover designs…

 

Here at Sterling Gate Books, we have no hesitation in recommending Les to fellow professionals who seek quality book cover designs. She can be contacted via https://www.fiverr.com/germancreative 

 

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