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The Quintaglio Ascension Book Tour & Giveaway

Far-Seer
The Quintaglio Ascension Book 1
by Robert J. Sawyer
Genre: SciFi Fantasy


Sixty-five million years ago, aliens transplanted Earth’s dinosaurs to another

world. Now, intelligent saurians — the Quintaglios — have emerged.

Afsan, the Quintaglio counterpart of Galileo, must convince his

people of the truth about their place in the universe before

astronomical forces rip the dinosaurs’ new home apart.



The Face of God is what every young saurian learns to call the immense,

glowing object which fills the night sky on the far side of the

world. Young Afsan is privileged, called to the distant Capital City

to apprentice with Saleed the court astrologer. But when the time

comes for Afsan to make his coming-of-age pilgrimage, to gaze upon

the Face of God, his world is changed forever- for what he sees will

test his faith… and may save his world from disaster!



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Fossil Hunter
The Quintaglio Ascension Book 2



Toroca, a Quintaglio geologist, is under attack for his controversial new

theory of evolution. But the origins of his people turn out to be

more complex than even he imagined, for he soon discovers the

wreckage of an ancient starship — a relic of the aliens who

transplanted Earth’s dinosaurs to this solar system. Now Toroca must

convince Emperor Dybo that evolution is true; otherwise, the

territorial violence the Quintaglios inherited from their tyrannosaur

ancestors will destroy the last survivors of Earth’s prehistoric past.

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Foreigner
The Quintaglio Ascension Book 3



In Far-Seer and Fossil Hunter, we met the Quintaglios, a race of

intelligent dinosaurs (evolved descendants of dinosaurs rescued in

prehistory from Earth), and learned of the threat to their very

existence. Now they must quickly advance from a culture equivalent to

our Renaissance to the point where they can leave their planet.



While the Quintaglios rush to develop space travel, the discovery of a

second species of intelligent dinosaurs rocks their most fundamental

beliefs. Meanwhile, blind Afsan — the Quintaglio Galileo —

undergoes the newfangled treatment of psychoanalysis, throwing

everything he thought he knew about his violent people into a

startling new light.

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Robert J. Sawyer — called “the dean of Canadian science

fiction” by The Ottawa Citizen and “just

about the best science-fiction writer out there these days”

by The Denver Rocky Mountain News — is one

of only eight writers in history (and the only Canadian) to win all

three of the science-fiction field’s top honors for best novel of the

year: the World Science Fiction Society’s Hugo Award,

which he won in 2003 for his novel Hominids ;the

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s Nebula Award,

which he won in 1996 for his novel The Terminal Experiment ;and

the John W. Campbell Memorial Award,

which he won in 2006 for his novel Mindscan .
According to the US trade journal Locus ,

Rob is the #1 all-time worldwide leader in number of award wins as a

science fiction or fantasy novelist. Recent honors include the

first-ever Humanism in the Arts Award from

Humanist Canada, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

from the Governor General of Canada, the Hal Clement Award for

Best Young Adult Novel of the Year (for Watch ),

and a Lifetime Achievement Aurora Award from

the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association — the first

such award given to an author in thirty years, and only the fourth

such ever bestowed.
The 2009-2010 ABC TV series FlashForward was

based on his novel of the same name, and Rob was a scriptwriter for

that series.
Maclean’s: Canada’s Weekly Newsmagazine says, “By any

reckoning, Sawyer is among the most successful Canadian authors

ever,” and The New York Times calls him

“a writer of boundless confidence and bold scientific

extrapolation.” The Canadian publishing trade journal Quill &

Quire named Rob one of “the thirty most

influential, innovative, and just plain powerful people in Canadian

publishing” (the only other authors making the list were

Margaret Atwood and Douglas Coupland).
Rob’s novels are top-ten national mainstream bestsellers in Canada,

appearing on the Globe and Mail and Maclean’s bestsellers’

lists, and they’ve hit #1 on the science-fiction bestsellers’ lists

published by Locus , Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk,

and Audible.com.

His twenty-three novels include Red Planet Blues , Triggers , Calculating

God , and the “WWW” trilogy of Wake , Watch , and Wonder ,

each volume of which separately won the Aurora Award —

Canada’s top honor in science fiction — for Best Novel of the Year.
Rob — who holds honorary doctorates from the University

of Winnipeg and Laurentian University —

has taught writing at the University of Toronto, Ryerson

University, Humber College, and The Banff Centre.

He has been Writer-in-Residence at the Richmond Hill (Ontario) Public

Library, the Kitchener (Ontario) Public Library, the Toronto Public

Library’s Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy , Berton

House in Dawson City, the Canadian Light Sourcesynchrotron,

and the Odyssey Workshop.
Rob has given talks at hundreds of venues including the Library

of Congress and the National Library of Canada, and beenkeynote

speaker at dozens of events in places as diverse as Los Angeles, Boston, Tokyo,

Beijing, and Barcelona. He was born in Ottawa in 1960, and now lives

just west of Toronto.


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Marlowe Kana Book Tour & Giveaway

Marlowe Kana
Book 1, Volume 1
by Joe Peacock
Genre: Cyberpunk, SciFi



It’s 51 years after the Second American Civil War. The 40 million citizens

of the United American State are aghast to find that their biggest

celebrity, Major Marlowe Kana of the Imagen Military and Security

Division (MilSec), has just been found guilty of treason. Every Feed

on the Net has been covering the events of her trial, and two

questions remain to be answered: What will happen to MK, and what

will the nation watch now that the Next Top Soldier Hall-of-Famer

(and star of the most-watched Feed in history) is locked away? The

answer comes almost immediately and shakes the country to its core.



This eBook contains Book 1, Volume 1 (chapters 1-10) for easy reading in

your reading platform of choice. Read new chapters of the Marlowe

Kana series for free at the website — a new chapter is published

every Monday!

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Marlowe Kana
Book 1, Volume 2



Volume 2 picks up immediately after the events of Volume 1 (spoilers ahead):

Jen and Marlowe are on the run from MilSec and the contestants on

United America’s Next Top Solider. They have to find the evidence

that exonerates Marlowe — not just to clear her name, but to free

her father as well. Help shows up in the form of the mysterious Judge

and his supporters, The Sovereign. Meanwhile, the President of the

United American State, Stephen Cook, has found himself at odds with

the corporation his family started and he once helmed. His autonomy

as President is being challenged at every turn. The entire country

has taken notice and tuned in to every Feed on the net, keeping track

of the events as they unfold — and they aren’t disappointed, as

Marlowe her toughest opponent yet — It’s just too bad she can’t see

what (or who) it is…



This eBook contains Book 1, Volume 2 (chapters 11-18) for easy reading in

your reading platform of choice. Read new chapters of the Marlowe

Kana series for free at the website — a new chapter is published

every Monday!

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Marlowe Kana
Book 1, Volume 3



Volume 3 picks up immediately after the events of Volume 2 and Volume 1, and

completes Book 1 (spoilers ahead): Marlowe, Jen, and Poet find the

mysterious owner of the MKFan_9999 Feed and are on their way to

obtain evidence clearing Marlowe’s name, when they are confronted by

the entire MilSec force of the city of Atlanta! An epic battle rages

and the citizens are more engaged than ever. Meanwhile, the holes in

President Cook’s plan are showing; his grasp on the Marlowe situation

quickly loosening to the point of desperation. With no other options,

he openly challenges Marlowe to compete one last time on United

America’s Next Top Soldier. The prize: freedom for herself, her team,

and her father. It’s a UANTS finale unlike any other in history! The

final moments bring about a new set of challenges no one in the

country has ever seen before — not just for Marlowe and her team,

but for the entire nation. It’s the finale to Marlowe Kana Book 1,

and it’s the best volume yet!



This eBook contains Book 1, Volume 3 (chapters 19-30, completing Book 1)

for easy reading in your reading platform of choice. Read new

chapters of the Marlowe Kana series for free at the website — a new

chapter is published every Monday!

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Joe Peacock is an author, screenwriter, producer, web developer and

culturenaut. His latest book is the start of the Marlowe Kana series,

a three book, fifteen volume story borne of his love of cyberpunk,

near future sci-fi, anime and vaporwave. 2017 has seen a massive

resurgence of Peacock’s work. He wrote and produced the

critically-acclaimed documentary series Screenland (on Hulu and

RedBull.TV), released the new Marlowe Kana series, and consulting on

the new tour of the Art of Akira Exhibit (which he owns and curates).

Previously, Peacock wrote two books of hyperbolic autobiography, both

called Mentally Incontinent, and Everyone Deserves To Know What I

Think, which collects from his work from CNN, Huffington Post,

AOLNews, PC Magazine, and his blog. He also worked for Fark.com,

which if you know what that is, I’m sure you’re very impressed with.


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Dragon Friend Book Tour & Giveaway

Dragonfriend
Dragonfriend Series Book 1
by Marc Secchia
Genre: YA Epic Fantasy



Gold Award winner – 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards



Stabbed. Burned by a dragon. Abandoned for the windrocs to pick over.
The traitor Ra’aba tried to silence Hualiama forever. But he reckoned

without the strength of a dragonet’s paw, and the courage of a girl

who refused to die.

Only an extraordinary friendship will save Hualiama’s beloved kingdom of

Fra’anior and restore the King to the Onyx Throne. Flicker, the

valiant dragonet. Hualiama, a foundling, adopted into the royal

family. The power of a friendship which paid the ultimate price.

This is the tale of Hualiama Dragonfriend, and a love which became legend.



Series Note
Dragonfriend is a YA fantasy novel set in the same world of the bestselling dragon

adventure series Shapeshifter Dragons and Shapeshifter Dragon Legends.

It can be read in any order alongside Aranya, Shadow Dragon and The

Pygmy Dragon. Awesome dragons, epic stories and deep dragon lore abound in
this unique series set in a world of volcanic islands above the clouds.

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Marc is a South African-born dragon masquerading as an author, who loves

writing about dragons and Africa, preferably both at the same time.

He’s the author of 23 fantasy books in 3 languages (2 more languages

coming this year – watch this space!), including 8 rip-roaring dragon

fantasy bestsellers. Dragonfriend won a Gold Award for Fantasy in the

2016 IPPY Book Awards.



When he’s not writing about Africa or dragons Marc can be found travelling

to remote locations. He thinks there’s nothing better than standing

on a mountaintop wondering what lies over the next horizon.

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The Crown’s Death: Working Title?

The 3rd volume in the Kronicles of Korthlundia series is coming along nicely. I’ve been simply referring to it as the Samantha book, but I came up with an idea for a title.

The Crown’s Death

Some people I have run it by liked it; others were less enthusiastic. I’d love your opinions. Does it grab you? Please comment below.

Rememdium Series Book Tour & Giveaway

Tainted Cure
The Rememdium Series Book 1
by Ashley Fontainne
Genre: Post-apocalyptic, SciFi



Scientists attempted to find a cure for addiction. They failed.



Dr. Everett Berning, a leading researcher into the causes of addiction in

the brain, spent ten years of his life dedicated to one thing:

finding the cure. Recruited after a strange encounter with the

enigmatic Dr. Roberta Flint, Director of Research on Code Name:

Rememdium, Dr. Berning is sent to work in a secret lab as part of the

research team.

When the moment the scientists waited on for years arrives, Dr. Flint
and her team are ecstatic.

Unfortunately,

not everyone in the world feels the same way.

Benito San Nicholas isn’t ready to give up his lucrative business. When the

news of a cure arrives on his doorstep from a crooked informant,

Benito enlists the help of other drug lords from around the world to

stop the cure from hitting the streets and destroying their

livelihoods.

What happens next ends up uniting the globe–just not the way society
ever intended or hoped.

“Tainted Cure is a huge success on different levels. First, the story is

original, well thought-out, and brilliantly accomplished. It’s not

unusual to read books with dangerous products falling into the wrong

hands, but what happens when a good product falls into the wrong

hands? The characters are lovely and engaging, and readers will feel

inclined to connect with Dr. Everett Berning and the enigmatic

Roberta Flint. Benito is the epitome of evil, a greedy character that

readers will hate. Third, the pace is fast and there are so many

surprises and twists to keep readers turning the pages. Ashley

Fontainne has crafted an intriguing story that starts with a bang and

ends on a very high note. You can’t help but fall for this author’s

beautiful prose, her complex characters, and the oh-so-entertaining

read.” – Romuald Dzemo for Readers’ Favorite



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Tainted Reality
The Rememdium Series Book 2



DR. EVERETT BERNING achieved his life’s work by discovering a cure for

drug addiction. Unfortunately, the formula was stolen and fell into

the hands of the enemy.



DRUG LORDS from around the world unknowingly released the altered, deadly

formula into their supply, affecting millions across the

globe.

WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, the entire planet is thrown into chaos as the

disease spreads.

REGINA PARKER, Chief of Police of the tiny town of Rockport, Arkansas, isn’t

willing to let the military kill thousands of innocent people in a

rush to contain the outbreak. She leads a small contingent of

survivors on a dangerous quest to keep her town safe from the

soldiers and the dead.

WILL DR. BERNING be able to isolate the contagion and find a way to

reverse it, or is it too late to save humanity from the tainted cure?

How far will Chief Parker go to save the lives of others as the world

collapses around them?

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Tainted Future
The Rememdium Series Book 3



Everything they know is gone. The old world obliterated in less than forty-eight

hours. They soon discover they aren’t alone, and other dangers

besides the undead lurk in the forests. The new law of the land: kill

or be killed



Dr. Everett Berning and his team seek refuge in the underground lab in

the Ozark Mountains. The first week after the collapse of

civilization, those who made it out alive struggle against the odds

to survive.

Only a handful escaped the devastation in their hometown of Malvern,

Arkansas, and they grapple with the new reality. Tired, frightened,

and mourning the loss of loved ones, they attempt to regroup and cope

with the life-altering changes.

When one suffers a debilitating injury, they are thrust into a tenuous

relationship with Dr. Berning’s group. Other survivors battle the

odds as they flee treacherous cities destroyed by the government and

crawling with reanimated corpses.

Unfortunately, they all are about to discover the roaming dead aren’t the only

threat they face. As the world plummets into darkness, things will

never be the same. Ever.

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Award-winning and International bestselling author Ashley Fontainne enjoys stories

that immerse the reader deep into the human psyche and the monsters

lurking within each of us. She writes in numerous genres including

mystery, suspense, horror, sci-fi and sometimes poetry.



Ashley lives in Arkansas with her husband and is the proud mother of
one son and three daughters.


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J. Douglas Burton Walks in His Sleep

Meet today’s guest J. Douglas Burton, author of YA fantasy with characters you have to love. Really, you have to, or he’ll get you with that umbrella.

J Douglas Burton is a clever pseudonym for real-life human being ‘James Douglas Burton’ who hopes you’ll never find out his real name.

Although born in the United States of America, Burton actually grew up on the bonnie shores of Scotland (and inland, as well) but moved back to the States as soon as he could afford it. Sorry Scotland.

Currently he resides in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he hopes to become a recognized author. Or even just recognized. Seriously, even his friends barely remember who he is.

He is the writer of The Sleepwar Saga YA novels, as well as several novellas available for the Kindle, including The Star Travels of Dr. Jeremiah Fothering-Smythe, whose six installments are also available in collected versions both for the Kindle and in actual paperback form which you can hold in your hands and everything.

Interview

Tell us a little about yourself

 

Hi!  I’m J Douglas Burton – but you can call me “Doug” or “JD”.  You know, if you want.

I was born way back in the distant past of 1978 [Jamie’s note: Cheeky kid. I was born in 1967. ’78 isn’t the distant past.] in Cynthiana, KY – but never really lived there.  Instead, I grew up in Scotland.  The majority of my youth was spent in Cumbernauld – near Glasgow – until after graduation from university, I moved back to the States.

I never was entirely certain what I wanted to do with my life.  Besides live it, I mean.  For many years what I really wanted was to be a comic book artist – but I didn’t have the skill or enough passion to carry it through.  Something I thankfully recognized early enough to save myself some pain.

Later, I was this close to moving to L.A. to pursue screenwriting.  I adore screenwriting, and it is still what I am best at, but again: did I have the passion it would take to endure years of absolutely no money, scraping by on scraps in the vain hope of possibly lucking into a job?

No.  Sadly.

But I eventually discovered another form of writing that I could pursue – one which I loved equally to screenwriting.

Books.

2. What are your biggest literary influences? Favorite authors and why?

My favorite author is – without a doubt – Vladimir Nabokov.  The man could manipulate the English language like no native speaker ever had, and his prose absolutely sings.

As for influences, his only effect on my writing is to drive me the other way.  I could never reach anything close to that level of poetic beauty or cleverness, so instead I tend to do the opposite.  Write in a casual, real way inside the heads of my characters.  Try to immerse the reader inside the heads of my leads so that the prose flows like you are merely experiencing their thoughts and not scanning ink on a page.

Others?  David Eddings impacted me in my teenage years with characters that felt so real – and so lovable – that I cared for them every bit as much as I do my own flesh and blood family.  This essential connection is something I similarly strive for in my books.

Gena Showalter also helped bump me along the path to YA.  I read a lot of Young Adult literature (a lot!), but it was her White Rabbit Chronicles that got me thinking about my own team of teenage monster-fighters in The Sleepwar Saga.  Her plots did not influence me, but her tone, the way her characters work together, a conversational style that drips with humor alongside the ichor – this was something I could run with.  Make my own.

Also, my sensibilities about humor, drama, and horror working together are probably shaped in a huge way by Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

3. Tell us something about how you write? i.e. are you a plotter or a pantser? Do  you have any weird or necessary writing habits or rituals?

I’m a plotter.  Like, a heavy one.  I remember one screenplay I wrote that was literally me searching all of my scraps of paper to find where I had planned out the next section of dialogue, then searching them all for the subsequent one, etc.

Novels are complicated.  More complex than screenplays, novellas, and obviously short stories.  Some shorter works I can go off of less (or no!) planning – but for a novel, this is impossible.

I know how I work by now.  When I try writing by the seat of my pants, all I end up with is a rambling mess that goes nowhere.  If I want something that really works, then thorough planning is a necessity.

As with most people, I start with a vague idea.  It could be for a plot; more often it’s for a scene, or a joke, or the sliver of a character concept.

I scribble it down, and over time it will hopefully attract fellows.  Other little ideas that are (somehow) related.  (Yes, sometimes you find ideas that you think are part of this concept, but actually belong to a different story.)  When I have enough of them, I can begin trying to see if I can piece together the jigsaw puzzle.

Whether I start with character or plot makes no difference – but for the sake of demonstration, I will begin with plot.

I start to scribble down a vague plot outline.  The trajectory is… sort of generally like this.  Maybe?

So, OK.  What does that mean for the characters?

In order to engage with this plot, who are the characters, and why do they behave this way?  To progress in an entertaining way that tells a proper story, this should happen.

Well, then, what does that do to the plot?  Take these ideas back to the plot, add, rewrite, redraw.  There!

But now the characters have to respond this way.  If they’re going to have a proper arc, this plot would drive them into this shape.  But I need a different one.  What if…

And so it goes, back and forth, until the plot and character arcs work together to tell an effective and powerful story.  After that, it comes down to the details.  But that’s a whole other essay…

4. What is your favorite writing tip or quote?

My favorite was spoken by British TV writer Steven Moffat:

“I love writing!  Especially when it’s over and I don’t have to do it.”

It resonates with me because of how difficult the process of writing actually is.  For me.  If I want to do it well.

I adore writing – except for the part about actually writing.  Because dragging those words out onto the page is excruciating.  And it’s only the first step – and the easiest.

Then comes the part where you have to mold that first draft into something workable.  If my outline was solid enough, at least I don’t have to reshape the spine of the story.  But that doesn’t mean that everything else will work the way I first envisioned it…

Writing is hard.  Non-writers have no idea how hard.  But it is so worth it!

5. Tell us a little about your plans for the future. Do you have any other books in  the works?

There are four more Sleepwar Saga books still to come, but I have a few other novels in the planning stages as well.

The next book I will actually draft is likely to be Cogs & Cognizance – a Regency-era clockpunk tale, in the vein of Jane Austen mixed with Philip K Dick.

But I’m also itching to get to Lawyers vs Zombies: The Legal Dead, which I think will be a lot of fun to write!

6. What is your dream vacation?

I prefer “staycations” where I can just be in my apartment.  Writing, watching TV, playing my PlayStation VR.  Whatever.

Going outside is less than ideal.  “The yellow face, it burns!” as Gollum would say.

That said, I’d love going to Japan for a few days.  I’m learning to speak Japanese (sort of – slowly) and would love to visit and see the gorgeous countryside there.

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Red Cross on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075WCMVSD

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Red Cross

Book Two of The Sleepwar Saga

The nightmare begins again. 

Just when Andy thought it was safe to get back into bed, it happens again.  Plucked from the safety of his home, high school star quarterback Andy Flashman is thrown into a chase with deadly consequences.

The boy.  The boy with the powers.  If Andy and friends don’t find him before the enemy does, it won’t just be his life on the line.  He, Kaz, Jason, Meesha, Samir and Pegah must scour a creepy hospital every night until they find the boy.

No one is safe.

Red Cross, book 2 of J. Douglas Burton’s “Sleepwar Saga” is tense, thrilling, and laugh-out-loud funny.  Don’t miss out!

Excerpt

“He’s running.”  Jason was master of the obvious.  “Good sign, right?”

Or, of course, it could just be the natural reaction to seeing a group of older kids running fiercely right at you.  Andy knew how intimidating it could be on the football field when a throng of burly guys evaded the front line, blitzing him with furious intent on their helmeted faces.  Running was a natural response, all things considered.

Right at the end of the hall, the boy skidded around a sharp right turn, looking back like hell itself was on his tail.  Pegah, with her gymnastics training, was easily the first of the dream team to reach the same corner and she rounded it with a rapid slap of skin against tile.  Andy was not far behind her.

There wasn’t much to see in this section of the hallway.  In actual fact, the ‘bend’ in the corridor turned out to be a T-junction, and if the little boy had gone the other way there was much more hospital to get lost in than Andy had suspected.  As luck would have it, though, the area he had actually headed into was short, a dead end just up ahead.

True, a gray door stood smack in the middle of the far wall, but the boy frantically pushed against it (there was no handle, just a small hole where one ought to be) to little effect.

Andy smiled, catching his breath, as he sauntered up to where the boy stood cowering.  Pegah had her hands outspread in a sign of non-violence before the kid, but his bright blue eyes were locked onto Andy’s muscular form in obvious fear.

Trying not to sound or look too intimidating now, Andy murmured, “We ain’t gonna hurt ya kid.”

The other four teens came to a halt behind Andy finally, and he scowled as he realized how threatening they must seem, despite his calming words.  Crowded together in this more narrowly compressed section of hallway in front of the small, frightened boy.

“So,” Jason drawled.  “Now what?”

Behind him, Kaz reached for a response.  “We didn’t exactly get a full set of instructions.”

“Yeah,” Meesha agreed.  “We got the lad.  What’s next?”

In front of Andy, the little boy steeled himself, drawing in a deep breath, then unexpectedly thrust out his hands as though pushing at an invisible wall.

The sound of rushing wind stirred up from nowhere, and Andy found himself suddenly caught up in a gale, blown off his feet to skid to the slick floor behind him.  He was used to being knocked on his ass on the football field, but turf was – generally speaking – a lot more forgiving than a solid floor.  Andy found his breath knocked right out of him, and felt a burn as a strip of exposed skin squeaked across the smooth but grimy floor.

None of the others in his group tumbled quite so hard, but they all were flattened against the wall.  The wind then abruptly stopped, leaving the little boy able to sprint anxiously past them as they gathered their wits.

“What the hell?” Meesha spluttered.

Almost gleefully, Samir said, “He’s got super powers!”

 

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The Bends Book Tour & Giveaway

The Bends
Kane Montgomery #1
by Bart Hopkins
Genre: Supernatural Thriller


Marathon is a quiet little Texas town, and it’s getting quieter. Kids

are vanishing, disappearing like tumbleweeds in the desert wind.
Somebody—or something—is taking them.
Action. Adventure. Romance. Suspense.
The Bends is a supernatural thriller rollercoaster ride!

Recommended for Fans of Blake Crouch, Stephen King, J.A. Konrath,
and Dean Koontz

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Bart Hopkins is originally from Galveston, Texas, but has lived all over

the world during his 22 years in the Air Force.



He was born in the middle of the 1970s, owned an Atari, and loves 80s

music. He can use a card catalog like nobody’s business.

Now, Bart likes to travel, enjoys pretending he’s a photographer, and

shares as much time as possible with his beautiful wife and three

awesome children. They own a Westie Yorkie named Lulu … or maybe

Lulu owns them.

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Temptation Trials Book Blast

Genre: Erotic Urban Fantasy

Lust Is the Epitome of Damnation

Lust, one of the seven deadly sins, was sweeping through the nation like wildfire. In its true essence, lust was leading mankind down the path to damnation. In this dystopian society, Cali and Stefani had to comply by the Regime’s strict rule of arranged marriage. But Eminence, the world dictator, doesn’t play fair.

Against all odds, they both decide to put their relationships through the ultimate test on The Temptation Trials—a reality TV show where every temptation of the flesh was set before them.

As participants on the show, they soon learn that losing may cost them more than the men they love. Cali’s torn, unsure of what her future holds with Cade. Stefani worries whether her relationship with Tobias can be salvaged.

Love can be blind. The betrayal they face from the Trials burden them. Will love be their redemption, or will it destroy them?

A million questions torment their minds.

Can you love two people at once? If a person is chosen for you, can those feelings be real?

Cali and Stefani must overcome heartbreak and pull together with their loved ones before it’s too late. The abominable truth is unveiled, which sends them on a journey that will jeopardize their lives.

The will of the weak is his for the taking. Can love save their souls?

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Glazed, cryptic eyes pierced through me, reminding me of a strung-out junky. His face seemed vaguely familiar, right down to his golden curls. Just couldn’t put my finger on where I’d seen him before. An eerie thrill rippled my spine. The way he was staring creeped me out. I quickly skirted past him, only to have Blondie clasp my arm. Okay, now I was officially freaked.

“Let go of me!” I seethed.

“The time has come,” he blurted.

“What are you talking about?”

“The decision is made … binding.”

This dude was clearly psycho. He spoke in riddles, none of which I understood. “You’ve got me confused with someone else.”

“No, you’re the one.”

My purse, where I normally kept my Taser, was nowhere to be found. He’d better be glad or I’d light his ass up. This whole scene was turning more bizarre by the second. I couldn’t figure out where I was. My surroundings were dim and heat began to consume me. Blondie leaned closer to me. Being nearer, I got a better look at his dilated eyes. His pupils were diamond-shaped, not the usual round. His grip tightened.

“Asshole. Take your hands off me!”

“You’re chosen, and you’re coming with me.”

Though I struggled against him, it didn’t do any damn good. Bright light blazed up ahead, mixed with smoldering heat. I soon realized the light and scalding warmth was coming from giant flames. Doubling my efforts, I fought harder, to no avail. Blondie’s face became a blur, and darkness encompassed me—the scalding heat grew stronger. Time seemed to stand still—my mind swirled in a haze. The only thought that became clear, which seemed to chisel into my mind, was that I had to make the right choice.

About the Author

Truly has wanted to be an author since she was fifteen years old and is grateful to have accomplished this dream. She has very vivid dreams and a wild imagination. She likes to read, watch tons of TV shows, and movies. She’s addicted to romance and gets a thrill out of action and sci-fi. She writes New Adult and Adult, Romance. Sci-fi, Dystopian, and Paranormal genres.

Truly likes to explore different elements of sci-fi romance, and create various realms of reality. She also loves creating impossible situations for her characters to grow from and try to overcome.

Truly has three wonderful children and a husband who defines the person that she is today. She works full-time as an Ultrasound technologist in Houston, Texas.

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Harmless
by Katherine Dell
Genre: Paranormal Thriller


Be careful what you wish for.

After moving from Vancouver to isolated Hazelton,

BC, high school senior Rachel Barnes hopes she’ll finally find

closure and a sense of direction after tragedy has torn her family

apart. When she and her friends discover the old spirit box her

grandmother gave her, they see it as a chance to wish their troubles

away. But the Great Spirits—deer, crow, bear, and the mythical

wendigo—give away nothing for free.

So instead of worrying about fitting in and finding a boyfriend, Rachel

finds herself in a race to control the malevolent spirit who’s

taken up residence in Mason Allen, who she fears and craves in

equal measure. What began as a harmless game forces Rachel to

confront her past—and offers her a future she never imagined.

Step into a reality that is not as it seems in Book 1 of the Harmless series.

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Katherine Dell is a young adult fiction author fascinated by the supernatural

and the stories that surround them. She began her writing endeavours

in 2011 when she wanted to reinvent herself from her previous career

as an event planner. When she’s not writing, she can be found in

cold hockey arenas sipping coffee, working on her tan at little

league games, or trying to keep her dog out of her many gardens. She

lives with her husband, two boys, and fur babies, in Calgary,

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The King’s Own

Genre: Low Fantasy

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The King’s Own are as feared as they are ruthless, doing all of those hard, and sometimes terrible, things necessary to ensure the safety of the realm. Owing allegiance to the King alone, they are his spies, his assassins, and his advisors. They exist to walk in the shadows, to enforce the King’s will, to change the course of entire wars, and to root out dissenters. They live without family, in service to the crown, unknown and unsung.

 

A young man conscripted to fight in a war far away from home. Blood and loss tempered with hope and a vow. Recruited into the King’s Own, he must learn quickly to do whatever it takes to serve the kingdom so that others can live their lives in relative peace and safety. But just how far will he go to keep his oath, especially when the King is murdered?

Excerpt

I let out a silent howl of rage and loss, shaking in fury. He was right, but I didn’t want to admit it. The bandits on the other side of the door were growing closer, shouting and mocking as they looked for more victims.

“I can at least …” I protested, but the Old Man shook his head again.

“Listen to me, son,” he said, his voice surprisingly calm. “I’ve never in your life given you a command. But obey me now. You must flee. We have no time to argue, and there are so many things still to tell you. I want you to live. Make this mean something. Your mother and your sister would want the same. Your wife and your son would want the same. Sarra wants the same. The gods above, or maybe even the gods below, spared you for something. Live to fight another day, son.”

I took a deep breath, wrestling with my emotions, mastering them once again, allowing that cold calmness to settle over me so I could act. I opened my eyes, looking at the Old Man, wishing I could say all the things I never had.

About the Author

Marshall was born in Florida, but found his home when he moved to Colorado. He is a lover of movies, books, dogs, science fiction, fantasy, and military history. His debut novel, The King’s Own, is a work of dark fiction that asks hard questions as it examines the life and labors of the protagonist.

In his free time, he enjoys running, reading a wide array of fiction, and writing science fiction and fantasy.

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