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  Carved In Stone: Book Eight-$4.99 preorder price. When released, it will be $5.99.Release Date: 12/20/2015Read a sample:https://www.scribd.com/doc/268666355/Carved-in-Stone

Marc and Angie: A Life After War Backstory.$3.99 preorder price. When released, it will be $4.99.Release Date: 12/31/2015.Read a sample:http://authorangelawhite.blogspot.com/2015/11/marc-and-angie-life-after-war-backstory.html

Bachelor Battles Three-Forever Changed-$3.99 preorder price. When released, it will be $4.99.Release Date: 4/15/2016Get more details here:http://authorangelawhite.blogspot.com/p/the-bachelor-battles.html

Books that have been redone These titles have been rewritten, reedited, reformatted, and refilled with small details and explanations to help make some of the more complex details understandable. On average, 25-40 pages were added to each title during this process. They were also given new covers. To get an updated copy of the free ebooks, just delete them from your device and redownload them. For the paid books, you’ll have to purchase a new copy, or wait for Amazon to post an ‘update’ button next to the tile in your Kindle library. I’ve already emailed them about it.The SurvivorsOn The RoadSafe HavenAdrian’s EaglesFrom The Ashes The ChangeChangeling Winds. Print copies available If you don’t see a title on the list below, it’s because I haven’t rewritten/reedited that one yet. Please be patient.Life After War:Life After War: Books 1-3https://www.createspace.com/3944435
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Something New!
“Sam? Honey? You have to wake up now.”
Samantha responded to the urgency, lids snapping open.
Around her, papers, dishes, and gear dropped to the floor with a loud crash.
Neil rubbed a gentle hand over her furrowed brow. “It’s okay. Go back to sleep, now.”
Sam groaned, realizing what had happened. “I’m sorry.”
“No worries,” Jeremy stated from her feet. He’d already begun to clean up. “Just get a little more sleep while you can.”
Sam wanted to help take care of the mess, but her rolling stomach said she had more urgent needs. “I’ll be back.”
She ducked from the tent, almost running to the bathroom.
Neil followed, waiting while she retched. He was hoping the disruption of the dream was all that had upset her stomach. He didn’t understand much about descendants and even less about pregnancy.
Neil held out the wipes when she emerged and they walked to the smoldering fire can as she cleaned her face and hands. The towels flamed up the instant they hit the red wood in the bottom of the can, bathing them both in fire glow.
Sam felt Neil’s hot gaze, but all she wanted was to brush her teeth and she moved around him to take care of that. Afterwards, she needed to eat so her stomach would settle down.
A sharp pain lanced through her side and Sam winced, but kept going. She’d had a few of those, but didn’t want to alarm her men. The doctor had her scheduled for a visit and she would tell him everything then.
Neil’s lips disappeared into his scowl, but he managed to keep from nagging her when she vanished into the tent only to come right back out, kit in hand. He trailed her to the showers, annoyed with her and himself. He would have to find a better way to wake her from her nightmares. Flying objects were dangerous, but so was this sudden alertness.
Neil stayed outside the door, approving of the heavy security that Marc was almost finished with. The guns on the QZ tower wouldn’t be liked by all of their camp, but Neil was betting the boss would be pleased.
Neil gazed through the shadowy flickers around them, not spotting any camp members up this early and he wondered if the mess had food going yet. If Sam wasn’t going to sleep, he could at least get her to eat.

Neil was pleased when Samantha came from the shower and headed exactly where he wanted her to. He finally spotted someone else moving. The large shadow and limp said it was Doug and they exchanged surprised greetings as they entered the mess.
“What are you doing out so early?”
Sam laughed. “Was gonna ask you the same thing.”
“Had to piss again,” Doug grumbled, looking around. “And Peggy was up.”
“Over here.”
Peggy sounded annoyed, and Neil and Sam joined the couple hesitantly, not in the mood to hear people arguing.
Peggy already had a stack of plates and cups set out and she handed one each to them all. “Li’s got a small buffet set up inside the truck for the early risers. Go get something. Coffee’s on the stove.”
The trio followed orders without replying, aware of her bad vibes.
“What’s she upset about?” Neil asked lowly when he thought they were out of earshot.
“I didn’t go back to bed, I guess,” Doug rumbled. “Didn’t want her wandering alone.”
Neil understood that. He didn’t want Sam alone either.
Samantha wasn’t paying attention to the men or to the sweaty cook who greeted them happily. Her eyes were on the counter of pancakes that Li Sing was packaging for breakfasts for working people who wouldn’t be coming to the mess. “Can I?”
Li pouted. “You not wait four minutes?”
Sam grinned. “For fresh?”
Li bobbed his head. “You get ‘em hot and sweet.”
“I wait!” Sam groaned and took the stool in the corner, plate and cup still in hand. She loved watching people cook. She’d even enjoyed the shows on TV. That was how she’d found Kendle’s program. Her cooking gals had been replaced by survival challenge and Sam had been sucked in from episode one. She’d only stopped watching because of her lack of free time.
Neil took a small plate of the muffins and fruit cups that had been chilled, and then went outside, not wanting anything as heavy as Li’s pancakes. They went down light, but hit hard. It was perfect for a mother-to-be with too much acid in her guts.
Neil joined Doug at the table and noticed a small plastic device lying by the big man’s plate. It looked like a pen with a needle in the end and Neil winced when he realized what it was for. It would suck to have to poke yourself multiple times a day.
“You gonna do it?” Peggy asked, glaring at Doug.
Doug’s rolled his eyes, fork stopping. “Geez, woman! Let me eat!”
“You’re supposed to do it before you eat,” Peggy insisted, picking up the tester. “Here. Just get it over with.”
Doug’s big arm pushed it away, fork coming up. “Later!”
Already pissed, Peggy leaned down and jabbed the needle into his hand.
“There!”
“Ow! What the hell!”
Beep!
Peggy eyed the readout and tilted it toward Doug. “You’re okay. You can eat now.”
Doug cradled his hand, gaping at her. “You... You’re not… Ow!”
Neil quietly left the table. It was safer inside the truck.

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Audible linkThe first 2 books in the LAW series are now available as audiobooks! If they do well, Audible may want to buy the rest of the series from me, so check it out!
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That’s it for me until the next two books are ready. Love you, Eagles. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!Waving excitedly,Angie


 

Marc and Angie: A Life After War Backstory

Raised in the same loveless family, Marc and Angie exist on stolen moments that sometimes come years apart. Forbidden by more than just their ages, they are forced to pretend a cool indifference during the day while longing desperately for the future to set them free.
Marc: “My life began the moment our eyes met. Instantly lost in her stunning blue depths, I drowned and was reborn. As what? Hers. I went against everything to have her and there wasn’t a second that I wouldn’t have come if she called. My Angie.”
Angie: “He was my light in hell, a shield against the hate and the roaming hands, and the pain. He gave me hope and he loved me. How could I not feel the same? Even when he was gone and I was on the run, the bond was there, and it only grew stronger when our son was born. My Brady. Without him, there were no seasons, no sun. When he was gone, I stopped feeling. Anything.”

At 12, Marc Brady was close to freedom. Four summers of labor, proceeded by four winters of isolation, and then he would leave his strict home and join the family business. Four years to endure in a loveless home where his very identity has been erased. Almost free…
At 8, Angie was a decade from freedom. Ten more years of abuse and neglect. Another decade of being alone in a family that must never discover how different she really is. What a hard, cold future waited for her…
Repeatedly torn apart, their forbidden friendship forged a bond that even twenty years couldn’t break. I give you Marc and Angie, the backstory, but be warned. This is not a romance. This doesn’t have a happy ending. This is the upbringing, the striking childhood of two Life After War characters before they are reunited to find their missing son after a nuclear war. They are Marc and Angela, and the year is 1990.  MarcI was out of the house by dawn, riding that sweet little dirt bike as if I was as good as the new kid down the street. I didn’t know Daniel yet, but I was sure I would see him during the bike marathon the school was organizing. I wondered if Angie would go and then realized she may not have a bike. Not many of the poorer kids in town did. Whenever one of them got a bike, it inevitably broke from being lent out. It was one of the things that I liked about the side of town that I was forbidden to trespass. They cared about each other.
As the morning of cool breezes and carefully timed jumps drew closer to the magic hour, I ducked out of sight of the other children who were enjoying the day and rode hard through the woods to get to the cornfield
 Only the braver kids found their way down here, for several reasons. The biggest was the rage of the farmer who owned the enormous field. He knew the teenagers spent hours tramping down his perfect rows and ruining his crops with their bonfires and parties. He and the big hunting dog, Ticker, were regular visitors that one might run across. Except Marc and a few others had figured out that the old tractor couldn’t run by the rougher tree line on the far edge of the field, and over the years a large overhang of trees and wild corn plants had grown up to provide cover. That’s where someone had put up an old tire swing, making it the place to be and meet for a generation of children.
Except Angie wasn’t coming.
I felt the minute that something went wrong. I lingered in the heat of the corn until three o’clock and then slowly made my way toward town. I planned to head for the Ival’s restaurant for a cold drink and then see if I could salvage the afternoon somehow
I heard the sirens before I got to the main road and soon forgot about my cool drink. The house on the edge of town was in flames. The tiny shack was engulfed and smoke billowed from it like a chimney. The heat was melting the garden in front and I watched those vegetable pop and sizzle in horror. I hated fire. All the kids raised by Mother Brady’s traditions did.
I spotted a cluster of kids on bikes, the ones I was allowed to be with. Nearby was another, larger group of raggedy children on foot and I scanned them for signs of Angie, even though I knew she wasn’t their kind either. I’d done some careful observations and it seemed like no one cared about her. I didn’t understand that after my brief, unforgettable interactions.
I joined my own kind at the edge of the police tape and listened to their chatter. I stayed quiet, like I usually did, and learned what had happened.
“Was he in there?”
“Who was it?”
“Is he dead?”
“It was that old man who worked at the plant off 128.”
“You mean the feed production place?”
“Yeah. He quit last year. My dad runs the front gate. He said old man Rudder was bitchin’ about keeping secrets and they fired him for stirin’ up trouble.”
“Your dad don’t run the front gate.”
“He does so.”
“Does not. Tommy’s uncle runs it. Your dad just orders the pizza.”
I drifted away from the fight that always came when the two popular boys disagreed about something. I already knew that Alex would win and Ricky would spend the next week telling everyone he had left the shorter boy win. It was how our lives were, only I was growing up faster than them. I assumed it was because of who my mother was to this town, but I couldn’t be sure that some of it wasn’t related to my friendship with Angie. I’d never disobeyed my mother before. It was a big step for me.
I stared in guilty fascination as the ambulance workers rolled the cart from the side yard and I was glad I’d moved away when I heard my approved friends start calling for them to lower the sheet so they could see his charred, mangled body. I didn’t understand why they would want to and it was another moment of comparison. It didn’t take long for me to come to the same conclusion that I’d already reached several time. I was different.
On a hunch, I scanned the stopped traffic that was waiting for the fire truck to back into place and found a familiar brown wagon. My heart thumped.
I picked out Angie’s mother in the passenger seat, head against the window, and Georgie in the driver’s seat, appearing nervous. I looked harder and noticed Frona had a bandage on her neck and felt the hair on mine stand up. That’s why Angie couldn’t come. Her mom had been hurt.
I saw the traffic was about to be let through and quickly wheeled my bike toward a side street. I got out of sight quickly, not sure why I was upset. People got hurt all the time.
 
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Something to Read

This is the new beginning for book one of the Bachelor Battles. We’ve been working on the rewrite for a while now and it will be released in October. I thought you would enjoy an early glance.
Have a great week!
Angie
 
Prologue
512AW
Southern Ohio Recovery Zone
 
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“There they are! Stay down, son.”
Hiding in the hollow trunk of a tree, the two thin fugitives stayed still and covered with their dark cloaks as the riders crested the hill near them. If they were caught, the teenage boy would be added to the round up. His father wouldn’t be brought back alive.
In the apocalyptic landscape that was framed by early summer, the only road into the nearby town became obscured with dust from three dozen running horses. On these foaming animals were some of the most intimidating warriors that the Network employed. Their cold banner, a glaringly red arrow outlined in black, was held high in warning of who they were.
Behind the riders were a line of bound men and boys on strong leashes. Forced to run or die, the slaves were barely getting enough air to breathe. As the group cleared the trees and entered the farmlands, the female workers they showered with dust winced at the cruel treatment of the males, but didn’t interfere. The citizens of New America had learned not to challenge their rulers. The price was often more than they could pay.
The heavy hooves and harsh coughs of the approaching group echoed to the townspeople ahead of them and the single sentry called out a late warning.
Full of impotent anger, the two fugitives in the hollow trunk watched from the cover of the thick trees. There was nothing they could do to stop the riders, and the father kept a scarred hand on the teenager’s shoulder to prevent him from trying. The emotions of youth didn’t always allow for logic and the man wasn’t going to risk his last son in a futile battle that they couldn’t win. However, he would risk both of their lives and more for a fight with different odds and different players.
Inside the three-street town, shutters begin closing at the sentry’s repeated call. Doors locked and young boys cowered behind defenseless, pink-eyed women. In some of the salvaged homes and barely surviving shops, terrified males were hurriedly shoved into clever slots and panels to keep them from being taken.
As the riders got closer, the leader waved her crew into a defensive formation. Always sent on these roundups, this crew had earned the nickname The Ring, because of the circle they made of Network lands to collect the men and boys. They were also called vicious demons, a whispered title that was well earned. All of the women were ruthless. Their leader, Rankin, worked directly for the Network-inside the pristine Dome and in the deadly wastelands that surround it-and she enjoyed her job. In her red hair was a braid for each male she’d broken in. They covered her back in dusty proof of her brutality.
The riders formed a V as they reached the town, weapons ready in case the females of this town chose to fight for their men. The Ring had specific names to bring back, but Rankin would take any appealing males they ran across to up their credits and account for the percentage who didn’t survive the trip.
“These slaves will be surrendered immediately, by order of the Network.” Rankin began calling names and pointing at doors. Most of the women here owed a son in payment for a debt or fine.
Rankin’s riders went to the residences, and dragged the males out, not letting goodbyes be said or pleas to be voiced. Few of the mothers fought them, and those who did were cut down. It was against Network law to refuse an order of surrender. The penalty was death.
While the riders rounded up the load of slaves, those already on leashes dropped to their knees, grateful for the break. Fathers comforted abused sons, exhausted men tied off bleeding foot wounds with what remained of their shirts, and some didn’t move at all. Those were mostly the ones who had been dragged, and they were dead. Rankin would receive half a credit for their bodies.
“Runners!” one of the riders shouted. “We have runners!”
To the west, shadows were fleeing toward the trees.
“Bring up the dogs!” Rankin ordered.
Menacing, the Fire Hounds ran at the rear of the group to keep slaves from escaping and they padded forward at Rankin’s shout. Canines suffered the Change alongside humans, making them larger, angrier. Their eyes flamed and their breath was noxious. Some of them could even snort fire and they would attack any target.
The hounds gave chase without being told and screams echoed through the area as the large dogs reached the runners. Those who stopped, the dogs escorted back with slobbery nudges and growls. Those who kept fleeing or fought, the dogs mauled and then ate. It was Rankin’s system to keep her animal escort fed and the Network had embraced it eagerly.
“That’s all of them from in town,” Lena told Rankin. Behind her, four of the riders were binding crying boys to leashes.
“We require one more male. Surrender a gift and we won’t torch your town,” Rankin demanded, scanning closed doors with pink eyes.
No one came forward and Rankin frowned. “I can smell them, you know. If I have to come in and sniff around, I’ll kill every one of you I find and still take your male.”
A door opened across the street and a stern-looking woman shoved two trembling boys outside. “Sorry, it took me a minute to catch them.”
The rest of the townswomen scowled at the orphanage keeper, but Rankin grinned happily. “Two! Very nice.”
Rankin made the motion for the other riders and dogs to hurry up. “Thank you for your cooperation. May you all have a Network day.”
“Same to you,” came the muttered, expected reply. It was a dismissal, and those who had been waiting for it now left Rankin’s sight. Those hiding males in cramped slots and mousey panels tried to remember how to breathe.
“Next?” Rankin asked her second in command.
“Let’s see…” Lena scanned the sheet. “Hey, a blond! That’s a double credit.”
Rankin snatched the sheet, annoyed at not getting the answer she’d requested.
“Daniel, blonde, paid for, priority.” Rankin kept reading, unease growing. “Owner provided this address for pickup. Approach with caution.”
Rankin recognized the address and the names. “Pruetts!”
Her riders sat up straighter, looking around.
“Not here, you idiots!” Rankin snapped. “They have the boy. Get ready while we wait for the dogs.”
“Do we fight them?” one of her riders asked quietly. “They have the same boss.”
“We’ll kill them if have to,” Rankin answered, swallowing the instinct that said to mark the kid’s name off their list as dead and move on. “They’re only bounty hunters.”
The shabby town street was mostly deserted around the nervously waiting, pink-eyed riders. Peppering the shops were lists of items the people were forbidden to have (radios topped every one), prices that were to be charged, and Wanted posters that covered entire front walls. One in particular, a tall male with blond hair and a scar down his hand) was repeated more than the others. It was for the current leader of the rebel males who had been trying to oust the Network for as long as the Network had been in control. There were also advertisements for the Bachelor Battles, with each laminated photo featuring a bloody, victorious female clutching a terrified man as her prize.
Near the edge of this sad town, a sandy blond boy of eleven barreled from the front door of a slimy home put together with toothpaste and fishing wire. He slipped painfully down muddy rocks that were the hovel’s steps.
“They know where to look, boy!” his mother shouted cruelly from inside the makeshift home. “Pruett hunters can’t save you!”
Heart pounding, Daniel ran awkwardly through the piles of rubble that edged the road and detoured into the thorn trees that lined the nearby property. The branches on the trees reached for him, but he ducked in perfect time to their swipes and made it through unscathed.
Weapons clanged and grunts echoed as Daniel neared an opening in the trees and burst into the neighbor’s yard. The four black-cloaked people there were working on a fighting routine, moving in tandem with beautiful knife slashes, spins, and leaps. Even their long, black cloaks flared out together in a stunning, unintended visual effect.
“Candy!”
The sweaty family stopped and lowered their weapons, staring at Daniel with sympathy. The adults understood instantly what had happened as fresh screams sounded. The Network riders were moving again, and already close enough to hear the pounding hooves and the chilling cries of individual slaves. They’d finished in town.
“You know the law!” Candy’s mother answered the boy fearfully. “We can’t hide you.”
Daniel ran to Candy in terror. “Help me!”
“Get out of here!” Candy yelled, shoving him back toward the tree line. “Don’t let them see you!”
“My family sold me!”
“Sold?” Candy repeated, mind spinning into a hazy rage. It was her worst fear.
Twelve-year-old Candy turned to see the Network riders reach their driveway. The thorn trees lining it were poisonous and carnivorous, with vivid red and green coloring. The tree limbs reached hungrily for the riders, but weren’t noticed.
Candy scanned the homestead, already knowing there was no place she could hide him. Her home was a white dome buried mostly in the ground. There were sheds and a storage building with locks, and two MOPARS for traveling the apocalyptic lands. The Pruett’s were better off than most, but none of it could save Daniel.
“Mother?” Candy asked for help in that one word, dazed with pain.
Candy’s mother winced, but didn’t answer.
“I’ll be alone now,” Daniel moaned brokenly, shaking.
“You’re mine!” Candy growled, hugging him tightly. “I will find you!”
“Promise me!” Daniel demanded, starting to panic.
Candy kissed him softly, stealing the first taste. There was no doubt that she would lose everything else.
Her eyes were red when she pulled back. “On my life, Daniel. I will find you.”
“There he is! Release that male,” Rankin ordered arrogantly. “His family has transferred ownership to the Network.”
“You can’t keep him, Candy,” her mother reminded them shakily. “You know that. You can only die while we watch.”
The words made Candy’s anger more pronounced and her muscles started to swell as her mother forced them apart. Both kids struggled and the thorn trees subtly tried to reach the watching riders.
Tiring of the drama, Rankin kicked her horse forward and dropped a leash around Daniel’s head. When he reached up to take it off, she grabbed his wrists and tied them to the waiting straps on the rawhide tether.
“No! Candy!”
Candy raked her new claws down her mother’s arm to get free and ran after Daniel.
Rankin spun around and punched the girl in her shoulder, making sure she hit the ground.
Candy cried out, but got right back up, glowering with red orbs.
Angel, Candy’s younger cousin, rushed to help and the two girls went into their fight training, spinning and slashing the air with their knives.
Spooked, Rankin’s horse reared up and almost unseated her.
Busy calming the huge mount, Rankin got too close to the thorn trees and a branch slipped eagerly around her neck.
Fighting to keep from being punctured, Rankin snatched the knife from her belt and sliced through the thorn going for her throat, then used her fist to snap off the branch.
“Only Pruetts would have these...things!” Rankin sneered, flushed.
Her riders smirked, but when Rankin waved them closer, they surrounded the small family.
Candy’s mother wrapped her up tighter this time and their family slave, Candy’s father, grabbed Angel.
“If you weren’t so useful tracking down trash, I’d slit all your throats!” Rankin waved at her riders to head out and viciously yanked Daniel’s rope to make him stumble and fall.
“Help him, Mother!” Candy shouted, fighting to get free. “Help me!”
“You can’t take over this family if you’re dead,” her mother insisted, holding her. “Pruetts never openly fight the Network.”
Candy realized she wasn’t going to get help from her parents and the full Change of Rage Walker’s disease spiraled through her small body. Her muscles swelled and ripped her clothes, her hair shot out and down, her claws extended, and her pupils became flames as she attacked her mother.
The thorn trees withdrew to their proper places in shocked disapproval.
“Help! Candy!”
Candy turned from her mother’s bloody face to find the riders leaving, Daniel being pulled along behind Rankin. She took off running, executing an amazing snatch and jump to grab her fallen weapon and clear a lot of the distance. Knife ready, she leapt again.
Well trained, Rankin sensed it coming and turned in time to catch the child in the head with her boot. Candy staggered to the ground, puking from the pain. The signs of the Change faded, but her eyes remained crimson and ran with red tears.
Candy’s mother and father ran toward them as Rankin looked down without compassion.
“He belongs to the Network now. If you want him, come and fight for him in the Bachelor Battles.”
Rankin gave Candy’s mother a knowing look as the couple reached them, but stayed back. “Just don’t wait too long. You’re a Changeling now, stage one, and Pruetts burn-out fast.”
Staggering to her feet through the pain, Candy wiped her mouth and snarled, “Pruetts will see you in hell!”
Rankin, taken aback at the words from a child, frowned and kicked up dust to coat the family as she turned to leave.
“Heaven and hell don’t exist,” she tossed over her shoulder. “There’s only been the Network for five hundred years.
“That’s going to Change!” Candy vowed, glaring. “Someday, I’ll take power from them, the same way they’ve taken something that I need.”
Her family gasped at the open defiance, but Rankin only snorted, and then kept going. On a slow day, she might have executed them all, but she was busy now and even burnt-out Pruetts with only their slave and whelps were still dangerous.
Candy turned to her mother. She didn’t speak, but her expression screamed.
Candy’s mother lowered her head in shame, bleeding from her arm and four gashes down the side of her face. “I’m sorry.”
The icy façade she would become known for settled over the girl’s heart and Candy turned from her mother’s misery without providing the expected forgiveness. She wasn’t capable of it.
Back on the road now, the thundering hooves and screams of the round up echoed hauntingly.
“I will come for you!” Candy promised, staring at Daniel, who was already struggling to keep up and breathe through the dust. “All of you.”
Have you checked out The Bachelor Battles Trilogy yet? Here are the links to Book One, which is free:
www.amazon.com/Change-Episode-One-Bachelor-Battles-ebook/dp/B005A8SM98http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-change-angela-white/1112351539?ean=2940045140331http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/210765https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-change/id455878348?mt=11http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/the-change-9

September News, Notes, and Something New!

 Hi! I hope you all had a good summer. It went by really fast, didn’t it? Seems like I blinked and it was gone. There wasn’t nearly enough hours in the day and like usual, I fell behind.

Between being sick for three weeks and having to take side work to keep the IRS from seizing my accounts and property, book 8 won’t be out until roughly December. This one has so many details to be researched and verified that I miscounted how long it would take. I am sorry. It’s hard to guess on something like this, but I need the preorders so I can make ends meet with the new expenses that come each time I release a book--covers, edits, formatting, and other costs.
I hope you can understand and if you can donate to my fund at all (see the link at the top, right side.) I would appreciate the help. I can’t seem to get out from under the IRS and they’re very threatening, you know? Until I am caught up with them, it’s hard to spend time writing.
Like with the other times this has happened with a preorder, you have my word that you will receive your copy first, before any of the retailers, and if you want a refund, you need only send me an email to: cloudninepublications@yahoo.com.


Notes


All merchandise orders from July and August have been shipped. Watch your mail!


Something New
I realize you’re probably expecting another preview of book 8, but I’m not ready to release any more of that yet. Instead, I hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from the next Alexa’s Travels novel.
 
Alexa’s Travels Book #3
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“This will do.”
The men stared at the family cabin Alexa had led them to. It was nice here, without the feel of corruption, and they gaped a bit at her finding them such a place to rest in. It instantly reminded every one of them of their old homes.
“How long are we staying?” Mark asked, dropping his gear near the front porch swing that actually appeared as though it would hold his weight without collapsing.
“Overnight or for a week,” Alexa replied mysteriously. “We’ll see how that goes.”
The men liked the idea of spending a week resting--of Alexa spending a week resting--but they heard the warning as well and alert-mode kicked in heavily. The six men circled the small farmhouse and then walked the property to verify they were alone here.
Alexa waited in the shade of the porch and pretended her skin wasn’t stinging. Walking in the sunlight for hours had hurt. Not worse than her heart when she’d spied their shadow, though. Brian would follow her forever now, no matter how many times she tried to warn him off. She had gone through the same thing with her father and she understood all future plans would have to account for him.
Alexa’s heart swelled a bit as she considered that Adrian must have done the very same thing when she’d come to him, or she would have easily been killed during one of his adventures that she’d been on the fringes of. It was a comfort, something she needed right now. Becoming this new creature was an adjustment that Alexa still wasn’t sure she was capable of. In fact, a number of things would have to change, as of today. There would be no more walking in the sun unless she wanted to burst into flames. They would travel at night and sleep during the light.
“All clear here,” came from multiple directions and then the males joined her on the wide porch.
“We’ll get settled inside and then make some preparations,” Alexa instructed as Edward pried open the front door.
The cool, dark cave-like interior beckoned to Alexa and she forced herself to wait until it had been cleared. Maintaining her rituals would get much harder now.
“Clear,” Edward called and was brushed aside as a blur spun into the coolness and vanished down the first set of steps to the cellar.
Edward exchanged looks with the others, but didn’t comment.
The men got busy preparing their shelter, mindful of her words about overnight or a week, depending on what happened. They assumed it meant they weren’t safe here and they reacted accordingly.
Billy took up a guard post outside, Edward worked on doors, Mark took care of the few windows, and the others went through the small home, gathering supplies for a battle. As they worked, light conversation drifted down to Alexa.
“Will a week here help her?”
“If we can feed her, maybe.”
“I’ve heard they can go a long time between meals.”
“Not at first.”
“Any idea what we’re fighting here?”
“Hard to say. Zombies and soldiers, ghosts. Take your pick.”
“How about feathers?”
The chuckles sent a nice vibe through the air and Alexa closed her lids against the faint light from the hatch she’d left open. She couldn’t stand to be cut off from her men completely. Their voices soothed the terrors and she drifted off with their male bonding ringing in her ears.
“We could always go back for the rabbit, chop off a part at a time.”
“I think his parts are already being used.”
Snickers and laughter also echoed out to Billy, who had climbed the tallest tree and was perched in the top branches like a parrot. There was movement in many directions and he was keeping a rotating watch on all of them. The way they’d come, was their newest shadow. Brian had camped out in the caves and erected a small barrier over the entrance that he’d obviously brought along. The cloth blended perfectly, as did the small piece of debris. If not for Billy coming out in time to see the boy shoot a rabbit with a dart gun and disappear inside, they wouldn’t have picked out his den.
The other directions held a few walking dead and soldiers who were clearly lost. None of those was coming toward Alexa’s den, but Billy planned to make sure he knew it if that changed. They’d had too many close calls recently. Pushing their luck right now wasn’t a good idea.
 

August News and Notes

Hiya!Not much to report at the moment. Book 8 is rolling along, and the gang also says hiya!Book 4, Adrian’s Eagles, has been reedited, formatted, and rereleased. You can upgrade to the latest copy at any of your favorite retailers. You may have to delete your old copy, but don’t worry, all the good stuff is still in there.There are new clothing items available now-official LAW merchandise.http://teespring.com/stores/angela-white-storeThe black tank top is my favorite. Already ordered mine, (Yes, I have to pay for them, same prices as everyone else.) along with a hoodie. Winter is coming, you know… Grin.I’ll be offline for the rest of the month, but my email works just fine if you need something sooner.Until then, stay frosty.Waving at you,Angie  

June News, Notes, and Something new!

News Special prices for the summer!At least until school goes back in, the Life After War series is on sale! Please tell people about this series. The more Eagles in the world, the better, right?Life After War-$0.00!Author  Amazon  Nook  iTunes  GooglePlay  Kobo  Smashwords 
Book 4: Adrian's Eagles-$0.99Author  Amazon  Nook  iTunes  GooglePlay  Kobo  Smashwords 
Book 5: From The Ashes-$4.25Author  Amazon  Nook  iTunes  GooglePlay  Kobo  Smashwords 
Book 6: Where We Stand-$4.25Author  Amazon  Nook  iTunes  GooglePlay  Kobo  Smashwords 
And don't forget that book 7 was just released this spring!Book 7: The Price We Pay-$4.99Author  Amazon  Nook  iTunes  GooglePlay  Kobo  Smashwords

Notes

Audible is a Go! And... You are invited!The online release party for Life After War Audio Books will be held on Saturday- July 10th at 3pm. Stop by to help celebrate and you could win one of the five free Audible copies that I'm giving away while we chat! *Must have a membership with Audible.com to win-free or paid. Mature viewers only. R rating for subject matter.When: Saturday, July 10th, 2015Time: 3pm-5pm, USA, ESTSubject: Favorite Law ScenesWhere: My Facebook PageIf we are 'friended' on Facebook, you will receive another invitation there, with these details, and then a reminder as the date approaches. If we are not linked on FB, please click the text above to be taken there. I update that list weekly.*Spoilers are a part of an online chat with the author. Most people hope for new details also, so please avoid this party if you hate spoilers.*No purchase necessary to win Audible audiobook prizes. Prizes will be given for 5 trivia questions based on the first 7 books, so if you're not caught up, take advantage of the lower summer prices! It's an amazing story. You'll be glad you did. Something New!  
Book Eight: Carved In Stone 
700+ pages
Release: Here -September 20th, 2015
Read free Scribd Sample -60 pages!
Download Dropbox PDF of sample-60 pages!
 Available in PDF and EPUB formats.Preorder Book 8 PDF $4.99 USD EPUB $4.99 USD


New Editions of Life After WarBooks one, two, three, and the deluxe have received a massive edit/make-over. The new copies went live last month. They are sooo much better now! If you haven't gotten your new copy, it's easy to do so. Simply delete the old copy from your device (your library) and download the new editions from the retailer of your choice, which are all free! *links below. The rest of the books in this series are also being overhauled. You'll be notified as each one is finished.I want to thank everyone who has offered editing skills. I think I'll have it covered now, but I can't tell you how much I appreciate your offers and support. However, I will still keep you in mind in case my current editors don't work out. After having five of them in as many years, it seems a wise thing to do.

I'm headed back to the files now. I'll talk with you again on July 10th at the audio release party. Until then, have a wonderful 4th of July and watch your six!
Waving at you,
Angie
 

Preorder Book 8 Now! Carved In Stone

It’s their first attempt

Safe Haven is going to try making a permanent settlement in the mountains of Georgia and every soul there is ready for the break. They’ve traveled for more than nine months, with few breaks. Now, they can finally stop living from trucks and try to rebuild what they’ve lost.

Except…
Bad things are coming. Safe Haven thinks they’ve endured the worst the apocalypse has to offer, but they’ve actually been lucky. That’s about to change and all the descendants on the planet can’t stop it. Magic is nearly powerless against the effects of a nuclear war and the entire camp must make a choice: Do we stand or do we run?
 Book Eight: Carved in Stone.
 Order your copy today! *Includes Dog scenes, updated Eagle teams, and more.
700+ pages
release date:
September 20th, 2015
Read free Scribd Sample-60 pages!
Download Dropbox PDF of sample-60 pages!
 Preorder Book 8 EPUB $4.99 USD PDF $4.99 USD

Book 7 links and other updates!

Over the last few months, I have been going over the first books and fixing issues, by using the ugliest reviews that I could find. …it wasn’t fun, you know? But, it was necessary. I found an incredible number of errors. So did my proofreaders, Lee and Jori. Together, we made over 50,000 corrections. It’s the same story, but it shines now and I’d love everyone to have the sooo much better copy. On Friday, the new file will be live on Amazon (all stores) and on Smashwords. A week or so after that, it will be on Kobo, B&N, and iTunes. Sorry for the delay, but none of the retailers do things on the same schedule. If they did, they wouldn’t be competitors, they’d be partners, I guess.As I went over the first three books (working on Adrian’s Eagles now, between writing sessions), I realized my covers could be better, so I also redid those. Here they are:
   
 
           What do you think? I like them a lot more than the others, though, I adored them at the time. These just look more…professional, maybe? Like the new file. I can’t stress enough how much better this new copy is. For example: repeat word usage was conquered. You will no longer find 700 ‘eyes’ in 800 pages and you won’t find as many of the tense problems. I am still working on conquering that one. I also fixed technical issues, word misusage, and gave more details on all the confusing areas that people were complaining about. I’m proud of this copy. I spent a lot of time on it since finishing book 7.
That brings us to book 7!It’s here on this blog in pdf and epub formats, and also on all the major retailers, and…in paperback! Name a format, there’s a link below for it.The Price We PayAmazon  Nook  iTunes  Smashwords  Kobo  Paperback  Scribd  From the Author  Google PlayBtw, have you put up a review on book 7 yet? Please use the links above and let me know how you feel about it! I haven’t gotten much feedback yet and I’m still worried that I didn’t do a good enough job.
Alexa’s Travels: The Killin’ Fields!It’s here on this blog in pdf and epub formats, and on all the major retailers. There are links below for it. The paperback copy won’t be out just yet.Amazon  Nook  Smashwords  Kobo  From the Author This book could also use a few more reviews if you’ve got the time, and thank you! Reviews make a lot of difference.
Would you like a Life After War shirt?I have several teespring campaigns going, with character quotes, like:
“I only sniffed her, once!”Bet you can remember who that was. The links are below. And sorry for the price, but there is a bare minimum I have to stay above by teespring rules and it increases as I add the basic art and text.Dog#001 http://teespring.com/character-shirts#pid=2&cid=2397&sid=back
Marc#002 http://teespring.com/words-from-marc
#003 http://teespring.com/more-marc
Angela#004 http://teespring.com/character-shirts-angela-s-str
There will be a dozen more shirts over the next few months, so keep an eye out for your favorite character, or better yet, collect them all!Wow, did I swallow a salesman there for a minute? Snicker. Back to business:
Audio Books!We have just entered the production phase, where I’ve chosen a narrator. It is female and that’s about all I can say at the moment. Except, so far, working with the people from Audible has been great. Did you know that Audible produced a Grammy winning book that won for best word drama? I didn’t either. It was great to discover that. Makes me more confident about agreeing to the contract. Being independent sometimes means guessing on things and hoping for the best. Scary.
I’ve been told it will take roughly 3 months for each book to be finished, so I imagine we’ll be enjoying the first one sometime in August. I’ll keep you posted about the others after The Survivors and On The Road go up. It will depend on the sales for these two. If they’re good, Audible will want the other books in this series! Keep your fingers crossed for me, okay?
Thank you!Everyone who put up a review! Jeremy, for finding me a reasonable formatter. Erin, for being a reasonable formatter. Lee and Jori, for tireless proofing. Harold, for helping a friend. Suzie, for repeatedly rescheduling on a moment’s notice without anger. Enjoy those chicks! Joshua, for the greatest gift any reader has ever sent me. Jan and Jeanne, for caring about me personally. Pam and Sean, for missing the group as much as I do. Everyone else who reaches out to me and offers their support, and to all those who buy my work. I only exist because you believe.
Happy Easter, world. I love you.Angie
 
 
 

March Character Madness

This design is part of the March Character Madness line I'm introducing. This is #001.


Each shirt has a quote from your favorite Life After War character! This one is for the fans who adore Dog.

"I only sniffed her, once!"

Signed by Dog himself! (Paw print, don't ya know)

Also includes a flaming sword and the text: Life After War.

Signature Life After War merchandise, only available here. Get yours today!


http://teespring.com/character-shirts

Book 7 Is Finally Here! Yes, Right Now!

All preorders have been sent out. Please check your email. if you didn't get it, send me a message at:
cloudninepublications@yahoo.com
I'm sorry for all the delays. I hope you'll think it was worth the wait, and please remember to read the Notes From the Author for details on the next release.
I'm too wiped out to do a long post, so here you go:




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