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January 9, 2024
Storm Surge – Blog Tour And Giveaway #HistoricalFiction
Two remarkable women are inextricably linked by a power far greater than anything Europe has ever seen.
Storm Surge
The Stormsong Trilogy Book 2
by Stephen A. Reger
Genre: Historical Fiction Adventure
As the Thirty Years’ War enters its second year, Bohemian Protestants continue their rebellion against the Catholic Hapsburg dynasty which has ruled the German states with an iron fist for more than three hundred years. Like the rest of Europe, this once great empire remains divided along multiple fault lines; and across Europe, various religious sects social classes, and nations continue to battle one another in a war of unprecedented scope and savagery.
Already caught up in this massive conflict are two very beautiful but very different women. Lady Atlantis Vanessa von Stormsong, the only child of a wealthy Catholic Archduke, has known a life of power and privilege; meanwhile, Sarlatova, a poor Protestant who lives among thieves and outlaws, knows practically nothing of her past. These two strangers seem to have nothing in common except for a strong faith in the same God.
But as their paths cross again and again, and as they try to navigate a world dominated by violent and powerful men, these two remarkable women begin to realize that they are inextricably linked by a power far greater than anything Europe has ever seen.
Stormfront
The Stormsong Trilogy Book 1
The year is 1618, and the Christian world stands, once again, on a knife’s edge. The once great Holy Roman Empire, like most of the rest of Europe, is divided along religious, political, and economic lines – pitting Catholics against Protestants, princes against monarchs, and the rich against the poor. And a war unlike anything Europe has ever seen is growing increasingly inevitable…
Destined to be caught up in the coming conflict are two very beautiful but very different women. Lady Atlantis Vanessa von Stormsong is the only child of a wealthy Catholic Archduke, while poor Šarlatová is a Protestant thief who knows practically nothing of her past. These two strangers share a strong faith in the same God, but their respective attempts to find peace in a world dominated by violent and powerful men will lead them straight into the abyss of a war that will tear Europe apart for the next thirty years.
After teaching AMERICAN, WORLD, and EUROPEAN history for thirty years, Stephen A. Reger is spending his retirement writing about what the history textbooks leave out. Stormfront is his debut novel. He currently teaches American Literature in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides with his wife, Amy, and his two sons, Jacob and Caleb.
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What is the Secret of Blossom Rise?
When a young nurse takes a job at an old military hospital she finds the answers to an old family question – what is the secret of Blossom Rise Hospital? Who is the long-dead man who walks the grounds?
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January 8, 2024
Time Lines – Blog Tour and Giveaway #Timetravel #ScienceFiction
Time travel can be a useful resource, but what if something unexpected goes wrong?
Time Lines
by Karen J. Mossman
Genre: Time Travel, Science Fiction
Time travel can be a useful resource, but what if something unexpected goes wrong?
In the year 3236, the government uses time travel to document the mistakes of the past. It’s a way to gain power in the present by learning from history.
During a leap back to WWII, Astro-archeologist Julie finds her safe projection hasn’t gone as planned. Instead of the ethereal presence she’s supposed to be, she’s actually visible. What will that mean when she stumbles upon a small village being raided by German soldiers?
Faced with death all around her, Julie has to find her way back to the future. But when she returns, will she be the same person she was? Or will the paradoxes of time travel change her life forever?
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Karen J. Mossman is an avid reader, reviewer, book blogger, and award-winning, multi-genre writer. She became a professional author in 2014, and since then, she has more than 27 published titles to her credit. These include anthologies, short stories, novellas, novels, and series.
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January 7, 2024
Swift Six Author Interview – Jordan A Werner
Name: Jordan A. Werner
Please introduce yourself (250 words or so):
My (pen) name is Jordan A. Werner. I have yet to decide what the A is going to stand for. Maybe Alice. Or Arthur.
I grew up reading a pretty decent amount. I was never voracious or the like, but of the books I read as a kid willingly, a lot of it was fantasy. The Chronicles of Prydain, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, A Song of Ice and Fire. I spent my sophomore year of high school binge-reading most of Michael Crichton’s bibliography. I remember finishing Sphere during the break in the CAHSEE tests, then marching over to the school library to check out The Andromeda Strain.
I’ve been writing since I was eight, and I’ve recently started getting pretty okay at it. I wrote a lot of bad fanfiction while I was in high school, and I wrote my first book when I was in college. It was about a hundred-thirty-thousand words long and took me two months to draft. I’ve made up for it by staying far away from that level of productivity, and as a result, my work has gotten significantly better.
Nowadays, I do a decent amount of drawing as a hobby, I’m taking some blacksmithing classes, and I hope to get through my PlayStation backlog by the time I’m 50.
Tell us about your book(s) – title, genre etc (short)
The Witch and the Ostrich is a fantasy book with a healthy dose of dark humor.
When did you start your writing adventure? What was the inspiration for it?
I started writing The Witch and the Ostrich back in March 2021 or so. I’d wanted to draw on some of my own experience as a journalist and write a story about a character who reviews gladiator shows.
As for the ostrich part, I think I had this on the brain at the time.
What writing plans do you have for the future?
I have a science-fantasy rock ‘n roll novel that I’ve been trying and failing to write for years now. I think it’s my best idea and would really like to get that done one day.
I also have a manga-and-Greek-mythology-inspired western to revisit; I’ve written two unpublished books set in that world. Neither of which are all that good, but I’d like to think there’s a decent enough idea there that I could finally write a decent enough story for that at some point.
What do you like to read?
I read a lot of comics and manga. Some personal favorites are Giant Days, BLAME!, Vinland Saga, Silver Spoon, Sandman, and Crowded. Lately, I’ve been listening to a couple of the new Discworld audiobooks (I am a proponent of audiobooks counting as a reading).
What piece of advice do you wish you’d had when you started your writing adventure?
“You can’t build up this threat and not have it actually affect the characters. Someone needs to get fried.”
Author bio and book synopsis
Jordan A. Werner is a Reddit-addicted bum who lives in the bowels of Southern California, just a way’s away from the beach. He was born in Salem, ate his first lost tooth with a burger in Baton Rouge and once aced a spontaneous Beatles trivia quiz from a Trader Joe’s bag clerk in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Never trust a necromancer ostrich.
The witch Quin Schumacher ekes out a living as the crotchety colosseum combat critic for the Daily Stardust newspaper. Complicating her job is Fergus, the former Death Lord of Jocrom. Fortunately, Quin already turned him into an ostrich.
On their way to the dilapidated city of Queensworth to see heads roll in the local arena, Quin finds a note in a dead man’s pocket. Written in blood, it hints towards a nefarious conspiracy linking a gladiator to one of Quin’s fellow witches, all of whom are compelled to serve Her Majesty Queen Siobhan the Third.
Meanwhile, Fergus has his own plans to get his powers back, remove Quin’s spell on him, and re-establish his empire. He just needs a little help from a local vampire…
Bloody violence, proto-gonzo journalism and deadly women aplenty collide in The Witch and the Ostrich, Jordan A. Werner’s debut disaster book.
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December 31, 2023
What is the Secret of Blossom Rise?
When a young nurse takes a job at an old military hospital she finds the answers to an old family question – what is the secret of Blossom Rise Hospital? Who is the long-dead man who walks the grounds?
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December 22, 2023
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December 21, 2023
Give the Gift of Reading this Festive Season – Outside the Walls
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Excerpt 1
“In the early days everyone was allowed in and sent to the docks to find work: manual labour, cooking and…entertainment, things the unskilled do. There is always one ship or another looking to be unloaded, or manure to shovel. It doesn’t take much to haul boxes or gut fish. Soon enough there were too many people and too little work and gates were shut on the district way-fares which the city guard patrol. There have been those who’ve tried to climb in, cut down from what I’ve heard, Your Grace. There is a curfew now; once the sun goes down, all good citizens must be behind closed doors or be on legitimate business. The keep dungeons are full of drunks, whores, and curfew breakers, the desperate and the hungry. Children too, so it seems. Crime is widespread. The desperate will steal if they are hungry enough. The hangman is the only one earning his keep these days.”
The chatelaine shook her head at the situation. “Now, even most of the traders stay within their ships and bring their own guards when they come to trade. If they come. I hear families from afar have stopped sending their sons to study as well. Many domestics and skilled labourers were able to find rooms with their masters, which, I’m afraid, has only shifted the crowding into other districts, as now sometimes entire families huddle in one small room above a shop or below a kitchen somewhere. It’s a shame, I’ve not known the like in all my years, but I am just a chatelaine, it is not my place to instruct the council,” Alys concluded.
“What of those outside the walls?” Lady Eleanor asked, now angry and distressed at the situation.
“Oh, those by the caravan gate? Never you worry, the next trader to cross the waters will carry them on to warmer shores. They always do. Although…” A look of concentration crossed the chatelaine’s face as her brows furrowed. “It seems to me that the traders have grown more infrequent of late. It could be they have been waiting quite a while.”
“I see.” Duchess Eleanor nodded grimly.
December 20, 2023
What is the Secret of Blossom Rise?
When a young nurse takes a job at an old military hospital she finds the answers to an old family question – what is the secret of Blossom Rise Hospital? Who is the long-dead man who walks the grounds?
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