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Dream Travelling! Awoken by Sarah Noffke #bookreview #dreamtravelling

I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

So my last review was the first book in a series and I complained, again, about being dropped in mid-air. 

Well this book is also the first book in a series, but here's the difference. This author did it right!

She did leave some unresolved things that I want answers to, but there was a resolved plot line in this book! It makes such a difference when authors leave you satisfied, yet still wanting more and Sarah Noffke did just that with Awoken.

Roya Stark is a misfit and has been her entire life growing up in Texas. Her family has nicknamed her Stake - short for Mistake. How awful is that? Her brother even tries to kill her.

Then comes the day that Roya is told she is a Dream Traveller and she's taught to use that to her advantage. But she's also told she has a destiny to fulfill and it's not one she's looking forward too. She's a loner fighting against her fate and doesn't know who to trust, yet she must try to become part of a team to save the world from the evil being who is stealing their REM sleep and driving them mad. Oh! And of course there is that wonderful love triangle for Roya to figure out.

I really enjoyed Awoken and read it all in one day - it was that good. Looking forward to Stunned, book two in the series.


Want to check it out for yourself? Click here to go to Amazon.

What is your favorite book series done right? Please tell me in the comments.

Book Blurb:
Around the world humans are hallucinating after sleepless nights.

In a sterile, underground institute the forecasters keep reporting the same events.

And in the backwoods of Texas, a sixteen-year-old girl is about to be caught up in a fierce, ethereal battle.

Meet Roya Stark. She drowns every night in her dreams, spends her hours reading classic literature to avoid her family’s ridicule, and is prone to premonitions—which are becoming more frequent. And now her dreams are filled with strangers offering to reveal what she has always wanted to know: Who is she? That’s the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. But will Roya live to regret learning the truth?

About the author:
Sarah Noffke is the author of The Lucidite Series. She’s been everything from a corporate manager to a hippie. Her taste for adventure has taken her all over the world. If you can’t find her at the gym, then she’s probably at the frozen yogurt shop. If you can’t find her there then she probably doesn’t want to be found. She is a self-proclaimed hermit, with spontaneous urges to socialize during full moons and when Mercury is in retrograde. Sarah lives in Southern California with her family. 

Dropped in Mid Air! True Calling by Siobhan Davis #bookreview #series

I received this book free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I'd been in a reading slump for awhile, and when Netgalley offered me this book I thought it sounded pretty good. I'd been looking for a great post-apocalyptic sci-fi read. At the time I hadn't realized that it was the first book in a series, rather than a stand alone. You all know how I feel about series - I love them if done right. This one was pretty good right up until the end, where the author cut it off at what I felt was a crucial point leaving me screaming in frustration, as happens so often with series anymore. Yes, I know you want us to get the second book, but for crying out loud don't drop us in mid-air!

Okay, enough of that rant. I've said it all before and I know many others aren't as frustrated by those total cliff-hangers as I am.

So, in this book things are rough for Ariana and her family in, what should be, a utopian future world on Planet Novo. When things got bad on Earth, many people were lifted to Planet Novo, but only if they were completely healthy and less than middle-aged. The government has wiped their memories of any loved ones left behind on Earth so that they can live happy and productive lives without those pesky painful memories bringing them down.

Now the government has decided that they need the young people to begin reproducing so they set up what is basically a reality show dating scenario which they call "The Calling" where the populace gets to pair up young couples from each region to marry and begin popping out babies.

Ariana is distressed by this program because she is one of the candidates. In addition, she's got family problems and is having disturbing dreams and all she wants to do is deal with her family issues and finish her schooling.

There's a lot going on in this story and while some of it is a bit, um...shmaltzy?...and maybe disturbing...it is interesting and a fun read. Until that damn pesky ending. *sigh*

Want to check it out for yourself? It's on Amazon - just click here.

What have you read lately that left you frustrated? Tell me in the comments.

Book blurb:
Planet Novo, nestled in space twelve hundred miles above the surface of the Earth, is the new home of 17 year old Cadet Ariana Skyee. Confused by the government-sanctioned memory erase and distressed at her impending forced marriage and motherhood, Ariana’s plans for the future are thrown into complete disarray.

As the traumatic events within her family life enfold, Ariana grows increasingly alarmed at the authorities apparent pre-occupation with her and feels progressively more isolated and alone.

Her growing feelings for fellow Cadet Cal Remus intensify as the recently announced pageant, ‘The Calling’, gets underway. Struggling to comprehend the continuous, inexplicable dreams of the mysterious Zane, discovering the past helps shape her future, with devastating personal consequences.

Siobhan Davis
About this author
Siobhan Davis is the author of YA science fiction romance series True Calling.

A self-diagnosed ‘teenager forever’—at least when it comes to books, music and movies; Siobhan is totally addicted to teen fiction and superhero/blockbuster movies.

Siobhan loves baking, crime novels, shoes, bags, make-up, anti-wrinkle cream, anything pink, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, and Robert Pattinson (definitely Team Edward).

Siobhan has forged a successful corporate career, in Human Resources, over the last twenty years.

A member of the IWI writers group, Siobhan resides in the Garden County of Ireland with her husband and two sons.

It really was "No Place for a Woman" by Mayse Young, Gabrielle Dalton #Aussiehistory #bookreview

I promised you new reviews, right? Here's the first of several coming up. 

So you know about my Fibre Craft group. My friend Brian from the group loaned me this book and told me I needed to read it. (He has also loaned me the entire Cosmos DVD series - what a great friend!)

Brian used to live in the Northern Territory for awhile. In fact, the local aboriginals called him "Old Brian of the White Mob" which he assures me is a name that denotes their respect of him. No, that's not sarcasm.


So this is the autobiography of Mayse (pronounced Maisie) Young. She's a very well-known historical figure in the Northern Territory of Australia where she and her family operated several hotels/pubs throughout the 20th century.

This book tells of her childhood years roughing it, growing up in bush tents following her father around the country as he worked the railroads before they bought their first hotel, and goes all the way up through hurricane Tracey which leveled Darwin in the 70s.

It's not the best written book I've ever read, but it is chock full of everything that makes Australia a great country; local color, slang terms, interesting characters and stories and she lays it all bare. It also contains some very cool old photos.

If you want a taste of Australia in the early to mid 1900s this book is for you. In fact, once I finished it I asked Brian's permission to loan it to my father-in-law who spent some time up that way during his military years. He was aware of Mayse Young, and he said it brought back a lot of memories for him.

It's not available as an ebook, but you can get the paperback pretty darn cheap on Amazon.

What's your favorite autobiography? Tell me in the comments.

Book blurb:
Pine Creek publican Mayse Young was a legend by the age of twenty. In the Northern Territory of the thirties and forties she reared seven children. She was also "mum" to hundreds of stockmen, miners and drifters for whom her hotel was the best drinking hole on the track. Here, Mayse Young writes herself into Australian legend.

I Haven't Forgotten You #bloggingneglect

I've been neglecting you again, haven't I? Not deliberately, I swear. I spent the month of November attempting to complete the NaNoWriMo challenge. I did not win this year, but I do have a good start on a book that is a bit different for me. I think. I won't tell you much about it for now though. 

And yes, that does mean I now have THREE books in progress. *sigh* I know, I know. I need to get at least ONE completed for you folks soon. I'm working on it, I promise.

I've been busy in other areas as well. I've been reading, and you'll see some reviews coming out of that soon here on the blog.

I even finished my Christmas shopping early, which takes much of the stress of the Christmas season - NOT one of my favorite times of the year - off my shoulders.

Lap blanket I crocheted
And I've continued with my weekly Fibre Craft group, where I've crocheted a lap blanket for a local nursing home resident (a stranger to me) as a Christmas present. I like the bright colors. They remind me of spring.

I also accomplished something that makes me very happy.



 I've learned to spin wool on a drop spindle!





My frist spun wool and spindle.





I tried to learn on a spinning wheel a few years ago, but for some reason it made me anxious and frustrated so I put it aside and decided I'd wait and someday try again. I thought maybe it would be easier for me to learn on a drop spindle, so a year or so ago I purchased one and it's been sitting here in my craft stash untouched ever since.


One of my friends from the Fibre Craft group brought in her drop spindle one day and she made it look really easy - of course most of the group are very experienced spinners and they make it ALL look really easy - but we decided we'd have a drop spindle day the next week. I dug mine out of my stash and brought it to the meeting and before I knew it I was spinning. Not very well. Very thick and uneven, but still, I was spinning!






Taking wool and turning it into yarn. How cool is that? Okay, maybe some of you think it is dorky, but I'm telling you I think it totally rocks. 


My third spinning


My second attempt was a little better, and my third better yet. It's still thick and thin, but getting more consistent. It's pink and white merino, and I plied it with a beautiful commercial mulberry alpaca yarn.


4th attempt at spinning

Now on my fourth attempt, you can see it is getting much thinner and more consistent yet. My friends tell me now I've gotten the hang of spinning thinly I won't be able to spin thick and thin anymore even when I want to.





So this is what has been up with me. Now tell me, what has been up with you? I've missed you.

Debut Aussie author Julia Masters and A Soft Rope #amreading #bookreview

This is an odd one kids. So, if you've read my bio you know I'm a novice fibre crafter. What you probably don't know is that I belong to a local Spinners (yes, as in the spinning wheels like Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on) and Fibre Crafters Guild and I attend meetings there once a week to get a my allotted dose of socialization, and to learn skills so that someday I will graduate from a novice to an accomplished crafter.

So one day a few weeks ago, one of my fellow members of the Guild told me her Yoga instructer had also written a book (because the group knows about my writing) - a mystery - and was selling copies of it only in hardcopy to her friends and family.

You may, nor may not, know that Ilike to support local talent in many forms, so I gave her the purchase price and asked if she would obtain a copy for me, and she did.

This mystery is about a family living in Beachport, which is a gorgeous little seaside town nearby where I live, and I've visited it several times (in fact, somewhere on this blog are photos I took there). The husband in the family disappears while on a fishing trip and is presumed drowned, yet as time goes by the wife begins receiving letters from him blackmailing her for money.

This book starts out very, very slowly and the author spends about the first half of the book giving us a heap of background information of the main couple's relationship from the time they met and all the way up until the day the husband disappears. It makes for slow reading, but the fact that the author uses so much Aussie slang and locations familiar to me makes it slightly more interesting, even for someone who has lived here as long as I now have. I have to admit though, if not for the circumstances of how I obtained the book and that it was set in familiar territory for me, I might have put it down.

But I persevered, and I will say the book got much better as time went by. By the time I was 3/4s of the way through I had nearly forgotten about the slow start because I was now hooked, and by the time it ended - well I was left thinking about it. And after all isn't that the way the best books leave you - thinking?

I'm sad to say this book is not available online, although I hope the author does put it online at some point in the near future. Do keep your eye out for it.

I have absolutely no information on this author, other than the fact that she is local and teaches Yoga. I do, however, have an email address for the printer of this book.

Trailblazer@gmail.com
If you are desparate to read it, I suggest you shoot an email to that address and see if they can hook you up. :)

Perfect ending! The Bone Whistle (The Gateway Chronicles #6) by K.B. Hoyle #amreading #gatewaychronicles

This is the sixth and final book in The Gateway Chronicles series and it doesn't disappoint. We've followed Darcy and the gang for several years now and each year is so worth it.

This year Darcy and her family have moved to Tennessee following the loss of her dad's business and when it comes time to go back to summer camp her parents don't want her to go. She manages to get there just in time to get through the Gateway but her friends had given up on her arrival so she goes in alone and somehow suffers a bout of amnesia surrounding her entry into Alithea. As time goes by she has flashes of memory as she and the gang continue their battle with Tselloch and his evil plans for gaining control of all three worlds.

I don't want to give away any spoilers here, but I just can't recommend this YA series highly enough. This book is the perfect ending to a perfect book series.

You can find my review of earlier books in this series here, here, here, and here. :)

If you liked the Harry Potter series you will love The Gateway Chronicles series. Give it a chance.

Book Blurb:
Darcy burned with the pain of knowing she’d failed. What happened when a prophecy didn’t come true? It must not have been much of a prophecy in the first place. And if they couldn’t trust in that, then they couldn’t trust in anything at all.

Five years ago, Darcy first received the prophecy of the Six, which stated she and her friends would save the land of Alitheia from a shadowy foe. For five years, she hasn’t known what the end will look like, but she certainly didn’t expect this.

Thrust back into Alitheia through unexpected means, Darcy winds up alone, scared, and without her recent memory. As she struggles to regain her lost memories and reunite with the ones she loves, she pieces together the prophecies and the oracles to find they all converge into one story—a story that tells her just how much she’ll have to give to save both worlds, and everyone she loves.

K.B. HoyleAbout the author:
K. B. Hoyle is an author, a creative writing teacher, and a former classical history teacher who uses her knowledge of the ancient and medieval worlds to pen fantasy tales for young adults. She has been married since the age of twenty to the love of her life, with whom she has three wonderful little boys. Her quest to write inspiring fiction began at the age of eleven when she started her first fantasy novel. The pen truly is mightier than the sword, and K. B. has always viewed her writing as a way to introduce truth, beauty, and goodness into the hearts and minds of young people.

K. B. is currently writing the Young Adult Fantasy series The Gateway Chronicles, and Breeder, the first in her New Adult Dystopian trilogy, and she never stops brainstorming all the stories she plans to write in the future.

I have a love-hate relationship with Author @kbhoyle_author #amreading #review

Because I am an avid fan/blogger of K.B. Hoyle's Gateway Chronicles series, her publisher offered me an advanced review copy of K.B.'s newest book, Breeder.

I loved the Gateway Chronicles series geared toward Young Adults (There are six books in that series and I have read/reviewed them all. You can find the first review here.) and was intrigued by K.B.'s first foray into a New Adult dystopian world, especially because dystopian has been my flavor of the month for quite some time now, so I immediately said yes.

Breeder is the story of a woman called B-Seventeen, a superior genetic specimen chosen for the coveted Breeding Program of the UWO - Unified World Order over 100 years after the world has been devastated by three great tragedies, including a famine, a plague, and invasion by hostile aliens.

The world's population was decimated by these tragedies and is being put back together by the government - the UWO - attempting to breed a genetically superior species. Breeders live a sheltered and pampered life from age 13 until they are no longer able to produce viable offspring.

B-Seventeen is one of the lucky ones. Or is she? She thinks so at least, until the day her current pregnancy is deemed unviable and is terminated. That day she meets Pax. She's had no contact with men in over five years, and now one turns up telling her she is in danger and everything she knows is a lie.

It's a wild (and for me, enjoyable) ride from there. She doesn't know who or what to believe, and who to trust and is incredibly naive due to her sheltered existence. I was forcing myself to put this book down on a couple of occasions, just because it was going too fast and I didn't want to finish it so soon. And at the end of it, my love for K.B. Hoyle turned to frustration and hate (not the vindictive or evil sort) again, simply because even though this book is complete there is still so much I want and need to know and she hasn't written the next book in this series yet.

Seriously K.B. Come on! Give us a break already. Write faster!!! 

I adore this author's works. Can't wait for Criminal.

Which author's works leaving you hanging on the edge of your seat begging for the next book?

Book blurb:
Everything about Seventeen’s life is perfect, from her genetics, to her home in Sanctuary, to her status as a Breeder in the Unified World Order. But all that changes when she meets a rogue Enforcer named Pax, who infiltrates Sanctuary and targets her for extraction from the Controlled Repopulation Program. Pax seems to know a little too much about her, and he plants dangerous doubts in her mind that accuse Sanctuary of hiding a dark secret, and that cause Seventeen to question everything she’s ever known.

When Seventeen’s life is threatened, she has little choice but to run away from Sanctuary with Pax. But for Breeders, contact with men is forbidden by law, and even the simple act of taking Pax’s hand is treason.

Mired in confusion, Seventeen travels with Pax to the outside world and takes the name Pria, the identity of her childhood. But she is far from certain she’s made the right decision when they discover an entire community of people who should no longer exist.

Seventeen, now Pria, is thrust into a position as a key player in a dangerous bid to bring down the Unified World Order. Meanwhile, Pax’s attachment to her and her growing attraction to him contribute to the ever-growing mysteries in her life.

Pria’s journey from a sheltered, naïve Breeder to a rebel agent requires not only external transformation but self-discovery. As her world crumbles, Pria must decide who she is and what she really believes.

But the truth comes at a cost, and uncovering it will require a greater treason than she could ever have imagined.

About the author:K. B. Hoyle is an author, a creative writing teacher, and a former classical history teacher who uses her knowledge of the ancient and medieval worlds to pen fantasy tales for young adults. She has been married since the age of twenty to the love of her life, with whom she has three wonderful little boys. Her quest to write inspiring fiction began at the age of eleven when she started her first fantasy novel. The pen truly is mightier than the sword, and K. B. has always viewed her writing as a way to introduce truth, beauty, and goodness into the hearts and minds of young people.

K. B. is currently writing the Young Adult Fantasy series The Gateway Chronicles, and Breeder, the first in her New Adult Dystopian trilogy, and she never stops brainstorming all the stories she plans to write in the future. 

Flash Fiction: Tick by A.B. Shepherd #flashfiction #amwriting

Swimming with dolphins! A tick off the bucket list. She'd dreamed of swimming with dolphins for as long as she could remember. Probably since she first watched old reruns of Flipper as a kid. Finally her dream was coming true.

She suited up in her wetsuit. It was the first time she'd worn one and it felt a bit strange, the way it hugged her skin. Her mind wandered into daydreams as the Dolphin Expert gave instructions and she had to pull it back hard. Anticipation made her flesh tingle and her steps bounce.

"...okay, have you got it? It's nothing to be nervous about. The dolphins are used to swimming with humans and they are very friendly," the Expert finished.
"Got it," she answered, standing at the side of the pool watching her favorite mammals prance around, splashing and diving, talking in that chirping way that dolphins do.

"Go ahead then. You can get in."

With a last glance at the Expert she took a deep breath and jumped into the pool. As she surfaced she swam gingerly toward the dolphin nearest her. It chirped at her and nudged her hand. She gingerly reached forward stroking the dolphin's long nose. Its skin felt just as she'd imagined, cool and smooth. It tossed it's head and she pulled her hand away, laughing with delight.

She reached again as it brushed against her, running her hand over it's head, past the blow hole, and over it's back. The dorsal fin was rigid and firm as she stroked it. The dolphin swam forward, pulling her along. She'd seen videos of dolphins taking people for a ride, so she hung on to the dorsal fin, her face split into a wide grin as she was pulled through the water far faster than she could swim.

As the reached the far side of the pool, the dolphin stopped. She released the dorsal fin and tread water, and it turned to face her. It chirped at her again. She caressed it's nose and mused outloud, "I wish I could understand what you are saying. What stories you could tell."

Her hand still on its muzzle, she searched its black eyes as if she could read something there. She felt an unusual warmth flow through her hand and move up her arm to her shoulder and then up her neck to her head, and course down her entire body. Her eyes were still locked on the dolphin's when she heard a voice.

"I have many stories to tell you. Stories you will share..." The voice paused, then continued. "I always thought it was just a myth, purely legend. But it's true."

Somehow, the dolphin was speaking to her and she understood. It wasn't chirping, or speaking with its mouth. It was speaking telepathically.

"What was legend?" she asked.

"We have a legend that says one of our ancestors had a psychic connection with a human, many years ago. That it is possible."

"I don't understand."

"This connection you and I are sharing, the ability to speak to each other. This is not common. In fact, it has only happened once before between our species and yours. Legend says that when the time is right a human will come along who is destined to share our stories with man. That human will change the course of humanity."

"I am that human?" Such an idea was ludicrous. She was no one special. Just a woman with a tick on her bucket list.

"You must be, for we are speaking."

"So exactly what is it I am supposed to do?"

"When you leave here today, our connection won't end. We will be able to speak like this even when we are far apart. I will tell you stories. Such stories. Tales of what lies deep in the sea. Tales of our legends. Tales of the past and the future. You will record these tales. You will write them down and you will share them with humanity. You will become a storyteller. You will become a writer. The world will believe your stories are fiction, but they will read them and they will learn. And you...will change the world."

A dark world indeed! Irradiated by S. Elliot Brandis #amreading #dystopian

So remember when I told you I asked my Australian Writers group to pitch me their dystopian novels? Well this is another one that I purchased based on their recommendations. Irradiated is the first of a trilogy. Book two, Degenerated, is also available now, but book three is yet to come.

In the world of Irradiated, something horrible has happened. We are never told what, but most would assume a nuclear blast or some sort of nuclear fall-out because the world above ground is no longer safe for human habitation due to radiation.

Most people live underground, in tunnels. When those who are desperate enough venture forth and are exposed to radiation, the radiation causes

Jade, our heroine was born before her father ventured forth, but her baby sister Pearl is irradiated. Jade's sole purpous in life is to protect her sister from those left in the tunnels who would kill her for being irradiated, and from the ruthless land dwellers who would kill them both to steal anything they could use to survive.

It's a story about the love between sisters, and how far you might have to go to survive.

This is a book that is very well written. The author has an almost poetic gift for his (often grisly) descriptions of this horribly bleak world. The story is strong and the plot well thought out. I can find no fault with this book at all. The only thing that kept me from giving it a perfect score is because it IS so bleak. While this book is everything I asked for in a dystopian novel, it was a bit dark even for me. If dark is your thing, you will love this book. Even if that isn't your thing, you might enjoy it.

Book blurb:
A baby is thrust into Jade's arms with one instruction: escape from the tunnels and never return. The world outside is sun-scorched wasteland. Jade has a sister; she is irradiated.

Thirteen years later, her sister, Pearl, is coming of age. Rows of suction cups line her arms and hands, and her skin is coral pink. Each night, her dreams fill with visions of violence, depression, and fear.

On the surface, people have grown wild and dangerous. They scavenge, fight, and steal. Below, in the tunnels, they're controlled by a ruthless leader and an army of beings known only as Shadows. When both groups come searching for Pearl, sensing the power her dreams may hold, only Jade can stand in the way.

S. Elliot BrandisAbout the author:
S. Elliot Brandis is the author of Irradiated, the first novel in a trilogy. He lives in Brisbane, Australia, and often sets his stories there, too. He loves hearing from readers, and can be found at many locations across the internet.

Web: http://selliotbrandis.com/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/selliotbrandis
Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/PsmMv
Email: s.elliot.brandis@gmail.com

Mysterious Islands! The Island Builders by Steve Peek #amreading #apocalypticfiction

A friend of mine posted something about this book on Facebook (jeez, I've been talking about Facebook a lot lately), and I was so intrigued by the premise that I begged the author for a review copy, which he graciously gave me.

Get this. You wake up one morning, and all of a sudden, along every coastline in the world, there are new islands that appeared overnight. Cool idea right? What in the world is going on!?!?

I was so intrigued that I have been more excited to start this book than any I've read in a a long time. So that's what hooked me. I'm so into ideas of the unexpected and unexplained. I LOVED this concept.

The storyline didn't quite go the way I expected, which isn't a bad thing. I like to be surprised by how others think.

I have to say, I know absolutely nothing about physics, so I have no idea if the authors references to physics are accurate or not and I really don't care. They were interesting to say the least.

I loved the nods to old conspiracy theories, like Roswell. Loved the Three Amigos.

I could have done without the sex scenes, but I pretty much say that about any book with explicit sex scenes. Although these were explicit, they also didn't overwhelm the book - only about 5 pages in total of them, so not completely off-putting for me.

This book is a completely unique take on the end of the world as we know it and I'm really glad I read it.

The book's blurb says it's a novel that will haunt your imagination forever. I don't know about forever, but at least for a little while I will be thinking about this book. And that says a lot.

What have you read recently that left you thinking about it long afterward?

Book Blurb:
The Island Builders stands alone in and vast collection of apocalyptic dystopian books.
Imagine coastal dwellers around the world wake one morning to discover islands occupying what yesterday was open sea. Now imagine governments rattling sabers to claim these new lands yet, so far, not a single person has been able to set foot on one of them.

Then people begin to go missing. First by the thousands, then hundreds of thousands, they vanish at an exponential rate until hundreds of millions have disappeared without a trace. When the number of missing reaches critical mass, civilization’s wheels fall off. Life gets hard and mean, fast.

The story follows a rogue physicist, an unstable President, a beautiful TV reporter in a desperate, mean, dehumanized world which ends not with a bang, or a whimper, but with a sigh.

A post-apocalyptic mind-bender that somehow manages to convince the end of the world is not just nigh, but may turn out to be a good thing after all. 

Steve Peek’s The Island Builders tells the riveting story of strange new lands no-one can reach and how their sudden appearance leads to the collapse of civilization and the disappearance of millions of people.

Against this terrifying background, we follow the linked plight of a rogue physicist, an unstable President, a beautiful TV reporter, and three of the weirdest aliens ever to appear in literature as they attempt to save a world gone mad.

A novel that will haunt your imagination forever.

About the author:
Steve began writing full time in 2012. Though he wrote and managed to have a couple of books published during his life, something clicked a few years ago and now, for better or worse, he sits at his table researching and writing about things that interest him.
Steve PeekSteve's forty year career in the game industry allowed him to travel extensively and explore histories and myths of peoples and places. He loves all things ancient and digs deep into lore and enigmas.

His books on Amazon include:

The Island Builders
Your Money or Your Mustard
Longclaws
Alien Agenda
Coyote Dreaming
Otherworld
The Game Inventors Handbook
Million Dollar Monster (Short Story)
The Sword of the Stone (Short Story)
Global Warning (Short Story)

In addition to writing, he works in a vegetable garden trying not to be herbicidal, walks in the woods with a rescued dog and gathers imaginary eggs from a few cut-out, wooden yard hens.