Michael Richan's Blog, page 12
November 19, 2014
Three things, some news, and holiday thoughts
Hello! It’s been a little while, so I thought I’d stop writing for a moment and fill you in on what I’ve been up to!
FIRST and FOREMOST, I want to let you know that The River series continues…I’m working on the next Steven and Roy book right now, and it’s about 75% done. This one has really surprised me. I dislike predictability (unless it’s with regards to my car or my DVR) so I was delighted when this new book took a surprise turn and freaked me out a little! I hope you’ll like it. I’m really excited to finish it up and make it available – maybe sometime around the first part of December, right when we’re all trying to schedule parties and order presents from Amazon!
SECOND, I wanted to tell you about the next Steven and Roy book after that – it will be a free novella, a “thank you” to my readers, available only to members of my email list! It won’t be available on Amazon. If you aren’t already on my email list, why not take a moment and sign up? I only use the list to send out announcements of new releases and special sales, so you don’t need to be worried about receiving a lot of pestering email from me. And of course I’ll never share it, ever.
THIRD, I was hoping you’d take a moment to let me know what you thought of The Impossible Coin by sharing your review at Amazon! The kindest compliment you can give an author is to tell a friend about their book, and to post a review! Sales have been good, and I’ve been happy at the reception. Amazon reviews really, really matter, so if you enjoyed it (or even if you didn’t) would you take a moment to let me know by posting a review there?
FINALLY, as we head into the holiday season and a discussion of things we’re thankful for, I want you to know how thankful I am that you’ve supported my passion for writing. It’s made me able to write more, and to keep the stories of Steven and Roy and Deem and Winn coming, and I’ve extremely grateful for that. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with you and yours: lots of turkey (or tofurky, if you prefer) and potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberries – and pumpkin pie. Some good football. Quality time with the ones you care about. That’s what matters. Enjoy!
~Mike
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November 6, 2014
Just in time for the holidays! The River Series Boxed Set (Kindle version)
Just in time for gift giving, the first three books of The River series are now available in a “boxed set” for Amazon Kindle. The set includes: The Bank of the River, A Haunting in Oregon, and Ghosts of Our Fathers.
Buying all three books together, as a set, nets a 10% savings over buying them individually.
Might make a nice gift for a friend who likes horror and paranormal stories!
November 2, 2014
Paperback giveaway at Goodreads!
Enter to win a free copy of “The Impossible Coin” at Goodreads!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
The Impossible Coin
by Michael Richan
Giveaway ends November 19, 2014.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
October 29, 2014
“The Impossible Coin” now available
The Impossible Coin, the second book in The Downwinders series, is available just in time for Halloween!
Downwind: the area of the United States that received the brunt of the fallout from nuclear testing. As a result, humans developed cancers and congenital malformations… and so did the creatures in the River, the place where people with “the gift” see things others cannot.
Young Winn has recently discovered he has this ability, though he hardly knows how to use it. When his friend Brent suggests they search for treasure in the hills surrounding their Tucson suburb, Winn joins him and puts his newfound skills to use. They discover a cave filled with mutated ghosts possessing unusual powers. Here, Winn finds something so incredible, it begins a nightmare that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Winn’s mother is distant and uninterested in mentoring his abilities, so Winn turns to Marty, a neighbor who steers him toward a solution. On the way, they meet Jeanette, a crazy but prophetic resident of their trailer court, and Ida, a firecracker who gave up part of herself to confront a similar nightmare.
If the ghosts in the cave were normal, Winn and Brent might stand a chance. But the ghosts are downwind, where radiation changed everything…
The Impossible Coin is a fast-paced adventure with an unusual twist on ghosts. It is the second book in The Downwinders series, but can be read stand-alone.
The Kindle version of The Impossible Coin is available exclusively at Amazon! If you’re looking for the paperback, it will be available at Amazon within a day or so. I hope you enjoy this latest installment in the River… it’s one of my favorites.
September 30, 2014
New Downwinders novel: “The Impossible Coin” releases late October
The next book in The Downwinders series, The Impossible Coin, will be released on Amazon in late October, 2014.
The Downwinders is a series in The River universe, using elements and some characters from The River series. It’s set in the US southwest in places known as “downwind” from the Nevada Test Site, sixty-five miles northwest of Las Vegas, where hundreds of above-ground and underground nuclear tests were conducted from 1952 to 1992.
The mushroom clouds from the tests could be seen as far away as St. George, UT, over a hundred miles away. And since the winds carry the fallout from west to east, a wide area of southern Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado were impacted. The closer to the test site you were, the more radiation you got. Deem and Winn live and work in one of the places most heavily impacted by the fallout, southern Nevada.
Map showing fallout from nuclear testing
The damage done to humans living downwind was real. In 1990, the US Congress, recognizing the damage that had been done to “downwinders,” passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. The law was meant to reimburse people living in the fallout areas who had suffered “increased incidence of cancers, non-cancerous thyroid diseases, and congenital malformations.”
Deem and Winn first appeared in the novel Devil’s Throat, currently available at Amazon.
While each book can be read stand-alone, you might enjoy The Impossible Coin better if you read the prior book in the series, Blood Oath, Blood River, first.
Sign up for an email notification when The Impossible Coin becomes available in late October 2014!
September 24, 2014
The Bank of the River #1 Best Seller in Ghost Fiction!
The Bank of the River is Number #1 Best Seller on Amazon’s Ghost Fiction list! #7 Best Seller on the Horror list!
Huge Bookbub promotion: Bank of the River, 99 cents at Amazon
THE BANK OF THE RIVER by Michael Richan
When ghosts and harrowing apparitions invade Steven’s new home, he and his supernaturally gifted father must fight for survival. But little do they know that something even more sinister lurks beneath them! This petrifying, unpredictable tale will have you burning the midnight oil.AVAILABLE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH AT
AMAZON
PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION
Steven is anticipating a quiet sabbatical at a new home. Instead, knockings and grisly apparitions begin to haunt him, relentlessly tormenting him at night. With a recent divorce and a son in college, he is left alone to deal with the ghosts lurking in the shadows of his house.
Steven is determined to find a rational explanation. His father Roy offers to help, and soon Steven discovers Roy has dormant supernatural skills. Steven’s natural skepticism clashes with Roy’s “gift,” but soon Steven finds himself assisting Roy as he battles the forces inside his home. Together they unearth something much more sinister and evil than either expected: ghosts are just the beginning of the problem!
The Bank of the River is a fast-paced and thrilling horror novel that explores evil, ghosts, disturbing creatures, and the supernatural gifts a father and son use to fight them.
The Bank of the River is the first book in The River series.
Category: Supernatural Suspense
September 16, 2014
New Downwinders book coming soon: win a free copy of “Blood Oath, Blood River” in the meantime!
The second book in The Downwinders series is nearing publication, and between now and then, why not pick up a free, signed paperback copy of Blood Oath, Blood River, the first book in the series? Ten copies will be given away at Goodreads on October 1st. Click below to enter!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Blood Oath, Blood River
by Michael Richan
Giveaway ends October 01, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
September 12, 2014
“Ghosts of Our Fathers” on sale at Amazon! Just 99 cents.
Ghosts of Our Fathers, the third book in The River series, is on sale at Amazon! Normally $3.99 for the Kindle edition, you can pick up a copy for just 99 cents during this sale!
