Winter Showcase – Seven books to delight

Seven great books in this latest showcase illustrate the diverse talent which exists amongst INDIETRIBE members. I hope you find books here to whet your appetite and encourage you to buy. Let’s not forget that our main aim at INDIETRIBE is to support Indie authors. Happy browsing!

Demons in the Big Easy by Jamie Marchant

The first one showcased is actually FREE on 18th and 19th January, so download it from amazon.co.uk or amazon.com any time during that two day slot, for absolutely nothing.

Jamie Marchant lives in Auburn, Alabama, with her husband, son, and four cats. She teaches writing and literature at Auburn University. Her first novel The Goddess’s Choice was released in April 2012 from Reliquary Press. She is hard at work on the sequel, tentatively titled The Soul Stone. She also has published a novella, showcased here, entitled Demons in the Big Easy.

Adventurous in her youth, Cassandra built gateways between Domhan and its parallel realm of Earth. Now she’s too old for that kind of thing. But something is making it easier for demons to pass into Domhan. Not only that, but their behavior becomes inexplicable: whenever Cassandra banishes one, it laughs at her rather than resists, and it promises it will soon devour her essence and that of every resident of her small village. Cassandra is certain such a thing is impossible, for strong wards protect her village.

But then Cassandra’s granddaughter Aine falls through an unstable gateway. Cassandra is the only one within a hundred miles capable of creating a gateway and bringing Aine back. Despite her aching joints, Cassandra goes after her, and the gateway lands her in New Orleans. But something goes wrong with her tracking spell, which indicates Aine exists in four different places at once. As Cassandra struggles to find the true location of her granddaughter in the Big Easy, she discovers the source of the demons’ confidence.  Now, with an unlikely pair of allies—her timid granddaughter and a homeless man who may or may not be crazy—she has to not only save her granddaughter but also prevent both Domhan and Earth from being overrun by demons.

Buy Demons in the Big Easy now from amazon.co.uk by clicking on the image,  or

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWWD44K/?tag=wwwtheindietr-20

5 Pillars of the Gypsy by Lesley Fletcher

Lesley Fletcher is a Montreal artist and a writer, dividing her time between the two crafts while juggling the complexities involved with marketing and promotion for both her books and multiple art pieces.

All contact details may be found through her website at http://www.lesleyfletcher.com

“5 Pillars of the Gypsy” is a collection of poetry, prose and art that will awaken your spirituality and heighten your senses. Exciting artwork leaps from each page stirring emotional response while providing a perfect backdrop to her provocative verse. Each pillar is a representation of a facet of life each person has faced in their own. Relatable, accessible and emotionally binding thoughts become embedded in your heart as you turn the pages, joining the gypsy’s soul with yours.

Buy 5 Pillars if the Gypsy now from amazon.co.uk by clicking on the image  or

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008ZOLJGW/?tag=wwwtheindietr-20

Culloo by Murielle Cyr

Murielle Cyr has been writing poetry and short stories for as long as she can remember, and has been published in a few literary magazines through the years. She has recently discovered the freedom and accessibility of the digital format and has released Culloo, a novella for 8-12 year olds about the importance of family roots.

TALA and her brother DASON are often left on their own. Tala can’t wait to be thirteen; then no one better tell her what to do. Her nosey neighbor is always checking up on her, and now the Welfare Officer is knocking on her door again and her father isn’t home to answer. She only has a few hours to find her missing father before she and her brother get placed in a foster home.

Their quest brings them to secluded woods where they discover that a group of bear poachers are responsible for their father’s disappearance. Their adventures bring them in contact with the legendary woodland characters: the pipe-smoking frog-like people and the giant ferocious black bird. Can they survive the night alone in woods alive with hungry bears and angry hunters? Will she be able to find her father before the hunters do?

She must learn to trust the wisdom of her ancestors if she wants to succeed in her quest to reunite her family.

Buy Culloo now at

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/CULLOO/book-TmxI2tZs-0GXYVEM4R7bkQ/page1.html

Weird Missouri by James Strait

James Strait’s professional career began as a Special Forces soldier, where he demonstrated youthful tenacity and versatility by becoming the youngest recruit to graduate Special Forces Training Group.

He began his professional writing career with the release of Weird Missouri.

Missouri is the 25th State to join the Union, it’s the Show Me State, in Missouri “see’n is believe’n”, and it’s a bellwether for Presidential elections, and it’s the Methamphetamine capital of the United States. Basically, Missouri has multitudes, many of which are down right weird.

Weird Missouri is a travel guide to Missouri’s local legends and best-kept secrets. Easy to read, filled with hundreds of pictures of the wide spread weirdness, Weird Missouri is a great conversation starter and looks great on any coffee table.

The book’s website is www.weirdmissouri.com

Buy Weird Missouri now at http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1402745559/?tag=funboo04-21 or

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1402745559/?tag=wwwtheindietr-20

Of Good and Evil by Gerald G Griffin

Gerald G. Griffin was born in Flint, Michigan (USA), and after receiving his MA and Ph.D in psychology from Michigan State University, Gerald moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

Easing out of private practice, Gerald eventually moved to Gainesville, Georgia and into writing full-time, at first concentrating on screenplays and ghost-writing, producing two published ghost-written non-fiction books. Then he returned to his love, novels, writing the published thriller OF GOOD AND EVIL.  Presently he is putting the polishing touches to its sequel, A TIME OF RECKONING

The para suspense thriller OF GOOD AND EVIL, addressing the Al Qaeda terrorist threat, is such a breathtaking read that it is to be made into a movie! Daring action, uncanny love and a cliff-hanging ending, with vibrant characters  resonating perfectly with a spellbinding plot.

Buy Of Good and Evil now from amazon.co.uk by clicking on the image or

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H4XQJC/?tag=wwwtheindietr-20

Collateral Murder by David Bernans

Dr. David Bernans spent most of his youth in Ontario (Canada) but is now a Québec-based writer and translator.

David’s first novel, North of 9/11 (Cumulus Press, 2006), made international headlines (with a little help from Concordia University whose security team spied on the author and whose “risk assessment committee” banned a reading planned for the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks).

With Collateral Murder (Kindle edition, 2012), David continues to raise questions about the US-led war on terror and the role it has played in perpetuating the violence it is supposedly combating. As a mystery novel, Collateral Murder is not as overtly political. However, the murder mystery genre allows the unlikely sleuth, the Filipina domestic Marifel Landas, to ask important questions about crime and punishment in the post-9/11 moral universe.

Buy Collateral Murder now from amazon.co.uk by clicking on the image or

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AJD052G/?tag=wwwtheindietr-20

Doctor’s Choice by Gaynor Baker

Gaynor Baker was born in Cardiff Wales. She and her family moved to Canada in 1966. She has two grown daughters from a previous marriage and currently lives with her husband on the prairies where she dog-sits Buddy the shitzu who keeps her company while she writes. She has studied voice at the Royal Conservatory of Music and came in 5th out of 30 in an open vocal competition.

Doctor’s Choice is set in Victorian London. Editha Ramsay is thinking of leaving her position as a nurse at St. Angela’s Hospital to marry the man of her father’s choosing. Will the new doctor be able to change her mind and win her heart? Doctor Isamu Itoyama is taken with nurse Editha Ramsay and wants the best for her. One thing he does not want is for her to be forced to marry the wrong man. Will he be able to convince her father to change his mind?

Buy Doctor’s Choice now from amazon.co.uk by clicking on the image  or

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KDAU5K/?tag=wwwtheindietr-20

 

I hope you enjoyed this latest showcase. The next one will be published in a week or so and will include the work of Burt Berlowe, McKaylin L. Felton, Sherry Chiger, John Jung, Marjorie B. Hill, Laura Hart and M.L. Weaver.