A couple shout outs

I can't remember if I mentioned this, but I got a Kindle 3 for my birthday, and I'm loving it. In the process of trying to promote my own ebooks, I've also found some other writers out there whose work I gave a try on my new K3, and I gotta tell ya, I've read some really great stuff. These are probably not books I would've normally picked up, just because the subject matter typically would not have been on my radar. But since I saw these writers posting on some of the same message boards I do, and they seemed like nice folks, I thought I'd give 'em a try. And I'm glad I did!

First off, we have David Dalglish, and his Half-Orc series, of which I've read the first two novels, The Weight of Blood, and The Cost of Betrayal. Sword and sorcery isn't something I really seek out, but like I said, I liked the cut of David's jib on the message boards, and so gave these novels a try. They're fantastic. Well-written, brutal at times, and very engrossing. I like that the main characters can be very evil at times, but it's hard not to sympathize with them. The second of the two books was even better than the first. I want to read the rest of the series, and will later, after getting through some more reading.

Then there's David McAfee and his vampire novel 33AD. Again, I don't typically go out of my way to find vampire novels, but McAfee is another friendly bloke out there on the boards, and his novel sounded pretty intriguing - it's about a vampire sent to assassinate Jesus. I really enjoyed this novel, too. Not at all preachy, not at all blasphemous (I'm not all that religious, but I don't really see that it would be offensive to anyone, unless they're normally offended by vampires.) This is violent and bloody (but not overly so) and well-written.

There are some other books I bought for my Kindle that I've read recently and enjoyed, and I'll give those a shout out at a later date.

But anyway, check out the two Davids above if you get a chance.