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The Eternal Cycle #2
Tomorrow's Memories
Havoc...Destruction...Revenge...
With triumph heavy on their hearts, Kara O'Keefe and the survivors from the battle atop Yesterday's Dreams rush to Ireland and Tir na nOg, carrying with them a weapon feared by gods and men. There they seek solace and healing for their warriors, and a miracle for Patrick, Kara's father, mortally wounded in the battle.
What they find is a siege of ancient enemies. Carman's children have returned, united with a foe from the very dawn of the Tuatha de Danaan. Their combined forces threaten to be more than the immortal Sidhe and their human allies can combat.
Still coming to grips with her magical heritage, Kara must once more face ultimate evil and help to save the immortal bloodline from which she is descended.
With triumph heavy on their hearts, Kara O'Keefe and the survivors from the battle atop Yesterday's Dreams rush to Ireland and Tir na nOg, carrying with them a weapon feared by gods and men. There they seek solace and healing for their warriors, and a miracle for Patrick, Kara's father, mortally wounded in the battle.
What they find is a siege of ancient enemies. Carman's children have returned, united with a foe from the very dawn of the Tuatha de Danaan. Their combined forces threaten to be more than the immortal Sidhe and their human allies can combat.
Still coming to grips with her magical heritage, Kara must once more face ultimate evil and help to save the immortal bloodline from which she is descended.
393 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2008
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About the author
Danielle Ackley-McPhail
116 books206 followersAward-winning author, editor, and publisher Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with husband Mike McPhail and friend Greg Schauer to form her own publishing house, eSpec Books (www.especbooks.com).
Her published works include eight novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, Daire’s Devils, The Play of Light, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, Between Darkness and Light, The Fox’s Fire, The Kindly One, and the non-fiction writers’ guides The Literary Handyman, More Tips from the Handyman, and LH: Build-A-Book Workshop. She is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, Gaslight & Grimm, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, and Footprints in the Stars. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections.
In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the moniker The Hornie Lady Custom Costume Horns, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.
Danielle lives in New Jersey with her husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail and four extremely spoiled cats.
Her published works include eight novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, Daire’s Devils, The Play of Light, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, Between Darkness and Light, The Fox’s Fire, The Kindly One, and the non-fiction writers’ guides The Literary Handyman, More Tips from the Handyman, and LH: Build-A-Book Workshop. She is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, Gaslight & Grimm, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, and Footprints in the Stars. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections.
In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the moniker The Hornie Lady Custom Costume Horns, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.
Danielle lives in New Jersey with her husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail and four extremely spoiled cats.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
August 8, 2012
Ms. Ackley-McPhail brings us back to the world of the O’Keefe family, the Sidhe, and the sons of Carman in “Tomorrow’s Memories”, book two in the Eternal Cycle Series. Kara O’Keefe, who has a destiny greater than she knows, her family, Maggie (her family’s protector), and some of the Sidhe living in the new world have traveled to Ireland and Tir na nOg. They meet with the Smithgod, to see if he can help Patrick O’Keefe, Kara’s father and help the group fight against an unknown enemy. Yet the enemy is not truly unknown, just thought long dead. Causing havoc and chaos, the sons of Carman will stop at nothing to destroy Ireland and the Sidhe. Can they defeat the sons of Carman once again and for good?
“Tomorrow’s Memories” is darker in a rich sense from the first book in this series. Compelling characters, history, and plenty of action will keep you glued to each page until you reach the end. The challenges are greater for our heroes, the evil more cunning, and the plot so engrossing you can see yourself beside Kara and her friends as they go into battle. “Tomorrow’s Memories” is well-written and flows smoothly from the first book, “Yesterday’s Dreams”.
The Eternal Cycle Series: Yesterday's Dreams (1), Tomorrow's Memories (2), Today's Promise (3)
“Tomorrow’s Memories” is darker in a rich sense from the first book in this series. Compelling characters, history, and plenty of action will keep you glued to each page until you reach the end. The challenges are greater for our heroes, the evil more cunning, and the plot so engrossing you can see yourself beside Kara and her friends as they go into battle. “Tomorrow’s Memories” is well-written and flows smoothly from the first book, “Yesterday’s Dreams”.
The Eternal Cycle Series: Yesterday's Dreams (1), Tomorrow's Memories (2), Today's Promise (3)
June 5, 2015
This second book of Danielle's Eternal Cycle series does an excellent job of picking up right where the reader was left at the end of "Yesterday's Dreams". Her excellent writing draws you further into the lives of the O'Keefes and their friends and allies as they battle the Tuatha de Carman. Read this series, and be transported by this wordsmith's art into a melding of the magical and mundane.
June 9, 2011
The artist in me itches to have a crack at some of the vivid images that are filling my brain after reading this book.
The schoolmarm in me will always hate that the spell-check programs that have replaced proofreaders can let a snipe hunt slip by as a "snip hunt" or let "that" stand in for "than." It grates these nerves and happens all too frequently, no matter how a book is published. Still, there were far fewer in this sequel than the first edition of the first book in the series. More on a par with what comes out of the big publishing houses. The few little trips of that sort certainly weren't enough to slow the flow of a gripping story once I got into the rhythm of the shifting viewpoints. I am eagerly awaiting another installment. Please make it soon!
The schoolmarm in me will always hate that the spell-check programs that have replaced proofreaders can let a snipe hunt slip by as a "snip hunt" or let "that" stand in for "than." It grates these nerves and happens all too frequently, no matter how a book is published. Still, there were far fewer in this sequel than the first edition of the first book in the series. More on a par with what comes out of the big publishing houses. The few little trips of that sort certainly weren't enough to slow the flow of a gripping story once I got into the rhythm of the shifting viewpoints. I am eagerly awaiting another installment. Please make it soon!
October 19, 2014
None of the characters are likeable, the first 10% was a rehash of the last book, the first 40% could have been severely shortened (nothing happens!) and when the story finally picks up it really isn't that interesting since I don't care about any of the really annoying characters!
And I really wanted to love this series! I love the whole Irish/Gaelic mythology bit which is the only reason it got two stars from me.
And I really wanted to love this series! I love the whole Irish/Gaelic mythology bit which is the only reason it got two stars from me.
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