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Phoenix Reads (phoenixreads) | 1 comments Hello. We are Lee and Gary Jordan and we are The Phoenix, multi-genre authors.

We have two books that are very different in genres and styles, but both are epics and have magic and supernatural themes. We would love to have more reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. So far both books have a 5 star rating on Amazon.

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Leon's Lair (International thriller/Contemporary Fantasy).

What would you do if your vacation cruise ship was being attacked and you knew you were going to be killed?

Would you fight? Would you hide? Would you try to escape?

This international thriller/contemporary fantasy is a nail-biting ride that is grisly but somewhat tongue-in-cheek, a brutal tale of horror and the occult that doesn't take itself too seriously. It includes romance, continental adventure, action, suspense, and dozens of vivid characters from around the world.

The adventure starts with The Jakarta, an elegant cruise ship sailing the exotic seas in Indonesia with a passenger list of ninety, unsuspecting people. Jane and her best friend, Remy, are just getting know the rest of the small group of young twenty-somethings when the ship is attacked by pirates. However, Leon and his band are not your usual pirates - they want something else.

Jane and two male companions escape the horror, fleeing in a lifeboat. In their flight to escape Leon and his men, they become lost at sea for weeks, are out of water, and have nearly lost hope of ever finding rescue when they finally catch sight of land, a dangerous rain-forested island that seems deserted. However, their fight for survival has only just begun.

They are not alone.
Fate is cruel.
They thought they had escaped, only to find they are caught in Leon's Lair.

Leon's Lair is an extensive rewrite of The Pirates of Vampire Island and includes the anticipated sequel. Instead of 160 pages it is about 615 pages.


A Whisper from Eden, A Historical Fantasy

In 1827 16-year-old, idealistic Clayton Pinckney
leaves his home and family in South Carolina in search of the strange Mandan in North Dakota, the same tribe that Louis and Clark found in their journey. He wants to be a recognized writer and is looking for a good story. He believes he will find it on the wild plains of the great northwest.

After an arduous journey, he finds their
villages perched high upon lofty cliffs overlooking the turbulent waters of the Missouri River, like walled fortresses and ruling kings from medieval times.

Clayton is delighted with the exotic Mandan
and their stories of gods from the past. He feels these are just lovely fairy tales until he finds that the rich and powerful Mandan can wield magic, magic
taught to them by their great god Lone Man, one of the People from Above.

Clayton falls hopelessly in love with the
beautiful and sometimes frightening medicine woman, Crying Wind, but she will not return his attentions. To win her, he becomes more and more involved with the tribe.

Then a devastating and evil catastrophe hits
the plains. The Mandan's beloved Lone Man had promised them that if they were ever in serious trouble, he would return in his chariot that sped through the sky like a comet.

Will he return to save the Mandan as promised?

About 600 pages.


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Krystal | 10 comments Both of these books sound wonderful. I would love the chance to review them, but it might take me a couple weeks to get to them. If that's alright with both of you, then please send me a message so I can provide you with my e-mail address. Sorry I don't feel comfortable posting it in a comment.


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