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Official Group Giveaways > Winner Declared March "Quest of the Hybrid" by Ginger Gelsheimer and Christina Keats

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message 1: by Lincoln, Temporal Jester (new)

Lincoln | 1290 comments Mod
Quest of the Hybrid
By Ginger Gelsheimer Ginger Gelsheimer and Christina Keats Christina Keats

The clock ticks down for 19-year-old Jesse Proctor as she embarks on a quest to discover the truth behind her mother’s disappearance into a windmill 10 years before--the very windmill conspiracy theorists believe an alien met fate with in 1897 in Aurora, Texas. Desperate to find answers, she uncovers an enigma--a dimension portal, which opens the doorway to some of the most mysterious places in the universe including: the Bermuda Triangle, the Pyramids of Giza and Atlantis. Could it also lead her to the love of her life?

After Jesse meets Aurelius, an alien from Planet Erebus, she discovers a secret that will throw her into the middle of an age-old war with the Celphians, who desires to extinguish the hybrid-infested human race. Danger and mayhem await them at every turn. To make matters worse, her mother is being held captive on Planet Celphi.

Or is she?

Join in the Quest of the Hybrid Scavenger Hunt!

For a chance to win one of five copies to be given away (epub or mobi file format available). You must find three passwords and enter them into the comment section of the third location's blog to be entered.

The first password is located at the Facebook page for the Aurora Conspiracy Trilogy. https://www.facebook.com/AuroraConspiraC

The second password is located at the author's Goodreads blog https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

The third password is located at the author's Blogger blog. http://gingergelsheimer.blogspot.com/...

Only five copies of Quest of the Hybrid are going to be given away however anyone who participates will receive the prequel to "Quest of the Hybrid" "Crash Landing"


Crash Landing

LET THE HUNT BEGIN!


message 2: by Ginger (new)

Ginger Gelsheimer (gelsheimerkeats) | 25 comments Hi everyone! Just wanted to drop in and introduce myself. My name is Ginger and I am one of the writers of Quest of the Hybrid, the 1st book of the Aurora Conspiracy Trilogy. We thank you and are excited to have Quest of the Hybrid featured as the giveaway for March in celebration of the roll out of the new edition covers! We've also just released Chaos Unleashed, the 4th episode in the Prequel Series. We went completely insane with this one, popping into the Boston Tea Party and running into trouble with the Founding Fathers! We hope you enjoy the scavenger hunt - figured we would have you "travel" to play! We look forward to getting to know you a little better over the next month and would be happy to answer any questions that you may have.


message 3: by Ginger (new)

Ginger Gelsheimer (gelsheimerkeats) | 25 comments Hmmm...soooo, as a kid my favorite all time movie was Raiders of the Lost Ark. It actually held its title until Pirates of the Caribbean, which is a very long time as many movies as I watch. But Indiana Jones, how can you beat a character like Indy? He has inspired me to visualize great catastrophes for Jesse in Quest of the Hybrid. One of my favorite parts in the story is when Marcus eats the poisonous prappel when they are in the Bermuda Triangle...no spoilers, so I can't explain any further. Hope you all enjoy your Sunday! - Ginger


message 4: by Lincoln, Temporal Jester (new)

Lincoln | 1290 comments Mod
Ginger,

What time periods does Quest of the Hybrid cover? I get the idea that the book is both futuristic sci-fi but also historic time travel.


message 5: by Ginger (new)

Ginger Gelsheimer (gelsheimerkeats) | 25 comments Hi Lincoln. Quest of the Hybrid, the first book in the Aurora Conspiracy Trilogy, takes place in the present time as we follow Jesse Proctor on her adventure to find out what really happened to her mother that disappeared into a windmill. She meets Aurelius, who knows her family secret. Aurelius, being an alien, can live for hundreds of years, therefore he is also in the Aurora Conspiracy Prequel Series, of which Crash Landing is the first one and goes back to 1897 to explain how everything happened in the first place and how Aurelius met the Proctor family. You can read them in either order.


message 6: by Ginger (new)

Ginger Gelsheimer (gelsheimerkeats) | 25 comments We've added a bonus at the end of the scavenger hunt, so make sure you check it out!


message 7: by Ginger (new)

Ginger Gelsheimer (gelsheimerkeats) | 25 comments You guys are a tough crowd. Don't even like free stuff. To sweeten the deal, we will add one paper back to the giveaway!


message 8: by Christina (last edited Mar 08, 2014 04:36PM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Christina Keats | 2 comments Hi guys! Author/partner in crime here! Very excited to be able to launch Quest of the Hybrid after a long journey to get there. Time and history are a part of all of our lives and our take on what we accept as truths in this world (and beyond) can certainly be challenged. As Ginger Gelsheimer and I really took a look around, this challenge felt right as we started down a path to uncover some pieces to that crazy puzzle of time. Jesse is on a mission to uncover truths and explanations about her own life, those around her and our world overall. We truly hope you can jump on board and ride that journey with us!

The Episodes are a great peek into what happened before that big event, so cleanly covered up in Aurora Texas, so don’t miss the details that set up Quest of the Hybrid...you won’t want to miss a beat!

As for me, I’m a Colorado girl with a love of the Colorado Rockies like no other. If I’m not on the mountain, in a tent or in my jeep, you will find me with a computer, book or pen in hand. Not really known as the “sitting still” type, teaming up with Ginger made perfect sense from day one and all the way through! (cabins on the river can do that to people).

I love to live by adventure and seek out new things and since Quest of the Hybrid takes Jesse right down that alley, I just can’t help but want to go with her.

Her strong determination and her loyalties for what she feels is the right thing to do is why I love that girl! She even goes so far as to put those over the ever so popular trends for girls her age including boys and marriage...after all, who has time for that stuff when these other things are out there...waiting for discovery and solutions!

Are you ready to take a ride? I hope so and hope you will enjoy these adventures with us!


message 9: by Lincoln, Temporal Jester (new)

Lincoln | 1290 comments Mod
Christina,

Did the two of you try to create a strong heroine on purpose? I know the YA frenzy with Katniss and whoever the character is in Divergent etc, has really stirred the pot on having no nonsense strong women leads.

She even goes so far as to put those over the ever so popular trend of boys and marriage...after all, who has time for that stuff when these other things are out there...waiting for discovery and solutions!

How am I take that statement as a reader? So much is happening no one has time to breathe or sleep, never mind having meaningful relationships? This is no romance novel its an adventure!

I am WOMAN I don't need no stinkin' man!

I suppose I should read the book and get to know the character of Jesse to understand her motivations.


message 10: by Christina (last edited Mar 08, 2014 04:34PM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Christina Keats | 2 comments Good points Lincoln! I can see what you mean. Let me say that for Jesse, she WANTS the truth, she is drawn to it. In her eyes, it is "the right thing to do" and can't leave it be. Male or female it takes guts to "go for it" in life and that is what she does...she is not distracted by the normal things that make us comfortable in life and in her case that would be things focused around her age and location (marriage being one of them). Along with adventure, there is most definitely romance, relationships of many kinds, loyalties and perseverance) so I'm happy you asked about that.

I like that you bring up the heroine point also. Jesse is a character that unfolded along with the story itself years back while we were here in Colorado. Long before any current trends, Jesse was our girl. She is who we follow on this journey in Quest of the Hybrid but the journey and discoveries are for everyone.

And do not be mistaken, no distractions is how she gets started and keeps her focus, and I do like that about her, however it does not mean that finding the love of her life is not "the right thing" for her either...when it's right. I like that about her too.

Like you said...reading it gives the whole story. I hope that if you do, you enjoy it!


message 11: by Ginger (new)

Ginger Gelsheimer (gelsheimerkeats) | 25 comments Hi guys! Super excited that Quest of the Hybrid just received the 5-star seal from Readers' Favorite so if you haven't entered the monthly giveaway, just one more reason to do so!


message 12: by MK (new)

MK (wisny) | 188 comments Ginger wrote: "You guys are a tough crowd. Don't even like free stuff. To sweeten the deal, we will add one paper back to the giveaway!"

Hi ladies :)

Sorry, just noticed noone entered the giveaway! I didn't want to log on to facebook, so I've been not reading the thread. Good luck with the rollout of your new edition covers :)


message 13: by Ginger (new)

Ginger Gelsheimer (gelsheimerkeats) | 25 comments ♣ ♣ ♣ MK ♣ ♣ ♣ Happy Saint Patrick's Day :) wrote: "Ginger wrote: "You guys are a tough crowd. Don't even like free stuff. To sweeten the deal, we will add one paper back to the giveaway!"

Hi ladies :)

Sorry, just noticed noone entered the giveawa..."


Hi Thanks! They have entered the giveaway but they have to enter the words on the final blog, otherwise everyone would know the answers if they posted it here since we did it scavenger hunt style! Happy St. Patty's Day!


message 14: by MK (new)

MK (wisny) | 188 comments Oh, good! And, thx, back atcha! :)


message 15: by Ginger (new)

Ginger Gelsheimer (gelsheimerkeats) | 25 comments Hi Guys! Just wanted to let you know there is another surprise waiting for you in the final landing place of the scavenger hunt! Wouldn't be any fun if I told you what it was here!


message 16: by Ginger (new)

Ginger Gelsheimer (gelsheimerkeats) | 25 comments Congrats to the winners of the Quest of the Hybrid giveaway.

Julia Welker
Brigitt D Andrea
Suz Tab
Lance
Lincoln

You have all won a free digital copy.

Grumpus is the winner of the paperback. I need contact information, so that I can gift you the book from Amazon!

Thanks for participating everyone! Hope you enjoy the book!

Ginger


message 17: by Lincoln, Temporal Jester (new)

Lincoln | 1290 comments Mod
Congrats to the winners!!

Big Thanks to Ginger and Christina for giving their book away this month. I sure had fun with the scavenger hunt.


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