It’s been said that the Lady of the Lake gave King Arthur Excalibur. Legends speak of her beauty and benevolence as she aided the king on his quest to greatness. But in this twisted tale, she goes by another name, one that terrorizes all who have heard of her wicked deeds–Nimue.
Unlike her alter ego, Nimue relentlessly sought after Excalibur for a millennium. With the sword in her hand she would enslave her people and bring destruction to another world–ripping time apart. But a young historian caught onto her plan.
Avelia Dula is guided by magical visions with the wisdom of how to stop Nimue. Though, they alone won’t do the trick, she gets help from a woman with unprecedented knowledge of the Arthurian legends. But, she hides a dark secret, one which could be detrimental to Avelia’s mission.
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“Claim me, and your every movement, every breath, every word will be written upon my heart, for eternity. You will be immortal yet.”
‘GRIPPING. WILL KEEP YOU READING THROUGH THE NIGHT.’ KATHERINE STANSFIELD, AUTHOR OF FALLING CREATURES
Growing up during the centuries-long conflict between the empires of Egypt and Hatti, the young princess Istara is taken hostage by the King of Hatti to secure the loyalty of her father, the King of Kadesh to the empire. Soon her new life in Hatti’s glittering capital becomes all she knows. Bound in blood before the gods to Hatti’s unwilling crown prince, Istara, now Hatti’s queen-in-waiting, learns she will never be loved.
But the drums of war beat again, and when the scheming plans of Hatti’s king threaten the existence of all civilization, the gods give Istara a choice: to leave behind everything she knows to save mankind, or remain where she is, powerless, a token on the game board of kings. On the brink of one of the most brutal battles in history, she chooses to risk her life to deliver a message to the only man able to prevent the prophecy from becoming a reality—her mortal enemy, the Pharaoh Ramesses II.
Wounded, cold and hungry, she wanders in the battle’s horrific aftermath, and aids a powerful commander, who she learns protected her once, and has been bound to her ever since by a prophetic dream of his future. Despite his resistance, and Istara once more becoming a pawn of kings, they must confront an eternal love so powerful, not even kings, the gods, or death can keep them apart.
The Lost Valor of Love is the first book of the Transcendence series.
‘AN EPIC STORY OF LOVE. POWERFUL AND COMPELLING.’ KATHERINE STANSFIELD, AUTHOR OF THE MAGPIE TREE
“I love you, even past the boundaries of eternity. Not even the end of my existence could extinguish the love I feel for you.”
In the epic sequel to The Lost Valor of Love, worlds collide, and gods and mortals cross paths, kingdoms fall, and ancient, long-buried hatreds stir.
In the heavens, the storm god Teshub discovers two of the most powerful gods of the pantheon have fallen to a world torn apart by rivalry, war, famine, and plagues. Soon, he learns, he too must fall.
In the north, a crown prince ascends the throne, his queen taken by his enemy as compensation for the crimes of his father. But the new king is prepared to risk everything to reclaim his queen, and plans for war begin.
In the east, a near-immortal senses the awakening of a powerful artifact after an eternity of silence. It can only mean one thing: gods once more walk among men, and with their return—the key to his immortality.
And from far without, the Creator eyes his dying creation, its fragile boundaries unraveling. From across an enormous board, he picks up a token—an exact replica of a living woman. He smiles at it with fondness and sets it down on a new space. Folding his hands together, he steps back, and waits.
The Call of Eternity is the second book in the Transcendence series.
Istara found the courage to meet Sethi’s eyes. In his, the anguish of his love, untainted by the darkness. He was going to leave her. Tears blazed a path through her soul. He drew her against him as she wept, as she accepted what he already knew. For them, there could only be war.
‘A SUPERB FINALE. YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED.’ KATHERINE STANSFIELD, AUTHOR OF THE MERMAID’S CALL
In a world older than time, a portal stirs from its long slumber. From out of its cerulean mists, the warship of the scion of darkness and destroyer of worlds emerges. With its gods long gone, Elati is a world ripe for the taking. Marduk intends to take it all.
Corrupted by Marduk’s devices, Sethi succumbs to the grip of evil. A brutal, merciless commander, he oppresses the kingdoms of Elati, his violence awakening a weapon of the deepest darkness. Poisoned by lies and tainted by hate, he thirsts for its power to obliterate the light of the one he once loved beyond all reason.
Desperate to reprieve Sethi from his corruption, Istara pursues her last hope, risking everything to retrieve powerful artifacts of Thoth’s, her light her only defense against the growing darkness—and the one determined to annihilate her.
Bound by love and driven by duty, Urhi-Teshub reaches the threshold of his destiny, where he faces the horrifying price he must pay to protect Istara.
And at the heart of an abandoned island of gods, surrounded by an endless storm, an eternal tower awaits. Caught in the crosshairs of a primordial war for supremacy, Sethi and Istara must face each other one final time. Darkness and light. Enemies. Lovers. Gods.
The Rise of the Goddess is the final book in the Transcendence series.
E A Carter is a British-Canadian who lives in Sweden.
Her debut novel The Lost Valor of Love is the first book in the Transcendence series and a finalist winner in the First Novel and Historical Fiction categories in the 2019 Indie Author Network’s Book of the Year Awards.
When not at the keyboard, she can be found photographing the world around her. Between 2014-2015 she held three exhibitions of her photographs, two by invitation from the city’s Kulturhuset. Her work has been seen on national television, and her black and white photography has won two contests, one in the US and one in Sweden.
Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation
by Francis H. Powell
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Scifi Short Stories
What if the human race was considered irrelevant and then each being was just uploaded then locked away on hard drives called “brain pods” ?
What if a sub species was to come into fruition, then the human race turned on it, hunted it down before trying to annihilate it? Imagine you found out you were an ancient soul, who is reunited with another being from your former life?
Set in different times in a variety of settings and time periods, the past, the present and the future, the book explores the inevitable unknown that lies before us all “death”. Death can arrive in a multitude of forms. Each part of the book explores different themes. There are characters who following their demises have to face up to their lurid pasts. There are some who face annihilation and others who are in a crazy pursuit of world destruction. We are living in an age in which it appears that the doomsday clock is ticking ever faster, as we teeter over the edge of world destruction. The book aims to contain some ironic twists. Even as young children we build up nightmare visions of what death involves. The reader is often left to distinguish between what is real and what is not, as stories reside within stories and the storytellers can never be fully trusted. Not all the book is doom and gloom, there are Elsa Grun’s bizarre encounters with men and Shellys’ hapless husband Arnie.
From secluded beach houses, to obscure motels, to visions of heaven, which takes the form of the Hotel Paradiso, to the world of the future death is always a wild adventure.
Born in 1961, in Reading, England Francis H Powell attended Art Schools, receiving a degree in painting and an MA in printmaking. In 1995, Powell moved to Austria, teaching English as a foreign language while pursuing his varied artistic interests adding music and writing. He currently lives in Brittany, France writing both prose and poetry. Powell has published short stories in the magazine, “Rat Mort” and other works on the internet site “Multi-dimensions.” His two published books are Flight of Destiny and Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation
Angela Wright might have everything her father’s money can buy, but that
meant nothing to her on the night of her twenty-eight birthday. She
is angry and a little bit drunk as she flees the scene of a fight
with her mother.
All her life she has done the right thing. But she is tired of living
under her mother’s shadow. How can she ever compete with Margaret
Wright, the first Human judge on the Intergalactic High Court?
Within the space of a few days, Angela drops out in the last semester at
Intergalactic Bureau of Investigation Academy, signs a bounty hunting
contract to find the top ten criminals in the galaxy, and kisses
Brenda, her best friend since childhood.
Angela Wright is new to bounty hunting, and on her way to find Nuremburg, a
cop-killer. She is also new to Uranus. And to loving a woman. She
thinks she’s doing rather well, for a late bloomer.
She learns that Uranus’ has a nickname. “Black widow.” Interesting
Creatures. An underground where the resistance live in squalor. And a
box with journals and pictures from her father, Winston James Wright.
Only, he died when she was six years old.
Meanwhile on Earth, a stalker rears his head. His has his eyes and mind on
Angela’s girlfriend, Bren.
Maybe blooming isn’t really what she thought it would be. Or maybe it is
just that everyone else had a head start.
Finally Angela tastes success in as a bounty hunting. The Top Ten list of
worst criminals was changing because of what she did. Having
conquered her new career, she now turned her mind to new endeavours.
Bren, her girlfriend, was still plagued by a stalker, and the police was
not helping much.
Angela starts to read her father’s journals, at last. He speaks about a
betrayal. They are also filled with concern for the atrocities that
was happening on Uranus. Therefore she sets forth to rescue her
brother from the Black Widow (Uranus). She has a brilliant scheme, a
map, and just in case, a Plan B.
But can she leave Uranus untouched? Will its darkness touch her? Will
she, and the team of people who are gathering, be able to get to the
stalker before he gets to Bren?
The attack on Bren unleashes all kinds of trouble in Angela’s life.
With Bren and Angelo both in hospital, she is almost living there.
Heading for a nervous breakdown, she is able to get them both in one
room, with a guard outside. And an extra bed for herself.
In the middle of this she needs to find answers. What really happened on
the night Bren was attacked? Where did she go? And why did she make
those calls to Bren?
No, WHO made those calls to Bren?
Prof Linden and the top students go through Bren’s case file and find
some irregularities. Evidence is missing. The police investigation is
going nowhere. All fingers point to the stalker being a policeman.
Soon the Intergalactic Bureau of Investigation takes over. Can they
find the truth?
And Margaret wants the journals her father wrote for her. She is willing
to take Angela to court.
Adulthood has a fierce bite. Can Angela hold on amidst all
This is book five in the ANGELA’S EPISTLES series.
Life after the attack on Bren is hard on our relationship. Her walls are
up so high I cannot reach her. But I know it’s not only the attack.
I lied to her. Everything between us is tainted.
Angelo has found love! I’m happy to have my brother here.
Only, he isn’t my brother, is he?
The board members of Search International is having a party. Only, it
turns into the worst idea ever. I should have expected that for them.
Anyway. The new target on the International Bureau of Investigation’s
Top Ten list is Identity Thief. Which means I have to go to the bank
right after the party to ensure my money is protected properly.
And then the hunt starts.
Can I find a way to reach Bren in her tower of pain? How deep does the
investigation into the mining atrocities in her father’s journals
go? And what other secrets will he share with her? Will Margaret
change her mind about wanting the journals? And can Angela find the
Identity Thief before he finds her?
Follow the escapades of Angela, Bren and the people they love. This time
Angela has to face enemies from within and without. But can she do
this without the support of her lover, Bren, who had always been the
rock on which she could stand?
Margaret, her mother, is still fighting her around every corner.
Added to this is a trusted friend that turns into an enemy.
The Identity Thief seems like a walk in the park in the middle of
Angela’s storms. But will she ever find this elusive criminal?
What new secrets will her father’s journal reveal? Can she heal the damage
to her relationship with Bren before it is too late? Can she survive
in a world filled with people that want to kill her?
Rita Kruger lives in Vereeniging, South Africa. She is wife,
granddaughter, daughter, mother, and grandmother. Most of childhood
happened within the pages of books. Stories conspired to carry her
away from the world she knew. The places and people books introduced
her to were much more exciting than her boring existence.
Currently married to her personal MacGyver, she surrounds herself with what
enriches her body, mind and soul. Family. Friends. Nature. Great
food. Good wine. Mountains of books. She writes novels challenging
major themes of her life in the genres of fantasy and gothic horror,
which she loves.
Jolie was three when she found she was ugly and deformed.
She was five when she found she was a sub-human and an outcast.
She was seven when five boys and two girls dragged her out of the
orphanage and beat her unconscious, leaving her lying bleeding and
broken in the street.
She was content to lie there and die, tired of being hated and abused.
But a frail old man with wispy white hair and a long beard wasn’t
content to let her die. He not only saved her, but he adopted her and
passed on his unique martial art to her.
She was twenty when she headed to Delphi, the center of the United
Systems of Perileos (USP) and the planet of her birth-father to find
her place in his society.
Based on her unique upbringing, she decides to join the USP military,
requesting to be assigned to the Tasmanians SFG, an elite all male
unit. The military brass is reluctant to deny her request and admit
their enlistment contract permits bait-and-switch assignments.
Instead, they agree to let her enter the school, thinking she
couldn’t possibly succeed–a Chihuahua competing against
Rottweilers–and plan to make an example of her when she fails.
Although Jolie is small, she is not what she appears. But can her adopted
father’s art enable her to survive the treachery of the military
brass, the grueling of the school, the prejudices of the instructors,
and the testosterone of an all-male class?
And if she succeeds, can she thrive in the high-octane and all male
environment of the Tasmanians?
Clem Daems is a native of Chicago, Illinois and a graduate of the
University of Arizona. He served twenty-two years in the US Air
Force. Since then, he has worked as a software engineer, course
developer, and adjunct professor, teaching mathematics and Computer Science.
He has always been an avid reader of Science
Fiction/Fantasy but never had an interest in writing or being an
author. So, it was surprising when he began his first novel, several
years after his retirement, at age seventy. His first novel,
co-authored with Jeanne Tomlin, “The Talon of the Raptor
Clan”–recently reissued as the “Talon of the Unnamed
Goddess”–was a 2010 EPPIE finalist in Fiction/Fantasy.
Clem is an award winning author and an active member of the Science
Fiction Writers of America.
His hobby–a life-long one–has
been Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Clem is currently retired and living in
Tucson, Arizona.
He would enjoy hearing from you at
clemd@comcast.net on any topic: his books, the characters, writing
with a co-author, Kung Fu, his website
(http://clemd.home.comcast.net/~clemd/JC/Index.html), life after
retirement, or…
Contains Claimed, Hunted, Sought, and Found all in one volume
Claimed:
A race of Genetic Traders from beyond the stars.
Three very different types of Alpha males
all focused on one thing…claiming their brides
In all their years of travel the Kindred have come
across only three worlds with
species close enough to their own to initiate a trade.
Earth is the fourth.
Olivia Waterhouse is about to be Claimed.
Hunted:
A desperate girl on the run
with nowhere to hide…
A warrior who has made a vow
never to claim a bride…
Sophia Waterhouse is being Hunted
and the only man who can save her
is the one she fears the most…
Sought:
One woman…Two hot guys…A galaxy of problems
Kat O’Connor is no pushover. She’s a no nonsense girl with a
commonsense approach to life. But there’s nothing common about
what’s happening to her lately…
Kat is being Sought by two Kindred warriors at once–
how will she ever survive?
Found:
A warrior with a scarred heart who doesn’t know how to love.
And the woman who must teach him how before it’s too late…
Can Lauren and Xairn, the abused and wounded son
of the All-Father come together in time to avert catastrophe?
Brides of the Kindred Box Set: Volume 2Contains Revealed, Pursued, and Exiled all in one Volume
Revealed:Nadiah is bound to her home planet and a male she doesn’t love by an unbreakable blood bond— a bond only a Kindred warrior can break.Rast is just an ordinary human with no chance of setting her free…or is he? The truth is about to be Revealed
Pursued:A warrior scarred both inside and out.A woman broken by her past.Can they make each other whole or will Elise run from her pain? If she does, Merrick cannot help but chase her.Elise is being Pursued.Exiled:A timid priestess turned Mistress…A proud warrior posing as her slave…Will their love blossom on the savage world where domination, submission, and kinky sex are the order of the day?Or will Lissa be Exiled from the one male she loves above all others?
Brides of the Kindred Box Set: Volume 3Contains Shadowed, Chained, and Divided all in one Volume
Shadowed:Reddix is a Kindred warrior with RTS—a debilitating disease that forces him to endure the emotions of others like a physical invasion every
time he is around anyone. Nina is the girl he dreams of but can never have. Will he open up enough for Nina to heal him or will his fate
remain Shadowed?Chained:
A shy scientist with no experience of anything outside the laboratory.An enslaved warrior with a shadowed past.Can they rescue each other before it’s too late?Or will both be forever Chained in darkness…
Divided:
One girl who was supposed to be a nunTwo hot warriors constantly at odds with each otherBoth of them want herBut neither one can have her alone.Because with these Kindred, it takes two…
Brides of the Kindred Box Set: Volume 4Contains Devoured, Enhanced, and Cursed all in one Volume
Devoured:A girl on the run from her pastA warrior trying to forestall the futureCan Tess help Garron contain the ravenous beast that lurks within him?If not, she will surely be…DevouredEnhanced:A frightened girl. running from her dreams of a dark warrior…A warrior without emotions, determined not to feel.But when their encounter forces him to face the darkness of his past will
he go mad…Or finally learn to love?You’ll have to read Enhanced to find out.Cursed:A fierce warrior, forced to feel the agony of othersA girl with a past full of pain caused by his kindWhen the two of them go undercover on a dangerous mission will they
bond?Or are they Cursed to be apart forever?
Brides of the Kindred Box Set: Volume 5Contains Enslaved, Targeted, and Forgotten all in one Volume
Enslaved:A warrior sold as a slave against his will…Bought by a woman forbidden to love himWhen passion flares, she grants him his freedomBut his heart has been forever…Enslaved.Targeted:A Kindred warrior turned assassin, sworn to kill his prey or die trying A girl who lives a boring life on the outside yet hides a remarkable secret withinWhen Tragar recognizes Emily for what she is, he must make a choice.Will he fulfill his mission and terminate her life? Or will he give his
own to save her?Emily Brooks has no idea she has been…TargetedForgotten:A warrior sworn to get his mate back or die tryingA woman under a curse which stole her loveRone is determined to win back Kate’s heartEven though he has been…Forgotten
Brides of the Kindred Box Set: Volume 6Contains Switched, Uncharted, and Unbound all in one Volume
Switched:A warrior with a talent that could get him killedA girl transported to a new existence with no warningWhen the two of them trade lives, it places them in mortal peril.Not to mention really screwing up their love lives!Will they ever be able to get back in their rightful bodies?Or have they been forever…Switched?Uncharted:A wounded Warrior seeking Revenge for all that has been taken from him.A woman looking desperately for a Cure for her terminally ill sister.Drawn together by the will of the Goddess, they must journey to the Dark Sector. What awaits them there–love or death? Or both?You’ll have to read Uncharted to find out.Unbound:Slave to Love…A Warrior bound by blood and LoveA Princess in DangerHe must risk everything to save her…Even if it means losing his bond with her forever.
Brides of the Kindred Box Set Volume Seven contains:Surrendered, Vanished, and Imprisoned all in one volume
Surrendered:
A warrior working undercover allows himself to be sold as a slave.A Mistress lonely for a male she can trust buys him.Can Thorn give Neh’sa his body without losing his heart?Read Surrendered to find out
Vanished:
A warrior traveling through timeA girl who must be changed in order to prevent a nightmare futureCan the two of them alter the past in order to avert disaster?And will their love sustain them when Harper has Vanished…
Imprisoned:
A girl dressed as a boy
In a Triple Max prison full of savage predatorsA Kindred warrior undercover, trying to protectWhat he thinks is an innocent boy.Lathe can’t understand why he is so drawn to AriBut when her secret comes out, will it kill them both?
A woman trapped in the past
A dark, intense warrior who claims she is his wife
Will Caroline survive her stay in the parallel
universe she has fallen into?
Or will she be forever…Trapped in Time?
Dr. Caroline Lambert has a PhD in Astro-Temporal Physics
but no clue about matters of the heart. Married to her work, she has
built a machine called PORTAL, capable of opening a window into other
universes. She believes it is only for observation, so imagine her
horror when she finds herself sucked through the window and right
into a whole other world–a world that seems stuck in the past,
around the time of the Victorian era.
Now Caroline must deal
with hoop skirts and elaborate etiquette, not to mention all the
dangers of the past. It’s a minefield of antiquated social mores and
poisons used as medicines and cosmetics. But perhaps the most
perplexing problem is the husband she has somehow acquired–a tall,
dark Blood Kindred named Richard who claims she is his wife and
refuses to let her go. For in this universe, the Kindred arrived 200
years earlier than in her own time and they have made their way into
polite society…as Richard seems determined to make his way into
Caroline’s heart.
Will Caroline ever find her way back
to her own time and universe? Will she succumb to Richard’s charms
and give in to the big Blood Kindred who claims her as his own? And
what about the scheming mother she has in this world who is
determined that she will leave Richard for a Viscount of questionable
morals? Caroline doesn’t know what to do, she only knows that if she
cannot somehow open another window into her own world she will be
forever…Trapped in Time.
Evangeline Anderson is the USA Today and NYT Best Selling Author of the Brides
of the Kindred, Alien Mate Index, and Born to Darkness series. She is
thirty-something and lives in Florida with a husband, a son, and two
cats. She had been writing erotic fiction for her own gratification
for a number of years before it occurred to her to try and get paid
for it. To her delight, she found that it was actually possible to
get money for having a dirty mind and she has been writing paranormal
and Sci-fi erotica steadily ever since.
What forces are at play behind global warming and its threat to every
species? Is humanity irrevocably heading down a Road to Nowhere?
This near future page-turner, weaves conspiracy, murder, genius and love
into a fast-paced ride across the globe, through the absurd and beyond.
Patrick, Kirby, Ancient and Costas thrust us into the world of corporate
juggernaut, PetroSynth, where science, politics and corruption jostle
to determine our future. How can so much power over our planet be in
the hands of so few?
“This book is the stuff of modern mythology, an exciting adventure with
intricate personalities leaving the reader in a state of agitated
‘not knowing’ until the very end. Can we succeed (we are all in
this one together) or will the corporates and their minions win out
only to abandon the planet in crisis? A racy and worthwhile read
capturing the zeitgeist of our times.”
Ian Cohen – first Green MLC, NSW Parliament and Author of ‘Green Fire’
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What makes this debut novel from Evan Shapiro a thoroughly engrossing read
is that it is hard to pigeon hole into any particular genre. Part
science fiction, thriller, mystery and romp. A fun and at times
gritty ride. It’s a page turner written with insight, irreverence and
is an apt observation of humanity’s capacity for suffering and
destruction, yet with potential to make a positive change.
G King
‘Road To Nowhere’ gives us a thought-provoking glimpse into an
uncompromising future that brilliantly juxtaposes futuristic hedonism
with the bare fundamentals of human frailty.
The second of four children born to would-be bohemians, Evan grew up on a
diet of independent cinema, junk TV, Shakespeare and chocolate
biscuits. As a toddler he drank Dettol and shampoo and stuck forks
into power-points. Growing up he was often reminded by his family
that he was lucky to have survived past the age of five. While his
parents blamed him for being dangerously active and carelessly
inquisitive, he lays the responsibility squarely at their feet for
repeatedly leaving Dettol, shampoo and forks within his grasp.
He likes to define the resulting confusion from his upbringing as his
‘perspective’ which he now relentlessly channels into works of fiction.
These day’s he likes to prod people instead of power-points. He lives in
Sydney and divides his time between co-parenting, fixing his father’s
TV settings, changing his mother’s light bulbs, graphic design work,
writing and meditation. He claims to have found the secret to perfect
parenting, but as the answer is endless patience he’s not sure it’s
any use to anyone.
It’s been six months since Dr. Rhett “Jack” Jackson and Dr.
Kamala Anjali had their dragon cloning project shut down by the
government. Just when they think they’ve gotten their lives back
together, an agency within the government hits them with another
suckerpunch: a criminal organization has cloned dozens of dragons in
order to hold vicious dragon fighting rings. The government recruits
Jack and Kamala to help them track down the organization. Jack and
Kamala set out to put a stop to the illegal fights before any more
dragons die…or worse, escape.
Of Dawn and Embers is the third novel in Kyoko M’s sci-fi/contemporary
fantasy series, following Of Cinder and Bone and Of Blood and Ashes.
The world’s deadliest dragon, the infamous Baba Yaga,
is loose on the streets of Tokyo.
Dr. Rhett “Jack” Jackson and Dr. Kamala Anjali have been tasked
with helping the government take down a dragon the size of a
Tyrannosaurus Rex after it sends part of the city up in flames.
Things worsen when they lose track of dragon in none other than
Aokigahara, the Suicide Forest–a section of woods in Japan that is
rumored to be one of the most haunted places on earth. They’ve also
got the yakuza who cloned the dragon hellbent on getting her back,
and they don’t care who they kill in order to re-capture the dragon.
Jack and Kamala are joined by CIA field agent William Fry and
dragon-hunting expert Juniper Snow as they infiltrate the forest to
hunt the dragon before she can hurt anyone else. Between the ruthless
yakuza hot on their trail and the growing mistrust in their small
hunting party, it will take a miracle for Jack and Kamala to make it
out alive…
Of Blood and Ashes is the second book in the series, following the
Amazon bestselling Of Cinder and Bone.
After centuries of being the most dangerous predators on the planet,
dragons were hunted to extinction. That is, until Dr. Rhett “Jack”
Jackson and Dr. Kamala Anjali cracked the code to bring them back.
Through their research at MIT, they resurrected the first dragon
anyone has seen alive since the 15th century. There’s just one problem.
Someone stole it.
Caught between two ruthless yakuza clans who want to clone the dragon, Jack
and Kamala brave the dangerous streets of Tokyo to steal their dragon
back in a race against time before the world is taken over by
mutated, bloodthirsty monsters that will raze it to ashes.
Of Cinder and Bone is an all-new sci-fi thriller from the author of the
Amazon bestselling Black Parade novels. Don’t miss out on this
explosive first-in-series! Fans of Westworld, I Robot, Pacific Rim,
and Reign of Fire will fall in love with this mashup novel that opens
up a whole new world of possibilities into what we know and love
about dragons.
Kyoko M is a USA Today bestselling author, a fangirl, and an avid book
reader. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Lit degree from the
University of Georgia, which gave her every valid excuse to devour
book after book with a concentration in Greek mythology and Christian
mythology. When not working feverishly on a manuscript (or two), she
can be found buried under her Dashboard on Tumblr, or chatting with
fellow nerds on Twitter, or curled up with a good Harry Dresden novel
on a warm Georgia night. Like any author, she wants nothing more than
to contribute something great to the best profession in the world, no
matter how small.
Over eight billion people died when the world ended.
Two survived.
L and M don’t know why they’re alive. They don’t remember what
happened. Addicted to a drug that kills them for eight minutes and
thirty-two seconds, they risk the end of humanity in order to learn
the truth.
Peter Adam Salomon is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers
and Illustrators, the Horror Writers Association, the Science Fiction
& Fantasy Writers of America, the Science Fiction Poetry
Association, the International Thriller Writers, and The Authors Guild.
His debut novel, HENRY FRANKS, was published by Flux in 2012. His second
novel, ALL THOSE BROKEN ANGELS, published by Flux in 2014, was
nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Young
Adult fiction. Both novels have been named a ‘Book All Young
Georgians Should Read’ by The Georgia Center for The Book.
His short fiction has appeared in the Demonic Visions series among other
anthologies, and he was the featured author for Gothic Blue Book III:
The Graveyard Edition. He was also selected as one of the Gentlemen
of Horror for 2014.
His poem ‘Electricity and Language and Me’ appeared on BBC Radio 6
performed by The Radiophonic Workshop. Eldritch Press published his
first collection of poetry, PseudoPsalms: Prophets (nominated for the
Elgin Award), and his second and third poetry collections,
PseudoPsalms: Saints v. Sinners and PseudoPsalms: Sodom (nominated
for the Elgin Award), were published by Bizarro Pulp Press. In
addition, he was the Editor for the first books of poetry released by
the Horror Writers Association: Horror Poetry Showcase Volumes I and II.
He founded both National Dark Poetry Day (Oct. 7) and the annual
international Horror Poetry Showcase for the Horror Writers
Association.
Daniel enjoys writers’ conventions as well as genre conventions. Connecting with avid readers is a joy that he never passes up. He has been invited multiple times to speak at local schools about writing and his work. He has been a featured author for several radio and blogtalk programs, and is a returning guest and sometime substitute co-host for the Brian and Sherri radio program, where he helps interview other authors. Outside of writing and promoting his work, Daniel enjoys reading, dancing, music, drawing, cooking, and embroidery. He is a long time member of the Embroiderers Guild of America where he has taught classes in stitching. He plays four different instruments and has sung with the Oklahoma State Universities Presidents Masterworks. He has years of stage work behind him in tap, jazz, and ballet as well as Okinawan traditional and modern dance and music. Each week you can find him teaching classes at his church in Sunday school as well as the Life Development Institute of First Baptist Church of Morristown, Tennessee.
Tell us about yourself.
My name is Daniel Peyton. I am an author, professional dancer, musician, artist, teacher and researcher. I was born and raised in Oklahoma, spent the past 18 years living in the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee and recently relocated to Michigan.
When did you know you wanted to be an author?
I first caught the bug of authoring in the fourth grade. My teacher, Mrs. Rogers, gave us the assignment to just write. I fell in love with telling fantastic stories. In the nineth grade I wrote my first full novel and impressed the mother of my English teacher. Her mother was a professor of English and creative writing at the local university. She accidentally graded my book like it was one of her university students. When she discovered that it was from a ninth grader, she sent it back with a note encouraging me to keep going, for she found my story more well written than anything handed in by all of her students. That kind of encouragement is rare and sure to produce results.
What genres do you like to read?Are these the same genres you write in?
Read and write in fantasy and science fiction. I also love to read classic literature like Dickens.
Is your book for adults, young adults or children?
The book that is coming out soon of my work is for adults, young adults might enjoy it, but it is targeted to an adult audience. My other books that have been published are mostly for young adult audience. The exception being Earths Last Starship, it is a bit more grown up than my other works.
What is your current release or project?
My newest release, which releases today, is called Remnant. It is a Christian Sci-Fi novel. This book weaves Biblical narratives into a thick futuristic dystopian novel. It centers around faith and the fight between politics, science, and religion.
Tell us about the key characters:
The two main characters you will follow throughout the whole book are Anna and Z. Anna is an astro-geologist, basically she studies rocks in space. She has an adventurous side, but lives with constant fear of being discovered by the anti-religious patrols. Z is a android/robot. He is a Z-550 unit, one of many that work for the sciences, government and military. Very human-like in appearance, Z is loyal, funny, and everything you’d expect an android to be. His understands humans, except for the concept of love, it violates all logic to him.
What is your blurb or synopsis of the book?
The year is 2522. Anna is a Remnant—a secret Christian in a world that has banned any form of religion. She is also an astro-geologist working with her Robot, named Z, for the Planetary Science Commission. The PSC has worked for 200 years to find alien life on another planet, and finally, after two centuries, a primitive lifeform has been discovered. Faced with the reality of evolved primitives on a forested moon, Anna begins to question all she has ever believed. Anna and Z travel to the newly-discovered moon in search of answers, but a terrible accident leaves them stranded. Faced with dangerous natives and unfamiliar surroundings, Anna and Z stumble upon a conspiracy that has universal implications. Will Anna discover the truth about the moon and its inhabitants? Can God still move within a culture that has abandoned Him?
Share an excerpt
Anna’s palms were sweating. Her heart raced so fast, she worried that it would jump out of her chest. Quickly, she hid around a corner of a building on campus and pressed her back up against the cold, rough bricks. Only now did she force herself to breathe, but it came out in a trembling whimper.
In her mind she repeated, I’m just a
short, blonde girl. Nothing special. They won’t notice me. They can’t notice
me. Oh no, what if they find it?
Anna clutched her bookbag to her side, tightly pinching it closed.
“Hey! You!”
Anna tensed up as she heard the yell of the security guard. A girl
dashed into Anna’s sight and was grabbed by a man in military garb.
“I swear I’m not one of them! Please, don’t take me! Please, stop!” The
girl screamed and struggled as she was unceremoniously dragged across the open
quad, along with three others.
The brute of a soldier reared back and slapped her across the face,
sprinkling the ground with blood from her nose. “Shut up!”
“We will not be silenced!” A new voice
screamed; this time it was a young man. “The Word will live forever! Even if
you kill all of the Remnants you find. God will find a way!”
Anna knew this voice well. She carefully looked around the corner and
prayed she was mistaken. He was her best friend. She looked through the dark at
the crowd and gasped. Yes, it was he. There, in the clutches of a well-armed
man, was Gideon.
The word came out without her meaning
to say it.
“No.”
Gideon looked up and then quickly looked away, not wanting to
incriminate her. The soldier noticed this and scanned the crowd to see if he
could spot any accomplices. Anna, who was now surrounded by a dozen confused
and scared students, watched this in horror. They weren’t part of the
Underground, but that didn’t make this scene any less frightening to them. The
guard gave off a grunt and then dragged Gideon back to the military landing
craft along with the other captured students.
As the shuttle lifted into the air,
Anna realized how tightly she had held her bookbag. Her hand hurt; the
impression of the weave was embedded into her palm. Finally realizing it was
over, she leaned up against the wall and bawled like a child, letting out the
fear and sorrow that had welled up inside her.
She was inconsolable. Several other
students came over and tried to get her to stop crying, but she couldn’t help
herself.
“Stand back; let me through. Get to
classes. I’ll help her.” A nicely dressed woman broke up the girls around Anna
and then knelt down. “Anna, are you okay?”
Anna was finally able to speak through the tears, “It’s just not right.
He was my friend.”
The professor pulled out a small
handkerchief and wiped Anna’s face. “It always hurts when you find out anyone
is part of that Underground. Stupid fools. They should know that they will be
discovered. Don’t feel betrayed; he was never really your friend. Those types
are only here to try and convert people to their backward ways and ideas.”
Anna paused and then slowly nodded,
while saying, “Sure.”
The professor stood up as she said,
“Good thing you’re one of our brightest students. Best Astro-Geologist major
I’ve had the privilege of teaching in years. You would never have been
brainwashed by them.”
“Of course not,” Anna said quietly.
“Okay, dry your eyes and dust yourself
off. We have to get the class ready for the trip to the moon tomorrow. Being
the teacher’s assistant, you’ll be leading the team on their mineral survey. I
can’t wait to see you in action again.”
Anna didn’t stand up just yet, “I’ll be
in class; just give me a moment.”
“I understand.” A buzzer sounded over
the intercom. “Oops, I’m going to be late. Okay, see you in a few minutes.” The
professor left in a hurry.
Anna waited until she was alone in the
quad again. Opening her bag, she shuffled several books out of the way and
found the one on the bottom. If they knew she had this, she would be right next
to Gideon, facing whatever terrible fate all the Remnants endured. Was it worth
it?
Do you have a favorite scene?
That would be hard to say. I have many that stick with me. I think one of the best scenes comes late in the book after the evil Dr. Skye thinks he has the upper hand with Z and commands him to betray Anna, but Z has left a nasty little surprise in all of Dr. Skye’s computers on the starship in orbit. Not only is it a great surprise for the readers, it is a hilarious scene to read. I did a lot of research into old comedy routines and sketchs to write that one.
What advice would you give a beginner?
Write. You can plan everything about your book for years, you can look at all the success of others with stars in your eyes. You can study all the ins and outs of publishing, but without a finished book you have nothing to truly give the publishing world.
