Heart of a hero. Mind of an absolute…
An implacable virus spreads across the kingdom of Aspermonde, transforming women into beautiful creatures called Mosaics and stealing their minds, souls, and voices. Mosaics are alien, eerie – and collectable.
Lieutenant Simon Cant collects Mosaics for the king. He is war-scarred and unpredictable, held steady only by his loyal sergeant, Hal.
Their latest acquisition, Augusta, is proving difficult: she hasn’t yet lost her mind and willpower to the virus.
Maybe it’s a miracle…and maybe it’s just a sackful of trouble for Simon.
All he wants is to get back to Skysend and hand Augusta – and the problem she represents – over to his king. Meanwhile, rebels want to rescue her, a covetous merchant wants to collect her, her sister wants to castrate Simon, and Augusta herself has designs of her own…
Bastard’s Grace by Wendy Palmer. Available at a discount directly from Winterbourne Publishing, or find it at Smashwords or your favourite online ebook retailer.
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The premise for this book is based upon a biblical quote that says, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the doors will be opened to you.” If you seek spiritual wisdom it will be drawn to you. That is simply how the spiritual universe works. God wants to give us all we need in order to accomplish our earthly missions, but in order to acquire what He has we must become “the Seeker.”
This book lays out a path toward spiritual enlightenment. It proposes an action plan and suggests methods and principles the reader can relate to and follow if that is what they desire. It is for people of all religious preferences if they are seeking spiritual wisdom, knowledge and understanding. All you need to do is to become the Seeker, and you become the magnet that draws divine enlightenment to you.
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I would like to introduce Boomerang, my comic novel of international intrigue. Boomerang has a host of memorable character and the action takes the reader from Australia to San Francisco to Washington D.C., and Martha’s Vineyard, but it all ends up in my backyard of The Valley of the Sun in Arizona.
The eventual and quite inadvertent heroes of Boomerang are two down on their luck jazz musicians, Ted Hogwood and Jerry Kwiatkowski. They find themselves involved, not for the first time, with a mysterious goverment intelligence agency known as the AABC. Ted would just as soon tell them to go to hell, but he needs the reward money to rescue Sarah, his beloved jazz guitar, from Topp Dollar Pawn. Jerry always needs money. Soon they find they are in a race with an albino assassin, a couple of out of work Australian women of a certain age, the Director of Central Intelligence and a clothing optional ex-onion festival queen to retrieve a boomerang containing a secret that should have died with former FBI Director J.Edgar Hoover.
Boomerang is available in non-DRM form at Smashwords.com. It is also available in paperback from Amazon, Barnes and Noble or in personally autographed form directly from me at boomerangthenovel.blogspot.com.
Best,
Alan
Very funny! A madcap adventure along the likes of Carl Hiaasen or Tim Dorsey. The characters have depth and the plot was intricate and fun to watch come together at the end. I can recommend it without reservation.
– Edward Brownstein, Smashwords.com
$4.99 or $2.49 with coupon YW35H ’til May 30.
312 pages
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When Bullies Attack
What does your child do when everything we’ve heard about dealing with a bully doesn’t work?
How to Teach Your Child to Physically Defend Against The School Bully On That Day When Nothing Else Works
by Dual Certified Teacher,
Behavior Modification Expert and
Self-Defense Instructor
Sensei J. Richard Kirkham B.Sc.
There’s no teachers or school security around and your child is face to face with the school bully. WHAT SHOULD HE/SHE DO….!
In this 38 page manual I’m going to teach you how to
- Prepare your child mentally to face the bully. And finally, when your child must either take a beating or defend himself/herself
- How to keep from being punched or kicked
- How many times to hit the bully
- Where to hit the bully so he/she will think twice before attacking your child again (no you do not know the spot)
- I’m also going to teach your child how to defend himself/herself even while your child is scared to death to get hit or hit back. No one wants to think about this, but it does become necessary
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Prosper in the Spirit contains eighteen powerful devotional messages that will inspire your faith. Each devotional was carefully crafted from the author’s personal study of the Bible. Topics covered include God’s providence, overcoming anxiety, prayer and walking with Christ. These devotionals will encourage you, strengthen your faith and bring you closer to Jesus.
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Have you ever wondered how a trial lawyer can sleep at night after helping a client he/she knows is guilty, beat the legal system? I have. Have you ever wondered how an attorney would feel if that same recently acquitted client kills a second time? Again, I have, and these very questions prompted me to write a dark mystery/thriller about just such an attorney–I call it Defending Evil.
Travis Knight is an extraordinary Criminal Defense Attorney wining high profile cases in Atlanta. One of his recently acquitted clients kills again, which has Travis and his wife Julie, questioning what he does for a living. Travis is shaken to his core, but being a consummate lawyer, he is able to move past his feeling of guilt; Julie isn’t.
In a bizarre twist, a mysterious vigilante begins executing Travis’ clients after he wins them an acquittal. This righteous vigilante decides that the clients Travis is helping to put back into society are guilty, and don’t deserve to live–the vigilante delivers ultimate justice.
The police only half-heartedly search for the vigilante-off the record, they are glad someone is cleaning-up after the hot-shot attorney.
The vigilante’s attention turns to the source, and sends Travis an ultimatum–stop defending guilty clients or he will be the next to be executed. Risking his life, and his marriage, Travis refuses to be intimidated, and continues to defend clients accused of murder.
This story chronicles the labyrinth of high-speed twists and turns of a deadly cat-and-mouse game–a game that can end with only one winner.
Buckle-up and enjoy the ride!
Regards,
Charles
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Former Ten Stars combat pilot Rick Barrett is having a bad day. Not only is he jobless and broke, in a seedy spaceport bar he has just been forced into a winner-takes-all poker game with a homicidal cauliflower.
Salvation is at hand in the shapely form of Irish redhead Julie Halloran, who has an unusual talent of her own. Julie has a proposition for Rick that could end his financial worries at a stroke, though it might also end up getting him killed. But is Julie keeping a few cards hidden herself?
The Festival on Lyris Five is a fast-moving, hilarious, science-fiction novella, where nothing is quite what it seems…
An easy, enjoyable read, full of fun, with a likeable lead role and great alien characters. Superb twist at the end…you’ll love it.
Fiona Taylor
Seemingly drawing from a number of science fiction influences, The Festival On Lyris Five is an immensely enjoyable read. The protagonist Richard Barrett puts me very much in mind of Han Solo with possibly a dash of Lister. The characters have depth and the dialogue is quirky. One could almost imagine dining at the Zodiac Castle then stopping off at the Martian Arms for a Nortons Mindwarp or too. With its intriguing settings and seamless plot, The Festival On Lyris Five is a charming novella worthy of a sequel. Of special note is the surprising (but credible) twist in the tale which, of course, you will have to read for yourself.
Kate Boardman – Coffee With Kate’s Blog
The Festival on Lyris Five is provided to buyers in all popular e-book formats, including Epub and .mobi (for the Amazon Kindle). A printed version is also available from Lulu.com, with extra illustrations by cover artist Louise Tolentino.
You can also follow Nick Daws on Twitter or visit his freelance writing blog.
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David Larson is well on his way to becoming one of the world’s most celebrated novelists. What neither David nor anyone else knows, is that he is no ordinary best-selling author. Each new book he writes portrays the world as an increasingly volatile place dominated by fanaticism, social chaos and addiction to technology. With an uncanny resemblance to the stories he writes, the real world follows David’s vision into a dark and perilous future.
Elijah and Violet, an unlikely duo recruited for their unique talents, must stop this cataclysmic process before it reaches a point of no return. Armed with just the barest information, they will learn to understand their task as they learn to understand one another. Finding the doomsday author is only the first step. To succeed, they will need to face the brotherhood that has kept the world in balance since the dawn of civilization and learn the true nature of The Book of Books.
(1 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10)
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A young Irishwoman goes to Sweden to find out about her late mother’s past. She discovers not only a whole new family but also unearths some family skeletons and the shocking truth about her own identity. The mysterious Lukas is linked both to Eleonore and Maud’s grandmother Julia. Set in Ireland, Sweden and Australia, this is a moving family saga that deals with identity, grief and loss.
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Michaela Stevens has just died but, she wonders, can a gay lady get to heaven and if so, should it be like this? The heavenly choir isn’t the way she imagined and the allocation of instruments to the heavenly host is… well… is that right? Mmm… very possibly no. And, thinking about it, is there really a place in heaven for that many baked beans? Not for Micheala.
Is This Heaven? is a short story of about 4,500 words… there’s no adult content but a little light swearing so I’d rate it at a PG. Writing style: British humour written in British English.
This is my toe in the water, my first venture into e-publishing. I’d be intrigued to know what you think so feel free to comment here… I intend to publish more e-shorts, probably one quarterly, and I may also publish an e-novel.
If you enjoy Is This Heaven? and would like to be kept up to date about any future writing I publish on-line, please leave me your e-mail address and I will add you to my mailing list – don’t worry, it’s very sporadic. Alternatively, you can find me online at these places:
Author Website
(2 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10)
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When twelve year-old Onja Pedersen vowed before Goddess Sophia to free her mother and sister from Sirian slavery, she had no idea how to make it happen; six years later, when the Sirian Confederacy attacks the Solar Federation, she sees her chance and joins the United Federation Fighter Fleet.
From the day she enlists, Onja faces opposition — a skeptical recruiter, a sadistic drill instructor, a vengeful XO — but there are good men as well, and eventually she falls in love. Consumed by hatred of the Sirians, Onja lusts only to kill, and quickly becomes the deadliest gunner in the Fighter Service. In just two years of combat, she destroys dozens of enemy fighters, two troop transports, and faces down an enemy carrier. Then Fate hits back, and takes from Onja her most prized possession. The man she loves.
A Vow to Sophia is the story of a girl facing impossible odds in a galaxy gone mad. It’s a story of courage, bravery, passion, and single-minded determination. Onja’s hatred fuels her success, but in the end, love is her salvation.
The first published book of the Fighter Queen saga. The second, chronologically.
Rated “R” for sex, language, and violence.
(2 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)
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Lesley and Mo can’t imagine life without each other. If it were up to them, they’d settle down, raise daughters, and lead happy, fulfilled lives. But they live on the planet Rymel, in a strict society that selects life-mates for its citizens and executes those who violate their life-bonds.
Girlfriends since their teens, Lesley and Mo know they should break up but can’t let each other go. They dread the day the state summons them to meet their selected mates.
Meet Lesley and Mo when they’re young adults in love and follow them until their time together runs out. Will they do what their society expects of them, or will they sacrifice their lives for their love?
$4.99 (HTML version is free to read at author’s website)
392 pages
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Eugene Myers is working on a novel about the end of the world. Meanwhile, he discovers his daughter doing porn online and his marriage is coming to an end. When he begins dreaming about people who turn out to be real, he wonders if his novel is real as well. Which isn’t good news: the radical and demented President Winchell is bent on bringing about worldwide destruction. Eugene Myers may just be the one to stop the apocalypse.
In the tradition of Philip K. Dick and Robert Anton Wilson, The American Book of the Dead explores the nature of reality and the human race’s potential to either disintegrate or evolve.
“If you read Lolita or A Clockwork Orange without drop-kicking the book out into the garden on a rainy day, this novel is for you.” Tessa Dick, author of The Owl in Daylight, and widow of Philip K. Dick
“PKD/Murakami/The Stand-ish. I LOVED it.” Eddie Wright, author of Broken Bulbs
Winner: Best Fiction at the DIY Book Festival
(1 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10)
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Burnout: The mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281, is a techno-thriller about a Space Shuttle disaster that turns out to be no accident. As the true scope of the conspiracy is gradually uncovered by the principal investigators, “Crash” Murphy and Dr. Mike Anders, they find themselves running for their lives, as lovers, friends and coworkers involved in the investigation perish around them. What happened to the Shuttle? Who is responsible for the disaster and why? Why is the government calling it an accident? Why is someone willing to kill to keep it a secret? And how big is the conspiracy? An exciting action techno-thriller, Burnout will leave you on the edge of your seat, not wanting to put it down. Burnout has been in Fictionwise’s SF Top 25. To date, it has been nominated for eight awards in four separate genres (e-book, science fiction, mystery, and thriller). It is an International Thriller Writers’ Best First Thriller finalist.
Excerpt:
Crash did a double take and looked carefully at the blazing spark as it shot through the black velvet sky, then gave an equally quick glance at Hamilton Carter. “Ham, have they got a re-entry DTO on this flight?”
“No, Crash–I see it, too,” Ham replied tightly, forehead creasing with worry. “Listen… can I use–”
“Cell phone right here,” Crash scooped the instrument off the corner of the picnic table and shoved it into Carter’s hands as he looked back up. “Damn, Jet, get it in gear, old buddy!” he exclaimed with increasing concern.
“What’s wrong, Crash? What’s happening?” Jimmy asked his suddenly worried brother, as the flaming speck, growing larger and larger, flew almost directly overhead. Smaller sparks could now be seen peeling off the main object.
“Dammit! Jet, flare out, man! Shit! Break it out! NOW!!” Crash began shouting into the sky. Tracy, the “fourth team” relief FAO, was frozen, staring upward in shock, and Ham stood stiffly, head tilted back, listening silently to the cell phone he held to his ear. They all watched dumbly as the white-hot streak shot by overhead and disappeared behind the house, trailing flaming sparks in its wake.
Crash ran around the house to the front, trying to keep the airborne conflagration in view, and the others followed. “Damn, Jimmy, she’s comin’ in hot,” he belatedly answered his little brother. “Jet’s not bleeding off velocity in the roll reversals like he’s supposed to…” Crash paused, horrified. “Not that it looks like it would do much good, anyway…”
The gathered celebrants watched in stunned disbelief as the fireball plunged toward the southeastern horizon, flickered, and burned out.
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David Thompson is a former Vietnam War conscientious objector in Paris on a quest to find himself in the early days of 1977. When he befriends an Iranian and an Afghan and is invited to return with them to their countries, his quest slowly becomes a descent into his own private hell.
On the road from Europe to the East, he encounters Kurdish bandits in the eastern mountains of Turkey, becomes involved with an underground group opposed to the Shah in Iran, escapes to Afghanistan, passes through Pakistan during the uprising against the Bhutto regime, and suffers extreme sickness on the streets of Delhi and Calcutta. Although continually searching for the happiness and identity he could not find in the U.S., he cannot easily shed his American past. Throughout the journey, he is hounded by the demons of memory, particularly that of his father, a World War II hero who disowned David and died while David was still in prison. The journey itself becomes a physical manifestation of his struggle to achieve reconciliation with his own conscience.
“Although published prior to the events of 9/11, it is impossible to pick up Norris’s novel without a heightened interest in its vividly depicted locales in a part of the world where our attentions are now so intensely focused…. Written with a novelist’s eye for characterization and a reporter’s skill for observation, Looking for the Summer is the kind of small press gem that is often overlooked but is well worth seeking out. — Bob Wake, CultureVulture.net
“Norris is a masterful writer and storyteller, and he uses his craft to elevate this tale above mere ‘compelling’ or ‘interesting’ to the realm of uplifting and insightful. He deftly paints a portrait of his locations using a visual poetry that is neither self-conscious nor affected…a fascinating novel, told in spellbinding English. I can’t recommend it enough.” — Alternative Approaches Magazine
“Looking for the Summer brings to light the turmoil going through the mind of a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War…a powerfully written novel…. Highly important in its message about standing up for what one believes and about the personal growth one experiences while on a soul-searching journey as a result of taking such action…certain to have a profound impact on the reader. It is a must-read, unforgettable novel.” — Knowbetter.com
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Housework Blues – A Survival Guide
How to cope with the mental and emotional challenge of keeping a home.
If you’ve read all the housekeeping books…
If you know all the hints and tips…
If you’ve you watched all the TV experts show you how ‘easy’ it is…
And yet, for some reason, you still lack the motivation to do housework. Or worse – it’s become a source of misery, boredom, frustration, even fury. The last thing you need is yet another ‘how-to’ manual.
What you need is a ‘Why-Bother’ manual.
Housework Blues – A Survival Guide is exactly that. This fun and easy read highlights the real value of taking care of your home – but more importantly, it inspires, motivates and keeps you sane you along the way.
Containing quotes, humor and over 75 insights, tips, games and ideas – tailor-made to bring calm and comfort to any woman with a home to keep – Housework Blues is a virtual pick-&-mix goodie bag of inspirational housekeeping solutions, helping you cope with the (often unrecognised) mental and emotional challenge of keeping a home.
Housework Blues holds solutions for you if you feel a sense of :
• Overwhelm
• Injustice
• Futility
• No energy
• Boredom
• Inferiority
• Superiority
• No motivation
These simple suggestions could save you years of anguish or frustration and liberate you to enjoy a beautiful home with both your sanity and relationships intact.
There is a better way to live. There’s a calm, confident and capable alternative to the misery of Housework Blues. And now there’s a guide to help you find it.
Here are 10 of the many possible benefits to conquering your Housework Blues
• improved relationships
• better health
• boosted energy levels
• enjoyable home
• increased efficiency
• naturally motivated
• higher self-esteem
• more free-time
• inner calm
• wealth & career success
“I love this book! Combining Bob Hope’s philosophy with Eastern spirituality with the pursuit of thinner thighs, all in the service of getting the housework done with peace and grace – it’s just awe-inspiring… and soul-satisfying!” Jill Bailin, New York I
“The world needs this book!” Alison Bayne, Municipal Cupcake UK
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