Saturday 28 February 2015

FREE BOOK FIND: The Dragon Writers Collection by Tom Bielawski, Brian Rathbone and others

FREE to download TODAY is The Dragon Writers Collection: A Bundle of Fantasy and Science Fiction  by Tom Bielawski, Brian Rathbone and others (available as a BARGAIN BOOK in the UK AustraliaCanada  and India).  Why not grab a copy now?






BOOK DESCRIPTION
An exciting collection of fantasy and science fiction novels from The DragonWriters Collective: Brian Rathbone, Tom Bielawski, MR Mathias, Morgen Rich, Scott Baughman, LRW Lee, DP Prior.

Tom Bielawski
A Tide of Shadows, Volume One of The Chronicles of Llars
The Centaurus Legacy, A Heck Thomas Thriller
Stormson, Volume One of A Chronicle of Storms

Brian Rathbone
Wayward Spirits, a prelude to A Dawning of Power
Call of the Herald, Book One of A Dawning of Power
Inherited Danger, Book Two of A Dawning of Power

MR Mathias
King of Fools

Morgen Rich
Entrapments, Staves of Warrant Book One
Seeking, Staves of Warrant Book Two

Scott Baughman
Rule of Thumb, Balance of Power Book One

L.R.W. Lee
Blast of the Dragon's Fury (Andy Smithson Book 1)

D.P. Prior
Book One of The Nameless Dwarf: A Dwarf With No Name

FREE BOOK FIND: The Warrior (Warriors Book 1) by Ty Patterson

FREE to download TODAY is The Warrior (Warriors Book 1)  by Ty Patterson (Click for UK, AustraliaCanada  or India purchase).  Why not grab a copy NOW?





BOOK DESCRIPTION
A man with no past

Nobody knows much about Zeb Carter. He doesn’t do romance, avoids friendships… and when asked about his work, says he is a security consultant.
A man on a mission

The ex-Special Forces operative has seen it all before. But when he witnesses barbaric acts in the Congo, he can’t simply walk away. Plagued by the scale of the unspeakable crimes and its victims, Zeb breaks the rules - both his own, and those whom he works for - by seeking his own brand of justice.
A man with no future

With a maverick intelligence analyst, Broker, along for the ride, Zeb finds himself up against an adversary who is more than a match for his skills.

From the rainforests of the Congo to the concrete jungle of New York, Zeb enters a shadowy world – a world where he alone is interested in justice. Everyone else wants the affair buried… and Zeb along with it.
 

INDIE NEW RELEASE: A Land To Call Her Own by Julie Pollitt

We are happy to announce as an INDIE NEW RELEASE and BARGAIN BOOK: A Land To Call Her Own: A Novel by Julie Pollitt (Click for UK , Australia, Canada or India purchase).  Why not grab a copy today?



BOOK DESCRIPTION
Tess Porter set out across the country to start a new life with her estranged father on the dangerous Colorado Territory frontier. When she arrives in Denver City to a tragedy, she struggles to keep her dream alive.

Ian Bidwell spent most of his life ransacking the dreams of others, until he met Christ. He severs ties from his overbearing uncle, a man desperate for Tess’s land, and offers to help her on her ranch.

As the two work together to run the ranch, Tess questions his loyalties. Will Tess learn the power of trust and allow Ian back in to her heart? Will Ian learn forgiveness in this sweeping love story set in the American west?

99 CENT BOOK FIND: Bound In Blue by Heather Hamilton-Senter

Available for JUST 99 CENTS is Bound In Blue: Book One Of The Sword Of Elements (Volume 1) by Heather Hamilton-Senter (Click for UK, AustraliaCanada or India purchase).  Why not grab a copy now?




BOOK DESCRIPTION
Gods walk among us—all you have to do is See.

High school senior Rhiannon Lynne couldn’t get noticed even if she walked stark naked into the cafeteria and started playing the banjo. While tap dancing. As if that weren’t strange enough, Rhi has synesthesia—she feels in color. It takes being almost drowned by a Celtic river goddess for her to discover she’s been bound by a spell that has hidden her from the world and her own mysterious heritage.

As Rhi starts to see that her colors belong to magic, she finds herself at the center of a conflict between gods, humans, and the lost world of Avalon. She’ll need to figure things out fast if she wants to be a player in the coming conflict and not a pawn. Each side has a claim on her loyalty, but each one could decide she’s the real threat.

Hopelessly attracted to a god of thunder; deeply connected to a boy with no memory of his past; irresistibly drawn to a creature with a taste for flesh—Rhi’s choices could decide the fate of worlds, but their choices could decide hers.

Maybe not being seen wasn’t so bad after all.

99 CENT BOOK FIND: WWIV - Kids at War by E.A. Lake

Available for JUST 99 CENTS is WWIV - Kids at War  by E.A. Lake  (Click for UK , Australia, Canada or India purchase).  Why not grab a copy before it goes back to full price?




BOOK DESCRIPTION
Almost six years since an unknown event plunged the world into darkness, humanity continues to crumble. Times have worsened as the remaining fuel and valuable resources – fresh food and water – are long gone. Chances of recovery have all but disappeared; chances of survival seem grim.

In a plan so backward, so unlikely to have any success, the militia of the Milwaukee area take a young nun, five teens, and a set of five “special packages” into the barren farmland of south-central Wisconsin. There, with little more than themselves for support, they are to live, to grow, and perhaps even prosper. Or maybe the militia has just removed a problem they chose not to deal with.

With the help of new – yet strange – friends, their journey begins. But trouble finds them, even against their greatest hopes and fervent prayers. Worse, the militia has purchased help from a drunken recluse who may prove to be their greatest trouble of all.


The second book of our greatest war, our battle for survival, begins: WWIV – Kids at War.

99 CENT BOOK FIND: Take a Load Off, Mona Jamborski by Joanna Franklin Bell

Available for JUST 99 CENTS is Take a Load Off, Mona Jamborski by Joanna Franklin Bell  (Click for UK, Australia, Canada or India purchase).  Why not grab a copy before it goes back to full price?




BOOK DESCRIPTION
From an award-winning author comes a novel about a 528-pound recluse. Meet Mona Jamborski, who hasn’t left her home in years and is slowly eating herself to death, with one foot in her past memories and another foot in her grave. Mona sees no future for herself until one day, someone knocks on her door and unwittingly leads her into a life-changing decision. Take a Load Off, Mona Jamborski is a book filled with the wonders and heartbreaks of human relationships.

BOOK OF THE DAY: Drunk Chickens and Burnt Macaroni by Mary Smith

by Mary Smith
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Drunk Chickens and Burn Macaroni (subtitle) offers a remarkable insight into the lives of Afghan women both before and after Taliban’s rise to power. The reader is caught up in the day-to-day lives of women like Sharifa, Latifa and Marzia, sharing their problems, dramas, the tears and the laughter: whether enjoying a good gossip over tea and fresh nan, dealing with a husband’s desertion, battling to save the life of a one-year-old opium addict or learning how to deliver babies safely.

Mary Smith spent several years in Afghanistan working on a health project for women and children in both remote rural areas and in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Given the opportunity to participate more fully than most other foreigners in the lives of the women, many of whom became close friends, she has been able to present this unique portrayal of Afghan women – a portrayal very different from the one most often presented by the media.
 

AUTHOR BIO


Mary Smith was born on Islay, grew up in Dumfries & Galloway and worked for Oxfam in Lancashire for ten years. After this, she spent the next ten years working in Pakistan and Afghanistan, firstly for the Pakistan Leprosy Control Programme based in Karachi followed by establishing a mother and child health care project in the Hazara Jat region of Afghanistan and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

After returning to Scotland she worked as a freelance journalist while writing her first book, Before The Taliban: Living with War, Hoping for Peace. This narrative non-fiction account of her time in Afghnaistan lets the reader meet some of the ordinary Afghan women and their families with whom Mary worked.

Her second book, No More Mulberries, also set in Afghanistan is her debut novel.

Mary's years in Afghanistan - often working in remote rural areas - allows her to bring a high degree of authenticity to her work.

Mary Smith is now a journalist with Dumfries & Galloway Life magazine while working on her second novel.

For more information on Mary's journalism, poetry and other projects visit her website at www.marysmith.co.uk
 

REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating read - highly recommended 27 Dec. 2012
Format:Paperback|Verified Purchase
With Afghanistan so much in the news - and likely to continue so - this is a must-read book which provides an insight into life for ordinary Afghan people, providing a different perspective from the one the media provide.

Mary Smith, author of Drunk Chickens and Burnt Macaroni: Real Stories of Afghan Women, spent several years working on health projects in Afghanistan and she takes the reader to small rural villages in remote areas, to refugee camps and to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Readers come to know the women, and their families, in a way no news headlines makes possible.
Despite the poverty, the hardships and the health problems, the women don't give in. The story of how the village women become health volunteers is inspiring. Along the way, there are tears, there is laughter and love and, despite all the problems they face, there is always hope.

Smith worked in Afghanistan until Taliban came to power. She later went back and the final chapters recount her return visit, meeting up with her old friends. It also provides a strong message as to why Taliban should not be allowed to return to power.

As for why the chickens were drunk - you'll have to read the book to find out.
 
5.0 out of 5 stars An Unsung Heroine - or Six 4 Mar. 2014
Format:Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
Mary smith's book is a fascinating and absorbing read. Part memoir, part travelogue, part political opinion - really too difficult to pin into a category - it held my attention all the way through. The stories Mary relates about her time as a health instructor in Afghanistan would turn your hair grey if it hadn't already fallen out in astonishment.

The job of bringing understanding to people who are by no means stupid, but who are almost to a woman entirely uneducated, is massive. Mary smith and her colleagues, including some locals, approached it with humour, intelligence and outstanding courage. As a reader I was rooting for every sick baby, every woman held back by custom and every man who came to understand. It's a job that must be ongoing. There are no simplicities in aid work. Anne

 
OTHER WORKS

Friday 27 February 2015

99 CENT BOOK FIND: Magic, Myth & Majesty (7 Fantasy Novels) by David Dalglish, Daniel Arenson, D.P. Prior et al.

Available for JUST 99 CENTS is Magic, Myth & Majesty (7 Fantasy Novels) by David Dalglish, Daniel Arenson, D.P. Prior et al.  (Click for UK, Australia, Canada  and India purchase  Why not grab a copy NOW?






BOOK DESCRIPTION
Find half-orcs, thieves, wizards, tested loyalties, magicked weapons, dragon wars and more in these first books of 7 popular series. No cliff-hangers!

Let the adventures begin...

WEIGHT OF BLOOD (The Half-Orcs) - David Dalglish
The struggles of two half-orc brothers will soon bathe the land of Dezrel in demon fire.

A LEGACY OF LIGHT (The Dragon War) - Daniel Arenson
A rebel band of dragon folk from the kingdom of Requiem face down the dark empire that's crushing them.

DEFENDER (The Sanctuary) - Robert J. Crane
Someone is stealing weapons of unlimited power, and only Sanctuary stands between the world of Arkaria and total destruction.

SWORD OF THE ARCHON (Shader) - D.P. Prior
The deadliest warrior of his generation, Deacon Shader must win Archon's Sword to battle a powerful, ancient enemy that threatens Creation.

THE DARK CITADEL (The Dark Citadel) - Michael Wallace
A slave boy and a young queen lead alliances of spies, servants and merchants to stave off the encroaching armies of a dark wizard.

THE WHITE TREE (The Cycle of Arawn) - Edward W. Robertson
The followers of the death god Arawn march from the shadows, and a young student of magic must assassinate the leader or see his homeland fall.

RAVENWOOD (Tanyth Fairport Adventures) - Nathan Lowell
When shamanistic healer Tanyth Fairport stops by to help a small village, she discovers you're never too old to make a bad decision.

99 CENT BOOK FIND: Surviving The Evacuation by Frank Tayell

Available for JUST 99 CENTS is Surviving The Evacuation, Book 1: London  by Frank Tayell (Click for UK, Australia, Canada  or India purchase).  Why not grab a copy now?





BOOK DESCRIPTION
An Amazon UK Post-Apocalyptic #1 & Amazon.com British Horror #1 (74,000 words)

From the reviews:
“Even the Doomsday Preppers didn't have a chance in this book!”, “The best zombie novel I've read this year”, “Excellent”, "Brilliant", "Great!", “A cut above the rest”, “Thrilling zombie novel”, “Fantastic read”, “A breath of fresh air”, “Very British take on the Zombie genre”, “Such a good read I want more”, “A great addition to the genre”.

Synopsis:
The world we know came to an end with a broadcast from a shopping mall in New York. People were attacked, infected and died. Then they came back. No one is safe from the undead.

As nations fell, as anarchy and civil war took grip across the globe, Britain was quarantined. The press was nationalised. The phone networks were blocked. Martial law, curfews, rationing, it wasn't enough. An evacuation was planned. Everyone had to leave the inland towns, cities and villages and head to one of the defensive enclaves being established around the coast.

Bill Wright broke his leg on the day of the outbreak. His only contacts with the outside world are Jennifer Masterton MP, now a Minister in the Emergency Cabinet, and Sholto, a political fixer from the US who is tracking the outbreak. Unable to join the evacuation, Bill watched from his window as the streets filled with refugees, he watched as the streets emptied once more. He watched as they filled up again, this time with the undead. Then the power went out.

His is trapped. He is alone. He is running out of food and water. He knows that to reach the safety of the enclaves he will have to venture out into the wasteland that once was England. On that journey he will ultimately discover an horrific truth.

This is the first volume of his journal. The second volume, Wasteland, and the final volume, Family, are out now.

BARGAIN BOOK: Forget the Stock Market by Allan Scheeringa

We are happy to announce as a BARGAIN BOOK: Forget the Stock Market and Residential Real Estate 5 Simple but Profitable Investments You Could Own in 24 Hours by Allan Scheeringa (Click for UK, Australia, Canada or India purchase).  Why not grab a copy today?




BOOK DESCRIPTION
Here are five of the 99 investment vehicles we write about. Finance Feast specializes in bringing all asset-types to the investor so they can make better choices, choosing not just between stocks and residential real estate, but from the whole universe of lucrative options.

In this guide, we report on five assets with the least amount of learning-time and setup. All of these require just a day of research. Within one day you could make a phone call and own any of these five exciting assets. Your likelihood of success is much more certain than throwing darts at the stock market dart board.

Investors need to earn 15% to beat inflation and grow their money. Many of the 99 investments we report on will deliver 15% annually or better. Very few investors have averaged 15% over the long-term in residential real estate or the stock market.

Diamonds - This ancient investment vehicle has come roaring back. Profits of over 150% are common. I show you the ins and outs of joining the diamond party.


Notes - The easiest way to invest in real estate. You don't have to ever visit a property or clean up after tenants. No one talks about these, so the average investor is spending countless unnecessary hours finding properties and managing them.

Forex - Trading foreign currencies is smart and easy. Start small and increase as you get the feel. Very good returns are available with experience.

Firearm Collecting is easy if you stick with the most rare pieces. Other tips insure your success.
A Whiskey Collection will bring surprising gains if the vintage is rare and of high quality, and the holding period is sufficient.

Millionaires don't invest in rental houses and common stocks. If you want to be one of the wealthy, you have to invest like them.

At the end of each chapter, there is a link to a bonus chapter. It's about a type of real estate investment that requires very little maintenance. It's not something you can own by tomorrow, but with daily income and an extraordinary exit strategy, this one deserves your serious consideration.