A Graveyard Visible - by Steve Conoboy

I am happy to host Steve Conoboy's blog tour for his latest book, A Graveyard Visible.

Have a look. Steve writes with an interesting and engaging style...

There's a graveyard visible from Caleb's bedroom window, and it grows a little bigger every day. He sees funerals there each evening, but nobody's dying. He investigates, he measures. Misha, the strange girl who lives there with her grandfather, takes an unwanted interest in Caleb, and he can't shake her off. But he's sure those peculiar mourners, the same ones at each graveside every time, are forcing her into rituals against her will. He finds himself deep in a world of the dead, and it may be too late to climb back out.

This is a shivery story that takes a fresh look at a very familiar location - the graveyard. No mere zombies or vampires here. These revenants are being ripped from their final resting place, and all will be punished.

We meet Caleb, thirteen and still reeling from the death of his mother. He deals with this grief alone - his father is shut off in a world of work, and his grandfather is sinking rapidly into dementia. Misha, outcast by the other kids, could be his last chance at a friend - how far will he go for a shot at friendship? She is not easy for him to deal with. Misha has no love for a world that has labelled her as victim. Caleb, then, is in for a big shock when he expects her help in saving the town. These kids, already struggling to find their place in the world, will be tested to their limits as the horrors escalate...

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A Graveyard Visible

Curse of the Kraken and other SFF

Some new books and giveaways this week! First up is some sword and sorcery...

Curse of the Kraken

“Caves of old where krakens and gold,
Lie in darkness and dream, so it’s been told.”
This is a Lord of the Rings type fantasy...a tale of headstrong heroes and a larger-than-life creature, vying for lordship in an age where light and darkness walk a blurry line...

Here's what one booktrack reviewer wrote:

Wow! This is good... I mean REAL good. What else can I say to describe it? I highly recommend that every adventure/fantasy lover like me read this and see what I mean.

Read it free with a soundtrack here. On Amazon here.

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Next up is the Auriga Project by Matt Herron. A mix of Stargate, survival against all odds and alien mystery. Fans of Stargate Atlantis and John Scalzi's works and character-driven fiction will like this.

Ripped from Earth in a horrifying teleportation accident, archaeologist Eliana Fisk finds herself stranded on a strange planet whose denizens want her as a human sacrifice.

Can she stay out from under the knife long enough to find her way home? Or will the desperate natives and their bloodthirsty gods get to her first?
 

Next up is Coilhunter

An imaginative, alternate-history SF Western adventure by Dean Wilson. Follow badass bounty-hunter Nox in a futuristic world.

Welcome to the Wild North, a desolate wasteland where criminals go to hide—if they can outlast the drought and the dangers of the desert. Or the dangers of something else.

Meet Nox, the Coilhunter. A mechanic and toymaker by trade, a bounty hunter by circumstance. He isn't in it for the money. He's in it for justice, and there's a lot of justice that needs to be paid...

Lastly, don't miss more May giveaways!

The Timelost series + other SFF

A list of riveting SFF this week: alien technothriller, space adventure, dark fantasy, dystopian, steampunk, and paranormal romance. First up is the next technothriller in the Timelost series:

The Dim Zone

Mercenary Yul Vrean is hired by billionaire CEO Mathias of Cybercore to bring back alien samples from a remote planet in the Dim Zone. It’s a region rife with murderous space pirates and slavers, the warlike Zikri and Mentera. Yul and his space thugs suspect Mathias is not on the up-and-up as he expands his techno-empire...

I had fun creating the alien effects for this one: a combo of modulated synth tones and various animal sounds. Contains space battles, extreme action, a touch of the bizarre and fantastic...

Read it free with a soundtrack here. On Amazon here.

Refuge : The Minder's War

Sometime during their thousand-year voyage, the invaders perished. But their slaves, the minders, survived to finish the journey to Earth. Deanne doesn’t believe any of the news about visiting aliens. She’s a felon serving time in a California youth detention center. As the lights go out and the world falls down around Deanne and her fellow inmates, she discovers something that might hold the key to their survival. Saving Earth will mean risking not only her life, but what makes her human… Free on amazon

 

The Knight's Secret : The Mage Conspiracy


Sir Corbin, retired Hero of Jerkum Pass, rides for honor, glory, and his pension with the aid of a magic ring. The knight’s mission takes him to the capital of the Iron Empire. The city is in an uproar. The emperor has been slain by rogue mages. The new empress is livid. Soon all mages are suspect... including Corbin’s daughter...

 

Cytress Vee - A Dog Squad Story - A SF Military series

Across the void formed by two galactic spiral arms, vast forces face each other. The tenuous Alliance, sixty civilizations united only by fear of invasion, prepare to resist the encroachment of their as-yet unseen enemy, known only as the Creeps...

 The Fall : The Mutant Rain Series

New Hampton is bloodthirsty. The streets are a cesspool. Greed and corporate necessity rule the overcrowded city. A mysterious doctor, his young protégé and a monstrous enforcer are playing gods, their wanton destruction going unchecked. The city’s Mayor seeks vengeance and believes the doctor’s work is the key to achieving redemption. These men will change the city forever... Kickstarter + rewards!...

Nighthawks : Children of Nostradamus

New England is a walled off radioactive prison. People exhibiting extraordinary abilities are hunted for experiments. The only talent twenty-six-year-old Conthan has in life is his art and knack for sarcasm. When a cop threatens his life, Conthan discovers he has the ability to teleport...

Star Crusader : Hero of the Alliance

Nate has a talent for space combat after hundreds of victories in the Star Crusader videogame simulation. His skills are unique, enough to gain him a rare privilege. The chance to join five other Alliance cadets and escape the dull routine of the classroom. They will enter a fierce competition light-years away in the ancient Byotai Empire. Yet days after their arrival a rebellious faction begins a bloody mutiny that spreads like wildfire. The time for competition has ended; the time of war has begun...

The Untold Tales of Dolly Williamson : An Occult Steampunk Thriller

Not your typical guns and gears steampunk. Sherlock meets the Dresden Files, in a steam-powered alternate history thriller. The woman on the cover is not Dolly. Her name is Sister Rose Caldwell. That man in the shadows is Dolly, and without the help of Sister Rose, all of London is in danger. Well maybe not all London, just the social elite that are having their souls stolen...

The Coven Princess

Your blood does not define you.
Harley Torrance's parents were killed in a home invasion when she was three. Adopted by a nice couple, Harley begins to develop strange powers. At fourteen she brews a potion so strong it gains the attention of the Coven King, and changes her world forever...

Venus Rising

After a string of brutal murders rips her planet apart, Empress Nadira is the only councilwoman left standing. Unable to calm the civil war brewing on Venus, her only hope lies in a reclusive but powerful magistrate, who sends Nadira on a dangerous mission to Earth in exchange for her help...

Re:Camelot: Part One: The Descendant of the King

In an inaccessible solar system, on the planet Avalon, darkness spreads across the continent, consuming all. But through the blackness, a small light emanates, signaling hope. Merlin awakes from her realistic dream in a cold sweat. She recalls an ancient prophecy. She must find the descendant of King Arthur who will draw Excalibur and save them...

Nailed by the Bear: A Billionaire Romance

The naïve and lovable Clarissa Carr is not looking for love, only looking for another paycheck. Another day another dollar. Another month of a roof under over her head so she can focus on her passion. Her one true love, Painting.
She meets a handsome, mysterious man when he walks into the Art Museum she works at one day. Taking an instant liking to her, she is suspicious of this Damian Holt. Nobody can be that perfect. Werebear or not…

Many thanks for those of you who reviewed The Dim Zone! For readers still reviewing, be sure to mention you received an arc copy.

Don't miss May's giveaways! Scroll down and click the image links below.

The Dim Zone - How far is too far?

Mercenary Yul Vrean is hired by billionaire CEO Mathias of Cybercore to bring back alien samples from a remote planet in the Dim Zone. It’s a region rife with murderous space pirates and slavers, the warlike Zikri and Mentera.

This alien technothriller is full of deadly space battles, extreme action, bio-mechanical fusion, killer aliens, a touch of the bizarre and fantastic… it will certainly intrigue fans of Alien, Predator and The Matrix.

In a race for mechnobot technology, genius Sigmund Hresh has engineered a prototype for what may be the holy grail of AI. The uses of such technology vary from the sinister to the saintly. Yul and his space thugs may be the only link preventing the next galactic war and saving the human colonies from hostile aliens.

The Making of The Dim Zone...

The booktrack audio component was based on many space classics with similar textures to Alien Covenant and Life. I created composite alien effects from mixes of digital samples and animals, using pitch effects and warping. All in all, an eerie backdrop to the alien planet Xeses, and later, the corridors inside the starship Orb of the Zikri hunters.

Enjoy The Dim Zone, the next book in The Timelost series:

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