Warpmancer Shadow + July SFF

Happy to announce more exciting SFF this month + book giveaways!
First up is Nicholas Woode-Smith's alien action space adventure from The Warpmancer series:

Shadow: Warpmancer

In the 36th century, humanity has spread across the stars…

Zona Nox. Crime-ridden cesspool at the edge of the galaxy. A war-torn hellhole dominated by gangs, megacorporations and alien raiders. James Terrin, master thief, calls it home. James has made a name for himself among the criminals of his home planet but all he really wants is to ensure the survival of his family. Zona Nox is under attack. An alien empire threatens the planet’s survival, and not even the veteran fighters of the planet can hold them back...Warpmancer Trooper, book 2, is in kindle countdown...

Koruka's Prophecy  (FREE)

In the ancient tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh, a young plunderer, intent on the riches within, faces an unexpected presence....

Read it FREE with a movie style soundtrack on booktrack here.
Read it on kindle here.
Read the archaeological adventure on kindle here.

Woven

For thirty years, Elaina has sat in her tower, fingers caught in an eternal dance, cursed to weave the tapestry of life on her loom. Bound by an enchanted mirror whose magic shows her the distant lives of the people of Camelot, she must forever watch a land which remains ever beyond her reach. Elaina despairs that she will never experience more than just the shadows of life, until one day a face appears in the mirror that will change her life, and possibly her fate, forever....

Lake of Sins: Escape

A teenage outcast. A shadowy ceremony. Discovering society’s monstrous truth may not keep her from becoming the next victim…

In a world of human-animal hybrids, Trinity is at the bottom of the food chain. Humans rule with an iron first and half-breeds like her must keep their parentage a secret. Every year, breeders are chosen and the rejected teens are carted away to parts unknown…

Dark Mage

A universe where technology and magic co-exist.

God's weapons are scattered across the universe. Sets of armor left by an ancient civilization give unbelievable powers when combined. Raiden is awakened 2000 years in the future, only to have his fiancée abducted by Dark Mages. Desperate to save his fiancée, Raiden's only hope is a power suit... but is it enough in this new world, where he is the only human without any magic?

Elemental Origins

Born of Water: A mysterious shipwreck could unlock ancient powers... or send her to a watery grave.

Targa MacAuley feels more at home on dry land than in the realm of her mermaid ancestors. To keep her mom's identity under wraps, Targa signs on for a salvage in the Baltic Sea. Her plan to blend in with the crew is spoiled when she catches the eye of a handsome local. A freak accident attracts even more unwanted attention, putting their lives in danger. Can Targa find the courage to unleash the currents surging deep within?

Coven at Carlington

A kidnapped child. A witch on the warpath. A church guard in crisis.

In the year of our Lord 1815, Thomas Drake Saint-Clair, Earl of Braden, a Guard of the Green Cross, is tasked by his archbishop to rescue a missing boy and return him to his warlock father. The order lands Braden in the middle of an unholy war between witches and warlocks and shoves him headlong past a sacred line he'd sworn never to cross...

Stone and String

A spell to infuriate the goddess of the dead...

In the world of "The Wishing Blade," everyone is born with two strings of magic. One strand is life, and the other is death. Very few can manipulate them. Among the Cantingen Islanders, children are tested for this ability during their first rites of magic, a ceremony which determines what magic they have and their future as a mage. But when Edyli's little sister, Akymi, dies in an accident before those rites can occur, Edyli does the unthinkable. She uses magic to return Akymi to the living. As a result, she finds herself in a land of weblike strings… the afterlife...

And finally, July's group giveaway:

The Nova Chronicles + July SFF

More exciting science fiction and fantasy this week + book giveaways!
First up is Sarah Bryant's space adventure from The Nova Chronicles:

Survivor (The Nova Chronicles) (FREE)

When everyone runs, who will stand?

For eons a dark force has lurked inside Archalon, waiting. In 2354 the Confederacy set it free. Now the alien uprising is imminent and there’s only one person left to stop it. Nova goes where others dare not. She shoots first, talks little, and carries a chip on her shoulder the size of Boullion 5. Her reckless courage is all that stands between the Ancients and the annihilation of the human race...

The Temple of Vitus  (FREE)

Follow Risgan the Relic Hunter's adventures. Shipwrecked off a dangerous coast in an unknown land, Risgan stumbles upon a mysterious cult in the ruin of ancient temple grounds. An odd but alluring acolyte takes him under her wing, but the legend of their long dead saint speaks of a pariah who has visited the underworld and made friends with forces better left alone...

Read it FREE with a movie style soundtrack on booktrack here.
Read it on kindle here (2.99).
Read Book 1 of the series free on kindle here.

In the Shadow of London (FREE)

There’s gone and then there’s London-gone…

Marta Banks and her Tube Riders may have fled, but they left behind a city on the brink of collapse. In the violent wasteland of London Greater Urban Area, former Tube Rider David Silverwood tries to reunite the old members of the gang to make one last stand against the government....

Wars of Irradan

The death of a companion makes the reunion of Ealrin and his friends bittersweet. But even that tragedy cannot forestall the truth: Irradan is at war.

The elves of the woods are forced from their ancient dwellings. The Empire of Enoth reaches far beyond its borders to control more and more of the magical land. In the midst of this stands one possible hope: a tree of legend...

 The Gorgon Bride

THE GODS ARE FUNNY. Except when you piss them off. Then they suck. They really, really suck.

Alexander Weiss discovers this tidbit when he inadvertently insults Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, and she casts him away on a forgotten isle filled with statues....

Crystal Casters: Awakening

When Cyndra Raine inherits her grandmother’s crystal, she inadvertently awakens a lethal elemental force she doesn’t understand. Panicked and desperate, she flees the safety of her village, determined to find answers only to run into a man named Rune with the same abilities and questions...

His Angelic Keeper

This summer, not all angels come in peace, and they're not alone. 

One demon, two dragons, five angels, and a pack of memory-stealing beasts stand between one young woman and her past. When a supernatural conspiracy threatens her still-living twin and his young son, it's time for desperate measures. Sovvan might be dead, but she won't let incorporeality or amnesia stop her. ..

Hexborn

Hexborn. Abomination. Unclean. Young Shiloh knows exactly what she is. She just refuses to let that stop her. Her illness might make her an outcast, but her broken body hides great magical power. And she intends to make the most of it....

Angels and Magic

These Aren't Your Typical Angels

Angels aren't defined by good works. Demons aren't defined by darkness. In the world of Angels & Magic, all bets are off. This is a world of fantasy and magic, a place where angels are struggling lost souls just like you or I. They're in need of help and guidance and it'll take the unlikely soul to set things right...

The Sorrow Stone

What if you could pay someone to take away your sorrow?

In the middle ages people believed a mother mourning her child could "sell her sorrow" by selling a nail from her child's coffin to a traveling peddler... Winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award for Historical Fiction.

Infallible

Cursed in love, death was coming for her once again... Sexy, smart and career ambitious, South African Detective Scarlet Anne Martins gets the career opportunity of her life - working for the NYPD on The Special Crimes Unit. But never had she imagined how quickly those dreams could slip through her fingers when she meets her new partner Agent Blade, who appears to have a vendetta against the killer she's assigned to bring down.

 

Dragonclaw Dare

ARC copies for prequel to the Dragon Sea Chronicles are available. Sign up for your free ARC copy. Release date July 25th on most booksellers!




And don't miss out on July's group giveaway:

The White Arrow by P. H. Solomon

It's my great pleasure to host P. H. Solomon's blog tour for his epic fantasy, The White Arrow, Book III in The Bow of the Hart Saga.

The Mystic Order of Withlings

 

The Bow of Hart Saga is set in the world of Denaria with its own history, people-groups, religions and history. Part of the back-drop for the first book of the series, The Bow of Destiny, is the history of the mystic order of Withlings. This religious order worships their deity, Eloch, by learning to spiritually abide in his presence. Their catch-phrase, "What is needed is given," best describes the outlook of Withlings; they can only serve as Eloch provides.

While this premise seems limiting, it isn't for Withlings who are capable of performing astounding miracles and speaking prophesies. Often, they will not speak of anything or act unless they determine from their mystic discipline that it is Eloch's will for them to do so. It is the basis of their lives that they best serve by learning total obedience. However, this does not make them infallible as they are just as apt as anyone to misunderstand the meaning of their actions and prophesies. Only the wisest of Withlings have learned to withhold their speculations regarding any action taken or events experienced.

At the time in which The Bow of Hart Saga is set, there are few Withlings left in Denaria so that few people have even met one in generations. Tales are remembered from past centuries of these once well-known servants of Eloch, but few know much of them anymore except for the longer-lived people-groups such as elves and dwarves who still revere Withlings.

One of the main characters from The Bow of Hart Saga is the Withling, Hastra. Part of Hastra's story is told in the short story, What Is Needed, which explains the events surrounding the demise of the Withlings. Interested readers are invited to read What Is Needed as well as the other prequel short story, Trading Knives.

The Bow of Destiny takes up the story of the Withlings amid much mystery and magic, focusing upon the young ranger of Auguron named Athson. This ranger is drawn into a quest involving a Withling prophecy about a mythic bow. Fantasy readers are welcome to join the hunt for the Bow of Hart by accompanying Athson on his adventure.

An Arrow Against the Wind continues the quest for Athson as he must determine the best course he should take in matters regarding his past and present, including the shared wisdom of Withlings. But Athson's distrust of Withlings and his familial past create a set of challenging choices which he determines to navigate on his own, almost heedless of consequences.

Once The White Arrow begins, Athson is faced with a new choice regarding Withlings, one which will seal his destiny. The march to the final confrontation leads Athson on a far different path than he anticipated and a far different answer to the questions of his past, his relationship with the Bow of Hart and the prophesied White Arrow.

Find The White Arrow at Amazon here.

Lim-Lalyn and more SFF...

Some new picks which I'm sure you'll find entertaining... adventure, fantasy, SF, thriller and giveaways!

Lim-lalyn...follow Risgan, treasure-hunter extraordinaire in this adventure from the Relic Hunter series:



Unearthing an ancient rattle in the deserts of Zanthia creates a stir amongst the nomadic peoples. Risgan and his band are caught in the middle of warring tribes, strange beasts and magic in their search for the lost realm of Lim-Lalyn...

Read it FREE with a movie style soundtrack on booktrack here.
Read it on kindle here (2.99).
First book in the series free on kindle here.

Oracle

What would you do if you could see the future?

Diana Hawthorne can do just that. Every day she delves into personal prophecies, giving guidance to all the poor souls knocking at her door. There's a catch; while she helps others see where they've been, and to know where they're going…she has no recollection of her own beginnings. Nothing before the age of twenty-four holds residency in her mind...

The Awakening

The dead are rising from their graves. Somewhere beneath the land of Terrassia, something stirs from its ages-old slumber...

 The Bitter Ashes

She’s not their long lost fairy princess. She’s their executioner.

Madeline is cursed. Cursed to kill with a touch, and to feel every last emotion of her victims. She was sure her life couldn’t get any worse until she’s kidnapped in the middle of the night and thrust into a world straight out of her darkest nightmares. Part of her wants to find her way back, but deep down she knows she’s too dangerous to live in the normal world...

What doesn't kill you

OUTCASTS.  MISFITS.  FREAKS.
And that was before they discovered they commanded some super dark powers.

A new urban fantasy series from the award-winning screenwriter of ground-breaking BBC TV series Spirit Warriors.

When Marley moves into her dorm at Blackville University, the recent murder of a Tennerson student is the last thing on her mind.  She has roommates to get to know, classes to sign up for, parties to attend, and an over-protective father to avoid, who, as luck would have it, has just been hired at BU as its newest History professor...

The First Fear

The Supreme rules the world.

For centuries the Supreme has reigned with an iron fist. The people are slaves to her whim and at the mercy of her followers who revere her as their goddess. Using a supernatural ability, known as the 'Power' she is able to channel emotions and convert them into superhuman abilities.

Some Resist.

Idi and the Oracle's Quest

An orphan with a painful past. A wizard running out of time. Together, they’ll discover the most powerful magic is hidden within...

Red on the Run

You can't hide from The Syndicate. Run, Red. Run!

In search of redemption from his sordid past, FBI Special Agent Alex Bailey takes on a new partner, Katherine Mitchel… and a new secret mission.

WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award – Fall 2016 – Best Book in Thrillers

Targeted : Truth and Lies

Military heroes, newlyweds who’s lives stand in the balance of the truth and lies. 

Locked into a scandal since their wedding day, newlywed NAVY SEALS discover they are TARGETS of a deep state COVERUP. How far will you go to find the TRUTH?

 

Dragonclaw Dare

The prequel to the Dragon Sea Chronicles. The book is written and in the final editing and critiquing phases. Arc copies will be available in the next few weeks. Sign up for your free copy!




And don't miss out on June's group giveaways:

The Isk Rider and more SFF...

A great selection of book picks this week. Many fantasy, adventure, sword and sorcery, science fiction, thriller, horror titles and more!

First up is, is Legacy of Mars



It is a time of peace...The quiet before the storm...War is coming, and nobody can prevent it...

Following a successful rebellion against a ruthless despot, Martians struggle to rebuild their world. On Earth, the unification wars have finally ended, and Terra is united under one supreme leader for the first time in history. But the planet is no longer capable of supporting humanity's exploding population, and covetous eyes have fallen on the newly terraformed Mars, perceived as weak and ripe for the picking...


The Isk Rider of Bazuur

Treasure-seeking drifter Risgan falls afoul of a winged menace at the market town of Bazuur.

Risgan’s picaresque adventures take him far across the lands of Upper Fandria where he battles living stone giants, monster isks and warring tribes, where nothing is at it seems, and everything is ruled by the law of the jungle.

Read it free with a movie style soundtrack here. On amazon here.

Windwalker: Forbidden Flight

To save her people, she must first defy them.

Sixteen-year-old Kiva Fariq has always dreamed of soaring on the four-winged raptors that scour the desert skies. But the windwalker sect is closed off to women. Undeterred, Kiva attempts the deadly trials in secret. Should she survive, she will face an even greater challenge: bonding a raptor of her own. But when signs of an ancient enemy appear upon the plains, a threat awakens that will bury her people in a tomb of sand and stone—unless she can stop it... FREE

 

The Paradisi Exodus Boxed Set - Books 1 and 2

In near future 2094, Earth is on the brink of nuclear winter. A secret evacuation is already underway, and Solomon Reach and his crew have guaranteed passage on the last ship to leave for colonization and exploration of a new planet in the Andromeda galaxy. When Solomon learns of a betrayal that will have catastrophic consequences, he is faced with an impossible choice: who will live and who will die?

 

Saving Paludis

When interstellar war threatens, three strangers must band together to save their world …

Police agent Stefan Lattanzis never expected his planet to become a battlefield, nor Earth for that matter. But when scientists from Paludis share a technological breakthrough with Earth authorities, peace escalates to the brink of war in a hurry. It doesn’t help that the local aliens have a dangerous and mystifying agenda of their own. Meanwhile, a desperate human cult has its own plans to exploit the powerful new technology…

Project Genesis

Global terrorism. The declining population. An uncertain future.

Does the Sphinx hold the answers?

The leaders of the world have failed. War is spreading and no amount of negotiation will prevent what’s coming. Instead, the United States President turns his eye toward the find of the century...

The Ares Initiative

Endangered by an alien adversary

Archaeologist Eliana Fisk helped expose a false god and end his reign of terror.
Now, he’s coming for the people of Earth.
And he’s hungry for revenge...

Mr Sugar

A gripping psychological thriller with a disturbingly dark twist.

"Three can keep a secret. If two are dead." Benjamin Franklin

A seductress hunting for her sugar daddy strikes gold with Mr. Sugar. But he has a closet full of skeletons...

 

Gutshot: The Catastrophe

This is how the world ends. For one man, this is how it begins.

What does it have to take to change who you are?
Donald Kerston's life up to now could only be described as a nightmare. But what he wakes up to suddenly becomes much worse.

Struggling for his very survival, for the first time he finds friends and a future - only to be confronted with the one thing he didn't ever want to face: his own terrible past...

Incognito

Pope Gregoire XVII was last seen waving to the crowd at Saint Peter's square from the famous Apostolic Palace window. Despite several layers of tight security, neither the Gendarmerie nor The Entity (the Vatican's secret service) or the Swiss Guards claimed to know anything about his sudden mysterious disappearance...

The Silver Horn Echoes: Song of Roland

The Dark Ages—a time of great turmoil and the collision of empires!

As the Frank kingdom prepares for war, Roland, young heir to the Breton March, has been relegated to guard duty until a foreign emissary entrusts him with vital word of a new threat to the kingdom. Now Roland must embark on a risky journey to save all he loves from swift destruction.

Dragonclaw Dare

ARC copies of Dragonclaw Dare, a new release in The Dragon Sea Chronicles, will be available for download in July. Sign up here!




And that's all. Don't miss out on June's group giveaways:

Saving Paludis by Clayton Graham

I am happy to host Clayton Graham's blog tour for his latest SF novel, released today! Saving Paludis

It's light years away from his debut novel  'Milijun', but it occupies the same fascinating space between Science Fiction and the paranormal...

Over one hundred and forty light years from Earth, Paludis sits in the Pisces constellation, on the frontier of human exploration. It is verdant and beautiful – a world to be treasured. It has also been scarred by wars of colonization.

In the year AD 3989, human invaders control the planet and have done so for hundreds of years. Paludis is the planet's Earth name; the indigenous population, reptilian in nature, call their home Musk.

The Muskans are now restricted to a remote peninsula in the north-east of the main continent. The humans have taught the aliens their language and some of their ways, but the Muskans prefer the traditions of their ancestors. Or do they?

So what can go wrong? Well, quite a lot actually.

Mankind maintains a tentative footprint on this world, surviving on the proceeds of bauxite mining, with most living a hand-to-mouth existence. But when scientists from Paludis share a technological breakthrough with the Earth authorities, peace swiftly escalates to conflict.

Stefan Lattanzis never expected Paludis to become a battlefield, nor Earth for that matter. To try and save his home world, Stefan must team with two strangers, a botanist, Clare Cavanna, and mysterious seer Serpentine. As embattled factions vie for control of the universe, the trio must trust in each other to keep the new technology from ripping time and space apart.

‘Saving Paludis’ is not just an interstellar war novel. It reflects human nature in all its extremes: hate, jealousy, control, love and sacrifice. And what about the aliens – do they share these traits? In some ways yes, in others no. They are, after all, alien. But retribution is high on their agenda; an overwhelming desire to regain their planet. Quite how they attempt to do that must remain a secret!

If you like futuristic technology, alien political intrigue, and high-octane, paranormal action, then you’ll love this electrifying interstellar adventure!

I invite you to enter deep space, use the Einstein-Rosen bridges, and touch down on Paludis. Join Stefan and his friends to help save their world. You’ll love it!

Find ‘Saving Paludis’ at: https://amzn.to/2KU029b

 

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