Grim Hope by Matthew D. Brubaker

Book Description:

The city of Maevin was founded in the ashes of a nuclear war between Christians and Muslims that nearly annihilated all life on Earth. By the efforts of two men, Maevin soon became a self-sufficient and thriving city. Then after a decade of peace, the two greedily sought to gain sole control over the city of Maevin. Both men survived, but the split between the two former friends was irreversible. The two men have opposed each other ever since, one leading the government and the other leading the rebellious Stasi. The two are locked in a deadly standstill. During the last twenty years of bloodshed the Muslims and Christians, hated by almost everyone and still harboring hatred towards each other from the Atomic War, have barely survived.

Author Bio:

Matthew D. Brubaker is a recent college graduate from Trine University (formerly known as Tri-State University) where he majored in a Business Associate degree in Golf Management while also playing a few years of collegiate golf. Throughout his life, Matt has always been an avid reader, but it was not until college that he discovered his passion for writing fictional stories and for making a spiritual difference in those around him. Since graduating from college, he has worked at a YMCA camp where he enjoys serving others. During his spare time he loves to read, write, and pursue various other hobbies that he enjoys. This book is the first one he has written, though he has several other novel ideas he hopes to complete in the future. If you are interested in finding out more about Matthew, please join his Facebook fan page.

Excerpt:

Larkin placed the Bible on Gideon's back. He took out a long, curved knife with an eagle hilt and thrust it through the Bible; the blade penetrating deep into Gideon's back, narrowly missing his spine. Gideon screamed in pain, as his family screamed in terror.

Larkin put his face close to Gideon's and whispered so only Gideon could hear, "That should work nicely to make you behave. Now, pay attention Gideon. I will kill your family, but how long it takes is up to you. Tell me the names of all the Christians you know. Tell me who it was who converted you. Tell me how you got that cursed book that is now pinned to your back. Tell me everything Gideon and they will die quickly and painlessly. Tell me nothing and it will take hours upon hours before they die."

Gideon's eyes bored into Larkin's as he growled. "I will not tell you anything. No matter what you do to my family, they will spend all of eternity in heaven. You think you are so powerful, but life is but dust and ashes compared to the eternal glory of God. When you die, you will burn in hell and that thought makes me a very happy man. I pray that day comes soon."

"You disappoint me Gideon. I thought one that knew what I am capable of would have been wiser with his answer. Oh well, you leave me no choice."

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The Dragon's Pool by Edward C. Patterson

Book Description:

The Third Book in the Jade Owl Legacy Series. A shadow stalks the lanes and streets, from Gui-lin to San Francisco, from Florence to the Dragon's Pool. In its wake, Rowden Gray and his China Hands follow a course to right the wrongs of time. The relic is hidden, but stirs in the soul and archaic rituals long since forgotten, but never lost. Some books are closed. Others are open, giving up their secrets. In the darkness, ancient terror awaits. A barren field yields up its magic and . . . the comets return to earth. The stalwart characters of The Jade Owl and The Third Peregrination are back, and joined by new players and helper bees and . . . yes, villains. It is time for the Tien-xin Rite. It is time to close history's fissure. It is time to complete the prophesy that dwells beneath Her Majesty's hem. It is time to count the teeth that emerge from the Dragon's Pool.

Author Bio:

Edward C. Patterson has been writing novels, short fiction, poetry and drama his entire life, always seeking the emotional core of any story he tells. With his eighth novel, The Jade Owl, he combines an imaginative touch with his life long devotion to China and its history. He has earned an MA in Chinese History from Brooklyn College with further postgraduate work at Columbia University. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he has spent four decades as a soldier in the corporate world gaining insight into the human condition. He won the 2000 New Jersey Minority Achievement Award for his work in corporate diversity. Blending world travel experiences with a passion for story telling, his adventures continue as he works to permeate his reader's souls from an indelible wellspring.

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Under the Neon Sky by Jay Rankin

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Under The Neon Sky is a gripping, true story about a Las Vegas Doorman who worked the graveyard shift at one of the major hotels on the Strip. The sights, smells, and page popping characters are unforgettable as we take a journey that will tramsform how we used to envision the city that never sleeps. We watch as this doorman begins to emotionally break and wonder if he will become broken seeing his friends, his wife, hotel guests, and himself cross too many boundries in this riveting, page turning story.

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The Cain Letters by Pierre Roustan

Book Description:

All legends have beginnings— some are worth remembering -- others are better left to darkness.

When college student, Marcus Brennan, discovers an ancient book revealing the origin of vampirism, all hell breaks loose not just in his life but for the world around him. He is holding the ultimate weapon two master vampires desire more than blood. It is the weapon that will give them the power to rule not only the Vampire Nation but all mankind.

It is up to Alexandra Glade, fierce and radiant vampire hunter, and her team, the Berith Lochem, to find and protect Marcus in order to prevent the unthinkable…
… The awakening of Cain.

Author Bio:

As much as I love writing fiction, my first love growing up was poetry. I’ve been writing, essentially, since I could speak in complete sentences. My first short story was written in second grade. I only started writing stories, because at heart I believed I was a storyteller. That’s what was missing in poetry for me: the depth of a story. After graduating from high school, I attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, achieving a B.A. in Creative Writing. I currently work full time as a caption editor for a company that manages the closed captioning for networks such as Fine Living, HGTV, ABC and DIY. Working in that profession has, of course, sharpened my craft in terms of editing and deadlines and proofreading.

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Adventures With Boys BOOK 5: Dragons Versus Dinosaurs by G.L. Strytler

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Take a break from school and work and have an adventure with the boys! Prince Christopher, a fourteen year old boy, and his younger sister, Princess Elsie, embark on the quest Of a lifetime. When the vikings and their dragons receive a declaration of war from the orient and their Asian dragons, they set out across the sea and stumble upon a new land called America and its secret monsters- the dinosaurs. Now the young prince and princess, along with a cave boy named Og, and a Chinese boy named Ki, must try to stop the war before it gets any worse. But can they do it alone? Or do they need they need the help of Bashra the silver dragon and the red dragon of happiness? From the mighty T-rex, to the soaring pterodactyls, they're all here and ready to fight!

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Rutland's Curse by Roger Carpenter

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Afghanistan 1879. Britain fights to keep Russia out of India. Peter Rutland, newly commissioned into the Royal Artillery, has been posted to Kurram with his Battery of 'Screw Guns'. Peter is puzzled that his father, a retired Major who had served in Afghanistan in 1840, asks him to resign his commission. The reason is a 'curse' on the Rutland name. "When your blood returns, it will darken the stones of our valley." This courageous and inexperienced officer embarks on a hazardous mission to return a precious holy relic to the religous Afghan clerics. The second in the Rutland Series is 'Rutland's Guns' based on the Boer War in South Africa 1898-1902. Available from Amazon Details are on http://www.roger-carpenter.co.uk/

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The Jitters by J.T. Cummins

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In a hostile mountain wilderness, a pack of monstrous woodland creatures pursue the survivors of a private plane crash and the stranded air rescue team sent to save them.

Author Bio:

J.T. Cummins is a fiction author and screenwriter, primarily in the thriller, horror, and fantasy genres. He is perhaps best known as the author of the mystery/thriller Cobblestones and the screenwriter and director of the horror movie classic The Boneyard. Early in his film career, J.T. provided special effects for such notable films as House, Strange Invaders, Enemy Mine, The Thing, and many others. As a writer, J.T.’s diverse creative background manifests itself in an aggressive narrative style that merges the immediacy of the screenplay and the intimacy of the novel. Utilizing an active voice and minimal exposition, J.T. creates lean, mean, mind’s eye movies geared to a busy, modern audience that enjoys reading smart, exciting, fast paced fiction—all in about the time it takes to watch a feature length motion picture. J.T.’s original story 4Below (working title), has been purchased for production by motion picture producer Nicholas Kalikow and acclaimed director and executive producer Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys, Flatliners, The Phantom of the Opera).

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Stolen by Kip Sloane

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The year is 2057, a new era in human technology, a world constantly moving forward down the line of man's evolution. However, that doesn't mean the world is any better off than it was fifty years ago.

Missing women, crooked politicians, and "golden" obsessions.

These are the least of Wolf Bluefeet's problems. As a runner-a bounty hunter-contracted with the United States government, the large, striking man has more than his share of excitement. After being dragged unknowingly into a massive government scandal, Wolf finds himself on the other end of the hunter-prey chase. Whisked across the globe in his adventures, the half-Cherokee makes his way through a sea of betrayal and suspense, and he manages to find a love he never believed was for him-the smart, beautiful, mysterious, sassy Valeria James.

Can they elude the dark forces working against them and stay alive long enough to explore the love that grows between them, or will time run out?

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The Guilt Gene by Diana Raab

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Diana Raab will write anywhere about anything to not only rid herself of childhood "ails" but to enjoy herself completely, even poking fun at her foibles. She takes a close and courageous look at all her life's experiences, and in so doing, shares her wisdom and forgiveness of self and others with a raw honesty that is both refreshing and inspirational. Her poems are, as she writes of her ancestors, "bright candles trembling in their own wax." Perie Longo, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Emerita, author of With Nothing Behind But Sky

The poems in Diana Raab's The Guilt Gene deftly delineate the stages of a woman's life. From the quotidian chores of walking the dog and picking up dry cleaning to the small miracle of finding three whole watermelons on the beach, Raab savors her American life and invites you to join her. Molly Fisk, Listening to Winter

The Guilt Gene is a prism with a hundred facets offering glance and glimpse and deep seeing into encounters with love, loss, longing, and epiphany. From an author who has taught us the power of memory and story, these poems take us along the road from a World War II typewriter to the eyes of an old dog. Poetry here reminds us to heed what calls to us daily. Kim Stafford, The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer's Craft

The Guilt Gene, Diana Raab's second book of poetry, has the straight-forward confessional tone that distinguishes her best work whether in prose or poetry. Eschewing high flying metaphor and dressed up formality, she confines her subject matter to her inner life and her journal-keeping voice and makes her poems through an emphasis on the line. Her poetry does not pretend to have figured things out; rather, this work is her process of figuring them out, of sorting her past and contemplating her present. The best of these poems derive their beauty from a disarming frankness and a heart that is open, willing to find a personal truth and say it. Philip F. Deaver, How Men Pray

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Are You Still Submitting Your Work to a Traditional Publisher? by Edward C. Patterson

Book Description:

With the new and exciting world of Kindles and Print-on-Demand (POD), Independent Publishing is becoming an enticing choice and a viable alternative to traditional publishing. The old days of "self-publishing and vanity presses" are over. Indie Authors are giving readers a wide variety of quality reads in all genres. Are you unsure of how to go about it? Do you crave to know the best options? What are the pitfalls? "Are You Still Submitting Your Work to a Traditional Publisher?" provides tips and ideas, set-by-steps and coaching on quality control. In addition to the title article, this work includes three other craft discussions: "Writing Good Stories", "The Novelization Process", and "Revision vs. Re-Vision," an extensive guide to revising a novel. Whether you are new to publishing or an established author, the opinions expressed and experiences shared in this book should stimulate your curiosity and provide answers to questions you might not have asked.

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Life in a Week by Michael Shawn Keller

Book Description:

Hectic schedules and the stresses we unknowingly create for ourselves often end up taking over our lives, barely allowing us a moment to simply stop and enjoy the little pleasures that are given to us every day. Thoughtfully written as a conversation between author and reader, Life in a Week is an introspective journey that will remind you to make the best of every day, and have fun doing it!

Author Bio:

Michael Shawn Keller works with his family as VP of Operations at Duct Diagnostics, LLC and is a partner at Keller Bros. Cleaning Services, LLC. Life in a Week is his first published book. Michael grew up in Milford, Connecticut and now lives in West Haven, where he is close to family and friends. He enjoys camping and fishing in Lincoln, Maine and visiting the historical summer festivals in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.

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IVD by Gregory M. Przywara

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By day, die-hard Chicago sports fan Mark Crizlanek toils away at his thankless retail job. By night, he retreats to a subterranean shrine to Chicago sports. One night, he runs into an old high school buddy Trevor Gates, who brags about his new job with the online movie rental service Reel Speedy, which is really a front for a terrorist operation run by the most ruthless mob family in the Midwest, the Cappellas, who eliminate their foes with IVD's (Incendiary Video Discs). Two hours later, Mark's secret soul mate Crystal Logan turns up murdered and he finds himself implicated in her death. In order to locate her killer, he is forced to become a Cappella hit man and team up with escaped school shooter Erik Stockton in an assassination plot against Jared Mendota, Mark's former employer and proud owner of the Midwest's largest collection of Chicago sports memorabilia.

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