Albert Benson – Featured Author of the week – Aug 24th, 2014
Lars Bergen (Author), Sharon Delarose (Author)
1500 BC — The Isle of Destiny is overrun by Fomorian giants who tower over the puny Humans and Fenn. The giants are untouchable until the starship Vireo, carrying an advanced race of humanoids with piercing blue eyes, comes crashing to Earth on the eve of Samhain, the bloodiest pagan festival of the year.
The Fomorian giants interpret their arrival as the prophesied Destroyer. Fomorian mission: seek and destroy whatever fell to Earth. Starship mission: stay alive.
Caught in the midst is ship’s officer Brigit, stranded on Earth on the way to her wedding, and one of the barbarian giants has his eye on her. These barbaric giants won’t hesitate to throw you into the sacrificial fire to honor their god Moloch, and they’ll cut off your nose if you don’t pay tribute.
Will Brigit be rescued by her fiance in space, who desperately searches for the lost starship? Or will she fall into the hands of giants, ruled by Balor of the Evil Eye?
Five humanoid races are plunged into a battle for supremacy — Fomorian giants, Bigfoots, Humans, extraterrestrial Tirnogians, and Fenn dwarves — as a child of prophecy lives hidden in the shadows, waiting to fulfill his destiny.
Past meets future in this tale of giants, dwarves, starships, and medieval warriors.
Elizabeth Jasper – Featured Author Week of August 17th, 2014.
Born and raised in the NE of England, I spent most of my working life in various administrative capacities in prestigious UK universities, where I organised Summer Schools and Study Tours, as well as carrying out a variety of administrative functions. I liked working for a living – it paid the bills – but I love writing even more. These days I am fortunate enough to be able to write full-time and have completed six novels, all available on Amazon Kindle: The Golden Cuckoo (for children aged 9-13), Lying in Wait, A Bed of Knives and books One and Two in the ‘Meggie’ Series – Meggie Blackthorn (Book One) and Meggie Blue (Book Two). The third book in the series, Jack the Lad, is in progress. I’ve also written a sexy rom-com. The Other No 10,’ under the name Jo Jacobs. All my books are available in paperback. My primary aim as a writer is to entertain and engage my readers. I write across genres in order to expand my characters beyond the stereotypes often found in genre books and no matter how dark the material, I hope I can raise a smile or two along the way. A tear is even better.
Elizabeth’s also contributed a great story, Danse Macabre (also available to download from Amazon) is in Brandon Hale’s Vampire and Zombie book, The Bitten.
T.R. Harris – Featured Author Week of August 10, 2014.
Hello Everyone!
My name is Tom Harris and I write under the name of T.R. Harris. Check out my blog at: bytrharris.com.
I currently have a best-selling science fiction series available entitled The Human Chronicles Saga, with five books in Part One and three books in Part Two.
The books in Part One are: The Fringe Worlds, Alien Assassin, The War of Pawns, The Tactics of Revenge and The Legend of Earth.
Part Two of the series includes Cain’s Crusaders, The Apex Predator and the latest and final book in the sequential series: A Galaxy to Conquer, which was released on April 19, 2014.
The adventures of Adam Cain WILL continue, with the next book due out for Christmas 2014. Check out my website/blog for updates as they become available.
The inspiration for The Human Chronicles series came from an ad for a T-shirt in the old Soldier of Fortune Magazine. It was of a muscle-bound man, holding a smoking gun and standing over a dead dragon-looking thing. The caption read: “I don’t know what it was — but it’s dead!”
This really struck me, the concept of humans not being afraid of anything, and when faced with a challenge as big as the universe, we can overcome any threat with a swagger and a wink! Just think, on the planet Earth we’re the badasses. Why would it be any different in outer space?
The series also introduces the reader to my concept of what a realistic galactic empire would look like — The Juirean Expansion — and how every advanced race shares the same wants, needs and desires as other intelligent beings. It’s not complicated. When you reach a certain level of evolution we all become more or less the same in our motivations.
The books are also written from the most realistic vantage point possible; my characters even have to go to the bathroom now and then! When was the last time you saw that in a sci-fi book. Adam Cain, the main character, also has anxiety attacks, is homesick … and is really pissed-off that he’s been yanked out of his comfortable life back on Earth and thrown into a smelly, disgusting and ‘alien’ universe.
As I say in the books, Adam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude … and he makes everyone around him pay for his bad mood!
The books are quick and easy reads, and have been part of one of the bestselling sci-fi series on Amazon over the past two years. I hope you enjoy them.
My website is: bytrharris.com
If you would like to be put on my broadcast email list to receive early notices of upcoming books and any specials I may be offering, please email me at: bytrharris@hotmail.com.
Sharon Delarose – Featured Author Week of August 3, 2014.
Known by the father of my high school friend as “the strange girl who lives down the street” I have always been fascinated by the oddest things. For example, unusual insects and plants, UFOs, ghosts and mythical creatures. Even my blog is full of the unusual.
Born a wee bit before the official computer age, my original writings were via pen to paper and I have boxes full of handwritten oddities. My goal is to bring it all to paperback and Kindle.
While the first release doesn’t qualify as an oddity, it speaks of one of my passions – the transformation of our shelter dog from bad dog to best friend.
I also design t-shirts and other cool giftie goodies, in addition to creating shareware computer games. Busy busy gal!
Everything is possible!
Dreaming... 