Release Blitz: The Mage Heir

About the Book

Traitor: that's what Tatsu is now. On the run from both Runon and Chayd, Tatsu and Yudai's only hope for survival is to disappear into the wilds. However, when the siphon's deadly curse returns, they have no choice but to travel into the desert kingdom of Joesar in search of a cure.

Battling the unforgiving elements of the sands, Tatsu starts to realize that the path towards destroying the siphon may claim Yudai's life. Time is running out as Nota's fury-and the siphon's hunger-begin to spiral wildly beyond their control. As their options slowly fall away, the only thing Tatsu and Yudai can count on is each other.

Author Bio

Kathryn didn't major in creative writing, but never stopped believing. She survives on books, strong coffee, craft beer, puppies, and the Oxford comma. She currently lives in Japan with her husband and teaches high school English to shape the next generation of young minds. She also comma splices like it's going out of style.

Links

The Mage Heir on Amazon

Book One (The Life Siphon) on Amazon

Book Excerpt

Tatsu didn't mind sleeping under the leaves, but Yudai's agitation seemed to grow as the sky darkened. He paced back and forth between two ancient tree trunks with his hands clasped behind his back, over and over, until the stars came out.

"You're going to have to sleep eventually," Tatsu pointed out, voice mild, once the moon was high overhead. It earned him a growl in reply. "Please just sit down."

"This clearing will be dead by morning," Yudai snapped. When he turned to retrace his steps again, Tatsu could see the twist of his fingers clenched together in tight fists.

"You can't do anything about it, so there's no point in blaming yourself. It's probably just making the whole thing worse."

The look Yudai threw him was dubious at best, but evidently, the possibility was difficult to ignore. Yudai eventually settled himself down between two patches of yellow-green weeds, and he ran his finger over his lip a few times before his eyes flickered up towards Tatsu. "Distract me."

"You could ask nicely," Tatsu said.

One corner of Yudai's mouth quirked upward. "I could," he agreed, and said nothing more.

"Did you know that my mother had other children?"

Yudai blinked and sat back, face slackening. "Good distraction."

Giveaway

Giveaway for 5 eBook copies of "The Mage Heir" to celebrate the release day.

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Giveaway: Immurement

About the Book:

The Sweepers are coming. They hunt the young. The only place left to hide is underground. When the earth's core overheats and the sovereign leader vanishes, a young girl becomes the survivors' only hope. What little land is habitable is patrolled by cutthroat gangs of escaped subversives, but that's not the greatest threat facing sixteen-year-old Derry Connelly, her brother Owen, and a ragged band of Preppers holed up in a bunker in the Sawtooth Mountains. Mysterious hoverships operated by clones are targeting adolescents to extract their genes. Owen, is one of the first to disappear. To save him, Derry must strike a deal with the murderous subversives, and risk a daring raid to infiltrate the heart of the extraction operation.But will the rookie leader falter when forced to choose between her brother and a clone who ignites something inside her she didn't know was possible?




About the Author:
Norma Hinkens grew up among rich storytelling traditions in her native Ireland. She's a legend-loving author who takes a fiendish delight in pushing reluctant characters over cliffs to find out what they're made of. Epic odds, seemingly impossible missions, pasts that haunt, intrigue and misadventure. She's happiest when wrangling provocative big picture ideas that are never black and white when you turn them inside out. It's all about the tension in the journey. She lived and worked in Germany for several years, and currently resides in California with her husband, three children and Chihuahua extraordinaire. She is the author of The Undergrounders Series, Immurement, Embattlement and Judgement, a Young Adult post-apocalyptic, sci-fi adventure saga. Join her VIP Reader Club for new release dates, stellar giveaways, exclusive content, behind the scenes and more! Copy and paste this link into your browser: http://eepurl.com/bDGdIX

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Giveaway!

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*I've recently found that people have been entering categories without completing the action first. I have no way to verify if one has visited my Facebook, for example. But if I see entries that claim to have done something I can verify (leave a blog comment, tweet, etc) that have not been completed, I will delete that entry for fairness's sake.

As a reviewer, I tend to accumulate books. As a way to clear off my shelves I thought I'd give you a chance to win some of the books I have reviewed. This giveaway will have one winner who will choose which book they'd like to receive!

The Choices:

Sunrise Meets the Star by Victoria Basted (autographed copy):

Verone’s life as a peasant was a lonely one until the strangers showed up at his door. They demanded he must come with them, to unravel a tangled Will and Testament that inexplicably bound him to the side of the stubborn, dark-headed young man, Antaries. Submitting to their demands gave him a quest, although he wasn’t certain what the end result would be. As well as Antaries, the two hired guards, and the lawyer sent to oversee the complicated Will and Testament, he had to travel with another man that despised all peasants and was ready to sneer at him at every turn. On the road they were threatened by thieves, attacked and arrested, struck by poisoners and a pretty young pickpocket. But inside Verone was changing, for with the surprises of travel his heart contracted with an emotion he hadn’t allowed himself to feel for a long time. Hope. Was he destined to be a lonely peasant with nothing to look forward to but scraping his next meal into his stomach with calloused hands? Or would Antaries prove to be the friend he never expected to come his way? Would he even extend himself to save Verone’s life?


If You Feel Too Much by Jamie Tworkowski (ARC):

In 2006 Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story called “To Write Love on Her Arms,” about helping a friend through her struggle with drug addiction, depression, and self-injury. The piece was so hauntingly beautiful that it quickly went viral, giving birth to a non-profit organization of the same name. Now, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is an internationally recognized leader in suicide prevention and a source of hope, encouragement, and support for people worldwide.

If You Feel Too Much is a celebration of hope, wonder, and what it means to be human. From personal stories of struggling on days most people celebrate to words of strength and encouragement in moments of loss, the essays in this book invite readers to believe that it’s okay to admit to pain and okay to ask for help. If You Feel Too Much is an important book from one of this generation’s most important voices.




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Giveaway: Emerald Green

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On a chilly December night in Savannah, Georgia, seventeen-year-old Addie Smith dreams of an alluring young man, too mysteriously handsome to be real. When spring semester commences the following week, at Maple Creek High, a new student, named Tom Sutton, arrives, bearing a striking resemblance to the beautiful stranger from Addie’s dream. Addie feels inextricably drawn to Tom, and his rare, unwavering resiliency, as the enchanting nature of first love takes hold. But when a cold-blooded criminal returns to Savannah, in pursuit of a long-forgotten possession, Addie must confront the darkest secrets of an elusive, hidden past that threaten to destroy her future.

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Giveaway: The Percipience Trilogy!

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Synopsis of the first in the series:

Using an uncanny ability to harvest information to predict the future, philanthropist Richard foresees a dark future for the human race. This future is exacerbated by the return of cold-war-like tensions, sophisticated terrorist organizations, and new controls on information flow.

He believes he knows what needs to be done to reverse the trend, but can it be achieved in time, even with the resources at his disposal? Should he turn to terrorism to make it work? And if he’s wrong, and his plan backfires, will it mean the end of most, or all, of the human race?

About the Percipience Series:

For a number of years I have wanted to write a book related to the fears I have regarding the upcoming decades and the strains that we are putting both on the planet and society. While researching topics in these areas however, I found many well written non-fiction books already in print with more coming out on a regular basis. While very informative, they seem to be targeted to people already interested in these subjects. I wanted to reach out to a broader audience and to write something that would hold their attention while covering the areas that troubled me.

This led me to look at the eco-fiction genre and hence the Percipience series was born. In my opinion there are three key areas of concern today and these are covered in the first three books of this series. The first is the shear complexity of the problems we face and the short amount time that we have to solve them which is the focus of the first book 2022.  The second book, 2222, is centered on the outcomes if we continue our current path and the differences if we choose a more sustainable one. Finally, a few key human behaviors that I feel are the root of our problems are explored in the final book of the series, 2232.

Writing the fiction side of the story was fun! The mixture of mystery, conflicts, romance and a bit of science fiction I hope will keep the reader turning pages while at the same time being lightly introduced to my areas of concern. Each book in the series is then followed up with a few short appendices that relate the key themes back to the real world and offer suggestions on actions that individuals can take.

This last point is key since my personal belief is that we cannot rely on corporations, governments and other groups to accurately tell us where we are at or to come up with sustainable solutions in a timely manner. We must all work at solving these problems and participate daily in living sustainably, finding new actions to take and communicating to others the importance and urgency of taking these actions.

About the Author:

“I write to not only entertain but to also challenge the reader to think.”

Ken Kroes is the author of the Percipience Eco-Fiction Series. He is passionate about our relationship with our planet and applies his diverse background which includes agriculture, mechanical engineering and information systems into developing fictional worlds that reflect real life issues. Born in Calgary, Canada he has bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and has had the pleasure of living in many locations in North America and has travelled extensively.

Don't want to leave it to chance? Buy the Percipience Trilogy now!

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