Category: Book Brief

Book Brief – The Second Internet Café, Part 1: The Dimension

The Second Internet Café, Part 1: The Dimension Researcher
by Chris James
Genre: Science Fiction
95,000 words

“If you don’t have an imagination, stop reading now. But if you can sense the alternative realities you create every time you act, or omit to act, then I offer you a challenge: pit your imagination against my reality. Follow me to worlds you might have dreamed of, but never knew existed. Until now.”

Lucas Hunter has the best job in the universe: exploring and investigating alternative realities. But from the first trip he realises something is wrong. A strange American is chasing Lucas across the continuum; from Soviet Warsaw in 1944, to Muslim-dominated Europe in 1911, and on to Nazi-controlled England in 1967. Lucas soon understands that his superiors have betrayed him, and the world is on the brink of the first trans-dimensional war.

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Book Brief: Thief of Hope

Thief of Hope
by Cindy Young-Turner
Genre: Fantasy
96,000 words

Sydney, a street urchin and pickpocket in the town of Last Hope, has managed to evade the oppressive Guild for years, but there is no escaping fate when she’s sentenced to death for associating with the resistance. After she’s rescued by a wizard, Sydney is forced to accept that magic—long outlawed throughout the Kingdom of Thanumor—still exists, and the Tuatha, a powerful faery folk, are much more than ancient myth and legend. When the wizard offers a chance to fight the Guild and bring Willem, bastard prince and champion of the Tuatha, to the throne, Sydney embraces the cause as a way to find her own redemption. But Sydney’s fear of the Guild, distrust of authority, and surprising connection to the Tuatha threaten Willem’s success. Can she untangle the strange threads that entwine her life not only to the fate of the kingdom, but also to Willem himself?

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Book Brief: Back From Chaos

Back From Chaos; Book One of Earth’s Pendulum
by Yvonne Hertzberger
Genre: Epic Fantasy
112,000 words
Gaelen, with Lordship unexpectedly thrust upon him, weds Marja, daughter of the enemy, to complete his victory over Catania. A trusted advisor turned traitor seeks to murder Marja, perhaps even Gaelen.
Klast, loner, perfect spy and assassin, orphaned by murder, brutalized by his sadistic captor, appears incapable of feeling. Yet it is he who must rescue Brensa, Marja’s maid, captured by brigands. But before he can complete the path Earth has set for him, Klast must help Lord Gaelen to apprehend and bring to justice the traitor who threatens them all.
All of them must survive the Red Fever, a symptom of Earth’s imbalance and pain, which ravages the population.
Earth shows Liethis, her true seer, that the bond between Klast and Brensa must not be severed. Earth’s healing, the future of the people, even the birth of the heir Marja bears, depend on it. But even Liethis is not shown just what Earth has in store for Klast and Brensa. There is no time to waste!

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Book Brief: Bad Book

Bad Book
by K.S. Brooks, Stephen Hise, JD Mader
Genre: Humor, Satire
Word count: 52,109

So Many Genres – So Little Time

Case is a man among men. Women want him – men want him dead. Join him on his epic travels through multiple literary genres as he ruins everything with his own unique panache.

What’s your thing? Vampires? Space-adventure? Noir Detective? Spy-thriller? Westerns? Classics of literature? Whatever it is, it is in here and totally PWNED. Fans of National Lampoon humor and the Scary-Movie spoofs will thoroughly enjoy this hilarious send-up of multiple literary genres.

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