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Book Brief: Mad Gods

Mad Gods: Predatory Ethics Book I
by Athanasios
Genre: Horror/Occult Thriller
125,000 words

Powerful and secret organizations have manipulated fate to dominate governments, influence religions, corrupt humanity and steal their souls.

Just before they succeeded in their centuries old plans they were stopped. In 1962 just one man and a lost soul were the only things standing in their way.

They gave us a new hope in the face of an oblivion laid out in forgotten Gospels and the Bible. What could one person do against such overwhelming opposition intent on enslaving the world? Mad Gods is a unique and engaging read that re-imagines myth and gods.

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Book Brief: In the Shadows

In The Shadows
by Julieanne Lynch
Genre:Gothic Upper Young Adult
64,828 words

In The Shadows, the first of The Shadows trilogy, is an urban fantasy of vampires and the supernatural, and much, much more. In the shadows you will find lust and passion, battles for power and for blood, and death and fear around every corner. In the shadows you are carried away to an unknown future. Your destiny awaits, and you are no longer who you thought you were. You have a thirst, for blood perhaps, but a thirst for very much more than that.

Giselle was a normal girl with an attitude common to most girls of her age. Her family might not have been perfect (whose is?) but she loved them, and her future looked bright. She had an awesome best friend and a steady boyfriend, but how could she possibly have been so wrong about someone she loved? And how could she have been prepared for the darkness and for what she was to become?

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Straight Up: Q&A with Mark Coker

Mark Coker

I recently had the opportunity to interview Mark Coker, one of the visionaries of the indie author movement. In 2008, Mark founded Smashwords to accelerate the death spiral of the bloated, inefficient, out-dated publishing industry—or as he put it:  to change the way books are published, marketed and sold.

Mark and his wife co-authored Boob Tube, a novel that explores the wild and wacky world of Hollywood celebrity. He also wrote the Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, The Smashwords Style Guide and The 10-Minute PR Checklist.

Mark says when he’s not writing or working on Smashwords, he enjoys gardening, traveling and hiking tall mountains, the tallest of which has been Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Here, I ask him nine questions, and he gives expansive and fascinating answers.

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Book Brief: Golden Blood (Book 1 of Time Spirit Trilogy)

Golden Blood (Book 1 of Time Spirit Trilogy)
by Melissa Pearl
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
60000 (appx) words
Gemma Hart never knows when her father is going to whisk her back in time. Her toes start tingling and she has a few minutes to find a secret haven where she can disintegrate and appear in another time and place. While “across the line,” her training and skills are put to the test as she completes a mission that will change history for the lucky few her father has selected.

Gemma’s parents are adamant that secrecy is paramount to her family’s safety. If people knew what they were capable of, they could be “used and abused”, as her mother always says. Afraid she might accidentally utter the truth and break the ancient oath of her people, Gemma spends her school days as a loner. Only one thing can throw her sheltered life askew… Harrison Granger.

Harrison never expected to talk to the strange Hart girl, but after a brief encounter he can’t stop thinking about her. He begins a campaign to chisel away her icy veneer and is met with unexpected consequences. As he slowly wins this girl over, he enters a surreal world that has him fighting to keep his newfound love and his life.

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