Impeccant: The Reprisal series by Sam Lang

Trust me I have plenty of skulls’ heads to make covers for this series. Did the eyeball catch your eye on this one? The best part of any of my covers is they invite you to read the content inside, which is really the best part. Sam Lang delivers an amazing second installment to his Reprisal series of digital short stories. His ability to build tension is just amazing. The prose in the story is set at a nice cadence and overall the story just rocks. Each read I get on this series further solidifies my respect and admiration for this emerging author.
Currently, besides The Reprisal series, I am working closely with Sam Lang on an installment of The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series titled “The Two Johns”. It will be released in August or early September. For now slake your horror thirst on this juicy story; have some fun with it , and get onboard early with this intense new author.
NEW RELEASES BY TRESTLE PRESS AUTHOR’S THIS WEEK: “The Air Guy” by Angelique LaFontaine, “Impeccant”, The Reprisal Series by Sam Lang, Big Daddy Abel “Open Mic Volume Four”, Cody Toye Intangible series ,”Revelations”, Paul D. Brazille’s Drunk on the Moon series, Julie Madeleine “Fear the Night”, The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series “Down Under Dead” ,Sylvia Massara, Leona DeRosa Bodie “Cocooned in Darkness”, The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series “The Fairy GodFather” Rie Sheridan Ros

Cocooned in Darkness Leona DeRosa Bodie

Many moons ago I wrote a post on “Shadow Cay” by this author. Since then many things have happened to both of us; I think all good. She is having her novel made into a film; I may be in it in name, or perhaps they will find a way to kill me in it. I am not going to reread the post I wrote back in the day, it may be too painful; hopefully my writing has improved since then. You may read it, go ahead and have a chuckle on me. My point is as I have moved forward; she has gone backward with this, “Cocooned in Darkness” is a prequel to “Shadow Cay”. I like it, getting more backstory on this award winning novel, how can you not like it?
Here is the synopsis on it:
“On a bleak night, Claude’s world crumbles around him. Forced to confront his own frailties after a series of life-changing events, and compelled to make an impossible choice, Claude Pelletier flees Miami on a sailboat. He finds his past haunting him at every turn and old demons rising up to torment him. “Cocooned in Darkness” is a prequel to the award winning full length novel SHADOW CAY.
Leona DeRosa Bodie is an author, freelance writer, and editor www.leonabodie.com
She is the author of the forthcoming book, FEAR THE WHISPERS and the award-winning thriller SHADOW CAY, as well as the Vice President, Florida Writers Association, Inc., and the Group Leader, Palm City Word Weavers.”
Have you read the full length novel, no? Well then step into this first and then dive into it. This is an excellent example of an author using the digital short story to her advantage. It is a crisp and clean story that adds more flesh and bones to her award winning, highly acclaimed work. I personally love it. The backstory Claude is a compelling one that takes the reader on a swift journey. Leona Bodie’s narrative is one that I enjoy. Stepping backward to read this story is definitely a major step forward in this storyline.
NEW RELEASES BY TRESTLE PRESS AUTHOR’S THIS WEEK: “The Air Guy” by Angelique LaFontaine, “Impeccant”, The Reprisal Series by Sam Lang, Big Daddy Abel “Open Mic Volume Four”, Cody Toye Intangible series ,”Revelations”, Paul D. Brazille’s Drunk on the Moon series, Julie Madeleine “Fear the Night”, The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series “Down Under Dead” ,Sylvia Massara, Leona DeRosa Bodie “Cocooned in Darkness”, The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series “The Fairy GodFather” Rie Sheridan Rose

Big Daddy Abel Open Mic Volume Four

Happy Thursday everybody. The march to the weekend continues and there is much ground to cover. Big Daddy Abel will be my guest on The G-ZONE, my blogtalk radio show August 3rd @12pm EST to discuss this and many other things. Our conversations go ALL over the place, so who knows what is going to be going on. I do know that my Family will be in the audience for the concert they give at a park near us on Thursday evening August 4th. Party!! Here is the link for The G-ZONE:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop
Open Mic Volume Four, hmm, let me see what is best to say about this. I have a unique perspective of BDA’a work.I have collaborated with him a number of times and have an inside look at his writing process. What is it? How can I best describe it? Careful, calculated, concise, well intentioned, yet edgy enough to be thought provoking: He is a tight rope walker with words. On the other side of that I just let it fly; that is all I know. Trust me he will tell you stories about me. I still haven’ t lived down the pineapple pizza discussion part in “The Jersey Shore Has Eyes”. It still nags me and so does he. The best part about that is, people actually remember it because they either heard it live or read it.
Here is the gist, the essence of the Man and his words, his actions, his deeds. He lets it hang out there , to me, 24/7 whether it is on his Facebook wall, his performance, meeting fans at the performance, or his writing. The guy just knows what to do and say: to get you to smile, to feel warm inside, to put that seed of a thought that makes you take pause and consider something in your noggin. That to me is what an author does, because with BDA he is like a shark, he doesn’t stop thinking: how can he help someone, did he make you feel good and happy watching a performance, did he in a caring, non –offensive way get his point to you in his writing and let you see what he was thinking about when he penned it.
Just to toot the man’s horn a bit, his work has charted well on Amazon Kindle, that is testament to you his readers and the content and care he puts into his work. Besides The Open Series he is also other works: “The Jersey Shore Has Eyes”, “The Edge of Cataclysmic”, and “The Bar – A Series”. My suggestion is if you are reading a post of mine on BDA for the first time, drop the coin and read the man’s work; there are no bummers here. But be warned, you are in for a ride that you have not had before. Enjoy.
But Wait There’s More! Big Daddy Abel has a few choice words:
“Hi there! BDA here. Then again I guess we are all "here" in a sense. First, I am again humbled by such kind words and thankful for the compliments. Second, I would like it noted I don't nag. That would be a drag and it's not by bag. Yeah, I will stop right there with the rhyming. I don't want you to get sick on your keyboard. Difficult to clean. Third, I ASSURE you that if you TRY the RIGHT Hawaiian pizza you will not regret it. The G Man had a bad experience. To me, ONCE is not a justifiable reason to not try something food wise again. What if someone made the food bad or differently that one time you tried it? Gio had pineapple and ham thrown onto a pizzeria type of pie. It is NEVER good like that. It's PIZZA which is ALWAYS good unless something REALLY goes wrong. The pizza that keeps getting brought up is NOT what I suggest. It MUST be Domino's THIN CRUST Hawaiian pizza or the Fiery Hawaiian thing crust from the same place. Yes, Domino's. I have NO reason to toot their horn. The stuff is good. People now razz Giovanni about pineapple on pizza as a result of our Blog Talk Radio discussion once on his show and then I immediately included it into The Jersey Shore Has Eyes. Ever since it has snowballed. I feel for my friend. I want him to know he's missing out. Be gentle with him. I am Big Daddy Abel and I approve of all that you have read here. Thank you. Good night.”
NEW RELEASES BY TRESTLE PRESS AUTHOR’S THIS WEEK: “The Air Guy” by Angelique LaFontaine, “Impeccant”, The Reprisal Series by Sam Lang, Big Daddy Abel “Open Mic Volume Four”, Cody Toye Intangible series ,”Revelations”, Paul D. Brazille’s Drunk on the Moon series, Julie Madeleine “Fear the Night”, The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series “Down Under Dead” ,Sylvia Massara, Leona DeRosa Bodie “Cocooned in Darkness”, The Author’s Lab/Collaboration series “The Fairy GodFather” Rie Sheridan Rose

Days of Iron Russell Proctor

The week just keeps getting better and things are heating up here on Gelati’s Scoop and The G-ZONE. I have a self-published novel for you here in “Days of Iron”. The author is from Australia, the work is interesting to say the least, and the ending is well, let’s hope there is more to come. Here is the synopsis and a little something about the author from Amazon :
“In the future, genetic engineering has created three species of humans. Homo sapiens – the Sapes – are the masters. The Sirians are savage and insular. And the Helots are slaves, denied even the right to breed.
Humanity in all its forms has spread out into the galaxy, ruled by the all-powerful Syndicate of Galactic Corporations. But the Syndicate refuses to share technology beyond the ruling Elite.
For Maddy Hawthorn, a Sape colonist, the peaceful life she had planned at Barnard’s Star is torn apart when she becomes involved in a terrorist plot to destroy the stranglehold of the Elite over the other races. Pursued by the military and the Syndicate’s agents, Maddy and her companions mount a desperate attack on the centre of control in the galaxy, an obscure planet on the fringes of known space.
Maddy must fight a ruthless regime to survive, but her own past demons might be the most dangerous threat of all.
About the Author
Born in Queensland, Australia, author Russell Proctor was a solicitor and practiced law for nine years. He then resigned in order to study drama at the University of Southern Queensland, and later became a professional actor and wrote several plays. Proctor eventually returned to university to gain a master’s in teaching from Queensland University of Technology and went on to teach Drama and Legal Studies in a Central Queensland school.”
I am warming up to sci-fi. Back in the day, in my youth, I used to read a lot of this stuff. It has been so many years since I have read a great deal of sci-fi that the stuff I remember reading has become real; okay I am getting old, so what. Back to the story, Proctor has a trio of characters as his driving force in this novel. They work well; the plotline is pretty cool, and the story really works. I enjoyed his prose, and became attached to Maddy and her crew. Hopefully as I grow from old to ancient , I do not see a future like this; I am content with things much the way they are.

Dancing in the Shadows of Love Judy Croome

Generally I stay to lighter reads, things explode, people die, spies are caught, the bad guy gets his in the end, that kind of stuff. When I received this novel, I was on the fence about it. Was it my thing? Could I groove on her universe? The answer is YES, I did and I am a better person for taking the time to have this author expand my mind and my soul. If you are looking for a read that is going to make you question the core of your being, what life is about, perspective, forgiveness, seeing things through another ‘s eyes, then you better read this novel; it is that and so much more. The characters are well developed, the plot concise and the movement in their lives will touch you on so many different levels.
Here is what you can expect to find in here:
“In the haunting ‘Dancing in the Shadows of Love,’ three emotionally adrift women fight to heal their fractured worlds. Not everyone can be a hero. Or can they?
After a decade in prison for a murder she did not commit, Lulu begins a new life at the Court of St Jerome in the Old Sea City. An albino, abandoned as a young child at a Holding Camp for unwanted children, she has always been ostracised, for her difference to others makes her an easy victim of prejudice.
Once, she believed, she had a friend to love her. Then that friend betrayed her and Lulu learned that hate is safer than love. But, from Jamila to Granny Zahra, the people of St Jerome’s appear to accept her into their fold. Against a backdrop of never-ending war, the women of the court fight their personal demons: hatred, ambition and greed. As Lulu shares their victories and their losses, she learns to trust again, perhaps even to love.
Nothing, however, is as it seems and Lulu discovers that love does not always wear the face of the one you yearn to call beloved.
Remarkably areligious and boldly atmospheric, buoyed by touches of magical realism, this compelling story explores the sacrifices people make in the pursuit of a love that transcends everyday existence. Lulu’s quest, and that of Jamila and Zahra too, is to find the divine love that will fulfil their hopes and save their souls...if they can recognise the masks of those who seek to lead them astray.”

NEWSFLASH: BARRY EISLER ON THE G-ZONE SEPT.15TH

NEWSFLASH: Barry Eisler will be my guest on my blogtalk radio show, the G-ZONE, on Sept. 15th at 12pm EST to discussion his newest novel, The Detachment. The novel is releasing is being released on the 15th.Here is a bit more on the novel:
THE DETACHMENT
Available in ebook on September 15 as an Amazon Kindle exclusive and in paper on October 18 wherever books are sold
Detachment
Preorder it now!
John Rain is back. And "the most charismatic assassin since James Bond" (San Francisco Chronicle) is up against his most formidable enemy yet: the nexus of political, military, media, and corporate factions known only as the Oligarchy.
When legendary black ops veteran Colonel Scott "Hort" Horton tracks Rain down in Tokyo, Rain can't resist the offer: a multi-million dollar payday for the "natural causes" demise of three ultra-high-profile targets who are dangerously close to launching a coup in America.
But the opposition on this job is going to be too much for even Rain to pull it off alone. He'll need a detachment of other deniable irregulars: his partner, the former Marine sniper, Dox. Ben Treven, a covert operator with ambivalent motives and conflicted loyalties. And Larison, a man with a hair trigger and a secret he'll kill to protect.
From the shadowy backstreets of Tokyo and Vienna, to the deceptive glitz and glamour of Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and finally to a Washington, D.C. in a permanent state of war, these four lone wolf killers will have to survive presidential hit teams, secret CIA prisons, and a national security state as obsessed with guarding its own secrets as it is with invading the privacy of the populace.
But first, they'll have to survive each other.
The Detachment is what fans of Eisler, "one of the most talented and literary writers in the thriller genre" (Chicago Sun-Times), have been waiting for: the worlds of the award-winning Rain series, and of the bestselling Fault Line and Inside Out, colliding in one explosive thriller as real as today's headlines and as frightening as tomorrow's.
The digital version of The Detachment is an Amazon exclusive, out on September 15. The digital audiobook download (narrated by Barry, same as Inside Out) will also be available on September 15 exclusively through Amazon and affiliates (Brilliance and Audible). The paper version, exclusively in trade paperback, will be available wherever books are sold on October 18, and likewise for the CD version of the audiobook—October 18, wherever books are sold.
Please visit Barry Eisler’s website for more information and all things Barry Eisler:
http://www.barryeisler.com/ebooks.php
Join the party and send me questions now to be asked on the air. You are also more than welcome to call in during the interview and be part of the conversation, but I will asking the questions emailed in first to save time and move the conversation along as quickly as possible to maximize the time with this author.
My email address is : gelati.giovanni@gmail.com

Original Sin Beth McMullin

I can’t say enough good stuff about this fun, entertaining read. The cover has a bit of peep, the inside is turbo. Did I love the read, YES! Hey one other thing before we get serious, check out the link, I had the pleasure and privilege of interviewing the author earlier in the week and we had a blast, click the link and listen in:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2011/07/19/beth-mcmullin-joins-me-for-some-conversation
Here is the synopsis of the novel:
“On the surface, Lucy Hamilton looks just like all the other stay-at-home San Francisco moms. She takes her three-year-old son, Theo, to the beach, to the playground and to the zoo. She feeds him organic applesauce and free-range chicken. She folds laundry and plays on the floor with Matchbox cars until her knees ache. What no one knows about Lucy, not even her adoring husband, is that for nine years Lucy was Sally Sin, a spy for the United States Agency for Weapons of Mass Destruction. And that's just the way she wants to keep it - a secret. But when Lucy's nemesis Ian Blackford, a notorious illegal arms dealer, hits the USAWMD's radar, the Agency calls Sally Sin back to action to lure Blackford out into the open. Racing against time, Lucy must fight to save herself, her loving family - and, oh right - the world. Hilarious and resonant, ORIGINAL SIN is the story of one woman’s quest to find that most elusive work-life balance in the face of danger, intrigue, and proper recycling habits.”

I am not a freak for flashbacks in a story but here it worked for me. I liked the foil that both sides of our heroine showed throughout the novel. The interesting tidbits that Beth McMullin threw at me during the interview allowed me to enjoy the ending much more had I not spoken to her prior to completion. The characters are fun, the action moves everything right along, and the humor is just enough to make one chuckle and smile. Have you read this yet? Are you a parent? Have you seen a little of yourself in any of the characters in Sally Sin’s neighborhood? I think unless you are so vain that you can’t admit that, and then you can. This origin story rules! My suggestion, if you haven’t read this yet, jump on it, sit by the pool, the terrace, get some sand under your feet at the beach, and just sit back, chill, chuckle and smile a whole lot. There is no sin in enjoying this original.

NEWSFLASH: LEONA DEROSA BODIE SIGNS WITH TRESTLE PRESS

NEWSFLASH: Leona Derosa Bodie, author of the award winning “Shadow Cay” , has signed on with Trestle Press to produce a series of digital short stories. The first one to be released is entitled “COCOONED IN DARKNESS”, and it is a prequel to Shadow Cay. Here is the synopsis:
“On a bleak night, Claude’s world crumbles around him. Forced to confront his own frailties after a series of life-changing events, and compelled to make an impossible choice, Claude Pelletier flees Miami on a sailboat. He finds his past haunting him at every turn and old demons rising up to torment him.”

Leona DeRosa Bodie is an Author, Freelance Writer, Editor, her website is www.leonabodie.com . She is the author of the upcoming book “FEAR THE WHISPERS” , and the award-winning thriller “SHADOW CAY”, she is also Vice President, Florida Writers Association, Inc., and Group Leader, Palm City Word Weavers. Trestle Press is proud to be working with her and looks forward to being a partner in her success.

James Rollins The Devil's Colony

Consider this: 14 arrows in a bundle, nanotubes, Indians, Lewis & Clark, Sigma Force, Thomas Jefferson, 5 guys in a painting that aren’t supposed to be there, Ben Franklin, a buffalo hide, Jewish settlers and Mormons. What are you going to do with all? Hunh? I mean seriously! Well that is exactly what James Rollins has inside this novel plus a lot more.If you want to hear him talk about it as an added bonus , go to the archives of The G-ZONE, my blogtalk radio show, from Monday and listen in. Jeff Mudgett was my guest on the show also. He was discussing Jack the Ripper. Here is the link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2011/07/18/jeff-mudgett-and-james-rollins-join-me-to-start-the-week
Here is the synopsis of the novel:
“Deep in the Rocky Mountains, a gruesome discovery — hundreds of mummified bodies — stir international attention and fervent controversy. Despite doubts to the bodies’ origins, the local Native American Heritage Commission lays claim to the prehistoric remains, along with the strange artifacts found in the same cavern: gold plates inscribed with an unfathomable script.
During a riot at the dig site, an anthropologist dies horribly: burned to ash in a fiery explosion in plain view of television cameras. All evidence points to a radical group of Native Americans, including one agitator, a teenage firebrand who escapes with a vital clue to the murder and calls on the one person who might help: her uncle, Painter Crowe, director of Sigma Force.
To protect his niece and uncover the truth, Painter will ignite a war across the nation’s most powerful intelligence agencies. Yet, an even greater threat looms as events in the Rocky Mountains have set in motion a frightening chain reaction, a geological meltdown that threatens the entire western half of the U.S.
From the volcanic peaks of Iceland to the blistering deserts of the American Southwest, from the gold vaults of Fort Knox to the bubbling geysers of Yellowstone, Painter Crowe joins forces with Commander Gray Pierce to penetrate the shadowy heart of a dark cabal, one that has been manipulating American history since the founding of the thirteen colonies.
But can he discover the truth — one that could topple governments — before it destroys all he holds dear? “
James Rollins expanded my brain and made hypothesis that I thought were unbelievable. But, and I need to add this, if you read past the end of the novel, he has some added bonus material and it does explain what is fact and what is not. My brain still hurts. Amazing stuff in this novel: a fiction/non –fiction novel that also gives a new history lesson/science lesson/kick-a@# action story. The pages were flying through my fingers, they wouldn’t stop turning themselves. If I read it on my Kindle it may have caught fire or I would have busted the next page button. I am a Sigma Force and I thoroughly enjoy the way that James Rollins weaves the science and history throughout the piece. This is a novel that needs to get into your hands. Please treat yourself to the interview also. Listening to Jeff Mudgett and James discuss their individual writing processes is well worth the time.

Ereader? Not Me by Thomas Kaufman

Everywhere I go, I see people reading books on Kindle, on iPads, on Nooks. And I'm jealous. I'd like to buy a book reader, but Isaac Asimov won't let me.

Dr Asimov is telling me to forget book readers -- I need to get the most audacious multi-media device in existence. Salivate over this:

"A cassette as ordinarily viewed makes sound and casts light. That is its purpose, of course, but must sound and light intrude on others who are not involved or interested? The ideal cassette would be visible and audible only to the person using it... We could imagine a cassette that is always in perfect adjustment, that starts automatically when you look at it; that stops automatically when you cease to look at it; that can play forwards or backwards, quickly or slowly, by skips or repetitions, entirely at your pleasure."

Hey, not bad. Dr Asimov continues:

"...Surely that's the ultimate dream device -- a cassette that may deal with any of an infinite number of subjects, fictional or non-fictional, that is self-contained, portable, non-energy consuming, perfectly private and largely under the control of the will...

"Must this remain only a dream? Can we expect to have such a cassette some day? We not only have it now, we have had it for many centuries. The ideal I have described is the printed word, the book, the object you now hold -- light, private, and manipulable at will."

So it's thought-controlled too? I guess it was just a matter of time.

"...Does it seem to you that the book, unlike the cassette I have been describing, does not produce sound and images? It certainly does...You cannot read without hearing words in you mind and seeing images to which they give rise.

"In fact, they are your sounds and images, not those invented for you by others, and are therefore better...The printed word presents minimum information, however. Everything but that minimum must be provided by the reader -- the intonation of words, the expressions on faces, the actions, the scenery, the background, must all be drawn out of that long line of black-on-white symbols."

Thank you, Doctor.

It's true that ebook readers deliver the words, but they need to download, so there must be internet access. Ebook readers need batteries. Sometimes they don't work. And eventually you'll have to discard them. Can you say the same about the favorite books resting on your shelves?

Can you look at a stack of eBooks, lined up on your shelf, and feel them trigger your memory? When I look at my shelves of books, their spines and artwork are like a photo album of old friends. I can tell you where I found these books, when, what my life was like.

I can hold them in my hands and the experience is different. Recently, WIRED (http://bit.ly/3KWAaD) did a story about how books smell. Not to mention the feel of the binding and paper, the way light reflects off the pages. Reading an actual book, as opposed to a virtual book, engages more of your senses. And research shows that, the more senses you engage in the act of learning, the more you will learn. You'll also retain more of what you read.

I'm no Luddite. I love technology, and shooting high definition video. In my job I get to play with all kinds of cool toys, like the RED camera and the Nanoflash recorder. So I'm comfortable with new technology.

And what would I do with all my lovely books, once I did go out and buy a Kindle or Nook or whatever? Toss them? Give them away?

It's like buying a CD's, then looking at your stacks of LP's. I know some many people who've embraced digital audio (which I love) and given away all their records (they must be crazy).

So for now, at least, I'll let other folks read their books on a screen. How about you?


Thomas Kaufman is an Emmy-winning director/cameraman who also writes mysteries. His first book, DRINK THE TEA, won the PWA/St Martin's Press Competition for Best First Novel. His second book, STEAL THE SHOW, comes out this July. His blog tour
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Michael Wiley A Bad Night’s Sleep

The week just keeps building and building as the novels just keep coming fast and furious. Michael Wiley dusts off my buddy Joe Kozmarski, P.I., for another installment of his great series. I had the chance a little bit ago to yap with Mr. Wiley about his latest novel on my blogtalk radio show, The G-ZONE. Here is the link for you:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2011/06/14/michael-wiley-mark-miller-enter-the-g-zone
As an added bonus, on this show, Mark Miller is discussing our The Author’s Lab/Collaboration story “A Prince in Trenton,Seriously?” . Good stuff, great interviews.
Here is the synopsis for the novel:
“Working late-night surveillance at a luxury condominium development, Chicago private investigator Joe Kozmarski encounters a burglary crew. Two of the crew members show up in a police cruiser dressed in uniform. In the chaos that follows, Kozmarski shoots and kills one of the thieves, who, like the rest of the crew, is one of Chicago's Finest. And just like that Kozmarski finds he’s in for many a bad night’s sleep.
Kozmarski joins the burglary crew, working as an inside agent for his old friend Lieutenant Bill Gubman. Facing dangerous suspicions from both the criminal gang and the uncorrupted ranks of the police department, uncertain about who wishes to help him stay alive and who wishes to kill him, Kozmarski takes his wildest ride yet. A Bad Night's Sleep pushes full throttle through the streets of Chicago to a stunning conclusion. “
I am a big fan of Michael Wiley’s work. The plotlines he constructs are twisted and bent in so many ways; trying to figure out all the angles is tough. The ride is quick; the dialogue is crisp and cutting, and Mike delivers a solid novel again and again. My biggest bone to pick with him is that I have to wait another year to my next fix of the characters, which bums me out. If you like a good, flawed private detective, with way too many women in his life, way too many demons to exorcise, and a guy that seems to have to battle each and every page for redemption then this is your novel; welcome to the world of Joe Kozmarski.

The Sunwright Chronicles: Empire at War Kevin M. Villegas

Hello again and welcome to Tuesday. Let’s get right into today’s novel shall we? It is a self – published effort by Kevin M. Villegis and I found it highly engaging. Here is the synopsis:
“The greatest empire the world has ever known stands on the brink of destruction.
A powerful invasion from the east coupled with an influx of spies and saboteurs threatens to destroy the Empire of Kirmar.
The Sunwright family has defended Kirmar for over nine hundred years. The head of the family, Paris and Suadela, have mysteriously disappeared; leaving their children Tobias, Calia and Pershing to defend the Empire without guidance for the first time.
Will the Sunwright children be able to pull together enough strength to save their beloved Empire?
Will the Empire of Kirmar, which has stood for over nine hundred years, finally be swept away?
Find out in book one of The Sunwright Chronicles.”
Now if you go through my booklists on Goodreads or check out my archives on Gelati’s Scoop you will find that I don’t groove on this genre too much. I tried this novel to see if I could enjoy the genre and the author intrigued me. Was I let down? No way, I was pleasantly surprised. The author, Kevin M. Villegas created a very nice universe here. He painted it with very nice strokes, creating images that took me away to a time far in the past during which I found being a resident for a short time, enjoyable. His ability to describe the action scenes and landscape gave me the feeling of walking through the woods with his characters and smelling the rotting leaves and horse hockey. I give this novel a big yes; don’t pass this up whether you enjoy this genre or not. At bare minimum, put it in your Goodreads -to read- list.
Things have changed around here. I am now the published author by Trestle Press of “I Have Chrome Balls, Don’t You?” an “In Between The Collaborations”, “Down Low- Dead” with Vincent Zandri, “The Jersey Shore Has Eyes” with Big Daddy Abel”, “G.S.I Gelati’s Scoop Investigations Psychotic Detectives” with Thomas White, “Who Whacked The Blogger” with Benjamin Sobieck,“Thad and The G-Man’s Most Awesome Adventure” with Thad Brown , “Hotel Beaumont” with B.R. Stateham, “Bring Us Your Living…Now!” with HR Toye, “The Edge of Cataclysmic” with Big Daddy Abel, “The Ultimate Six-Pack” ,”Fangs,Inc.” with Laurie Bowler, “A Prince in Trenton ,Seriously?” with Mark Miller, “Bar-A” with Big Daddy Abel and Tommy Jannarone and the soon to be released”Dueling Microphones” with Rose A. Valenta . All the stories are available @ Amazon, Barnes & Nobles and Smashwords. I am also the host of the wildly popular The G-ZONE blogtalk radio show. Thanks for stopping by today; We will see you tomorrow. Have a great day. http://www.gelatisscoop.blogspot.com