The Indie Books & Authors Newsletter #14
The Indie Books & Authors Newsletter #14
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New Releases
Witness to the Revolution (The Enlightened Book 1) by Kiersten Marcil
The first soldier I killed was a kid, and he haunted all my dreams after that.
The twenty-first century doesn’t prepare you for 1778.
Without warning, the roar of the traffic and the stink of funeral lilies fade away. Just as Savannah Moore notices that the world around her has changed, a man wraps her in his arms and presses a knife to her throat. Only after she escapes, with the help of Captain Jonathan Wythe, does she realize she has been inexplicably sucked into America’s Revolutionary War. Anything Savannah does could alter the course of history and threaten the family she left behind.
But Savannah is not the only one keeping secrets. Jonathan’s mission places him at odds with the other Continentals, marking Savannah as a potential spy herself. Haunting his steps is a mysterious dark entity, watching from the woods surrounding the camp and taking sadistic glee in the bloodshed.
Savannah must choose—brave the woods and the redcoats closing in to search for a pathway back to the twenty-first century on her own or follow Jonathan on his time-sensitive mission—because remaining a passive witness may not be an option for long.
Kangaroo: Scenes and Stories by Nick Hugues
KANGAROO tells the story of a successful actor who faces the consequences of an uninhibited moment of self-expression on the red carpet while a former love from his past initiates an examination into her current state of obedience. Worlds apart yet inextricably bound together, they are forced to reexamine what has changed and what hasn’t. On their journeys to individual reconciliation, they both recall life decisions and the unknowns of their future. Told by different voices, interrelated vignettes, film scenes, and personal dialogues, KANGAROO embraces themes of memory and experience as it confronts what it means to be restless and to have a purpose.
These Thin Lines by Milena McKay
Some lines should never be crossed...
In the heart of Paris, Chiara Conti is a Queen trapped in an Ivory Tower of haute couture, fortune and lovelessness. Lonely and dejected, she’s longing for inspiration, for direction, for understanding.
When Vi Courtenay falls at her feet, losing her shoe like a veritable Cinderella, events are set in motion that will unravel their carefully fashioned lives.
With everything tainted, will the thin lines they rend ever be mended?
Guinevere: Bright Shadow by Sarah Provost
“You may think you know my story. My name has been bandied in ballads and jests, for good and (mostly) for ill. High Queen, priestess, adulterer… but first and always a woman. Courage and honor shaped me; ecstasy transported me; grief, betrayal and terror tempered me.
“My loyalty to the Goddess was supreme. But as the new religion took hold, the pagan way was threatened with extinction. There were those on both sides who would use me as a pawn in that battle, even if it meant taking my life.
“Yes, I bear my portion of blame. I loved Arthur, and I loved Lancelot, will I or no. But that was only one element in the impending chaos. Britain was divided, my love was divided, and such divisions cannot endure. I did everything in my power – and learned new powers – to prevent an all-out war. But would it be enough?”
Heart of a Raven and Other Shifter Tales by Nathalie M L Römer
And so it begins...
Two kingdoms still reel from a recent brutal war…
After both rulers have died from their wounds it leaves the young, inexperienced Queen Astrid alone learning to rule her people, and to find a way to create a lasting peace with the neighbouring kingdom.
She's been left with few choices and she's facing a rebellion from dissidents. She appeals for the mercy of Odin, to send her wisdom for her task. He sends her Muninn…
This is the first of the stories in the book about Astrid and her lover Muninn. He tells her one evening about all the other amazing animals that were given the skill by Odin to live among us, to become a human. And so Muninn tells her stories to amaze, to terrify, to compel you to be happy...
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After the Burning: Dystopian Stories by N S Ford, publication date 23rd March
“Things did not vanish. They were cleansed away.”
Five spine-chillingly plausible tales for our times. In a society without books, a labourer makes a shocking discovery. An artist starts an underground club for art made by humans instead of artificial intelligence. Parents who refuse to have their baby implanted with a communications chip must fight for their rights. A child goes on a school trip to the extinct natural world. Just before a general election, everyone becomes addicted to a new superfood.
A must-read collection of dystopian stories. They are works of fiction but, unless we act now, will soon be a reality.
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Featured Promotion
The Book Bloggers Novel of the Year Award 2023
BBNYA is an annual Indie book award hosted and judged completely by book bloggers from all over the world!
Sponsored by the Folio Society, the maker of beautiful illustrated collectible editions of the world’s great works of fiction and non-fiction.
Our goal is to give under appreciated, lesser known Indie authors a chance to make themselves known without being overshadowed by the big names, but also show the world the power of book bloggers!
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News Round-Up
Feed My Reads has interviewed authors Eva Horner, M Y Hauger, John Reger, Emiliano Trujillo, Robert Rootes and Bridgina Molloy.
The WriteReads has recently toured the fantasy novel Haven by Ceril N Domace, which came 13th place in the BBNYA finals from 2022.
Indie science fiction series The Exiled Fleet by Richard Fox has been optioned for TV and will be produced by Poss Kondeatis.
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Book Review
Snakes and Ladders by Morton R Leader, reviewed by N S Ford
I do enjoy a genre-bending book! I loved how this one began as a crime thriller, then it morphed into pulp science fiction and ended as horror. It was surprising and fast-paced. That's exactly my kind of read!
The novel begins with a window cleaner sizing up goods through people's windows so that he can rob them later. It proceeds like one of those British gangster films which are both gritty and entertaining. We are introduced to a number of characters who then end up at a creepy old manor house and what seemed like a straight-forward crime plot then becomes weird. This is the third of Morton R Leader's books I've read and it's definitely my favourite yet. The only thing I wasn't sure about was the ending of the epilogue, which I felt needed more development. I don't want to give much more away, other than to recommend it if you like genre-defying plot-focused books with horrible characters and a very dark humour.
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