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Nightmasters: Change of Engagement Blitz

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Nightmasters, Book 2

 

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Date Published: June 4 (Hardcover Release August 11)

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

Kelgan Defthand and his rather motley crew continue on their quest to
defeat an unknown and terrible malevolence. They are expecting the same
places, faces, and traces of evil, but an enormous surprise awaits them. A
mysterious ship takes them to an even more mysterious destination, and
“Others” seem to have intruded.

Who are they? What do they want? Can they be trusted?

 

About the Author

Recently retired from a job as a University Professor, and looking for diversion in sunny Southern California, Loran Holt did what any Southern Californian does – took up writing, of course. Feeling that sword-and-sorcery suited her personality admirably, she set her sights on that genre. Nightmasters is the result and her first published work of fiction, but she is already the published author of two books on silent film costume design under the Author name Lora Ann Sigler.

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The Light After the Orange Blitz

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The Tundra Stone Series, Book 1

Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy, Post-Apocalytic Fantasy, Dystopian

Date Published: July 19, 2022

Publisher: Leirsinn Publishing

 

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Eighteen-year-old Alex Chegasa, one of the first generation to be raised on
post-apocalyptic Earth, was taught to embrace her magical gifts.

After the Orange, as the planet burned, magic trickled in. The bombs that
had wiped out most life ripped open the barrier between worlds. Can the next
generation, connected to the magic, be the solution to mankind’s
problems or are they destined to repeat the mistakes of their
ancestors?

Did the Orange, the very thing that ravaged the planet, also provide the
solution? Or is magic more than a coincidence?

While Alex searches for somewhere to belong, in Massachusetts, she
questions if survival is enough when she comes to understand that magic,
used by the wrong people, could be more dangerous than the power of the
generations before her.

Meanwhile, in a parallel story, we meet eight-hundred-year-old Fae, Billey
NicNevin. With a past she doesn’t remember, she struggles to fit into
Nuadh Caled (New Scotland) as it rebuilds itself. When she meets a woman
whose soul calls to her, will she find her missing piece or tumble into
insanity?

Are their destinies connected?

WHAT IF THE FANTASTICAL STORIES FROM ALEX’S CHILDHOOD WERE
TRUE?

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The Light of the Crann

The Tundra Stone Series Book 2

Coming October 18, 2022

Alex Chegasa’s new life as a princess is soon derailed and she is
forced to hide on the Bassett moon. Here, her romance with Iggy blossoms but
doubts haunt her, as she realizes the magical universe of Spirismus may not
be as perfect as it appears.

Meanwhile, as Alex as she learns about her new home in the collection of
planets and moons that form the magical universe of Spirismus, Billey
NicNevin has reunited with her love, Geilis. Having regained her memory, she
sets out to guide Alex on their joint destiny. But, knowing the price she
must pay for her connection to the Crann, she must decide if love is worth
more than destiny.

Hiding in the shadows, one person is determined to stop Alex’s
destiny. Do Alex’s secrets threaten everybody around her?

Can they stop somebody who can’t be found?

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Beverley J. Hall

Beverley J. Hall was born in Kent, England, although her family returned to
Scotland before her second birthday, which explains her accent. She grew up
in North Lanarkshire, surrounded by rolling Scottish hills with her nose in
a book.

She returned to South East England to study Art and Design at both
Winchester School of Art and Central St Martins, in London. It was here she
discovered her love of story-telling, as she realized that, no matter the
medium, it was something her ADHD brain could thrive in.

After teaching for many years, she was diagnosed with a chronic illness and
found her voice. She finally took the massive leap and returned to study an
M.A. in Creative Writing to develop her skill and embraced her love of
books, both reading and writing.

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What If The Devil…Banished God…From Heaven…

 

Alternate History, Fantasy, Thriller, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Date Published: 2.22.22

 

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Embark on an epic fantasy adventure with reimagined divine beings in this
alternate telling of one of humanity’s famed creation stories.

Adonai and Helel are equal and co-existing on their realm of Alegion.
Together, they utilize a planetary dominion in the effort to grow an
instinctual need to create and learn about their evolving powers. That is
until an unforeseen clash of wills over how to govern humankind on Eden
commences; and the one who remained on Alegion, is not the being we were led
to believe…

Now banished to Eden, the only way to ending this conflict is for the
fallen one to lure the other onto Eden where a death blow can be
administered.

A methodical go-for-the-jugular war ravages the plane of humanity. Notable
landscapes are explored, resurrected, and manipulated. New and familiar
historical characters, along with pivotal scenes throughout civilization –
remixed in this introspective, violent, self-aware, and potentially
plausible, biblical-like saga.

Can any being overcome who they inherently are?

 

 

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Rise of the Thrall Lord, Book Three

 

Fantasy

Date Published: 6/7/2022

 

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How does one kill the unkillable? With magic of great power. What if that
magic was stolen by pirates?

Demons from the Abyss hold the tower in the mountains and are using it to
summon more of their kind. Once they have amassed a great enough force,
nothing can stop them from destroying Arinthar and all life on it.

The problem is demons are not your normal monsters. Weapons of great power
are needed to defeat them, demon slaying weapons like those of legend.

Rumors of the magic needed to forge such weapons point to the Dark Coast.
It is a place fraught with danger—the home of deadly storms, ancient
gods, and the thirteen pirate Clans of the Coast.

Can a small band of heroes brave the Dark Coast and find the magic they so
sorely need before demons overrun their world?

 

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City of Tears

Rise of the Thrall Lord,  Book One

A cursed city shrouded in mist. The power to level an army. A deadly race
against demons to find it.

Protectors of Penwick

Rise of the Thrall Lord,  Book Two

A horde of demons from the Abyss. A dread master of the undead. A choice
between saving a single city versus the entire world.

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F.P. Spirit

“Magic & adventure with a twist of humor.”

F.P. Spirit is an avid science fiction and fantasy fan. A Trekkie before it
was cool, F. P. became hooked on fantasy the moment he cracked open his
first copy of Lord of the Rings. When he is not lost roaming the multiverse
of sci-fi and high-fantasy fiction, F. P. is either creating adventures for
his roll-playing friends and family or connecting with his mind and body in
an attempt to reach that inner spark of spirit.

To learn more, you can go to his website (fpspirit.com) or sign up for his
newsletter (fpspirit.com/newsletter).

 

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Shadow of the Shapeshifter Virtual Book Tour

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Book One of the Vanquish Trilogy

YA Fantasy, Fantasy

 

Date Published: March 31, 2022

Publisher: Kingsbrook Publishing

 

Two strangers in the wrong place at the worst possible time…

.a lone assassin prepared to do the dirtiest of jobs…

and a guard sentry determined to stop him.

A dark enemy is about to rise in Illmoor, something even more chaotic and twisted than the citizens themselves. Step forward Enoch Dwellings, master sleuth, who boasts a reputation built entirely on an intricate web of carefully calculated lies. Together with his hapless but increasingly inept assistant, Doctor Wheredad (no medical training whatsoever), he will do anything it takes to solve a crime that might actually end up costing him more than his own life.

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PROLOGUE

‘I don’t like this,’ the traveller whispered to his friend. ‘I don’t like this at all.’
Having been caught short of common sense in the wilderness north of Crust, they’d been delighted to discover a dilapidated coaching inn amid the fierce woodlands. However, their delight had soon changed to dubious apprehension when the place turned out to be full of strangely inhospitable locals. They could forgive the sniggering dwarves at the corner table and the odd looks from the group of farmers huddled beside the bar, but there was something seriously amiss with the hooded man who sat next to the fire, rhythmically cracking his jaw, not to mention the deeply lugubrious innkeeper hulking behind the bar who was quite clearly two teeth short of a beaver. To make matters worse, there was now a silent yet unsubtle exchange running between the two, albeit from far ends of the room.
‘I bet it’s about us,’ said the first traveller, licking his trembling lips. ‘Did you see that bit where the innkeeper walked his two fingers along the bar top? That might be code for “hitchhikers”…’
The second traveller rolled his eyes.
‘Oh, don’t be so paranoid,’ he said, smiling nervously.
‘I’m not being paranoid – why aren’t they just speaking to each other, like normal folk?’
‘Perhaps they don’t want the farmers listening in.’

‘Ha! I doubt that. Look: the bloke beside the fire just ran a finger under his jaw – ‘sa death signal, that! I just knew it was a bad idea to come in here! I mean; what kind of place is open at nearly three o’clock in the morning…?’
‘Go, then!’
‘Aren’t you coming?’
‘Nope: I’m far too tired to go on, just now.’
Time passed. One by one, the farmers began to drink up and head out into the early darkness. They were followed by the dwarves, who were all the worse for drink. Eventually, the inn became quiet, with only a crackle from the fireplace to hold back the silence.
‘Let’s get out of here; please,’ whispered the first traveller, anxiety creeping into his voice.
‘And go where? There probably isn’t another inn for miles, at least not one that’s open! Besides, we haven’t even finished our drinks…’
The traveller stared down at the tankards.
‘I don’t like this ale, anyway,’ he muttered. ‘It tastes funny. I tell you, this place is knee-deep in the bad stuff…’
The man beside the fireplace abruptly folded his arms, then seemed to change his mind, and reached up to caress his jutting jaw.
The first traveller leaned close to his friend.
‘You’re not telling me he’s balanced,’ he whispered.
‘Why, just because he’s not running over here to engage us in conversation?’
No, because he’s wearing a hood and playing with his jawbone: that’s proper mental.’
His friend gave a dispassionate shrug.
‘Look, I’m cold, I’m hungry, and I’ll be damned if I’m walking through the woods for another six miles. I’m staying here and that’s that!’
‘Fine,’ snapped the traveller, snatching up his backpack and clambering to his feet. ‘Well, just so you know, the innkeeper has dried blood all down the back of his coat: I saw it as I ordered the drinks…’
The traveller slung on his pack and departed. When the door had slammed behind him, his friend made a disgruntled face and took another large swig of ale: it did taste funny, he had to admit.
The clock struck three. As the last of its chimes sounded throughout, the door of the inn creaked open, and a thin, spindly man with bulbous eyes and a strangely active tongue sidled his way in.
‘We’ve got it, massster,’ he spat, apparently addressing the hooded man. ‘It’sssss in the yard.’ That said, he hurried outside again.
The traveller looked on in a not-looking-on sort of way as the stranger beside the fire got carefully to his feet and followed.
‘Open up the back,’ the stranger called, as he passed the table. ‘I’ll give them a hand.’
‘Right you are,’ the innkeeper shouted after him, stomping off into the dark recesses of the inn. 

Then, there was silence.
As the room’s enormous fire crackled away, the traveller – now totally alone in the bar – began to feel very uncomfortable.
‘Maybe it’s an ale delivery or something,’ he said to himself, but aloud, so the room didn’t seem quite so menacing. ‘Yeah, that’ll be it: an ale delivery.’
Then it happened: a terrible scream, a cry of pain that pierced the silence of the inn and nearly caused the traveller to bite clean through his tongue. He jumped to his feet.
‘What the hell was that?’ he gasped, glancing around at the empty room. There was still no sign of the innkeeper.
He quickly snatched up his backpack, left an overly generous tip on the table and made his way to the door, but he hadn’t gone more than ten steps when a deep, booming voice said:
‘And where do you think you’re going?’
The innkeeper had appeared at the bar, his spindly associate standing beside him.
‘I – er – thought I might head off…’ the traveller said with a forced smile, sweat beginning to bead on his brow.
‘Oh, you did, did you?’
‘Er…yes: I’m afraid so. It’s getting late. Goodnight!’
There was a ‘click’ from behind him, and the traveller spun around: the hooded stranger from the fireplace had re-entered the inn and was lowering a bar across the door.
‘Wh-what are you doing? What is this?’
He made to step around the man, then thought better of it and turned back to the innkeeper.
‘What’s going on here?’
The innkeeper smiled, displaying a grim formation of broken teeth, but neither he nor his snake-like companion spoke a word.
‘LET-ME-OUT!’ said the traveller, gritting his teeth, partly to show some mustard but mainly because it stopped his jaw from shaking. ‘I’m going home, do you hear me? I don’t belong here!’
‘Oh, we know that,’ whispered the hooded man, putting a hand on the traveller’s shoulder. ‘But tonight, for us, is a very important night, when something we’ve planned for a very long time has come to pass.’
‘W-what’s that got to do with me?’
‘Nothing. It’s got nothing at all to do with you, but when your friend left earlier, he did so at a very inopportune moment…and he saw someone that he shouldn’t have seen. He was in the wrong place at the worst possible time…as are you.’
The traveller’s eyes filled with tears, and his lips began to tremble.
‘B-but I’m not g-going to tell anyone…’
‘Not good enough. Besides,’ the stranger said, removing his hood. ‘You’ve seen my face.’
The traveller stepped back, his jaw dropping. ‘B-b-but I don’t understand: aren’t you Viscount-‘
There was a sudden, sickening thud and then…there was silence. 


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Between 1998 and 2016, David wrote fantasy and YA books for some of the biggest publishers in the world. These included The Illmoor Chronicles (for Disney and Hodder), Gladiator Boy and Undead Ed (for Hodder and Penguin), Davey Swag and Outcasts (for Hodder). His books have been converted into audio works for BBC Worldwide and Random House and translated into fifteen different languages by companies including Sony in Japan. David’s short stories have also appeared in a variety of anthologies, including the celebrated Knights of Madness (with Terry Pratchett, Tom Sharpe, etc) for Orbit and Penguin, edited by the late and great veteran fantasy anthologist, Peter Haining. David has also written review columns for Interzone and SFX and fictional histories for Games Workshop and their Warhammer universe.

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