Saturday, November 15, 2014
Congratulations Suzannah Safi - Ariana Finalist!
eTreasures Publishing is proud to announce our very own Suzannah Safi is a finalist in the EPIC Ariana contest for best fantasy book cover.
Her cover was created for The Initiates by Kamil Ali.
A successful Latvian lawyer named Karlis Stucka, meets Satan's First Dark Angel in human form, in a Riga ghetto. Karlis experiences a terror filled evening of unnatural events, as he is taken through the intense phases of training to become the Dark Angel's Lieutenant.
Karlis is chosen by Satan to become the highest ranking human, as a reward for becoming the youngest High Priest at age thirteen. Karlis and five of his teenaged friends conduct their first blood sacrifice, full moon ritual, which his Book Of Satan calls the gateway ritual. Karlis alone has the ability to read the book. His friends see only blank pages.
Karlis learns how to switch bodies, using the corpse of an albino African girl, who commits suicide by jumping over a waterfall. Karlis uses the body of the young lady, to become a gypsy queen, who leads a troop of recently resurrected dead actors and circus performers.
Karlis is groomed by Satan's First Dark Angel to practice mental and mystical feats. He receives constant reminders to discard logical thinking, which hampers his ability to perform his otherworldly activities.
Karlis is mandated to build an army of Devil Worshippers, in preparation for the second coming of Christ.
The First Dark Angel of Satan is worried about a Tibetan Monk, who was born at the same moment as Karlis. Both Karlis and the other baby have the three main ingredients that allows ascension above all other humans on the Dark Side.
The First Dark Angel loses communication with the other baby, when circumstances lead him to the halls of a Tibetan monastery. The monk has the power to overturn Satan's plan. However, as long as he remains within the walls of the monastery, he remains safe from Satan's reach.
Thursday, October 09, 2014
LASR: 4.5 Star Review for The Late, Great Benjamin Bale!
Congratulations to John Joseph Doody
A Four and a Half Star Review for The Late, Great Benjamin Bale from Long and Short Reviews!
This book continues the story of The Wonk Decelerator and this time Captain Maggie Thorn is the leading character. Maggie is a feisty lady who rules her ship in a fair but strict manner. Charged with murder, rescued and sent on a suicide mission to retrieve the scientist who knows most about the Wonk Decelerator from a planet he is unable to leave, her mission seems doomed to failure. Failure is not in Maggie’s vocabulary and she has to return to see if the man she loves, Thad Cochran, still lives.
I met Captain Maggie in the first book of this series and thought her a hard hitting woman who didn’t allow her emotions to interfere with her job. This time round I found her slightly weak at the beginning, but growing in strength and determination as the story evolved.
When Benjamin Bale agrees to help the Captain it seems that failure is almost a certainty, but Benjamin has hidden depths as does his alien companion, Snot. Technology plays a big part in this universe, but only a small part in the actual story. Maggie prefers martial arts instead of hand weapons.
I liked the way the story switched from one planet to another, but each scene was as long as necessary to involve me. I have to admit I might have missed something here as I still have no idea what a Wonk is. They inhabit a different space to the Earth universe, but where they come from or what they do is still a mystery to me.
On the whole a good idea developed in an unusual way. It’s stronger than the first book and leaves questions to be answered by any future novels in the series.
And don't miss the first book in the Guild Saga
For Earthers dwelling in Guild space, it is a one-hundred year journey back to Earth. An unimaginable voyage, until now.
When Guild commander and crack pilot, Thad Cochran boards the shuttle destined for the casinos of Timmerus, finding a way back to Earth is not on his radar. He wants the five-percent finder's fee the Guild is offering for a black box held by the lizard-like Yazz. Thad has a dream: With the loot he will get for stealing the Wonk Decelerator, he can buy a ranch on Beta Prime.
But things begin to fall apart for him in the dark caverns of Timmerus, and Thad must reconsider his priorities in life. Has he discovered a cause greater than his dream? Are there actually more important things to life than money and his dream? What about the woman who is waiting for him? What about freedom in the galaxy? And what about his discovery, fashioned by the gnarled hands of a brilliant, old Yazz, that could change everything?
Thad Cochran has a choice to make. He can fulfill his quest, escape with his life and be rich. Or he can fly with the Wonks ... one more time
And look for book three in the Guild Saga soon - The Return of the Crimson Witch
Thursday, September 11, 2014
The Spaces Between Your Screams by Christopher Hivner
Real fear lives in the spaces between your screams.
The moment twilight becomes darkness, they are alive again. Whispered doubts, overfed lies, indistinct dreams; these crowd into your mind to create the monsters.
Your fear unleashes demons.
Your desire attracts blood seekers.
Your frailty makes you werewolf prey.Your trust makes you vulnerable to the obscenity of the human soul.
When you scream we will hear only the silence between your breaths.
And we will know you are doomed.
Please join us in congratulating Christopher Hivner on the long-awaited re-release of The Spaces Between Your Scream
Pages: 408, Anthology
Monday, July 14, 2014
Happy Release Day!! The Long Hour Before Light by Ronald Scala
I've been trying to get this to post all day and am hoping to goes through on another computer.
Please join me in congratulating Ronald Joseph Scala on the long-awaited rerelease of his horror anthology, The Long Hour Before Light. It's been refreshed and even includes a brand new story. Like to read about things that go bump in the night? Then this thrillfest is for you. I know he had me hooked from the first story--which is also my favorite. I also found the hungry plants quite creepy. So much to enjoy!
Congrats Ron!
http://www.etreasurespublishing.com/the-long-hour-before-light-by-ronald-joseph-scala/
Please join me in congratulating Ronald Joseph Scala on the long-awaited rerelease of his horror anthology, The Long Hour Before Light. It's been refreshed and even includes a brand new story. Like to read about things that go bump in the night? Then this thrillfest is for you. I know he had me hooked from the first story--which is also my favorite. I also found the hungry plants quite creepy. So much to enjoy!
Congrats Ron!
The Long Hour Before Light
Dare
to venture into darkness. Dare to step into the unknown. If you have the
courage, you will find horrors beyond your imagination. In
this nightmare world, you will find punishment doled out from the grave, an art
gallery whose painted horrors call out to you, and a portal to the fires of
perdition. You
will meet Old Gods who crave human flesh and visit terrifying forests where the
greenery hungers for flesh and blood and an old barn where people familiar to
you by day become monsters at night. Dare to read The Long Hour Before Light, a collection
of the most terrifying short stories yet from author Ronald Joseph Scala.
http://www.etreasurespublishing.com/the-long-hour-before-light-by-ronald-joseph-scala/
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Chandler Riggs with Life After the Undead and Death to the Undead by Pembroke Sinclair
Congratulations to Pembroke Sinclair!
This is a picture of Chandler Riggs from The Walking Dead. This was taken at a convention in Atlanta last weekend when Jerrod Brown gifted him with two of her books, Life After the Undead and Death to the Undead. Be sure to pick up your own copy in eBook or Print!
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Happy Release Day! Chapter and Verse by Barri Bryan
by
Barri Bryan
Chapter and Verse has one theme—love. Poetry is the language of love. Since human beings first discovered words, men and women have composed lyrical love poems about love's enchantment, love's mystery, love's drama, love's ecstasy, and love's pain.
The poems in Chapter and Verse were inspired by the poet's search for truth coupled with her pursuit of a personal reality. Truth once revealed can be recognized and accepted. Reality's markers are never fixed or sure. What points to reality today, may by tomorrow be no more than a broken milestone covered by a tangled growth of illusions.
These two abstractions share the same landscape. Their landmarks are different. Truth's signs point to the ageless verities of an outer world. They consistently appear to guide us toward external actualities of life. The search for reality requires a constant pursuit of meaning through that wild and untamed territory of the inner self.
The name Chapter and Verse was chosen because many poems in the book contain allusions to or imagery relating to, scenes and incidents that are derived from biblical events and actions.
These poems have their roots in the poet's long and sometimes tempestuous marriage to her husband, Herb, whom she readily admits is the love of her life.
Genre: Poetry
Pages: 104
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