Friday 6 September 2013

Black And Red - The Overview

So....here we go, my first ever book...well it's a story anyway, whether I can turn it in to a book is a different story (no pun intended).

OK. In this post, I plan to let you in to a few details about the overall book - some of the characters, plot and settings.

Let's get stuck in shall we....

The story is about twin boys who, after their parents die, are separated from each other and fostered. Soon they forget about each other, that is until fate catches up with them...

In a world that chooses to ignore the supernatural, a war is brewing...which side will you choose?

Here are a few of the characters...

Kyal Black - separated from his twin when he was very young, Kyal was brought up in a scenic part of New Zealand's south island. Content with his life, he has plans to take over his families farming business...until a meeting with an unknown creature changes everything...

Storm - warrior, tracker, scout and spy, Storm is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to war. He also happens to be 1 of only a handful of his species left. Charged with finding the only person who can change the fate of the world, can Storm discover their whereabouts before the enemy...

Shane Red - The leader of the enemy, Red will stop at nothing to destroy the Guardians and then the rest of the world. On the verge of succeeding, he stumbles upon a revelation that could turn out to be the icing on the cake....

Have I got you interested yet??

Here are some of the settings:

Black's Farm - a family run farm in a rural part of New Zealand's south island. A couple of miles from the nearest town, nothing worse than a broken fence or 2 ever happens there...

The Fortress - Shane Red's arcane built dwelling is situated in the Antarctic and hidden from the rest of the world by magic..or is it ignorance.

The Vale - home to the Guardians, this safe haven is the last standing obstruction between Red and victory.

Well what do you guys think?? Interested in it at all??

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Thanks for reading and look out for future updates on this and other things too....


James
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Thursday 29 August 2013

City Of Scars

Hey guys,

Well here we go again, another book promo.

This time it's the first instalment from a new series called The Skullborn Trilogy by Steven Montano (author of my favourite series, Blood Skies).

The trilogy is set in the fictional place of Malzaria.
Again we see Steven's ability to transport the reader to a world that is not like our own.
The world you end up in is a dark, struggling place that is still in bits after a bloody war....30 years before.

In part 1, City Of Scars, We find Azander Dane, a fallen knight haunted by the crimes of his past, now a mercenary he drifts from one city to the next.  His latest job is to hunt down Ijanna Taivorkan, a powerful outlaw witch who is desperate to escape her destiny.
Azander and Ijanna are in Ebonmark, the City of Scars, where deadly crime guilds and shadowy agents of the White Dragon Empire prepare for a brutal confrontation.  Pursued by apocalypse cults, mad alchemists, exiled giants and werewolf gangs, Dane and Ijanna soon learn a deadly lesson – in Ebonmark, only the cruelest and most cunning can survive.


Excerpt

The right-hand gate rose.  Dane and a hundred bloodthirsty gamblers waited for Maddox’s fighter to appear, and when he did a collective cheer rose from all but Dane, who at that moment realized those people truly were insane.

 

It was a giant – a twelve-foot tall black-fleshed brute with knotted rune-carved muscles and fearsome white eyes.  His bald head was lined with scars and the muscles in his neck bulged as he twisted his fearsome visage from side to side to take in the crowd.

 

The giant’s arms were as big around as a human’s torso, and his hands were so massive Dane guessed he could easily take a stallion’s head in his grip.  Simple black armor covered the giant’s lean body, but the creature’s midnight flesh was darker.  His tiny white eyes peered around the room angrily, and when the creature opened his mouth his thick blunt teeth shone in the dim light.  The giant held a gigantic war axe in his grip, and a thick silver collar had been fitted tightly around his muscular throat.

 

It was a Voss, creatures who dwelled in enormous underground cities and plotted the downfall and enslavement of all other races, surface and subterranean alike.  Despite their size and ferocious appearance the Voss were known more for their cruelty and cunning rather than their strength.  During the Rift War they’d acted as the Blood Queen’s engineers, and they’d labored tirelessly to construct Veilcrafted war machines which had devastated Jlantria and Den’nar.  As impressive as it was that a Voss had been captured and enslaved, Dane wanted to find this Maddox and strangle him – bringing a giant into a human city was like walking a lion through a field of lambs.

 

About the Author
 
Steven Montano is an accountant by day and an author by night.  Sadly, he doesn’t own a superhero costume.  He’s also hopelessly addicted to books, films, music and video games, the darker the better.

 

Steven is the author of Blood Skies, Black Scars, Soulrazor, Crown of Ash, The Witch’s Eye, Tales of a Blood Earth 1 and 2 and something black….  He’s currently hard at work on Blood Angel Rising, a horror novel; Chain of Shadows and Vampire Down, the next two installments of the Blood Skies series; and Path of Bones and The Black Tower, the remaining books of The Skullborn trilogy. 

 

He lives in Washington State with his wife, two children, a dog of below-average intelligence, and a ridiculous number of books and bottles of wine.

Checkout Steven's website www.Bloodskies.com

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Friday 23 August 2013

Blood Skies Omnibus

Well, as you may already know, my love of Steven Montano's epic series Blood Skies is....well I consider it to be quite possibly the greatest thing since sliced bread!!
 
To make things even more great, Steven has released an Omnibus edition!!!
 
Volume 1 of this edition is available NOW!! (Purchase links are to be found at the bottom)
 
In the first instalment you will find parts 1 to 3 of the Blood Skies series PLUS an all new story that accompanies the series.
 
Part 1 - Blood Skies:
 
The world has been thrown in to chaos. Ever since a mysterious devastation savaged the world as we know it, the human world has been struggling to survive against beings and monsters that come from the very nightmares of your dreams!
Eric Cross is a warlock for the Southern Claw army. He is tasked in tracking down Red, a powerful witch that holds vital information that can't fall in to enemy hands...!
 
Part 2 - Black Scars:
 
Eric Cross returns as he is thrown in at the deep end again. This time he must find the Woman in the Ice before an all powerful entity known as the Sleeper decides to wake up...
Before the end, Cross will find friends and team mates in the most unlikely place. The question is...will they prove to be loyal....??
 
Part 3 - Soulrazor:
 
Cross and his new team are the cream of the crop. Outfitted with the best the Southern Claw has to offer, they have been angering the Ebon Cities leaders.
Now, however, a new breed of enemy has come and with them a new weapon that needs to be captured or destroyed!
The problem the team face is that some how Cross's fate is linked to these new fiends as well as this new weapon...can the team complete the mission before Cross's time runs out...??
 
Crucifix Point:
 
This new part of the series is set between Black Scars and Soulrazor.
We see Cross and his new team investigate what really happened at the massacre of Crucifix Point....
 
 
If you're a seasoned Blood Skies fan, such as myself, then this edition is a must for your collection. If you have never even read a sentence in Steven Montano's series then what better way to start off by getting the first 3 parts of the series at once PLUS the all new Crucifix Point.
Trust me when I say once you start reading this series, you will want more and more!!
 
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