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NEWS
This week we are debuting a new feature, video interviews, discussions and other content related to Crossroad Press book, authors, narrators, artists – readers? Who knows where it will lead? In this first episode, Author Stephen Mark Rainey, Narrator Joshua Saxon, and David Niall Wilson gathered to discuss the novel Blue Devil Island, and how Mark and Joshua began the long journey of Joshua’s audio work with Crossroad Press.
BLUE DEVIL ISLAND: October 1943: The tide of war in the Pacific has begun to turn in favor of the United States and her allies. With the opening of a new offensive campaign, the U.S. military deploys a number of new air groups in the Solomon Islands, including a naval fighting squadron known as the Blue Devils, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Drew McLachlan. From their base at a remote island known only as Conquest, McLachlan and his brave pilots mount a number of successful raids against the enemy, eventually making a name for themselves that comes even to the attention of the Japanese.
Soon, however, a new and sinister force begins to stir on the island, seemingly disturbed by the very presence of the American fighting forces. Several men disappear under mysterious circumstances, but their bodies turn up horribly mutilated. The sound of drums begins pounding out of the jungle. And Lieutenant Commander McLachlan witnesses a gigantic, half-invisible shape moving atop the mountain at the center of the island.
Soon, the Blue Devils are forced to fight on two fronts: against the known enemy, the Japanese, and an unknown, predatory force on the island that threatens to destroy McLachlan and his men.
SPOTLIGHT
"I have a wonderful occupation; I dream for a living." – Alma Alexander
Alma Alexander, the 'Duchess of Fantasy', is a scientist by education, a duchess by historical accident and an author who shares writing tips and glimpses of a writer's life, the mundane and the magic, on her Blog.
She has written three million words in more than 20 books, and her novel, "The Secrets of Jin-shei," has been published around the world in 14 languages. The heroine of her popular YA series, Worldweavers, is as American as Harry Potter is British. With her MSc in Molecular Biology, she has shone the light of science into the shadowy world of shapeshifters in the Were Chronicles.
She was born on the banks of an ancient river in a country which no longer exists, grew up in Africa, went to school in a castle in Wales, and has lived in several countries on four continents. An American man she met on the Internet asked her to marry him, promising her coffee in bed every morning. They live among the evergreens in the Pacific northwest with two cats as well as visiting deer and raccoons. She still gets her morning coffee served in bed.
NEW IN AUDIO
Necroscope – by Brian Lumley – Available in all markets EXCEPT the US and Canda – Performed by Joshua Saxon.
(Editors note: there are slight issues getting this available in all of the approved territories, but should be live in all within a day or so, if it is not already – Sorry to the US listeners, but we only have the rights outside the US and Canada)
Harry Keogh is the man who can talk to the dead, the man for whom every grave willingly gives up its secrets, the one man who knows how to travel effortlessly through time and space to destroy the vampires that threaten all humanity.
In Necroscope, Harry is startled to discover that he is not the only person with unusual mental powers--Britain and the Soviet Union both maintain super-secret, psychically-powered espionage organizations.
But Harry is the only person who knows about Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire long buried in the mountains of Romania--still horribly alive, in undeath--and Thibor's insane "offspring," Boris Dragosani, who rips information from the souls of the dead in a terrible, ever-lasting form of torture.
Somehow, Harry must convince Britain's E-Branch that only by working together can they locate and destroy Dragosani and his army of demonic warriors--before the half-vampire succeeds in taking over the world!
FREE AUDIOBOOK DOWNLOAD CODES FOR AUDIBLE
Here is our new list of books we are offering free download codes for. We are trying to build reviews, and while we don’t require a review for a free download, even just a rating on Audible or Amazon can make a huge difference in visibility. Beneath the new books are those from last week, because all still have some codes available for US and UK listeners. We will offer them to the first five who request them, and only one title per requester. To request a code send a note to [email protected]
THIS WEEK’S TITLES:
Dead Sea – Brian Keene – Performed by Jeffrey Kafer – AUDIO SAMPLE - The city streets are no longer safe. They are filled instead with the living dead, rotting predators driven only by a need to kill and eat. Some of the living still struggle to survive, but with each passing day, their odds grow worse. Some survivors have fled, frantically searching for a place to escape, even briefly, the slaughter around them. For Lamar Reed and a handful of others, that safe haven is an old Coast Guard ship out at sea, with plenty of water between them and the zombies. These desperate survivors are completely isolated from the dangers of the mainland. But their haven will soon become a deathtrap, and they'll learn that isolation can also mean no escape!
Eat the Night – Tim Waggoner – Performed by Gary Noon – AUDIO SAMPLE - For Joan Lantz, it starts with a dream of a death cult’s mass suicide in the jungle of Suriname 30 years ago, followed by the discovery of a hidden basement in her new house, where heavy metal music echoes on humid tropical air. For Kevin Benecke, long-suffering employee of a mysterious organization known simply as Maintenance, it starts with the violent death of his coworker at the hands of a madman who tells him, "The Big Dark is coming for you." Long-dead cult leader and former rock star Mark Maegarr has returned from beyond the grave, and Joan and Kevin have front row seats to his apocalyptic comeback. Maegarr’s waited decades to finish what he started, and this time no one will stop him from putting on a killer show designed to hasten the universe’s end. Rock on.
Fabulous in Tights – Hal Bodner – Performed by Robert Gonyo – AUDIO SAMPLE - Alec Archer isn’t just a superhero.... He’s a survivor. He’s survived being harpooned by the megalomaniacal captain of a steampunk airship. He’s escaped being drowned by a sex-crazed mermaid. He’s narrowly avoided being reduced to a glowing pile of mush by a radioactive grandma. Even Kryptonite probably couldn’t hurt him. (His inability to think before he opens his mouth, on the other hand, will probably get him killed.) By day, Alec is the owner of a successful male-escort service, living an idyllic life with a husband he adores. By night, Alec is the only man strong enough, fast enough, and svelte enough to reluctantly squeeze into the skintight turquoise mantle of the superhero known as the Whirlwind. No matter how many supervillains choose Centerport to kick off their crazy schemes of mass destruction and world domination, the Whirlwind will always be there to defeat them. And he will always look fabulous in tights!
LAST WEEK REVIEW COPIES -Codes still available
A Kiss of Thorns – Tim Waggoner – Performed by Gary Noon – Audio Sample: Bram Stoker Award nominee
Alternate Killer – Matthew Franks – Performed by Derek Green – Audio Sample:
Autumn Crow – Cameron Chaney – Performed by Matt Godfrey – Audio Sample:
REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE
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