Synopsis: Stone Child

27-09-2009 admin

Fantasy

Book Title: Stone Child
Niche: Young Adult Fantasy
Price: £5
Size: 233 Pages

Synopsis

What would it take for us to care for our planet? In an incredible act of science and nature, the statues of London come to life with the message that we must act, or humankind will cease to exist. The city is in chaos as the living statues of Brunel, Shakespeare and Nightingale mix it on the streets to talk to the people. The question is, are we ready to listen? Molly Hargreaves doesn’t think we should. Believing they are a threat, she enlists the help of a retired London tour guide. Unfortunately, he turns out to be a discredited academic and a member of a secret society, the Agalmata, who prophesied the statues coming to life. Molly tries to uncover the statues’ real intentions when she is captured by the statue of Edith Cavell. Sir Walter Raleigh stabs a football supporter, and Boudicca wreaks havoc in Regent Street. The police firearms team intervene but how do you shoot stone and metal? The capital’s statues converge on Trafalgar Square as the war for London begins.

About the author:

Kevin Albin was a police officer for 25 years, working the streets of a busy city. He spent eight years on the tactical firearms team and several years as a hostage negotiator. It is with this knowledge that he brings realism to his debut young adult novel, Stone Child, which takes place in London. He now works guiding in the mountains and leading expeditions around the world. He writes about his travels and has had articles published in the outdoor Press.

You can find more information about the book at: www.stonechild.co.uk

Synopsis: Middlewitch

13-08-2009 admin

Fantasy

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eBook Title: Middlewitch
Niche: Fantasy
Price: $3.79
Size: Approx 60,000 words (139 Pages)

Synopsis
Being a witch isn’t always easy. Alicia Meldrew has managed to learn love potions with only one real mistake, and that was hardly her fault. She can whip up a mean maths retention spell, but it’s not all cake and roses. Take dating, for instance. As Alicia herself puts it, how does one even bring it up? “Hobbies? Yes, I usually practise the black arts on Mondays, Thursdays and every other weekend. You?”
Alicia is a young witch with a mission: to protect the citizens of Middlewitch, a sleepy little hamlet consisting mostly of a church, a senior citizen’s home, a pub, and two constables. You’d think such a small town wouldn’t have problems with dark forces, but you’d be wrong. With the help of her cats, Domino and Tango, the Women’s Institute, and the Vicar, Alicia faces down demons, vampires, satanists, an American…and even the City.
She finally has a boyfriend, but is she really able to learn to share her life with James? And if she can, is she strong enough to learn to get on with his mother?

Bio
Until recently Heather Parker worked for the University of Cumbria but now writes freelance. She has won prizes in several literary competitions and many of her stories and articles have been published in popular magazines including The People’s Friend, The Weekly News and The New Writer. Her first novel has just been published by Drollerie Press and a minibook will be published shortly by Wild Child Publishing.
Other publishing credits include Space and Time, Expanded Horizons, Bards and Sages, GlassFire Magazine, Absent Willow Review, Big Pulp, Outercast, The Ranfurly Review, Woman’s Weekly, Sniplits, Abandoned Towers, Stories that Lift, Labyrinth Inhabitant Magazine, Everyday Fiction, and Bottom of the World. Her stories also appear in the Out of Line Human Rights Anthology 2009, Little Sisters Anthology, and the Sonar 4, Hoi Polloi and Absent Willow Review annual anthologies.
To learn more about Heather and read some of her stories: http://www.heatherparker.co.uk/

It is available in the following formats: Adobe PDF, EPUB, Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, Sony, Windows HTML Reader and shortly as an audiobook.
It is available for purchase now from Drollerie Press: http://drolleriepress.com/books/
and at Amazon, Mobipocket, Fictionwise, and many other booksellers - including Audible within the next few weeks.

Review: EyeLeash: A Blog Novel

27-07-2009 admin

Modern Fiction

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eBook Title: EyeLeash: A Blog Novel
Niche: Modern/Contemporary Fiction, YA Fiction, Blog Fiction
Price: $6.99
Number of Pages: 288

EyeLeash started out a bit like a teen read, but then again it IS a teenage blog after all. But it was nicely honest enough to have me going without “putting it down”. By the way - I finished it while on standby for rehearsals for a play.

So yeah, I think I did pretty much enjoy it by the time I got to the end. It seemed somewhat autobiographical (perhaps that’s why it sounded so real).

Plus I know the stuff the author talks about does happen (even the seemingly slightly more far-fetched instances were of course real - 15yo “Tannie from NewYoungParents” losing her phone? Hahaha loved that bit when I read it, nice “local” inside joke!) which made the rest of it all the more believable for me anyway.

Reviewed by Ben Tan, Singapore

EyeLeash is a coming-of-age blog/IM novel, by Jess C Scott.
Her website is www.jesscscott.com.