Lives of Lost Angels by SK Benton

In book #2 of The Chronicles of Max Gunnarsson, our hero is lost in an alternate, post-apocalyptic, 29th century Los Angeles. Although there is a combination of magic and technology where he is, everything is a bit off. Draagh feels the key to finding Max might reside within the DNA of the young commander's father. But first they need to find the missing Archangel in order to even be sure.

Magic exists. Mankind simply couldn't access it. Centuries ago the immortal Prīmulī tweaked our genetic code and took away our ability to "touch nature", but that's all changed.



Max Gunnarsson, the offspring of a lycan female and an archangel, needs to find a way home. His family is desperately searching for him, and even he is not quite sure of his location in space/time, but he is definitely stuck. And although there is a combination magic and technology where he is, everything is a bit off. To make things worse, Len Johnson has hatched a plan and is leading The Vrol straight to Azul. But before the team can do anything they have to find Max's father, Mija-El, as he is the key to locating the lost lycan/mage.



Lives of Lost Angels continues where Lives of Future-Past left off, and doesn't miss a beat. Max is stuck in a post-apocalyptic Hollywood, everyone else is running around like crazy trying to find him, Liliana is learning devastating new magical skills (and has some new, dangerous pets) while Draagh comes up with a way to get Max back - he just needs to find someone lost to him long ago in order to make his plan work.



Retaining characters from Lives of Future-Past, as well as introducing new ones, this book is sure to keep you awake and reading with its combination of drama, intrigue, betrayal, violence and dark humor. Oh, and a touch of romance. Because lycans are sexy like that.

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About SK Benton

Author, artist, extreme athlete, traveler; Steven Kenneth (S.K.) Benton grew up in Oregon - skiing, sailing, blowing things up with high-powered weapons - and then moving to Southern California as soon as he was old enough to leave home.



He has a colorful range of past jobs, including private investigator (Orange County homicide panel), professional musician, Spanish-English interpreter, Alaskan commercial fisherman and a computer graphics instructor (for Walt Disney Imagineering, Cartoon Network and CBS Television Studios), and settled on a programming career after having developed an automated radio frequency engineering application for the telecom industry - to this day still the only one of its kind in the entire world. It was at this time he felt a need to release his artistic energies, having previously set his music off to the side. Throughout the years he had created an imaginary universe in serialized blog entries, and at the suggestion of his younger daughter he recompiled these into what today is known as The Chronicles of Max Gunnarsson.

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Frostbite by Fire Quill Publishing

The Third heart pounding novel in The Dragonian Series by Adrienne Woods.



Seventeen-year-old Elena Watkins life is unbearable. However, new trials will test her strength and push her limits she didn't think were possible.

Losing Lucian McKenzie, the Prince of her heart and discovering her true identity has made Elena Watkins' life almost unbearable. However, new trials will test the 17 year-old's strength and push her to limits she didn’t think were possible.



Only a mysterious offer from Blake Leaf, the Rubicon and a dragon predestined for evil, reveals there may be a light at the end of Elena’s dark tunnel.



With the life she thought she knew crashing down around her, Elena will have to face a monumental decision about the fate of Paegeia. She can either make peace with Blake’s demands or try once again to unravel the Queen’s secrets that lie deep within her dragon, Tanya La Frey’s, heart.



The third heart pounding novel in The Dragonian Series by Adrienne Woods

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About Fire Quill Publishing

Adrienne Woods was born and raised in South Africa where she still resides with her husband and two beautiful girls on the East Side of Johannesburg.

Her first debut novel is Firebolt, Book one of The dragonian series which will be published through Fire Quill Publishing. Firebolt will be available for purchase the 19th of September. Thunderlight will be available in December, Frostbite and Moon Breeze will follow in 2015. Venom is a Dragonian Series Novelette that will be available with Thunderlight.

She is also busy with another series called Dream Casters. Dream Caster Book one will be available in 2015.



She writes different genres under different names. You can find her women's fiction under Isabella White and her Paranormal fiction under Kristen Ping, whom she also uses for NA fiction.

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Playing With Fire by SF Mazhar

14 years old, Aaron Adams discovers that he is one of the four Elementals who can use a powerful weapon against Hadrian. But when family secrets are revealed, Aaron finds himself caught between doing what his parents ask of him and what the mages expect from him.



Aaron faces a choice: pick up his sword and join the fight, or stand back and pray the world doesn’t burn to the ground around him.

Hunters have gathered.

Battle lines are drawn.

War is about to begin.



The realm of mages is in chaos. With his powers now unlocked, Hadrian the vamage is preparing to

take the realm as his own. The only ones who can stand in his way are the Elementals, armed with

the mighty Blades of Aric.



Fourteen years old, Aaron Adams discovers that he is one of the four Elementals who can use these

powerful weapons. But when family secrets are finally revealed, Aaron finds himself caught

between doing what his parents ask of him and what the mages expect from him.



Aaron faces a choice: pick up his sword and join the fight, or stand back and pray the world doesn’t

burn to the ground around him.

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About SF Mazhar

Safina Mazhar is the author of the Power of Four series. The first book, Run To Earth is her debut novel. Safina lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her husband and three daughters.



Safina loves comments, reviews and messages from her readers and makes an effort to reply to each one. You can email her on sf_mazhar@yahoo.co.uk or leave a message for her on her website - safinamazhar.wix.com/sfmazhar

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Lioness of Kell by Paul E. Horsman

Black lioness Maud of the Kell, with thief Jurgis, young warlock Basil and his lover Yarwan, go against the Warlockry Council, only to discover a far greater danger. To bring their peoples home, they must find the renegade shaman Kelwarg and defeat an old enemy in this spirited fantasy story of high adventure and romantic love.

Secure in his position as the Prince-warlock’s son, seventeen-year-old Basil is content with his solitary life of study and magic. He has a comfortable set of rooms in his father’s tower, he has his books and scrolls, and he is perfectly happy. Until the Warlockry Council summons him, and their demands sets his whole, safe existence tottering. Scared and unsure, he decides to run, and takes the first ship out of town. On board he meets Yarwan, the handsome midshipman, who awakens feelings he never knew existed.



The warrioress Maud, at eighteen already a black powerhouse of brawn, is about to graduate as a Lioness, a special duty officer answering to the Kell Queen and no one else. The Prince-warlock asks her to fetch a certain boy from a pirate town, who could be double for his son. On their way back, someone sabotages their airship and the two find themselves marooned in an ill-reputed forest. Together, the young lioness and Jurgis the lookalike run for the coast and a ship home, while finding solace in each other’s arms.



Then the four young people meet, and Basil learns of a spell that could help him. Only the spell’s creator, the infamous Black Warlock, disappeared nearly a century ago. When the four young people decide to go looking for him, they start on a path leading to an old war and unsolved mysteries that will change the world. Or kill them.

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About Paul E. Horsman

Paul E. Horsman (1952) is a Dutch and International Fantasy Author. Born in the sleepy garden village of Bussum, The Netherlands, he now lives in Roosendaal, a town on the Dutch border with Belgium.



He has been a soldier, salesman, scoutmaster and from 1995 teacher of Dutch as a Second Language to refugees from all over the globe.



Since 2012, he is a full-time writer of epic light fantasy adventures. His works have been both trade published in The Netherlands, and self-published internationally.

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Emotional Rollercoaster by Mica Furlow

The twists and turns of life produces many emotions that we are not sure how to express. Love, anger, disappointment, happiness are what make us human and change weekly if not daily. God and life's experiences have allowed me to express these through my journals.

A journal turned into poetry to express emotions is the finest outlet that I have experienced. Trials of life, love, friendships formed or dissipated is something everyone has had during the journey of their existence. Whether striving to grasp the situation or wanting to throw in the towel, these bumps in the road have been experienced by all and the encouragement by others is how one can surpass to live another day.

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About Mica Furlow

A native from Fort Worth that moved to Houston in her teens is where Mica began writing and somehow lost the passion until recent years. She attended HBU Texas Southern University immediately after graduating from high school. After putting education on hold to raise her son and have a family, she decided to return to the classroom. Receiving a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Management, she took eight months off to pursue a Masters in Criminal Administration making her a twice alumni from the University of Phoenix. After the long nights of reading and writing papers, she rediscovered the passion for writing poetry.

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The Way Into Darkness by Harry Connolly

Book 3 of The Great Way, the trilogy concludes as Tejohn and Cazia struggle to find a weapon to use against The Blessing, and to find the power that unleashed them onto Kal-Maddum.



"Epic Fantasy that reads like a Thriller." -- Kat Richardson, author of The Greywalker series

BOOK THREE OF THE GREAT WAY: What was once the Peradaini Empire is now a wasted landscape of burned, empty cities and abandoned farmlands. The Blessing, now more numerous than ever, continues to spread across the continent, driving refugees to the dubious safety of the city walls. Unharvested crops mean that few strongholds have enough provisions to last the winter, although most know the grunts will take them before starvation will.



But hope survives. A piece of stolen magic just might halt the spread of The Blessing if Tejohn and Cazia can find a scholar with the skill to recreate the spell. If such a person still lives.



Unfortunately, they are nearly out of time. The few remaining human enclaves are isolated and under siege. Worse, The Blessing has spread to other sentient creatures. If Cazia and Tejohn are going to strike back at their monstrous enemy, they can not delay.



And there’s another, deeper question left unaddressed: where did The Blessing come from, and why have they invaded Kal-Maddum?



The Way Into Darkness is the final book in The Great Way, wrapping up the story begun in The Way Into Chaos and continued in The Way Into Magic.

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About Harry Connolly

Child of Fire, Harry Connolly's debut novel and the first in The Twenty Palaces series, was named to Publishers Weekly's Best 100 Novels of 2009. The sequel, Game of Cages, was released in 2010 and the third book, Circle of Enemies, came out in the fall of 2011.



Harry lives in Seattle with his beloved wife, his beloved son, and his beloved library system. You can find him online at: http://www.harryjconnolly.com

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Brightwill by Randolph Lalonde

Naze the Great Wizard finally tells his students and fellows about his exploits with his long lost brother, Riv. Riv, the outcast, the Thief of the Enduring Light, the Slasher Goblin, is an unexpected sibling to Naze the Wizard. What the Great Wizard reveals is a tale of bold misadventure and a people facing extinction. No one will see him the same way again.

Brightwill, a land razed by war, on the verge of utter destruction.

There are few strongholds left, and few leaders who have the

vision and the power to protect their people.



Naze Kinu, the Great Wizard provides a stronghold for the most

talented young and old people in the lands. The Amber Refuge is

his life’s work, a central stronghold built by his comrades, his

power and his reputation.



That is why, when he tells his long time aide, Doril, that he intends to

tell all about his secret sibling, Riv. His intentions are met with

alarm. Naze kept his relation to Riv a secret for half a century.

Riv, known in legend as the Slasher Gremlin, the Prince

Slayer, and the thief of the Enduring Light.



Despite the damage his revelation could do to his reputation,

Naze is set on telling the true story of his brother, of the days

that inspired the legend. Most of those close to him are left

to wonder why, and to listen as their leader regales them with

the tale of his misadventures with his brother and Oroza, the

dragonling.



This is the story of Naze and the brother he can no longer deny

this is the story of Brightwill in times of drastic change.

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Born in 1974, Randolph Lalonde has worked in customer service, sales, played drums for several heavy metal bands you've never heard of, dealt blackjack in a traveling casino, and serviced countless computers. He's also owned businesses in the design, printing, collectible and custom computer fields.



He completed writing his first novel in the fantasy adventure genre at the age of fifteen and has been writing ever since.



He self published his first novel;

Fate Cycle: Sins of the Past in 2004 and after taking a break has begun to release his work again starting with the First Light Chronicles series.



Randolph Lalonde has sold nearly one hundred thousand eBooks to date, enough to keep writing full time. He is deeply grateful for his following of readers and strives to improve his skills to better entertain them. The Spinward Fringe Space Opera series has proven to be his most popular offering.



He currently resides in Sudbury Ontario where he's working on a new fantasy novel due out in 2014.

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The Morcyth Saga Box Set by Brian S. Pratt

This Box Set contains all seven of Brian S. Pratt's epic fantasy series, The Morcyth Saga.

“Want to be a mage? Then do we have the job for you…”



Sounds great for a veteran role-player. When on-the-job training entails battling demons, learning magic through trial and error, and living in a world without toilet paper, things could get rough. But to be dropped in the middle of a forest and having to do it on your own with no instruction…welcome to James’ world.



It all gets started when his grandfather suggests to James, a young man on the verge of graduating high school, that he check out the following advertisement for a job.



“Magic! Real Magic! Ever wanted to learn? We require someone with intelligence and a disciplined mind. Those well versed in fantasy novels and role playing games a plus. May need to travel.”



Sounded like the perfect job for a veteran role-player and avid fantasy reader. James had no idea he’d be whisked to another world, completely cut off from friends and family. Arriving in a meadow in the middle of a forest, he’s greeted by a creature not entirely human. He was then told three things:



Magic works here…

Don’t try to go home…

Get to the village of Trendle…



Then the creature vanished.



Which way was Trendle? Where was he? What might inhabit the forest that will seek his ruination? These were but a few of the questions needing to be unraveled.



Alone with only his wits and knowledge gleaned from hundreds of books and dungeon campaigns, he started out just trying to survive. He soon learned that one mistake, one lapse in judgment could mean his death.



Not long after arriving, James made the acquaintance of Miko, a street-wise kid who quickly became his friend and companion. Little did he know that the strength within this child from the streets of Bearn, a strength that would be tested again and again as they wade through battle after battle, delved through hidden passages deep beneath the earth, and face off against an the might of an Empire, would be invaluable in the trials ahead.



The Morcyth Saga is a seven-book epic fantasy adventure. It follows James as he seeks first to master the art of magic, then to uncover the reason why he had been brought to this strange new world where armies are on the move and gods meddle in the affairs of men.

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About Brian S. Pratt

Born in Modesto, California, Brian graduated high school in 1985 and went into the Air Force where he trained as an Avionic Specialist on the F-117A Stealth Fighter.

When his tour of duty ended, he tried his hand as a Pizza Hut delivery driver where he quickly rose to become General Manager of a delivery unit in Edmonds, WA and continued as such for several years.

Then after a short stint driving a taxi, he spent two years teaching teenagers how to drive. (Not as stressful as one would imagine.) He now writes full time in Washington, USA.

His published works include:

The Morcyth Saga (7 Books)

Travail of The Dark Mage (2 Books)

Improbable Adventures of Scar and Potbelly (series)

The Broken Key Trilogy (3 Books)

Dungeon Crawler Adventures (2 Books)

The Adventurer's Guild (2 Books)

Ring of the Or'tux (Stand Alone)



Box Sets:

Worlds of Fantasy

-Includes the complete first book in three of Brian S. Pratt's most popular series: "The Morcyth Saga" - "The Broken Key Trilogy" - "The Adventurer's Guild." Over 850 pages of epic fantasy entertainment.

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