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Chronicles Of The Necromancer by Gail Z. Martin ~ Spotlight And Giveaway

Posted: June 21, 2024 in Action/Adventure, Fantasy, giveaways
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Prince. Fugitive. Exile. Necromancer.

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To celebrate the
16th release anniversary, Chronicles of the Necromancer
has been re-issued with new hardcovers, and two commemorative
special-editions!

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The Summoner

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Chronicles of the Necromancer Book 1

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by Gail Z. Martin

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Genre: Dark Epic Fantasy Action Adventure

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Prince.
Fugitive. Exile. Necromancer.

Martris Drayke, second son of King Bricen of Margolan, never
coveted the crown. But when his older half-brother Jared and Jared’s
dark mage kill the king and the rest of the royal family, seizing the
throne, Tris’s comfortable world shatters and he finds himself
running for his life.

Tris flees with three friends: Soterius, captain of the guard;
Carroway, the court’s master bard; and Harrtuck, a member of the
royal guard. They seek sanctuary and the chance to plot the overthrow
of the usurper, gaining unexpected helpers along the way.

Tris has a secret—one that might well determine the fate of
Margolan and the Winter Kingdoms. In a land where spirits walk openly
and influence the affairs of the living, he is the mage heir to the
power of his grandmother, Bava K’aa, once the greatest sorceress of
her age. That magic makes Tris a Summoner, arbiter between the living
and the dead.

Can a half-trained mage-prince and his unlikely allies take back
his kingdom and avenge his family—or will his wild power destroy
him before he has the chance to set things right?

The Summoner is an action-packed epic fantasy adventure filled
with magic, occult lore, honorable ghosts, loyal friends, found
family, immortal creatures, secrets, curses, forbidden love—and a
necromancer hero!

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The Blood King

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Chronicles of the Necromancer Book 2

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Exiled
prince. Mage heir. Necromancer king.

Prince Martris Drayke of Margolan escaped the bloody coup that
murdered his family and put his half-brother, Jared, on the throne.
He fled with three close friends, found allies along the way, and
gained the backing of loyal deserters, the undead vayash moru,
and the vengeful ghosts of Jared’s many victims.

In just one year under the Usurper’s thumb, Margolan has gone
from prosperity to chaos and starvation. Jared’s troops hunt down
any who oppose him, filling the gibbets and scaffolds and carrying
out a reign of terror.

Tris has risked destruction to gain control of his spirit magic,
and harness his power. But when he and his allies return to Margolan,
Tris must confront Foor Arontala, Jared’s blood mage, and stop him
from freeing the soul of the Obsidian King from its crystal prison.
If Tris fails, Arontala will set the Obsidian King free and take on
his power, becoming unstoppable and destroying the last chance to
free Margolan from Jared’s rule.

Can Tris stand against the blood magic of the Obsidian King to
take back the throne and save his kingdom—or will his half-mastered
magic bring about an even greater destruction?

The Blood King is an action-packed epic fantasy adventure filled
with magic, occult lore, honorable ghosts, loyal friends, found
family, bloody battles, immortal creatures, secrets, treachery,
forbidden love—and a necromancer hero!

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Dark Haven

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Chronicles of the Necromancer Book 3

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King. Necromancer. Warrior.

Martris Drayke fought the Usurper and defeated both the blood mage
Arontala and the spirit of the Obsidian King.

As the newly-crowned King of Margolan, Tris must rebuild a kingdom
shattered by betrayal and bloodshed. Some of the usurper’s
loyalists evaded capture and remain a danger. Famine and hardship
threaten to bring more chaos and divisions. And in his Court of
Spirits, the necromancer-king is overwhelmed by the ghosts seeking
retribution and release.

With their royal wedding just weeks away, Tris and Kiara
Sharsequin, heir to the throne of Isencroft, will unite the rule and
succession of two allied kingdoms. Not everyone is pleased to see
that happen. As threats multiply, Tris and Kiara must guard against
traitors and enemies both inside and outside the castle, determined
to destroy them and everything they fought to gain.

Meanwhile, former smuggler and mercenary Jonmarc Vahanian, the new
Lord of Dark Haven, finds himself at the center of a power struggle
among the undead vayash moru. As he untangles a web of
deception, Jonmarc realizes that the conflict in Dark Haven threatens
not only the future of the Winter Kingdoms but also the fate of the
living, dead and undead.

Dark Haven is an action-packed epic fantasy adventure filled with
magic, occult lore, honorable ghosts, vampire politics, loyal
friends, found family, bloody battles, immortal creatures, secrets,
treachery, and star-crossed love!

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Dark Lady’s Chosen

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Chronicles of the Necromancer Book 4

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Loyalty.
Honor. Magic. Sacrifice.

Treachery & blood magic threaten King Martris Drayke’s hold
on the throne he risked everything to win. As the battle against a
traitor lord comes to its final days, war, plague & betrayal
bring Margolan to the brink of destruction.

Civil war looms in Isencroft, forcing Kiara to make hard choices
between her duty to her kingdom-by-blood and her commitments to her
kingdom-by-marriage. Thrones and successions are at stake, and a
wrong choice could change the history of the Winter Kingdoms forever.

In Dark Haven, Lord Jonmarc Vahanian has bargained his soul for
vengeance, plunging into a conflict among ancient immortals based on
grudges centuries in the making. If he succeeds, Jonmarc preserves
the truce, stops the bloodshed, and saves what matters most. Failure
brings destruction—and dooms his soul for eternity.

Dark Lady’s Chosen is an action-packed epic fantasy
adventure filled with magic, occult lore, honorable ghosts, vampire
politics, loyal friends, found family, bloody battles, immortal
creatures, secrets, hard choices, and star-crossed love!

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The Shadowed Path is back in print and ebook with an updated
cover! Explore the first of two books revealing Jonmarc Vahanian’s
backstory years before his heroic role in the Chronicles of the
Necromancer.

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**Celebrate
the 16th anniversary of the release of the Chronicles of the
Necromancer series with two different commemorative special
limited-edition collections! **

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Get a limited lettered and signed special edition with an all-new
color artwork/dust jacket!

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Includes books 1 &
2 in the first volume, and books 3 & 4 in the second
volume—signed and lettered so there will never be more than 26
sets!

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Grab Volume One HERE

And Volume Two HERE

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 Or grab a numbered special edition with completely different
​black-and-white laminated covers – two volumes containing all four
books, signed and numbered and limited to only 250 copies!

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Grab Volume One HERE

And Volume Two HERE

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Gail Z. Martin writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy, steampunk and more for
Solaris Books, Orbit Books, Falstaff Books, SOL Publishing and
Darkwind Press. Urban fantasy series include Deadly Curiosities and
the Night Vigil (Sons of Darkness). Epic fantasy series include
Darkhurst, the Chronicles Of The Necromancer, the Fallen Kings Cycle,
the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, and the Assassins of Landria.

Together
with Larry N. Martin, she is the co-author of Iron & Blood, Storm
& Fury (both Steampunk/alternate history), the Spells Salt and
Steel comedic horror series, the Roaring Twenties monster hunter Joe
Mack Shadow Council series, and the Wasteland Marshals near-future
post-apocalyptic series. As Morgan Brice, she writes urban fantasy MM
paranormal romance, with the Witchbane, Badlands, Treasure Trail,
Kings of the Mountain and Fox Hollow series. Gail is also a
con-runner for ConTinual, the online, ongoing multi-genre convention
that never ends.

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The John Callahan Series by Elizabeth Upton ~ Teasers And Giveaway

Posted: June 21, 2024 in giveaways, Mytery/Thriller, Romance
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Father Callahan is forced back into
dangerous filth, corruption, and crime. Can he remain a celibate
priest, or will he abandon the life of faith for more sensual
pleasures? Will he stay a good man or return to the dark criminal
life he once knew so well?”

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At Home Among Sinners

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The John Callahan Series Book 1

by Elizabeth Upton

Genre: Romantic Mystery Thriller

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John Callahan is a good man with a
bad past — and his past will not let him live in peace.

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Against the odds, he matures from a teenage Belfast street thug and an IRA
killer to a happily married man and expectant father. Then fate
snatches away his wife, his unborn child—and his world—in the
flash of a tragic accident for which he feels responsible. Years
later, just as he begins to find peace and serenity again as a monk
in a rural Irish monastery, a vindictive superior banishes the
handsome young priest to a derelict parish in New York City.

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Ripped away from his quiet, cloistered life, Father Callahan is plunged back
into a dangerous cacophony of filth, corruption and crime. Will he
remain a celibate priest or will he abandon the life of faith for
more sensual pleasures? Will he remain a good man or return to the
dark criminal life he once knew so well?

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In this exciting, insightful novel, Elizabeth Upton puts readers inside
the mind of a passionate, wounded and angry young priest as he
struggles to live in a state of grace among new friends and enemies
in a foreign land.

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The Web of Darkness and Light

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The John Callahan Series Book 2

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Demons never tire. Like the banshees
of Irish legend, they cling to John Callahan and fill his heart with
wails of despair.

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No matter how John tries to live an
exemplary life, the former IRA killer is haunted by the memories of
the horrors he has suffered — and those he has inflicted in return.
Not the monastic life, not the vows of the priesthood, not the move
from Ireland to New York City has brought him peace.

In this second gripping novel in the series by Elizabeth Upton, John
Callahan has resigned from the priesthood in the hope of living a
simpler life as a professor at New York University. However, his
promise to a distraught colleague — who soon turns up dead —
plunges him into another mystery alongside his friend Ronald Casey, a
detective with the NYPD. Who would want to kill a professor of
neuroscience? What could be contained in the briefcase she has
guarded, quite literally, with her life?

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It begins to be clear that Dr. Shannon Grey Feather had discovered a cure for
addiction and several complex brain disorders. That is a medical
breakthrough worth millions — and one worth killing over. Once
again confronted by murder’s cruelty and life’s injustices, Callahan
must find a killer while coming to terms with his criminal past. He
longs for true peace and genuine love, but before he can hope for a
bright future, he must revisit his dark past — where the looming
demons dwell.

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Lovers’ Secrets and Revenge

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The John Callahan Series Book 3

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How much does family matter? And
what if there are unknown details about them?

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John Callahan visits his beloved grandmother, Annabelle, at her 500-acre
estate in Ireland. The peaceful countryside is beautiful, with lush
hills that overlook the coastline, so different from Callahan’s
home in New York City. After Annabelle dies, Callahan discovers that
she’s left everything to him. However, there are some challenges
with the staff, where secrets abound, including murder and heightened
security on the estate that can’t seem to control the chaos that is
happening.

Callahan is perplexed, wanting to solve the
murder, understand the workings of the estate, and also longing for a
relationship that would create a happy home. He meets Sara, the woman
in charge of the horses at the estate, and longs to be with her.
Throughout the busy days of work, travel, and wondering if he’s in
love, John remembers Annabelle’s words. “Whenever you need my
help, rub this precious jewel for consolation, wisdom, and
protection. Call me when needed, dearest Johnnie, and I shall come to
you.”

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Learn how Callahan meets the challenges of
revenge, murder, and love to discover the true meaning of friends and
family.

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Elizabeth Upton is a best-selling
author and influential writer of gripping romantic thrillers and
inspiring self-help motivational nonfiction books.

Her best-selling books, ‘Secrets
of a Nun: My Own Story,’ ‘The Silver Woman of Fire’ and ‘The Healing
Swords of Love and Innocence’ helped set her firmly within the
world’s literary map. With many novels to her credit, like her newest
fiction book, released in June 2022, titled ‘Lovers’ Secrets and
Revenge,’ a gripping romantic thriller, and her new nonfiction
release in Feb. 2024, titled ‘You Are a Sovereign Woman of Strength,
Love, and Grace: Embrace Your Journey.’

The Author’s favorite book she
enjoyed writing was ‘The Shaman and The Mafia,’ as she shares, “The
creation of this story has been an exciting journey. I would love to
meet all of the characters in this book in real life.”
Elizabeth’s nonfiction books and novels are available on Amazon and
Amazon Kindle and are featured on fine literary book sites and
magazines.

Elizabeth was born and raised in
Los Angeles, CA., until the age of sixteen, when she entered a New
York State Convent and became a nun for twenty years, but she yearned
for a more authentic spiritual life. Elizabeth left the convent and
chose to attend and receive her B.A. from Syracuse
University.

Returning to her native state of California,
she attended and received her M.A. in psychology from Chapman
University. The Author began working for over thirty years in family
counseling as a social worker and probation officer working with
troubled teens and abused children. She is a speaker, spiritual
mentor, and advisor.

Elizabeth is happily married and
enjoys writing books for her reader fans around the world. When the
Author is not writing, she works out with a personal trainer to stay
fit and healthy; she loves long walks on the beach with her husband
and dog. She enjoys reading good books by some of her favorite
authors like Geraldine Brooks, Hanh, Jerry Archer, Joseph Murphy, and
Michael Connelly.

Elizabeth and her husband reside outside
the area of Santa Barbara, California.

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What Grows From The Dead by Dave Dobson ~ Two Giveaways!

Posted: June 21, 2024 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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What Grows From the Dead
by Dave Dobson

 


What Grows From the Dead
Mystery
Stand-Alone
Setting – North Carolina
Independently Published (March 9, 2024)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 367 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8884545977
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CXN1KQ1B

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Morris Drummond is not at his best. Well, he hasn’t been at his best for a while now. But having just suffered two crushing losses, he’s almost at rock bottom, which for him means driving ride-share in his mom’s beat up Chevy, drowning his sorrows in tacos and spray cheese, and avoiding anything related to ambition, self-care, or laundry.

Morris is about to learn that he didn’t even know what rock bottom looked like, and it’s all thanks to his mom. A secret she left behind comes to light, and that brings down a lot of unwanted attention on Morris, the kind that looks likely to send him either to prison or to the hereafter. Blood and treachery from long ago rise to the surface, and Morris has only his lawyer Annie, who’s an old high school friend, and a few unexpected allies to call on as he tries to figure out what his mom was up to and why so many people want him out of the picture.

A humorous mystery with elements of suspense and thrillers, What Grows From the Deadis set in present-day small-town North Carolina, not far from the mysterious Uwharrie Forest.

Content warnings: Coarse language throughout; some gun violence (not graphic).

About Dave Dobson 

A native of Ames, Iowa, Dave loves writing, reading, boardgames, computer games, improv comedy, pizza, barbarian movies, and the cheaper end of the Taco Bell menu. Also, his wife and kids.

Dave is the author of Snood, Snoodoku, Snood Towers, and other computer games. Dave first published Snood in 1996, and it became one of the most popular shareware games of the early Internet. He’s recently published some puzzle card games in the Doctor Esker’s Notebook series.

Dave taught geology, environmental studies, and computer programming at Guilford College for 24 years. He does improv comedy at the Idiot Box in Greensboro, North Carolina. He’s also played the world’s largest tuba in concert. Not that that is relevant, but it’s still kinda cool.

Flames Over Frosthelm was Dave’s first novel, released in 2019. He followed it a year later with Traitors Unseen and The Outcast Crown, then Daros in 2021, The Woeling Lass in 2022, and Got Trouble and Kenai in 2023. He released his first mystery novel, What Grows From the Dead, in 2024, and he’s currently at work on a humorous epic fantasy novel.

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Purchase Links – Amazon 

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