Saturday, January 4, 2025

EXTINCTION WARRIOR: One Girl's Round-the-World Quest to Find Her Parents and Save Endangereds

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EXTINCTION WARRIOR:

One Girl's Round-the-World Quest to Find Her Parents

and Save Endangereds


In this thrilling blend of 'Spy Kids' meets 'Zootopia' with a dash of 'Jurassic Park' intrigue, join clairvoyant 12-year-old Luki Sloan, her arctic fox Mig, and the android Tuk on a quest against the Red Dragon gang to rescue her scientist-detective parents from the clutches of the notorious animal trafficker White Wolf! Set in the year 2155, this inspiring fantasy sheds light on the perils of climate change and the extinction crisis while shining a hopeful light on a seemingly insurmountable situation. Luki's parents are scientist-detectives for World Endangered Animal Police Protection (WEAPP), and go missing while hunting White Wolf and his gang in the Bering Strait. Once Luki activates Tuk, there is only one thing to do—masquerade as traffickers to try and find them and White Wolf. They lie to Luki’s adoptive Indigenous grandparents and set off from their remote home in the Arctic to travel the world, collecting a diverse assortment of endangered animals to entice the Red Dragon leader. They eventually locate White Wolf and gain access to his superyacht where disaster strikes. Their travels take Luki, Tuk and Mig from a cyclone in Tahiti into the aftermath of a hurricane in Puerto Rico; they face an attack by an Eagle owl in Russia, a porcupine attack in the Transylvanian Alps, the stinging bites of driver ants in the Serengeti, and the possibility of pirates in the Mozambique Channel before they make their way to White Wolf's superyacht in the Bay of Bengal near Myanmar— where they confront a series of shocking discoveries. As the story unfolds, readers learn about Partula snails, Puerto Rican crested toads, cinereous vultures, African wild dogs, radiated tortoises, pangolins, tarsiers and a variety of other animals while gaining insight into indigenous Arctic culture, diverse environments and acquire a greater understanding of world geography from maps throughout the text. A story for all ages, but an excellent choice for kids ages nine to fourteen, this story weaves real science with a fantastic vision of a future world in which a 12-year-old wrestles with friendship, loneliness, fear, loss and her own strengths.






Friday, January 3, 2025

Luna Lumina : The Moon’s Daughter

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Luna Lumina : The Moon’s Daughter


Discover a world where moonlight holds ancient power and shadows whisper of destiny.

In the enchanting realm of Noctara, Luna always felt different. Marked by a crescent moon necklace and accompanied by her loyal fox companion, Zephyr, she’s lived a quiet life—until now. When a chance encounter in the forest awakens her necklace's hidden magic, Luna learns the truth: she is the Moon’s Daughter, the last hope against an encroaching darkness threatening to consume Noctara.

Guided by Zephyr, now gifted with speech, Luna embarks on a perilous journey to uncover her forgotten heritage and master powers she never knew she had. As sinister Nulborne spirits rise, she must confront family secrets, navigate mystical landscapes, and embrace her role in the eternal battle between light and dark.

Perfect for fans of YA fantasy, magical adventures, and strong female protagonists, Luna Lumina weaves a tale of courage, self-discovery, and the enduring power of hope.

Will Luna’s light be enough to save Noctara? The fate of her world rests in the glow of the crescent moon.

The Lost City: An Epic YA Fantasy Novel (The Tixie Chronicles Book 4)

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The Lost City: An Epic YA Fantasy Novel

(The Tixie Chronicles Book 4)


Four summers have flown by, since Avelyn and her family won the vicious battle in the unforgettable YA Fantasy novel The Ants of Fire. Now, a mysterious aging sickness is tragically shortening the lives of the tixies everywhere in their forest homes.

When shy but determined 16-year-old Avelyn's beloved mother suddenly ages 100 summers before her eyes, she is paralyzed with sadness. But her more outgoing little brother Killian discovers a way to save their mother and the other tixies suffering from the debilitating disease.

Far into the west, outside of the confines of their massive forest home, a fabled pixie city sits on a barren hilltop. This legendary city is the home of a sacred Magic Dust that is rumored to give creatures unnaturally long life. Desperate to find a cure for her mother, Avelyn agrees to her younger brother's crazy idea, leading to an epic journey across dark and dangerous lands, where three young heroes fight for their lives against mythical creatures, like the stinky Toadskunks, and many other formidable foes.

The Lost City is the immersive 4th volume of the Tixies Chronicles YA Fantasy series, which features heart-stopping sword fighting action scenes, memorable characters with complex relationships, heroic bravery, and vivid world-building. In this memorable coming of age journey, Avelyn must realize her full potential and use the Sword of Light to find her destiny… before it’s too late.

“The king’s fall is imminent, Konskara. The prophesy is true and is coming to fulfillment. They have come.”






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Thursday, January 2, 2025

Dark Treats: 17 Short Stories

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Dark Treats: 17 Short Stories 


17 mind twisty short stories about edgy characters dealing with their bugaboos. Forget the supernatural shivers and fantasy frights, these “everyday” horrors, whether psychological or sexual or religious or extraterrestrial, will rock your sense of what’s right with the world.

Characters include a questionably real stripper, a seriously twisted contortionist, a contemplative Russian hitman, an Edwardian lover with a poison pen, a young married couple with a “trainer baby,” a diabolical old priest, a pep-talking wartime colonel, a woman tempted by God to the breaking point, a disillusioned young public relations trainee, an extragalactic mischief maker, a boy with the worst father figure ever, and the atheist clown on a kids’ TV show.

With story title illustrations by the author.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Destined (The Realm Book 1)

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Destined (The Realm Book 1)


The fairy tale world isn't real, and magic is for storybooks...

Alexis has no belief in magic and fairy tales...until one night everything changes, and her predictable life is thrown into chaos. Suddenly, she finds herself plunged into another world, expected to battle a monster and become a hero. When her godmother is murdered by creatures from another world, Alexis is drawn into a battle between the rebels and a corrupt fey king. With the help of unexpected allies, friends, and a sister she was separated from before her memories were erased, Alexis must find the Champion and help restore the Realm. With a looming threat of darkness, there are only two fates for her...become who she was born to be, or fall for the darkness that seeks to tempt her. There's no turning back now.

CyberKnight and the Hand Puppet Commandos: Origin Story

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CyberKnight

and the Hand Puppet Commandos:

Origin Story


CyberKnight and the Hand Puppet Commandos is the "Origin Story" that reveals the epic adventures of Dr. Daryl Daxler (known as "Dax") from childhood puppeteer to achieving her status as a “Triple Doc” (Ph.D.'s in Astrophysics, Electronic and Parapsychology). When as a SETI Scientist, she makes a discovery of historic importance, Dax is thrust into the quest of a lifetime. Her development of her life-long dream to build her synthetic telepathy invention, known as the ReAmplifier, ends with results that are not what she expected. When the device links her into the “Great Mind Wave” and downloads the “World Protector Kit” into her mind, it is only the beginning of a journey that will transform her life from purely scientific pursuits to being Earth's Protector, the “CyberKnight”, the reluctant – at first, leader of a powerful group of super heroes who become known as, the Hand Puppet Commandos. They are a team of miniature personified beings the likes of which the planet has never seen before. 
The interference of her co-worker, Dr. Gray Sutherland, during the reception of the Great Mind Wave creates the circumstance that produce a duality of good and evil forces, thrusting Dax and her team into a series of life and death battles with incredible adversaries. In Book 1 of the Trilogy, circumstances task Dax and her team with saving the Earth from Gray Sutherland who has been transformed into the powerful GrayLord, the Dark Lord of Power, and his evil cohorts, the "Metalicans".


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