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1. The C ENIGMA

   About The C ENIGMA:

   A particular brand of evil has reared its ugly head at certain points throughout history, and humanity must fight to keep it in check. This balance is sometimes managed on the scale of world wars, but it can also come down to an individual’s actions. The C ENIGMA explores the premise that one man’s courage can influence the outcome of a war on evil as large and powerful as Hitler’s Nazism.

   Chance—or perhaps fate—leads Matthias Adkins up to his grandfather’s attic, where he discovers a hidden picture of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the German secret service during WWII. A few other items reveal that his grandfather has left him a set of riddles that will lead him through three time periods—1945, 1988, and 2008—on a hunt for his family’s identity and his own destiny…which turns out to be a destiny beyond his wildest dreams.

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   Author Bio:
   I’m author Spiros Gratsias, and have just published my first book The C ENIGMA. I have wanted to write a book for as long as I can remember but my professional career always took priority. Finally the global crisis we are experiencing plus my desire to express my thoughts overwhelmed all of the excuses and The C ENIGMA was born.

   I am a native of Montreal, Canada, born to Greek immigrants. I moved back to Greece twenty years ago and have been living here ever since. I have a master’s degree in manufacturing technology and thirty-five years’ experience in the aerospace and consumer goods industries. As an amateur painter and dedicated student of history, I truly believe that in combination painting and history for me has been a lifetime path of discovery and the vehicle that led me to a new need of expression: writing!

   “Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.”

   Pablo Picasso

   Off course our life and what is happening around us is the foundation of our expression in what ever form we choose to express it, therefore; It seems like the world once again is trying to tear itself apart… Economic crisis, wars, uncontrolled poverty and hunger, fanatical self-destruction and most importantly once again enormous public opinion control systems. Our only weapon in defending ourselves, our families and society is to have as must knowledge us possible in order to decide what we should accept and what we should challenge.

   But how do we know what is true and what is a lie?

   How do we protect ourselves from the 360 degrees of propaganda that bombards us daily?

   There is only one weapon, KNOWLEDGE of history!

   Everything that is happening today has happened in the past and unfortunately unless the majority of the global community realizes how to control the information controllers it will continue…..

   I do not dare to pretend that I know who and what is pulling the strings of our collective destiny but I do know that knowing our world history is important in molding our future.

   As a single individual i control my believes and have the god given power to make up my own mind about my children’s future. This was the primary motivation that drove me in writing a historical fiction. My objective was simple, make people ask why and stimulate them into investigating as single individuals the truths and the lies!

   Remember that in a democracy one single vote is enough to save of destroy a society.

   Hope you check out my work!

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2. Where the Dead Walk by John Bowen

   About Where the Dead Walk by John Bowen:

   For some, ghosts are no more than the wounds loved ones leave in their wake, haunting the living only with their absence.

   Others take a more literal view.

   Kate Bennett, presenter of paranormal investigation cable TV show, ‘Where the Dead Walk’, isn’t sure what she believes, other than she seems cursed to lose all those closest to her.

   After investigating a neglected cliff-top house, empty for a decade because its ‘haunted’, Kate is left convinced a spirit within holds the answers to a childhood she can’t remember and an unimaginable crime.

   What she can’t know is that the house’s owner, Sebastian Dahl, is searching for something too, and he intends to get it, whatever the cost.

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   John Bowen lives in the UK. When not playing video-games, catching up on movies, going to the gym, and enjoying time with his wife and children he occasionally finds time to write…

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3. Legends of Windemere: The Compass Key

   About Legends of Windemere: The Compass Key:

   Swords will clash and spells will fly in the newest adventure of young warrior Luke Callindor, Nyx the magic-flinging caster, and their friends.

   With Sari captured by their enemies, the champions of Windemere are determined to get her back and destroy the Lich’s castle. Little do they realize, their battles in the Caster Swamp are only the beginning of this adventure. Trinity and her Chaos Elves have invaded the city of Gaia in search of a relic called the Compass Key. Rumored to be the key to rescuing Sari from a magical island, our heroes are in a race to find the mysterious artifact.

   Which side will claim the Compass Key? And, what will our heroes do when they’re faced with an enemy whose evil power overshadows anything they have ever faced?

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   Author Bio:
   Charles Yallowitz was born and raised on Long Island, NY, but he has spent most of his life wandering his own imagination in a blissful haze. Occasionally, he would return from this world for the necessities such as food, showers, and Saturday morning cartoons. One day he returned from his imagination and decided he would share his stories with the world. After his wife decided that she was tired of hearing the same stories repeatedly, she convinced him that it would make more sense to follow his dream of being a fantasy author. So, locked within the house under orders to shut up and get to work, Charles brings you Legends of Windemere. He looks forward to sharing all of his stories with you and his wife is happy he finally has someone else to play with.

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4. Secrets and Lies The Complete Trilogy

   About Secrets and Lies The Complete Trilogy:

   Secrets and Lies The Complete Trilogy comprises all three books in the trilogy: Secrets and Lies, Aftermath, and Redemption.

   Quarter-finalist at the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, 2013

   Description

   Kerry Darcy has loved Conor, her childhood sweetheart, for more than twenty years. They’ve built their dream home together, raised a happy family and are still madly in love.

   Hope Kennedy seems to have it all; a fabulous job, a luxurious apartment and best of all she’s married to her soulmate, Niall.

   Two very different women, two perfect husbands; but what happens when their lives horribly collide?

   The terrible force of chaos ensues; a force that takes its fateful hold on time and place. It ruptures the present, warps the future, replacing order with confusion, confidence with trepidation and control with powerlessness. Lives are ended for some, changed forever for others and a most significant chain of events is about to unfold with catastrophic results.

   Praise for “Secrets and Lies”

   The characters are interesting and well drawn. The plot is good. As far as the actual writing goes, clearly this author has talent. She can make you believe you are right there, overhearing a conversation between two of her characters.

   ~ Ionia Martin, Amazon Top 500 Reviewer

   This is one of the first series that I had the privilege of reviewing and it still holds a dear spot in my heart. It is a great series that will bring forth a lot of emotions, some great some depressing.

   We get to follow along with a tragedy and see how each person deals with it. The characters were very well written, they were detailed to the point where you could almost see them in front of you because they were described that well.

   The storyline is one that will draw you in, because you will HAVE to find out what happens. Will everyone get their happy ending, or will their worlds fall apart as they know it? Crystal’s Many Reviewers

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   Author Bio:
   Joanne Clancy is a writer from County Cork, Ireland. She is an avid reader, a self-confessed Kindle addict, and a tea fiend!

   Before embarking on her writing career, Joanne studied physics and mathematics at University College Cork.

   Her bestselling crime novels include Traceless (The Ellis Jones Mysteries, Book 1); The Offering; Killer Friends; Killing Time; A Daughter’s Secret; Shattered; Watched; and The Unfaithful Trilogy.

   Joanne’s successive contemporary romance novels are Unforgettable Embrace; The Wedding Day; and The Secrets and Lies Trilogy, which was a quarter-finalist at the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards in 2013.

   IF YOU TELL ANYONE (The Ellis Jones Mysteries, Book 2) is the latest release by Joanne Clancy. She is currently working on her eighteenth book, which will be available in September 2014.

   Joanne loves to hear from her fans. Feel free to get in touch:

   Website: www.JoanneClancy.com

   Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1oBiukE

   Facebook: www.Facebook.com/JoanneClancyAuthor

   Twitter: @JMClancyWriter

   Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/JMClancyAuthor/

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5. The Flight of the Griffin by C.M.Gray

   About The Flight of the Griffin by C.M.Gray:

   A Fantasy adventure for all ages.

   Finalist in the 2013 Times/ChickenHouse Literary Competition…

   60 reviews on Amazon US with an average 4.3 stars…

   The Kingdom is dying…

   The Darkness is coming… the balance between Order and Chaos is rapidly shifting and the world is falling towards evil and horror, and all the misery that Chaos will bring.

   But there is hope…

   Pardigan’s had enough, he’s only 12, but he’s breaking into the home of one of Freya’s richest merchants… and he’s doing it tonight…

   A burglary that will change their lives forever sets four friends upon a quest, a race against time, to locate three magical objects and complete an ancient and desperate spell.

   Sailing their boat The Griffin, the crew are quickly pursued by The Hawk, an evil bounty hunter and master of dark sorcery, and Belial, King of Demons and champion of Chaos who seeks to rule the world of man… yet first he must capture the crew of The Griffin and end their quest…

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   Born in Essex, England with a heavy dose of ‘travel lust’, C.M.Gray has since been lucky enough to live and travel in many countries around the world. In fact he has lived for more years outside of England than he has living there! Working as a carpenter, fruit picker and even a stint in stock brokering, he has called home Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayan Mountains, the clamor of central Hong Kong to a farm in deep rural Burgundy. Forever vowing to return and sink his roots once again in English soil… some day, he hasn’t quite made it back yet, but does live a little closer these days; just outside of Barcelona in the middle of the forest with his dogs and two wonderful children.

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6. Rain of Terror by Donna Cummins

   About Rain of Terror by Donna Cummins:

   “IT KEPT ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT….POWERFUL READ!”

   —-S.L. Shelton, author of The Scott Wolfe Thriller Series

   “I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK….KEEPS THE READER GLUED TO THE PAGES!”

   —-Kathryn Dionne, author of The Eleventh Hour Series
   “The child ran through the dark forest, sobbing, breathless, oblivious to the driving rain that soaked his matted hair and plastered the flimsy shirt against his skin. Jagged streaks of lightning cut across the night sky, creating a stark backdrop for the swaying black oaks silhouetted above him. He ran, stumbled, fell, and ran again, heart pounding in his thin chest, the sound of his own blood roaring in his ears. Cold rain stabbed like prickly needles at his face and bare arms, and clutching fingers of underbrush tore at his clothing. But still he ran, driven not by reason or logic but by basic primal instinct—the instinct to survive.”

   A child vanishes on his way home from school as thunder rumbles in the western horizon. Another is abducted from his bedroom on a storm-filled night. A young mother is murdered in her bed as lightning flashes across the Valley. Who will be next? And why?

   When terror strikes the sleepy mountain community of Blacklick Valley, tucked into the dark forests of western Pennsylvania, with the mysterious disappearance of its children and a young mother is murdered, Sheriff Jed Tyler launches a dauntless search for the madman who threatens his Valley. In his quest, will he find an answer to the personal torment that plagues his days and haunts his nights—the answer to a dark secret hidden deep in his past? And why do the turbulent thunderstorms in these Pennsylvania mountains ignite a fury in the mind of the killer that fuels his madness? When newcomer Jenny McConnell stumbles into Tyler’s life, will she capture his free-spirited heart or plunge him into greater danger? From fear-ridden Blacklick Valley to a satanic cult in the distant Sierra Nevada’s, Tyler is swept across the country in his relentless determination to learn the fate of the kidnapped children as well as find resolution to the black abyss in his own soul.

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   DONNA CUMMINS’ debut novel Rain of Terror is the product of a life-long love of both reading and writing. Rain of Terror is a page-turning, edge-of-your-seat mystery/thriller set in the mountains of western Pennsylvania where the author was born and raised. Her next mystery/suspense entitled A Reason to Kill is soon to be released. Ms. Cummins is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has spent many years as an educator, her most recent position at Webster College in Tampa, Florida, where she now lives with her family and little dog Toby.

    

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7. The Gods of Garran by Meredith Skye

   About The Gods of Garran by Meredith Skye:

   Once the Borrai, the Gods of Garran, walked among the people, taming the wind and the fiery mountains. Then invaders came from the sky and killed the gods–destroying all who opposed them. A hundred years have passed since the Invaders came from the sky–an advanced alien race known as the Chanden. Now, having suffered many grievances at the hand of the aliens, the tribesmen rise up to find the god-stones and revive the ancient powers of the Borrai–and reclaim their world.

   As a son of the clan chieftain, Moorhen can’t do anything right. His father disapproves of everything he does. When his father decides to seek revenge on the Chanden, once again Moorhen finds himself in opposition to his father. The fate of his tribe hangs in the balance. Should Moorhen follow his conscience—or his father?

   Meanwhile, when the Chanden learn of the search for the god-stones, they send a spy to infiltrate the Garrans–a young woman named Este, who has her own reasons for hating the Garrans. She begins to realize that they are dealing with a real power and not a superstition when they get close to finding the god-stones. Could the Chanden be in the wrong?

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   Author Bio:
   When I was young, I lived in Alaska. As an adult, I moved back to the land of the Midnight Sun. I began writing fiction in elementary school and always wanted to be a novelist. I was fascinated by tales of the fantastic and bizarre, tales of strange worlds.

   I love to travel. I have a fascination with the Middle Ages. I love swords, medieval costumes, castles and ancient lifestyles. I love Celtic art and music. I love the desert. I am a vivid dreamer and many of my dreams come back to life in my novels.

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8. The Life & Mimes (& Zombie Apocalypse) of Ripper the Clown: The Autobiography of an Unconventional Zombie

   About The Life & Mimes (& Zombie Apocalypse) of Ripper the Clown: The Autobiography of an Unconventional Zombie:

   The book that simultaneously redefines and spoofs the zombie genre.

   Literary awards: Runner-Up (2nd Place) General Fiction: 2014 Hollywood Book Festival.

   Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKTjFSq_d8

   From the quirky and weird world of award-winning author Jake Aurelian comes The Life & Mimes (& Zombie Apocalypse) of Ripper the Clown: The Autobiography of an Unconventional Zombie—a chaotic and satirical journey into your untypical zombie world told from the perspective of an angry clown.

   Ripper the Clown is an unpredictable cartoon character come to life … a visionary, a renegade, a rogue … and a frustrated stand-up comedian … that is, until Ripper’s murder (at a holiday festival) coincides with a powerful tornado that, for reasons unknown, spawns the zombie apocalypse. Ripper enjoys the notoriety of being the world’s first zombie until an elderly zombie is brutally murdered at the hands of the living; Ripper’s crusade for zombie justice leads to the second American Civil War—“The Cold War V.2”—wherein our clown hero (using old zombie movies as stereotypical inspiration) instructs, trains and commands an army of zombie clowns against their living oppressors and the President of the United States, D.B. Cooper (yes, a legendary criminal is in the White House).

   The Life & Mimes (& Zombie Apocalypse) of Ripper the Clown parodies and redefines the popular zombie, horror and comic book genres, mixing biting humor and pop culture references with social commentary and political satire. In his alter-ego clown persona, Jake Aurelian has created an edgy, raw and violent, yet complex, emotional, multi-dimensional character—one that is strangely endearing and strangely relatable (as clichéd as it sounds) to readers and audiences of all ages.

   www.youtube.com/user/Rippertheclownshow

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   Jake Aurelian graduated from the University of Illinois in 2000 with a degree in Media Studies/Communication & Rhetoric. Aurelian has taught English and media at the college level, and to date, has written eight books (fiction; non-fiction; children’s) and over 500 pop culture articles. Since 2012, his works of fiction have received eight international literary awards.

   On Halloween 2012, Jake Aurelian took an obscure character from his fiction books, an angry clown named Ripper, and turned the character into a stand-up comedy and online comedy video gimmick; billed as “an unpredictable cartoon character come to life,” Ripper the Clown morphs truth, fiction, pop culture and social commentary into comedy chaos. As his clown alter-ego, Aurelian performs material from his books; no other author has done anything even remotely similar, and the clown character quickly gained notice from NBC, award-winning movie producers and notables within the entertainment industry.

   Ripper the Clown on Youtube:

   https://www.youtube.com/user/Rippertheclownshow

   Aurelian’s collection of gritty, quirky short fiction, “Dead Wrestlers, Broken Necks & The Women Who Screwed Me Over: A Main Event of Fiction and Photography” (2011) has received rave reviews on Amazon.com for its diversity of fiction genres, “the immaculate writing,” the laugh-out-loud humor, “crazy scenarios” and the author’s “addictive” storytelling.

   “Dead Wrestlers…” was the recipient of a Finalist Award (Short Fiction) in the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and received 2nd Place/Runner Up (General Fiction) in the 2012 Hollywood Book Festival. After reading “Dead Wrestlers, Broken Necks & the Women Who Screwed Me Over,” legendary and iconic pro wrestler, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, posted on his Facebook page: “This is a very good book, folks, savvy stuff … get your copy TODAY!”

   Aurelian’s “Living Well is the Best Revenge” (2012, crime fiction) received 1st Place (General Fiction) at the 2013 Hollywood Book Festival, Honorable Mention at both the 2013 New England Book Festival and 2013 London [England] Book Festival. In addition, “Living Well…” was the recipient of a Finalist Award (Novella) in the 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Told in a true crime style, most readers believe that “Living Well is the Best Revenge” is an intense work of non-fiction.

   “We Leave With Our Guns Out!” (2012, short fiction, bad romance) received Honorable Mention (General Fiction) at the 2013 Hollywood Book Festival.

   He is the co-author of Michale Callahan’s “Too Politically Sensitive” (2009, true crime/political); featured on three episodes of CBS’ “48 Hours” and “On the Case with Paula Zahn.”

   In summer of 2014, he wrote his first children’s book, “Pete the Picky Piranha.”

   Jake Aurelian resides in Parts Unknown.

   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jakeaurelian

   Interviews:

   With George Jarkesy: http://www.georgejarkesy.com/2012/07/03/jake-aurelian-author-of-obama-wama-ding-dong-chuck-kirkpatrick-president-and-ceo-of-the-peoples-vote-chris-kacher-stock-watch-join-the-show/#more-4196

   With Martin Lastrapes: http://www.martinlastrapes.com/2012/12/10-questions-for-jake-aurelian/

   With Buzz Magazine: http://readbuzz.com/arts/2012/honest-words-and-gritty-pictures

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