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Mina Rehman Offers her Humorous Fantasy Free

Mina Rehman loves telling stories that help people connect with one another, but mostly, she just wants to use her words to make people laugh.

mina rehmanMaisha is a pretty normal girl.

Sure, she doesn’t remember the first 18 years of her life, but weirder things happen, right?

It’s not like someone took away her memories to make her forget that she’s an alien, heir to a throne, and the most powerful witch in existence.

Nor does she have an undead fairy godmother (along with a bunch of ghosts for relatives) whose sole afterlife entertainment is haunting her.

And there’s NO way she’s married to an actual dragon/ancient-warrior/wanna-be-superhero (who hates her guts) in the name of peace.

Or is there?

Who decides what’s normal anyways?

A lighthearted take on the cliches found in teen fantasy novels, explored through the eyes of a girl who suddenly finds herself on an alien planet, stuck in the middle of dragons, shapeshifters, undead fairy godmothers and a conspiracy to take her crown, one that she never even wanted.

** 10% of all royalties earned by the author will go to WaterAid, a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing clean water, decent toilets and hygiene education to those who need it, across the globe. **

About the author, Mina Rehman:

Mina RehmanMina Rehman is a reader, a 90s kid (since we’re putting all the important stuff here), an amateur nature photographer (but only when she remembers to charge her camera’s battery), a writer, a flexitarian (which might be another word for “struggling vegetarian”), a feminist (obviously), a horrible poet (but that doesn’t stop her), proud mother of an adopted Jaguar (Go WWF!), a science communicator and a currently non-practicing astrophysicist.
She loves telling stories that help people connect with one another, but mostly, she just wants to use her words to make people laugh.
When she’s not reading, writing or being lazy, she can be found in Manchester’s city centre doing really cool experiments and convincing people of the awesomeness of science.

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Beacon Saga Serial Book 1 Free!

If your looking for a science fiction series to read, book one of the Beacon Saga serial is free today on Amazon.

Beacon (Part I) (Beacon Saga Serial Book 1) by Jonathan C. Gillespie

Beacon Saga Serial Book 1At the end of time, a miraculous discovery threatens a vast refugee fleet, and a young family will be hurled into a deadly mission alongside dangerous aliens.


They call it the Shroud, and Beacon is the only star that survived its wrath. At this endpoint of existence, humanity lingers on alongside every living species. Vast layers of orbiting ships can provide you everything–except children. So when Mally and Tersias conceive, they are instant celebrities, lavished with accolades and gifts. But their act will carry a high cost, starting with the return of mankind’s most dreaded enemy. And the end will become the beginning, in this sweeping tale of discovery, of intrigue, of war, of love against all odds, in which the only thing more dangerous than the dead of space are a few terrible secrets.

Beacon – Part I is the first serial installment of the Beacon Saga Serial, and is six thousand words. Continue the serial in Part II (twelve thousand words), or in The Complete Beacon Saga, which contains all installments at a value price over purchasing each separately.

*Note to readers: A serial is a story in parts, each usually of long short-story length. Each installment is not a complete book, but can be thought of like an episode in a television series.

About the Author of the Beacon Saga Serial, Jonathan C. Gillespie:

Jonathan C. Gillespie has been writing genre fiction for over a decade. His stories have been published in a variety of outlets on three continents, including “The Drabblecast”, “Spinetingler Magazine”, and “Murky Depths”, and have been nominated for a number of awards.

He particularly enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters, and lives with them in Atlanta, GA.

Those interested in further information on his releases, upcoming events, and reviews of film and books should check out his official site at http://jonathancg.net.

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Val Grian Offers Free eBook on Amazon

The purpose of books written by Val Grian is to charge you with positive energy and to enrich your life with all kinds of emotions.

Tramps, Thieves and IT by Val Grian

Tramps, Thieves and IT by Val GrianThe events take place in the United States. Arrogant smuggler Alan and a shy homeless guy called George are the main characters of the book.

At some point, Lady Luck decided that she had paid too much attention to ungrateful Alan, and completely neglected George for no reason. “It looks like now is the high time to correct this injustice,” she thought once. Being very vigorous and determined, Lady Luck put the idea into action immediately. Which meant seismic changes in the lives of both main characters. And one of them didn’t like those changes at all…

So what happened to Alan and George? Well, the answer is in the book. As a bonus you will also find out what happened to Hitler in hell and what the Devil and the English Queen have in common.

The story is almost based on real events. Some of them already took place in real life. Some are about to happen. Who knows, maybe to you.

Credits:

I’m very grateful to my wife Aksana for kindly sharing the book concept with me and for all the support and help provided during its creation.

Book cover by Sergey Usmanov.

About the author, Val Grian:

Tramps, Thieves and IT by Val GrianVal Grian is a pseudonym. My real name is Valery Hrykyan.
I have a degree of an English teacher, but have never worked as one. Luckily for schoolchildren, I’ve worked as an iceman, tourist agent, fishing gear salesman, logistics manager, IT project manager, a CEO of an IT company and investor.
As you can see, my career has been very diverse and so has my writing – historical fantasy, contemporary fiction, poetry and so on.
The purpose of my books is to charge you with positive energy and to enrich your life with all kinds of emotions. Sometimes they’ll make you feel sad, quite often they will make you laugh, but never indifferent.
I work hard to make my books as good as I can, because I want you to enjoy reading them as much as I do writing them.

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Dark Gods Book 1 Free Today

With 78 reviews on Amazon and an average rating of 4.2 stars, you should download book one of the Dark Gods series while it’s free today on Amazon.

Take the body…: Grimdark. Epic fantasy (Dark Gods Book 1) by Arthur King

Dark Gods Book 1 by Arthur KingDark Epic fantasy for adults, a bloody coming of age saga.

Seth, a young soldier is sold into slavery by a corrupt city watch. In order to escape he is forced into a pact with an ancient wolf-like demon, an old god of his people’s past. Through its ‘gifts’ he gains the skills, memories and knowledge of those he kills, but at a high price.

Now the Dark Guild, the creature’s old masters seek to find him and kill him. They must regain his stolen memories and end this threat to their secrecy.

The powerful guild has members in the nobles and rulers of the land, and paid blades at every corner. Seth must fight through them all, as he struggles with his new found powers and against the blood lust that his dark alliance brings.

Grimdark adventure for those who like playing skyrim.

About the author of the Dark Gods series, Arthur King:

dark godI’m an indy Fantasy writer, from Australia now living in London or somewhere like Cambodia or Thailand if the visa office is giving me a hard time. Arthur King is a pen name as i also write some much less bloody stuff under my own name.

My aim as a writer is to create original things. Maybe a new creature or power or look at something like vampires and demons in different ways. The dream would be in 20 years people i don’t know are making movies and writing books about something i originally came up with. Like Bram Stoker for vampires, or Romaro for zombies.

I write grimdark and gritty adventure fantasy. I like a hero with a heart of gold and a blood drenched sword. My favorite authors are Joe Abercrombie, H P Lovecraft and Tanith Lee. I have also clocked around 200 hours on skyrim and like fantasy games, i might write a lit-rpg book one day soon.

I have lot of books. The Dark gods series, Monsters & Man, and vicky vs. Lots of my books are free for review.

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Frank Kelso’s Free Western Available Now

With 53 reviews on Amazon and an average rating of 4.6 stars, you should download California Bound by Frank Kelso while it’s free today.

California Bound by Frank Kelso

Frank KelsoLawmen won’t … The Cavalry can’t … 2 Civil War veterans wade the Rio Bravo to find a stolen girl!
In a Union POW camp, Jeb & Zach dreamed of California Gold, but the road West leads Jeb to his sis’s home in Texas.
Jeb & Zach are God-fearing, hard-working, honest southern boys–if you don’t count stealing Gen. Sherman’s horse.
A border war raged on the Rio Bravo near Eagle Pass TX! Cattle rustled! Ranches burnt! Innocents killed or kidnapped!
Confronting 2 Cortina men in a saloon turns ugly … Jeb is wounded … one Cortina man escapes to alert Cortina.
A young widow tends Jeb in healing after the Doc sews him. Jeb and Zach take a shine to the bold and sassy lady.
“Aww, man. After all the time we been together, are we gonna fight over a woman” … “No fight needed,” Jeb said. “She’s gonna decide, then get us think it was our idea.” … “She always does,” Zach replied.
Jeb & Zach trick Cortina to rescue Rebecca but Cortina cross the Rio Bravo to take Eagle Pass hostage!
Either Jeb & Zach surrender to him or he burns the town!
Will they ever get to California?

About the Author, Frank Kelso:

Frank KelsoFrank Kelso grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, the origin of the Santa Fe Trail. Historic sites, monuments, and statues abound highlighting the journey west, including the Wagons West, Pioneer Women and the Indian Scout located on the bluffs overlooking the wide Missouri. Writing western themed books fit in with his upbringing. His parents considered storytelling a family tradition and the taller the tale, the better, when sharing around the supper table. A biomedical research scientist in his day job, Frank writes short stories and novels to keep the family traditions alive. He enjoys living on an island on the Alabama Gulf Coast at the Florida border. Can you say Flora-Bama Beach Bar? Welcome to Paradise Island: sunny days, sugar white sands, turquoise blue water, fishing, and smooth sailing. Come on down, Y’all.

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