Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Read: Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

Title: Of Love and Other Demons

Author: Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

Release Date: 1994

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Book Description:  On her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria, the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport, is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is brought to a convent for observation. And into her cell stumbles Father Cayetano Delaura, who has already dreamed about a girl with hair trailing after her like a bridal train. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels something shocking begin to occur. He has fallen in love, and it is not long until Sierva Maria joins him in his fevered misery. Unsettling and indelible, Of Love and Other Demons is an evocative, majestic tale of the most universal experiences known to woman and man.


Buy Links: Amazon * Bookdepository



Author Bio:

Gabriel José de la Concordia Garcí­a Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garcí­a Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He studied at the University of Bogotá and late worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.

 
Author Link:
Website

Monday, April 28, 2014

Read: No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

Title: No One Writes to the Colonel

Author: Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

Release Date: 1961

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Book Description: Set in the decaying Colombian town of Macondo, the Colonel is scraping together the money for food and medicine. It is the Colonel's rooster that gives him hope for a better future as it has become a symbol of defiance in the face of despair.



Buy Links: Amazon * Bookdepository



Author Bio:

Gabriel José de la Concordia Garcí­a Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garcí­a Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He studied at the University of Bogotá and late worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.

 
Author Link:
Website

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Read: The Emperor's Soul (Elantris) by Brandon Sanderson

Title: The Emperor's Soul

Series: Elantris

Author: Brandon Sanderson

Release Date: 2012

Genre: Fantasy

Book Description: A heretic thief is the empire’s only hope in this fascinating tale that inhabits the same world as the popular novel, Elantris.

Shai is a Forger, a foreigner who can flawlessly copy and re-create any item by rewriting its history with skillful magic. Condemned to death after trying to steal the emperor’s scepter, she is given one opportunity to save herself. Though her skill as a Forger is considered an abomination by her captors, Shai will attempt to create a new soul for the emperor, who is almost dead.

Probing deeply into his life, she discovers Emperor Ashravan’s truest nature—and the opportunity to exploit it. Her only possible ally is one who is truly loyal to the emperor, but councilor Gaotona must overcome his prejudices to understand that Shai’s forgery is as much artistry as it is deception.

Brimming with magic and political intrigue, this deftly woven fantasy delves into the essence of a living spirit.



Buy Link: Amazon * Bookdepository

Author Bio:
Brandon Sanderson was born in 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a child Brandon enjoyed reading, but he lost interest in the types of titles often suggested to him, and by junior high he never cracked a book if he could help it. This changed when an eighth grade teacher gave him Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly.

Brandon was working on his thirteenth novel when Moshe Feder at Tor Books bought the sixth he had written. Tor has published Elantris, the Mistborn trilogy and its followup The Alloy of Law, Warbreaker, and The Way of Kings, the first in the planned ten-volume series The Stormlight Archive. He was chosen to complete Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series; 2009’s The Gathering Storm and 2010’s Towers of Midnight were followed by the final book in the series, A Memory of Light, in January 2013. Four books in his middle-grade Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series were released by Scholastic, and his novella Infinity Blade Awakening was an ebook bestseller for Epic Games accompanying their acclaimed Infinity Blade iOS video game series. Two more novellas, Legion and The Emperor s Soul, were released by Subterranean Press and Tachyon Publications in 2012, and 2013 brings two young adult novels, The Rithmatist from Tor and Steelheart from Delacorte.

The only author to make the short list for the David Gemmell Legend Award six times in four years, Brandon won that award in 2011 for The Way of Kings. The Emperor’s Soul won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novella. He has hit the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best-Seller List seven times, with all three Wheel of Time books hitting the #1 spot.


Author Links:
Website * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Read: Perfect Shadow (Night Angel 0.5) by Brent Weeks

Title: Perfect Shadow

Series: Night Angel #0.5

Author: Brent Weeks

Release Date: 2011

Genre: Fantasy

Book Description: Discover the origins of Durzo Blint in this original novella set in the world of Brent Weeks' New York Times bestselling Night Angel trilogy.

"I got a bit of prophecy," the old assassin said. "Not enough to be useful, you know. Just glimpses. My wife dead, things like that to keep me up late at night. I had this vision that I was going to be killed by forty men, all at once. But now that you're here, I see they're all you. Durzo Blint."

Durzo Blint? Gaelan had never even heard the name.

***
Gaelan Starfire is a farmer, happy to be a husband and a father; a careful, quiet, simple man. He's also an immortal, peerless in the arts of war. Over the centuries, he's worn many faces to hide his gift, but he is a man ill-fit for obscurity, and all too often he's become a hero, his very names passing into legend: Acaelus Thorne, Yric the Black, Hrothan Steelbender, Tal Drakkan, Rebus Nimble.

But when Gaelan must take a job hunting down the world's finest assassins for the beautiful courtesan-and-crimelord Gwinvere Kirena, what he finds may destroy everything he's ever believed in.



Buy Link: Amazon  


Author Bio:
Brent Weeks was born and raised in Montana. After getting his paper keys from Hillsdale College, Brent had brief stints walking the earth like Caine from Kung Fu, tending bar, and corrupting the youth. (Not at the same time.) He started writing on bar napkins, then on lesson plans, then full time. Eventually, someone paid him for it. Brent lives in Oregon with his wife, Kristi. He doesn’t own cats or wear a ponytail.

Author Links:
Website * Facebook * Twitter

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Blog Tour: The Edge of Hope (Bad Blood I) by Alina Popescu - Interview + Excerpt + Giveaway

Title: The Edge of Hope

Series:  Bad Blood I

Author: Alina Popescu

Release Date:  April 3, 2014

Genre: Fantasy romance

Book Description: When tall, dark, and gorgeous shows up on your self-prescribed emotional recovery vacation, some would call it fate smiling down on you. If he also happens to be interested in your work and ready to make all the room you need in his life, it starts to sound too good to be true. Alexa skips the doubts and jumps right in, only to be thrown into the mysterious world of vampires. 

The secrets of their origin and their very existence are far more important than her life to some of her new acquaintances. They are ancient, they are powerful, they have unlimited resources, and they are keen on controlling what the world knows of their kind. As Alexa discovers their complicated, blood feud bound world, she tries to better understand herself, heal old wounds and give love chance after chance. Will she survive the journey?


Buy Links: AmazonUS  * Amazon UK  * Barnes& Noble  * iTunes  * Smashwords

Author Bio:


Writer, traveler, and coffee addict; Alina Popescu has been in love with books all her life. She started writing when she was ten and even won awards in local competitions. She has always been drawn to sci-fi, fantasy, and the supernatural realm, which explains her deep love for vampires and is also to blame for this trilogy.

Author Links:
Website * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads * Google+ * Amazon


Interview with Alina Popescu
  
Hello, Alina. Please introduce yourself.

Hi everyone! *waves* I’m Alina, writer, coffee and Internet addict, dog owner, voracious reader. I’ve been writing all my life, probably part of my life-long passion for books. 

How does it feel to have your first novel out?

Oh, wow! It feels… scary as hell, exciting, a bit dreamy still. It’s a unique feeling, I don’t think I can describe it properly. But getting to see your book out there, getting to touch it when you get your first copy, that’s a high nothing can ever top.

Why did you choose self-publishing?

I actually was offered a publishing deal by a UK publisher and almost went that way. After analyzing everything, I felt self-publishing was the best option for me. I like the freedom and the madness it gives me, I like deciding the pricing and the timing for everything related to my writing. I did use an editor, the issue was never my not being open to suggestions or criticism. Going the full indie way just felt right.

What was the most challenging part of getting your novel published?

Making my inner editor/critic shut up for a second. That was definitely the hardest part. Everything else was difficult and time consuming, but manageable.

How does your professional background help your writing career?

I studied journalism and worked in PR and Marketing most of my adult life. That helped both my writing and my ability to promote my book. I don’t find it hard to promote my writing, I know how to take ideas and adapt them and I am comfortable being online a lot, I was already doing that long before publishing.

After Oliviu Craznic, Stefana Czeller, and Ioana Visan, you’re another Romanian writer who writes about vampires. What novelty does your book bring to the vampire lore?

If we count the writers in other countries, the numbers are pretty high! I was always fascinated with vampires and how they were portrayed, sometimes feeling their individuality got lost in the vampire part of their character. I did not reinvent the vampire lore, but I did give them a new point of origin, a different history, and put my own spin on how the vampire society is organized.

Why did you set the action abroad and not on the familiar Romanian ground?

I didn’t really choose unfamiliar places. I either did a lot of research on the places I wrote about or traveled there before even starting to write the book. I wanted a Romanian MC but, frankly, there is nothing familiar about vampires in Romania. Our folklore is dominated by our version of zombies, strigoi, vampires aren’t really that big here, not in a natural way. Vampires and Romania were associated by other writers, starting with Bram Stocker’s Dracula and ending with the vampires of the sparkling kind.

From the first page, we find out not only that this is the first book in the Bad Blood trilogy, but that it also ends in a cliffhanger. Why did you make this controversial editorial decision?

I did not think of it as an editorial decision. When I started writing this story, a trilogy made sense to me. I knew what separate parts of the story would fit into each book. I wanted book one to stop where it began, it felt right to end it there. I considered changing it because it seemed a lot of people decided to hate books and series because of their cliffhangers. I know I want to throw my kindle away when that happens, especially if I have to wait to find out what’s next. But if I love the story, I will buy the next book. In the end, I decided to go with the story I wanted to tell. I also thought it better to warn people about the cliffy.

Will the second book end in a cliffhanger too?

No, this is the only cliffhanger in the trilogy. Book two won’t have one.

What drives Alexa? Give us a reason to root for her.

Hope is what drives Alexa, along with her love of life. No matter how badly she’s hurt, she’ll always find a way to hope it will get better. She picks herself up and grows stronger every time she does. 





a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Read: Inferno (Robert Langdon #4) by Dan Brown

Title: Inferno

Series:  Robert Langdon #4

Author: Dan Brown

Release Date: 2013

Genre: Action & Adventure

Book Description: Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee. Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a series of codes, which are the work of a brilliant scientist whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever written, Dante Alighieri's The Inferno. Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again, combining classical Italian art, history, and literature with cutting-edge science in this sumptuously entertaining thriller.


Buy Link: Amazon * Bookdepository

Author Bio:

Dan Brown is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Brown is interested in cryptography, codes, and keys. Currently his novels have been translated into many languages.

Although many see Dan Brown's books as anti-Christian, Brown is a Christian who says that his book The Da Vinci Code is simply "an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate" and suggests that the book may be used "as a positive catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith."


Author Links:
Website 

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Spotlight: The Life and Death of Lily Drake (Lily Drake #1) by T. Michelle Nelson

Title: The Life and Death of Lily Drake

Series:  Lily Drake #1

Author: T. Michelle Nelson

Release Date:  2012

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Book Description: For Lily Drake, slaying vampires is easy...Dating them is the hard part.

Lily Drake is your everyday hard-working single mom…until a gorgeous vampire shows up on her front door who she mistakenly assumes is her blind date for the evening. As one crazy scenario after another unfolds, Lily finds herself falling in love with two vampires, slaying the evil ones, and being prophesied as the savior of the entire undead race. 


Deciding between pizza and Chinese take-out will no longer be one of the hard decisions facing Lily Drake once she is emerged into vampire society. Humanity or immortality? That doesn't hold a candle against this question - which of the two handsome vampire cousins?

The Life and Death of Lily Drake is not your typical vampire love story. It’s a tale about the humorous mistakes a woman makes simply trying to survive not only life, but the dating scene. How will Lily manage working full-time, taking care of her young son and fighting the undead at every turn?


Lily will have to figure it out, but who better to save the world than a mom?



Buy Links: Amazon * Bookdepository


Author Bio:

When T. Michelle Nelson was a little girl she told people she was going to be a skeleton when she grew up. Most people assumed she confused the question with "What do you want to be for Halloween?" She doesn't remember, but thinks it's debatable either way. With her love of all things monster and horror, it's possible she actually did want to grow up to be a skeleton. Years later, little has changed. T. Michelle still loves her monsters, but now she writes about them.

Originally from Western Kentucky, T. Michelle is a graduate of Murray State University. She now resides in picturesque Mount Vernon, Ohio, which is also the setting of her novel, The Life and Death of Lily Drake. When she isn't vicariously living through her characters, T. Michelle Nelson is a not-so-mild-mannered mother, semi-decent baker and lousy volleyball player.

Author Links:
Website

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Blog Tour: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus by Ioana Visan - Daily Offer (7)

Title: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus

Author: Ioana Visan

Release Date: March 2014

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal

Book Description: In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth. Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn't been a vampire on Romanian ground in over five centuries, until one day when Liana Cantacuzino is ordered to bring one in, covertly.

Enter Maximilien Hess, a thousand-year-old vampire determined to ruin the existing order of things. When all is revealed, Hess's secret changes everything, and a reluctant alliance is formed because the alternative is much worse.

The Impaler Legacy Omnibus, a vampire saga like no other.



Buy Links:
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Smashwords


 DAILY OFFER 
DOWNLOAD THE IMPALER LEGACY OMNIBUS
50% OFF
!
Download it from Smashwords using the coupon code XL84G.

Offer only available today, April 13, 2014!


Author Bio:

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about reaching the stars, but since she can't, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in "Human Instincts", she played with shapeshifters in “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet for Drinks”, and then she dealt with vampires in “The Impaler Legacy” series, before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science fiction series.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian magazines and anthologies, she published a Romanian short story collection "Efectul de nautil" and the Romanian edition of "Human Instincts".

She was awarded the Encouragement Award by The European Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.


Author Links:
Website * Blog * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads * Amazon
a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Blog Tour: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus by Ioana Visan - Daily Offer (6)

Title: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus

Author: Ioana Visan

Release Date: March 2014

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal

Book Description: In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth. Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn't been a vampire on Romanian ground in over five centuries, until one day when Liana Cantacuzino is ordered to bring one in, covertly.

Enter Maximilien Hess, a thousand-year-old vampire determined to ruin the existing order of things. When all is revealed, Hess's secret changes everything, and a reluctant alliance is formed because the alternative is much worse.

The Impaler Legacy Omnibus, a vampire saga like no other.



Buy Links:
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Smashwords


 DAILY OFFER 
DOWNLOAD  THE IMPALER LEGACY OMNIBUS BOOKMARK.

Just download the PDF file and print it on photo paper.
You'll need it for the print edition of The Impaler Legacy Omnibus.

Offer only available today, April 12, 2014!

Author Bio:

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about reaching the stars, but since she can't, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in "Human Instincts", she played with shapeshifters in “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet for Drinks”, and then she dealt with vampires in “The Impaler Legacy” series, before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science fiction series.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian magazines and anthologies, she published a Romanian short story collection "Efectul de nautil" and the Romanian edition of "Human Instincts".

She was awarded the Encouragement Award by The European Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.


Author Links:
Website * Blog * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads * Amazon
a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

Friday, April 11, 2014

Blog Tour: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus by Ioana Visan - Daily Offer (5)

Title: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus

Author: Ioana Visan

Release Date: March 2014

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal

Book Description: In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth. Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn't been a vampire on Romanian ground in over five centuries, until one day when Liana Cantacuzino is ordered to bring one in, covertly.

Enter Maximilien Hess, a thousand-year-old vampire determined to ruin the existing order of things. When all is revealed, Hess's secret changes everything, and a reluctant alliance is formed because the alternative is much worse.

The Impaler Legacy Omnibus, a vampire saga like no other.



Buy Links:
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Smashwords


 DAILY OFFER 
FREE BOOK AD ON THE RIGHT SIDEBAR OF
STARRY'S BOOKS FOR 1 WEEK.


Send a message with your Goodreads and Amazon book link, and the preferred starting date.

Offer only available today, April 11, 2014!



Author Bio:

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about reaching the stars, but since she can't, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in "Human Instincts", she played with shapeshifters in “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet for Drinks”, and then she dealt with vampires in “The Impaler Legacy” series, before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science fiction series.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian magazines and anthologies, she published a Romanian short story collection "Efectul de nautil" and the Romanian edition of "Human Instincts".

She was awarded the Encouragement Award by The European Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.


Author Links:
Website * Blog * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads * Amazon

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 
 

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Blog Tour: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus by Ioana Visan - Daily Offer (4)

Title: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus

Author: Ioana Visan

Release Date: March 2014

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal

Book Description: In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth. Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn't been a vampire on Romanian ground in over five centuries, until one day when Liana Cantacuzino is ordered to bring one in, covertly.

Enter Maximilien Hess, a thousand-year-old vampire determined to ruin the existing order of things. When all is revealed, Hess's secret changes everything, and a reluctant alliance is formed because the alternative is much worse.

The Impaler Legacy Omnibus, a vampire saga like no other.



Buy Links:
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Smashwords


 DAILY OFFER 
FREE BOOK/EBOOK FORMATTING FOR
AMAZON/SMASHWORDS/CREATESPACE
COURTESY OF

EBOOK FORMATTING SERVICES

Send a message with your book length, genre, and deadline.

Offer only available today, April 10, 2014!


Author Bio:

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about reaching the stars, but since she can't, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in "Human Instincts", she played with shapeshifters in “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet for Drinks”, and then she dealt with vampires in “The Impaler Legacy” series, before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science fiction series.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian magazines and anthologies, she published a Romanian short story collection "Efectul de nautil" and the Romanian edition of "Human Instincts".

She was awarded the Encouragement Award by The European Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.


Author Links:
Website * Blog * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads * Amazon

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Blog Tour: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus by Ioana Visan - Daily Offer (3)

Title: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus

Author: Ioana Visan

Release Date: March 2014

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal

Book Description: In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth. Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn't been a vampire on Romanian ground in over five centuries, until one day when Liana Cantacuzino is ordered to bring one in, covertly.

Enter Maximilien Hess, a thousand-year-old vampire determined to ruin the existing order of things. When all is revealed, Hess's secret changes everything, and a reluctant alliance is formed because the alternative is much worse.

The Impaler Legacy Omnibus, a vampire saga like no other.



Buy Links:
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Smashwords


 DAILY OFFER 
DOWNLOAD BLUE MOON CAFÉ SERIES:
WHERE SHIFTERS MEET FOR DRINKS
FOR FREE!

"The were-eagles and our kind have been at war since the beginning of time. Well, it’s more like fifty years since we’d decided to move into town, but it feels like an eternity already. And they’re not were-eagles, just like we’re not werewolves. They’re more like crows, and we look more like dogs. Mutts, they call us.

Times are changing and we do what we can to adapt in order to fit in. When you’re like us, social acceptance really is a problem. But we still have claws and fangs, and they have beaks and talons that can rip their enemy to shreds in seconds. Maybe it’s in our genes. Whenever we meet, it’s a miracle it doesn’t end in a bloodbath. It’s a good thing we rarely die, or there would be dead mutts all over the streets. Dead crows too. We’re a good match."

In a city where two shifter clans reside, the Mayor is struggling to maintain peace while keeping the population safe. Through a series of short stories, we discover what happens when intruders appear, humans get turned, the Mayor's reputation is at stake, an invasion is planned, and not everything is what it seems.

Shapeshifter stories for non-shapeshifter fans!


Download it from Smashwords using the coupon code DM84S.

Offer only available today, April 9, 2014!


Author Bio:

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about reaching the stars, but since she can't, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in "Human Instincts", she played with shapeshifters in “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet for Drinks”, and then she dealt with vampires in “The Impaler Legacy” series, before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science fiction series.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian magazines and anthologies, she published a Romanian short story collection "Efectul de nautil" and the Romanian edition of "Human Instincts".

She was awarded the Encouragement Award by The European Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.


Author Links:
Website * Blog * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads * Amazon


a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Blog Tour: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus by Ioana Visan - Daily Offer (2)

Title: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus

Author: Ioana Visan

Release Date: March 2014

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal

Book Description: In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth. Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn't been a vampire on Romanian ground in over five centuries, until one day when Liana Cantacuzino is ordered to bring one in, covertly.

Enter Maximilien Hess, a thousand-year-old vampire determined to ruin the existing order of things. When all is revealed, Hess's secret changes everything, and a reluctant alliance is formed because the alternative is much worse.

The Impaler Legacy Omnibus, a vampire saga like no other.



Buy Links:
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Smashwords


 DAILY OFFER 
DOWNLOAD HUMAN INSTINCTS FOR FREE!


Dr. Deanna Nichols is a geneticist searching for a cure to save the world. After the war nearly destroyed it by releasing an aggressive virus, it was the vaccine that killed the humanity’s chances for progress and survival. Deanna feels guilty because she has participated in creating the vaccine, and General Mackenzie never lets her forget that.

Their luck changes when they are contacted by the convicts held in a secret military prison hidden in the arctic desert. The C deviance criminals are willing to negotiate and provide unaffected DNA samples in exchange for supplies and a visit paid by the doctor herself. Suddenly there’s hope, so Deanna embarks on a dangerous journey to a grittier reality than she had expected.

Could a woman alone save the world?


Download it from Smashwords using the coupon code EE34J.

Offer only available today, April 8, 2014!


Author Bio:

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about reaching the stars, but since she can't, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in "Human Instincts", she played with shapeshifters in “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet for Drinks”, and then she dealt with vampires in “The Impaler Legacy” series, before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science fiction series.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian magazines and anthologies, she published a Romanian short story collection "Efectul de nautil" and the Romanian edition of "Human Instincts".

She was awarded the Encouragement Award by The European Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.


Author Links:
Website * Blog * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads * Amazon

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 
 

Monday, April 7, 2014

Blog Tour: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus by Ioana Visan - Daily Offer (1)

Title: The Impaler Legacy Omnibus

Author: Ioana Visan

Release Date: March 2014

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal

Book Description: In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth. Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn't been a vampire on Romanian ground in over five centuries, until one day when Liana Cantacuzino is ordered to bring one in, covertly.

Enter Maximilien Hess, a thousand-year-old vampire determined to ruin the existing order of things. When all is revealed, Hess's secret changes everything, and a reluctant alliance is formed because the alternative is much worse.

The Impaler Legacy Omnibus, a vampire saga like no other.



Buy Links:
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Smashwords


 DAILY OFFER 
DOWNLOAD THE IMPALER'S REVENGE FOR FREE!

In a world crawling with vampires, Romania is the safest place left on earth. Thanks to the Little Council, there hasn't been a vampire on Romanian ground in over five centuries. But one day, Liana Cantacuzino, also a member of the Little Council and a descendant of one of the old noble families, is ordered to bring one in, covertly. Enter Maximilien Hess, a thousand years old vampire determined to ruin the existing order of things.

Suddenly, Liana finds herself forced to protect Hess, instead of having the pandurs kill him. With the help from her trustful friends, Rodica Ghica and Ştefan Sturdza, and that of an innocent bystander, Dr. Jesse Carver, Liana has to find out what is going on and what the President is hiding from her. When all is revealed, Hess's secret changes everything.

The first novella in The Impaler Legacy series, a vampire saga like no other.


Download it from Smashwords using the coupon code KN96X.

Offer only available today, April 7, 2014!


Author Bio:

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about reaching the stars, but since she can't, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in "Human Instincts", she played with shapeshifters in “Blue Moon Café Series: Where Shifters Meet for Drinks”, and then she dealt with vampires in “The Impaler Legacy” series, before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science fiction series.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian magazines and anthologies, she published a Romanian short story collection "Efectul de nautil" and the Romanian edition of "Human Instincts".

She was awarded the Encouragement Award by The European Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.


Author Links:
Website * Blog * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads * Amazon

a Rafflecopter giveaway