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HE CAME FOR ME

BOOK ONE IN THE PROTECTOR SERIES

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HE CAME FOR MINE

 BOOK TWO IN THE PROTECTOR SERIES

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Wednesday, 3 April 2013

"C" A TO Z CHALLENGE

Your hosts:
Arlee Bird at Tossing It Out, Damyanti Biswas at Amlokiblogs, Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh, Tina Downey at Life is Good, DL Hammons at Cruising Altitude 2.0, Jeremy Hawkins at Retro-Zombie, Shannon Lawrence at The Warrior Muse, Matthew MacNish at The QQQE, Konstanz Silverbow at No Thought 2 Small, Stephen Tremp at Breakthrough Blogs, Livia Peterson at Leave it to Livia, L. Diane Wolfe at Spunk on a Stick’s Tips, and Nicole at The Madlab Post.



Today, I am featuring Alex Cavanaugh's second book in his sci fi adventure series, Cassa Fire. I am sure most of you know Alex, he is a co-host of the A-Z Challenge, host of Insecure Writer's Support Group (held monthly) and an all round nice and supportive guy!

Here is the link to Alex's site   

http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com.au/   

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CASSA FIRE
By
Alex Cavanaugh


Blurb:
From the Amazon best-selling author - CassaStar was just the beginning The Vindicarn War is a distant memory and Byron 's days of piloting Cosbolt fighters are over. He has kept the promise he made to his fallen mentor and friend - to probe space on an exploration vessel. Shuttle work is dull, but it 's a free and solitary existence. The senior officer is content with his life aboard the Rennather.The detection of alien ruins sends the exploration ship to the distant planet of Tgren. If their scientists can decipher the language, they can unlock the secrets of this device. Is it a key to the Tgren 's civilization or a weapon of unimaginable power? Tensions mount as their new allies are suspicious of the Cassan 's technology and strange mental abilities. To complicate matters, the Tgrens are showing signs of mental powers themselves; the strongest of which belongs to a pilot named Athee, a woman whose skills rival Byron 's unique abilities. Forced to train her mind and further develop her flying aptitude, he finds his patience strained. Add a reluctant friendship with a young scientist, and he feels invaded on every level. All Byron wanted was his privacy.

MY REVIEW: 

Cassa Fire, the second book in the series by Alex Cavanaugh, sees the main character Byron, involved in an exploration of ancient artifacts, found on a planet, whose inhabitants are not yet capable of space flight.

The Cassans are surprised to find some of the inhabitants possess the stronger mental abilities than they first thought and begin testing to find what they may be capable of.

Even though Byron still holds onto a lot of emotional baggage in Cassa Fire, he seems ready to move on with his life and begins to let down some of his shields to allow a few selected people into his private world.

Cassa Fire is another great read by Alex Cavanaugh and the reader is swept up with the life of his complex main character, Byron, as he finds friendship in an insecure scientist and a special female inhabitant of the planet the Cassan expedition visits.
 
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EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE A-Z CHALLENGE MONTH THE

INSECURE WRITER'S SUPPORT GROUP CONTINUES!
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 My topic to coincide with Letter "C" is on - Can and Can't!

My husband is always telling me there is no such thing as "Can't"!  Do I believe him? Well that depends on the day!

Some days, I can feel inspired and full of clarity and have no trouble at all fulfilling my goals, but other days, as I am sure you can relate to, I feel as though I can't accomplish anything.

 I will flounder around and feel as though the whole day has been wasted. Unfortunately, days can lead into weeks and weeks into months!

I have been floundering for the past month, since completing my blog tour and have only written about four pages of one book. I could say I have been blogging, catching up with my buddies, but I have neglected that, too - only visiting a select few! 

So, after the Challenge I am going to commit to the word "CAN"
and try my hardest to get back on track with my writing! 

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

"B" A TO Z CHALLENGE 2013

Your hosts:
Arlee Bird at Tossing It Out, Damyanti Biswas at Amlokiblogs, Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh, Tina Downey at Life is Good, DL Hammons at Cruising Altitude 2.0, Jeremy Hawkins at Retro-Zombie, Shannon Lawrence at The Warrior Muse, Matthew MacNish at The QQQE, Konstanz Silverbow at No Thought 2 Small, Stephen Tremp at Breakthrough Blogs, Livia Peterson at Leave it to Livia, L. Diane Wolfe at Spunk on a Stick’s Tips, and Nicole at The Madlab Post.



Temporary site for Stephen Tremp http://stephentremp.wordpress.com/

 For the A-Z Challenge Letter "B" - I am reviewing 'Breakthrough,' The Adventures of Chase Manhattan by Stephen Tremp. I have also selected a Teaser from this book as my Teaser Tuesday post for this week!

For all A-Z visitors, make sure you vote to appreciate a fellow blogger, then fill out the Rafflecopter giveaway for a $25 Amazon Gift Card! 

Carolyn



Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by

of Should Be Reading.
Anyone can play along!
Just do the following
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE ANY SPOILERS!
Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away!



You don't want to ruin the book for others!

BREAKTHROUGH
(The Adventures of Chase 
Manhattan)
By
Stephen Tremp 

http://stephentremp.wordpress.com/
Amazon
Goodreads

BLURB:

"A scientific breakthrough of such magnitude it could radically alter the future of humanity—for better or worse—is in the wrong hands." The Information Age is moving at breakneck speed. Breakthroughs in areas of science that were once fodder for science fiction are now becoming part of our everyday life. A group of graduate students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has stolen a breakthrough in opening and stabilizing Einstein-Rosen Bridges, commonly known as wormholes, that allows them to instantly transport people from one location to another. Their goal is to assassinate any powerful politician and executive controlling the world’s banking system that would use this technology for their own greedy gain rather than the advancement of mankind. In south Orange County, California, young Chase Manhattan, part of a new breed of modern-day discovery seekers, seeks to leave behind his life of danger and adventure and settle down as an associate professor of physics at University of California-Irvine. He also desires to build a lasting relationship with a beautiful woman he has not seen since high school. His idyllic plan is postponed when he soon uncovers the diabolical scheme on the other side of the country. He realizes he is the one person who can prevent more murders from happening and either control or destroy the technology. Once the M.I.T. group understands Chase and his friends have the ability and motivation to not only take the technology from them, but also thwart more killings, Chase finds himself in their crosshairs, the top-of-the-list target on their assassination agenda. As the death toll mounts, Chase and his friends must battle this group of misled zealots from M.I.T. on both coasts and in cyberspace in a thrilling, desperate race to determine the outcome of this monumental, once in a millenium discovery that will drastically change life as we know it—for better or worse. Breakthrough, the first book in the Adventures of Chase Manhattan series, begins with a big bang and offers the audience exciting, unique, and diverse heroes and villains. The result is a fresh suspense thriller series integrating elements of greed, betrayal, passion, lust, unconditional love, coming of age, and hope. The action is swift. There are numerous twists and turns that will keep the reader turning the pages and wanting more. You will want to be sure to read Stephen's next thrilling installment, Opening. Look for Opening coming soon at your favorite bookstore.

TEASER: 

William couldn’t talk. He couldn’t breathe. Shocked, he could only sit and look up. Unblinking sea-green eyes stared at him out of the slit mask. PlanC was simple enough—run for help. William sprang out of his chair and tried to run around the right side of his desk. The assassin leapt onto the floor in front of him and planted her right foot into William’s left knee, crumpling his breathless body onto the plush red-carpeted floor.
Tremp, Stephen (2010-07-20). Breakthrough: The Adventures of Chase Manhattan (The Breakthrough Trilogy) (Kindle Locations 448-451). Amazon.com. Kindle Edition.



MY REVIEW:

Stephen Tremp's first novel in The Adventures of Chase Manhattan, 'Breakthrough,' is a fast paced read, filled with technical espionage, martial arts, guns, love, sex, murder and the desperate struggle of three couples as they try to overcome a crazy man and his team of intellectual misfits from committing further atrocities, to keep a newly developed technology from being exploited by a corrupt corporate world.

Chase Manhattan, is a egregious character, which one just can't help but fall in love with. He developes two nemesis in this novel, Nicky Jnr and Staci.

A great read and one I recommend to anyone who enjoys a bit everything tossed in to a novel! I am looking forward to reading the second book.


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Monday, 1 April 2013

"A" - A TO Z CHALLENGE

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Temporary site for Stephen Tremp http://stephentremp.wordpress.com/
Welcome to my first post for the 2013 A-Z Challenge!  I have been busy reading lots of books over the past few months to prepare for A-Z, so I hope you enjoy my posts and fill up your TBR lists with my suggestions!

Also, don't forget to vote for a blogger you think deserves appreciation, by filling out the 'Appreciation Voting Form' featured on this blog. Click here to complete the form.

After voting, please feel welcome to be rewarded by completing the Rafflecopter entry form at the bottom of this post, where you could win a $20 Amazon Gift Card. 

I hope you enjoy the 2013 A-Z Challenge!
And once again, welcome to my blog!

Carolyn




 
AUTOMATIC WOMAN
By
Nathan Yocum
Goodreads  Amazon
BLURB:

There are no simple cases. Jacob “Jolly” Fellows knows this.

The London of 1888, the London of steam engines, Victorian intrigue, and horseless carriages is not a safe place nor simple place…but it’s his place. Jolly is a thief catcher, a door-crashing thug for the prestigious Bow Street Firm, assigned to track down a life sized automatic ballerina. But when theft turns to murder and murder turns to conspiracy, can Jolly keep his head above water? Can a thief catcher catch a killer?

Automatic Woman is the second novel from award winning screenwriter Nathan L. Yocum. A volatile mix of steampunk, noir, historical fiction, and two-fisted action, Automatic Woman takes us to a place that never was yet we all know so well… the London of Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and Bram Stoker with a pneumatic twist.


MY REVIEW: 

The Automatic Woman by Nathan Yocum is a fascinating read, taking the reader into a world of well known historical figures of science, twisting historical possibilities which lead into an imaginative tale of a power struggle between two very well known characters from our past.

The main character Jacob Fellows, an investigator for a private service, back in olde England, becomes hunted by police and the special secret service he works for, when he is found in extenuating circumstances at a murder scene of the man, who owned a 'special' automated woman, when his firm had hired him to investigate her theft.

The story becomes a power struggle between two well known influential parties from history, as they compete to learn the secrets of the missing automatic woman. The meat in the sandwich, stuck in the middle of these two waring parties is Jacob Fellows, who just happens to be strong enough physically and mentally, not to be completely manipulated or corrupted by their will.

Set in olde England, this interesting and quite original steam punk novel is a fascinating read. The reader is swept into the bygone, imaginative era of olde England, when the development of science and machine was paramount in gaining knowledge, prestige, power and wealth.  


Carolyn

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He Came For Me He Came For Me (The Protector, #1)
reviews: 19
ratings: 20 (avg rating 3.30)

He Came for Mine He Came for Mine (The Protector, #2)
reviews: 2
ratings: 3 (avg rating 3.67)