Review: The Hytharo Redux by Jonathan Weiss @jonathanw_author @lovebookstours

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Blurb 

Lost among the dune-swept ruins of ancient glass towers, 14-year-old Spiric hunts for his stolen memories. Guided by the exiled scholar that found him, he embarks on a perilous journey across the Droughtlands to uncover his origins.

He’s told his red eyes mark him as a Hytharo, one of the long-extinct storm callers that sealed all water into the air itself before they were erased from history. In the thousand years since, thirst has been quenched simply by breathing, but that hasn’t stopped the surviving runic peoples from wanting water any less.

For without it, there’s no ink, no runes, no magic, and in the vast desert wastes of the Droughtlands, magic means power.

To Spiric, the mantra is eerily familiar.

Word of his presence ripples across the Droughtlands and pressure mounts on him to reverse the Hytharo’s final, sacrificial act. It’s only as his memories begin to return that he realises the true reason his people were wiped out.

With the fragments of Spiric’s memories growing bloodier and more desperate, he must determine whether carrying out his supposed fate will cause history to repeat, or if he can forge a new destiny, both for himself and the Droughtlands.

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Fat swimmer article

Hey all, I’m feeling rough and haven’t been able to go swimming for a week or so. It’s miserable! However, I have been thinking about writing an article or two for Swim magazine about being a fat swimmer or a disabled swimmer. I might just write an article and post it here.

I am a wuss, we all know this. I don’t want to ask people at the pool about their experiences, because they might get upset with me for calling them fat. I’m fine with calling myself fat, because I’ve come to see it as merely a neutral descriptor, like tall, autistic, artistic, reader. However, it’s taken me a hell of a long time to get to this point and I don’t want to assume other people have processed the bullying they went through, or the negative connotations society puts on the word ‘fat’.

Anyway, if you’re fat, a swimmer and in the UK, I’d like to hear about your experiences. Please fill in the form below to share your experiences:

https://forms.gle/uUwcH9regWUyicCA8

Review: The Christmas Appeal, by Janice Hallett

Print Book ISBN: 9781800817357
Thriller
BIC: FF, 5HC
26 October 2023
£10.99
224 pp
Hardback
B format
198mm x 129mm
World ex USA,Can
eBook ISBN: 9781800817425

DESCRIPTION

THE CAST OF SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING THE APPEAL RETURN FOR
A FESTIVE MURDER MYSTERY

One dead Santa. A town full of suspects. Will you discover the truth?
Christmas in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, to raise money for the church roof appeal.
But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking amongst the amateur dramatics enthusiasts. Sarah-Jane is fending off threats to her new position as Chair, the fibreglass beanstalk might be full of asbestos, and a someone is intent on ruining the panto even before the curtain goes up.

Of course there’s also the matter of the dead body. Who could possibly have had the victim on their naughty list?

Join lawyers Femi and Charlotte as they read the round robins, examine the emails and pore over the police transcripts. Will the show go on?

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Review: The Beaver Theory, by Antti Tuomainen, trs. David Hackston

PUBLICATION DATE: 12th OCTOBER 2023
HARDBACK ORIGINAL | £16.99 | ORENDA BOOKS

Description

Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure park entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto and her daughter…

As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the process…

Is it possible to combine the increasingly dangerous world of the adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family? At first glance, the two appear to have only one thing in common: neither deals particularly well with a mounting body count.

In order to solve this seemingly impossible conundrum, Henri is forced to step far beyond the mathematical precision of his comfort zone … and the stakes have never been higher…

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Release Day Party!

Buy Link: https://amzn.to/3FuEygY

Blurb 

Lost among the dune-swept ruins of ancient glass towers, 14-year-old Spiric hunts for his stolen memories. Guided by the exiled scholar that found him, he embarks on a perilous journey across the Droughtlands to uncover his origins.

He’s told his red eyes mark him as a Hytharo, one of the long-extinct storm callers that sealed all water into the air itself before they were erased from history. In the thousand years since, thirst has been quenched simply by breathing, but that hasn’t stopped the surviving runic peoples from wanting water any less.

For without it, there’s no ink, no runes, no magic, and in the vast desert wastes of the Droughtlands, magic means power.

To Spiric, the mantra is eerily familiar.

Word of his presence ripples across the Droughtlands and pressure mounts on him to reverse the Hytharo’s final, sacrificial act. It’s only as his memories begin to return that he realises the true reason his people were wiped out.

With the fragments of Spiric’s memories growing bloodier and more desperate, he must determine whether carrying out his supposed fate will cause history to repeat, or if he can forge a new destiny, both for himself and the Droughtlands.

Author Bio:

Jonathan Weiss is an Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction author of The Flux Catastrophe and The First Hytharo series. He has a background in Journalism and commercial cloud sales and lives with his wife and three budgies in the Illawarra region of New South Wales.

TBR Pile Review: The Moose Paradox, by Antti Tuomainen, trs. David Hackston

Original title: Hirvikaava
Series: Rabbit Factor (#2)
This edition
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Published: October 27, 2022 by Orenda Books
ISBN: 9781914585340 (ISBN10: 1914585348)
Language: English

Blurb

Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and to YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears – and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the park’s equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio, with confusing demands. Why won’t Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri when he needs it as the park’s main attraction?

Meanwhile, Henri’s relationship with artist Laura has reached breaking point, and, in order to survive this new chaotic world, he must push every calculation to its limits, before it’s too late…

Absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly poignant and full of nail-biting suspense, The Moose Paradox is the second instalment in the critically acclaimed, pitch-perfect Rabbit Factor Trilogy and things are messier than ever…

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