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Cover Reveal: First Contact, Second Chances, by Fey Abernethy
First Contact, Second Chances
Everyone deserves a second chance. Even humanity.
Ex-British Army officer Joe Llewellyn is captain of the Shantivira, the alien space station secretly protecting the Earth from invasion. After Joe reveals the Shantivira’s existence to the UN, everyone wants a piece of him. Except his mother. They’re no longer speaking.
But it’s not only Joe’s relationship with his mam which is in jeopardy. His alien bosses have given him an ultimatum: either he persuades Earth’s authorities to completely restructure the global economic system – to distribute resources fairly without exceeding ecological boundaries – or the space station will be reallocated to another, more deserving planet.
With vicious, cannibalistic space pirates prowling the galaxy, brutally stripping and enslaving entire worlds for profit, Joe can’t afford to fail.
This third instalment of The Shantivira fantasy solarpunk series is a must-read for fans of Becky Chambers, Ben Aaronovitch, Ursula Le Guin, Doctor Who and anyone who enjoys supernatural sci-fi.
Book will be available for purchase on 4th May at these places
Amazon series page: https://mybook.to/shantivira
Author website: fayabernethy.com
Author Bio –
Fay Abernethy left the UK twenty-five years ago, seeking adventure.
When not diving with sharks or falling off horses, she worked as an engineer in the automotive industry. Later, she started her own translating business and settled down in Germany with the man of her dreams.
Pre-children, they explored the Alps together – on foot in summer and on skis or snowshoes in winter. She now lives the life of a respectable citizen, having discovered that being a parent is the greatest adventure of them all.
Social Media Links –
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fayabernethybooks/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fayabernethybooks/
Amazon author profile: https://www.amazon.com/Fay-Abernethy/e/B09966L52C
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21656346.Fay_Abernethy
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/fay-abernethy
The Storygraph:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/authors/add296b4-04aa-4782-a3f2-20dea238f900
Dead Sweet, by Katrín Júlíusdóttir – PAPERBACK – BLOG TOUR
Last year I shared an extract from this novel and to help with the paperback tour I’m sharing it again.
Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson – Paperback release tour!
I reviewed this book when it was first published last year. The paperback was recently published so I’m sharing the details and my review as part of the tour to celebrate the paperback publication.
Since the hardback was published last year the following has happened:
- WINNER of the Cultura’s Best Fiction Book of 2023 (France’s biggest book chain), plus Crime Fiction
- Book of the Year at seven different festivals
- High-spec signed paperback with foil and embossing
- NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER in France with seven hardback reprints and counting…
- Johana has been shortlisted for the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger
- FIRST in a new series set in Sweden – The Lidingö Mysteries
Book details
- Publication Date: 7 November 2024
- Format: Paperback
- Price: £ 9. 99
- Publisher: Orenda Books
Description
Art expert Emma Lindahl is anxious when she’s asked to appraise the
antiques and artefacts in the infamous manor house of one of Sweden’s
wealthiest families, on the island of Storholmen, where a young woman was
murdered nine years earlier, her killer never found.
Emma must work alone, and with the Gussman family apparently avoiding
her, she sees virtually no one in the house. Do they have something to hide?
As she goes about her painstaking work and one shocking discovery yields
clues that lead to another, Emma becomes determined to uncover the secrets of the house and its occupants.
When the lifeless body of another young woman is found in the icy waters
surrounding the island, Detective Karl Rosén arrives to investigate, and
memories of his failure to solve the first case come rushing back. Could this
young woman’s tragic death somehow hold the key?
Battling her own demons, Emma joins forces with Karl to embark upon a
chilling investigation, plunging them into horrifying secrets from the past –
Viking rites and tainted love – and Scandinavia’s deepest, darkest winter…
My Review
https://everythingisbetterwithdragons.co.uk/2023/12/21/review-yule-island-by-johana-gustawsson/
ABOUT JOHANA GUSTAWSSON
Born in Marseille, France, and with a degree in Political Science, Johana Gustawsson has worked as a journalist for the French and Spanish press, and television. Her critically acclaimed Roy & Castells series, including Block 46, Keeper and Blood Song, won the Plume d’Argent, Balai de la découverte, Balai d’Or and Prix Marseillais du Polar awards, and is now published in 23 countries. A TV adaptation is currently under way in a French, Swedish and UK co-production. The Bleeding was a number-one bestseller in France, receiving critical acclaim across the globe, and Yule Island has won multiple awards, including Book of the Year with France’s biggest retailer, Cultura, and has been optioned for the screen.
Johana lives in Sweden with her Swedish husband and their three sons.
Blog tour calendar: Yule Island, by Johanna Gustawsson
You’re not having dejavu, I reviewed Yule Island last year. I’m helping with the paperback tour by sharing my review again, 18th November.
Extract Post: Birdie, by J.P. Rose
Summary:
Birdie Bagshaw has never known her parents. Having grown up in a children’s home for mixed race children in 1950s Leeds, now she has come to live with her great-aunt in the Yorkshire Dales. From her arrival, Birdie is treated like an outsider by the local children. When their bullying drives Birdie to hide in the nearby coal mine, she finds an unexpected rescuer in the form of Mr Duke, the last remaining pit pony in the village. As the weeks pass, Birdie forms a special bond with the spirited little pony. But his future is in danger, and Birdie comes up with a daring plan to save his life in return . . .
Book Information
Title: Birdie
Author: J. P. Rose
Release Date: 3rd October 2024
Genre: YA
Publisher: Andersen Press
Continue reading “Extract Post: Birdie, by J.P. Rose”Review: October, by Gregory Bastianelli
Product format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-78758-923-0
Pages: 384 pp
Imprint: FLAME TREE PRESS
Description
In 1970, four boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers notice strange events occurring in Maplewood, NH, timed with the late-night arrival of an old magician who has taken up residence in a boarding house in their neighbourhood where one of the tenants is a reclusive pulp horror writer. The writer’s fears have kept him from venturing outside in over forty years, fears linked to the magician’s previous visit. As children go missing in town, the four boys try to piece together seemingly unrelated phenomena and realize dark forces are at work, but no one will believe them.
Continue reading “Review: October, by Gregory Bastianelli”Review: Dark As Night, by Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Lorenza Garcia
PAPERBACK ORIGINAL | £ 9. 99 | ORENDA BOOKS
Description
When Áróra receives a call telling her that a child she’s never met is claiming to be her missing sister reincarnated, she is devastated … as ridiculous as the allegations might seem. For three years she has been searching for her sister without finding a single clue, and now this strange child seems to have new information.
On the same day, Icelandic detective Daníel returns home to find a note from his tenant, drag queen Lady Gúgúlú, giving notice on her flat and explaining that she has to leave the country. Daníel is immediately suspicious, and when three threatening men appear, looking for Lady, it’s clear to him that something is very wrong…
And as Iceland’s long dark nights continue into springtime, that is
just the very beginning…
Angry Robot Blog Tour Review: The Armageddon Protocol, by Dan Moren
Formats: Ebook, Paperback
EBook ISBN
24th September 2024 | 9781915998019 | epub | £4.99/$6.99/$7.99
Paperback ISBN
24th September 2024 | 9781915998002 | epub | £9.99/$18.99/$23.99
Description
On the heels of the terrorist attacks on the planet Nova’s capital, the Special Projects Team finds itself targeted by the ambitious new head of the Commonwealth Intelligence Directorate, Aidan Kester. When Kovalic and General Adaj are arrested on charges of treason, Tapper, Brody, Sayers, and Taylor are forced to go on the run. While Kovalic and the general attempt to uncover an Illyrican mole within the Commonwealth’s intelligence apparatus, it’s up to the rest of the team to clear their friends’ names, even if that means making a deal with an old enemy to carry out a daring heist that might just get them all killed.
Continue reading “Angry Robot Blog Tour Review: The Armageddon Protocol, by Dan Moren”Book Review: Prey, by Vanda Symon
PAPERBACK ORIGINAL | £ 9. 99 | ORENDA BOOKS
On her first day back from maternity leave, Detective Sam Shephard is thrown straight into a cold-case investigation – the unsolved murder of a highly respected Anglican Priest in Dunedin.
The case has been a thorn in the side of the Police hierarchy, and for her boss it’s personal. With all the witness testimony painting a picture of a dedicated church and family man, what possible motive could there have been for his murder?
But when Sam starts digging deeper into the case, it becomes apparent that someone wants the sins of the past to remain hidden. And when a new potential witness to the crime is found brutally murdered, there is pressure from all quarters to solve the case before anyone else falls prey.
But is it already too late…?
Continue reading “Book Review: Prey, by Vanda Symon”
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