June 12, 2025 – M.C.V. EGAN ❧Defining Ways❧

The Devil in Fine Print

Published on June 12, 2025June 9, 2025 by mariacatalinaeganLeave a comment

by Jhani Mills

The Cipher Conspiracy, Book One

Sci-Fi Thriller

Date Published: May 5, 2025

The Cipher Conspiracy, Book One

Sci-Fi Thriller

Date Published: May 5, 2025

In the shadows of the world’s most powerful scientific institute, twin prodigies Elias and Drake Maddox uncover a truth buried beneath centuries of lies.

While Elias’s bestselling novel The Gravity Cipher catapults him into the global spotlight, Drake’s breakthrough in plasma energy mirrors impossible patterns found in a mysterious ancient Codex—one the world was never meant to see.

As secret factions rise and their mother’s hidden allegiances surface, the brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a devastating revelation and are pulled into a deadly game between truth and ambition. . Elias seeks to expose the truth. Drake hungers to control it.

Only one will decide the future. The other may destroy it.

Bold, brilliantly cinematic, and utterly original, The Devil in Fine Print is a genre-bending sci-fi thriller about legacy, betrayal, and the fine line between truth and power. With humanity’s future tethered to a source of power lost to time, one twin will fight to expose the conspiracy… while the other may be its destruction.

The Devil in Fine Print is the series debut that dares to question everything—and reveals the cost of rewriting history.

About the Author

Jhani Mills writes emotionally charged stories where resilience, betrayal, love, and survival collide with lyrical force. She is the two-time award-winning author of Astral Seeds: Eclipse of the Celestial War, the first installment of her epic Astral Seeds trilogy. Her body of work also includes Whispers Where The Wildflowers Bloom and the explosive The Devil in Fine Print, the beginning of a bold new series blending conspiracies, science, and survival against impossible odds.

Known for crafting unforgettable characters and worlds where hope is a rebel force, Jhani’s stories are a testament to the beauty that blooms from broken ground. When she’s not writing, she can be found chasing sunsets, savoring strong coffee, and believing fiercely that some of the most beautiful things in life bloom from broken ground and the quietest revolutions often leave the deepest scars — and the brightest legacies.

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The Matrix Opal

Published on June 12, 2025June 9, 2025 by mariacatalinaeganLeave a comment

by Stella Atrium

A Dystopian Science Fiction Novel

Book 1 of the Duchy Wars

Science Fiction
Date Published: 03-25-2025

A rewarding travelogue through a richly drawn world and its cultures, this arresting series-starter finds Atrium, a master of anthropological science fiction, inviting in new readers with an enticing hook. Bybiis has the talent of a beastmaster, enabling her to command a host of creatures. For this, she is tortured and inked with magic-suppressing tattoos. Bybiis and Ariseng, from the Siibabean forest, are warned by a mystic shopkeeper, Ariseng’s aunt, that the two are “stronger together than either is alone.”

About the Author

Stella Atrium is a cynical septuagenarian who has spent a lifetime exploring female characters for real world reactions to obstacles. Often pushed into submissive and non-verbal roles, women really live in a world of networking among aunties, cousins, wives of husbands, convenient friends and neighbors. This rich world is largely unexplored.

“I grew up with all brothers, so I knew about women from stories and from school. What I found at school wasn’t anything like in the stories, so I set out to learn why.”

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To Wash or Not to Wash

Published on June 12, 2025June 9, 2025 by mariacatalinaeganLeave a comment

Clean, Dirty, or Just Confused?

The Hygiene & Beauty Dilemma You Didn’t Know You Had

Health & Beauty, Non-Fiction

Date Published: May 24, 2025

Are we too clean, not clean enough… or just making it all up as we go?

You brush, rinse, scrub, shave, exfoliate, moisturize, pluck, dab, blot, and maybe—just maybe—wonder if it’s all a bit much. Spoiler: It might be.

In “To Wash or Not to Wash” – Clean, Dirty, or Just Confused? The Hygiene & Beauty Dilemma You Didn’t Know You Had, author Andreas Baku takes a hilariously honest, sometimes uncomfortable, and oddly enlightening journey through modern hygiene and beauty habits. With entertaining humor and sharp insight, he unpacks everything from deodorant dilemmas to skin-care scams—and asks the ultimate question: Are we doing all this for health, hygiene, and our beauty… or just for show?

What to Expect Inside:

– The truth about how often you should shower (and what you’re doing to your poor skin)
– The razor reality: shaving myths, routines, and eco-friendly alternatives
– A breakdown of what we’re spending (and overspending) in the name of “freshness”
– Deep dives into deodorant, face wash, anal hygiene (yes, we go there), and beauty marketing madness
– Quizzes, checklists, cultural insights, and a whole lot of myth-busting

Smart, funny, and unfiltered, this book will make you laugh, cringe, question your habits, and maybe rethink that 12-step “clean girl” routine.

Whether you’re hygiene-obsessed, beautifully indifferent, or somewhere in between—this book is your permission to clean up smarter, not harder.

About the Author

Andreas Baku is a humor-driven, credit-card-surviving author who turns everyday chaos into clever commentary. Best known for his entertaining yet insightful takes on health, hygiene, and life’s messier corners, Andreas believes personal care should come with fewer rules and a lot more laughter.

His latest book, To Wash or Not to Wash, was born from years of following his daughter—and his wife—through beauty aisles like a lost puppy. Watching them shop in a trance, testing serums like they were on a reality game show, and casually racking up receipts longer than a CVS coupon list, Andreas had a realization: it was time to write a book. Not just for the overwashed or underwashed, but for the utterly confused.

Before this, Andreas tackled fast food culture with Fast Food Made Healthy and Comida Rápida Hecha Saludable, empowering readers to enjoy their guilty pleasures without the guilt. His writing blends smart research, practical advice, and just the right amount of sarcasm—whether he’s debunking skincare myths or helping you survive a drive-thru with your dignity intact.

Now in his early 50s, Andreas has embraced his second act as an author, using his voice to demystify modern wellness, clean living, and the illusion of perfection we’ve all been sold.

Follow his misadventures and musings on Facebook at andreas.baku.9, and YouTube @andreasbaku891.

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