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The Last Flag Race the Dead Book 1 by Wren Cavanagh Genre: Dystopian Horror, Thriller

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The Last Flag
Race the Dead Book 1
by Wren Cavanagh
Genre: Dystopian Horror, Thriller
What would you do to pay the bills; to survive, or to just get rich, would
you compete against other teams in a quarantined town filthy with
zombies wanting to bite out your throat?
Emma and Lewis sign up for the race, they need the money to save his life.
But they won’t just be racing the dead, the surprise blizzard or the
other contestants.
Because anger and vengeance know no bounds and like everyone in the blighted
town they become pawns in a game of retribution.
The contestants become nothing more than live entertainment to viewers
who watch and judge their every move in the town of Prideful as they
race each other to arrive alive to a final flag. The team that makes
will get airlifted out alive and go back home richer for it, the
others walk back to a pittance and if they are not careful. They
won’t get out at all.
Wren Cavanagh, that would be me.
Also writes under the pen name Junior Sokolov.
An artist and writer from great North West.
I am grateful that I have this opportunity to share my work and
imagination with you. Growing up my head was always stuck in a book
or a comic book (before they got fancy and got the moniker “graphic novels”).
More often than not those books were filled with monsters, werewolves and
vampires.
Then the likes of Godzilla showed up along with their brethren, born from
the very justified fear of the atomic bomb and its consequences.
And that is what I love. Escaping into worlds of monsters and heroes, and
sometimes they are one and the same!
Letting my imagination run along and bring into the narrative what I see
around me everyday.
I hope that you will enjoy my stories. Find in them a temporary and
enjoyable escape of your own.
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Silent Kingdom Silent Kingdom Book 1 by Rachel L. Schade Genre: YA Fantasy

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Some fates can’t be escaped
Chosen by truth. Marked for death.
Halia must choose to save her kingdom, or let it fall.
Misroth’s king has died, and the entire kingdom is in mourning–or so it seems.
After her father is crowned regent in his brother’s stead, Princess
Halia discovers a terrible truth that could end her life. But when
she flees to live in hiding, she discovers that the Royal Guard are
not all she has to fear. Dark creatures stalk her, reports of
oppression and war reach her ears, and her burden to protect her
kingdom–at any cost–will not be silenced.
Lovers of fantasy adventures such as Throne of Glass, An
Ember in the Ashes, and The Remnant Chronicles won’t
want to miss this exciting new series. Filled with heart-pounding
action and thrilling courage, supernatural powers and nightmarish
monsters, readers have trouble putting this book down. Start your
adventure today!
Forsaken Kingdom
Silent Kingdom Book 2
An empty throne. A ruined kingdom.
Is she their deliverance or their downfall?
Halia’s fight for her kingdom is only beginning. With Misroth’s rightful king
in danger, Halia is forced to trust her enemy and embark on a
dangerous journey into Toryn to find her cousin. But Toryn is in
ruins, its people plagued by terrors and fighting for survival. As
death stalks them all, Halia must face the darkness in her past and
her deepest fears, until at last she is faced with one terrible
question: How much is she willing to lose?
Lovers of fantasy adventures such as Throne
of Glass, An Ember in the Ashes, and The Remnant Chronicles won’t
want to miss this exciting new series. Filled with heart-pounding
action and thrilling courage, supernatural powers and nightmarish
monsters, readers have trouble putting this book down.
Rachel L. Schade was born on the first day of summer in a small town in
Michigan, only to end up in another small town in Ohio. She attended
The Ohio State University to learn how to write obnoxiously long
papers, cite people who use big words, and discuss her passion:
books. She has a great love for the color blue, sunshine, chocolate,
and not folding her laundry. Currently she lives with her husband and
surrounds herself with coffee and books on a regular basis.
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Witches Protection Program by Michael Okon Genre: YA Urban Fantasy

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Wes Rockville, a disgraced law-enforcement agent, gets one last chance to
prove himself and save his career when he’s reassigned to a
232-year-old secret government organization.
The Witches Protection Program.
His first assignment: uncover a billion-dollar cosmetics company’s
diabolical plan to use witchcraft for global domination, while
protecting its heiress Morgan Pendragon from her aunt’s evil deeds.
Reluctantly paired with veteran witch protector, Alastair Verne, Wes
must learn to believe in witches…and believe in himself.
Filled with adventure and suspense, Michael Okon creates a rousing,
tongue-in-cheek alternate reality where witches cast spells and wreak
havoc in modern-day New York City.
Michael Okon is an award-winning and best-selling author of multiple genres
including paranormal, thriller, horror, action/adventure and
self-help. He graduated from Long Island University with a degree in
English, and then later received his MBA in business and finance.
Coming from a family of writers, he has storytelling in his DNA.
Michael has been writing from as far back as he can remember, his
inspiration being his love for films and their impact on his life.
From the time he saw The Goonies, he was hooked on the idea of
entertaining people through unforgettable characters.
Michael is a lifelong movie buff, a music playlist aficionado, and a sucker
for self-help books. He lives on the North Shore of Long Island with
his wife and children.
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New Release! Wicked Resolution (Wicked Origins Book 4) is only 99c and available in Kindle Unlimited!

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New Release! Wicked
Resolution (Wicked Origins Book 4) is only 99c and available in
Kindle Unlimited!

Dorothy, now known as the witch
killer, leads the charge to the South to take on the last remaining
witch in Oz. Glinda is supposed to be the “good” witch, but she might
only be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. After all, she still has Gin in her
prison.

I thought we’d won the battle for Emerald City against Jinjur and Mombi,
but I’ve never been more wrong. Because of the incident I had with
General Falcom during the conflict, he switches sides. Now, we have to
figure out a way to get out of the city, save Gin from Glinda, and
possibly even free the southern territory, while we’re at it. My
reputation as a legend has gotten us new allies before, but would it
work again? We need all the help we can get if we’re going to unite Oz
and place it under one rule. But whose rule will it be? Jinjur or Mombi?
Me or Chimmy? Or is there someone else, who we haven’t thought of yet?

This is the thrilling novella conclusion to the series The Wicked
Origins Series – a modern YA Fantasy Retelling of L. Frank Baum’s
original Oz tales.

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The Dream Defenders by Neal DenHartog Genre: YA Fantasy

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A vivid, dangerous dream world. Real-life consequences.

Better ready your defense.

When fourteen-year-old Nolan Erling wakes up with a headache for the
fourth straight day, he suspects the likely culprit to be any number
of things—from his annoying baby brother, to vehicular crashes with
his elderly neighbor, or even his questionable late-night food
choices—not his dreams.
Aeryn Sandman knows the true cause, though. She is a junior agent with the
DREAM Institute, a secret organization tasked with protecting the
world’s population while they sleep, and she’s on her first assignment.
Her mission: infiltrate Nolan’s life—and his dreams—and keep him
safe, all while persuading him to join their protective force.
But recruitment missions are no walk in the park, and Aeryn’s goes
horribly wrong when Nolan’s powers unwittingly unleash two dream
creatures locked away in a restricted area of the dream world. While
Aeryn and Nolan search for ways to contain the escaped beings, they
uncover a much greater conspiracy.
For these dreams can kill, and someone is orchestrating their actions in
the dream world. If Aeryn and Nolan can’t figure out who is behind
it, no dreamer will be safe, and neither will the organization that
defends them.
Discover a book with a fresh voice, genuinely humorous characters, and a
compelling, original storyline. The Dream Defenders will
appeal to readers of all ages.
★★★★★ – “A spectacularly imaginative story.” – Indies Today
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Neal DenHartog was born, raised, and currently resides in Iowa. After a
fifteen year career in the sciences he decided to rekindle his
childhood passion for writing. Now, when he’s not donning a lab coat,
he writes stories about dreams.
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Instruments of Sacrifice by Lydia Redwine

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Spirit Followers
Instruments of Sacrifice Book 1
by Lydia Redwine
Genre: Fantasy
When a Royal dies, the realms elect the one to take their place. By
reasons Camaria does not know, her realm elects her as the next
Royal. Now that she is the new-found sixteenth Royal of the nation of
Mirabelle, Cam embarks on a journey with her sisters and a young
huntsman to the four realms of the nation to complete training in the
four kinds of magic. Once she has completed this training, she will
then be permitted to consume her annual amount of magic and possess
manifested powers. Her ventures are unexpectedly steeped in
precarious events when Cam discovers a secret plan of revolt, a past
she never knew, and an ancient people group thought dead who call
themselves the Spirit Followers.
Keepers of the Crown
Instruments of Sacrifice Book 2
Camaria is chasing the sparks of a war and trying to put them out before her
world erupts into flames and all is gone. The vanishing of the magic
of Mirabelle is only the beginning and the Seekers are formed to find
its captors. Camaria, her sister Fiera, the young huntsman Caleb,
Cinis Lumen leader Tyron, former Gnosi heir Riah, and two others are
sent east to find their stolen magic, but each has a mission of their
own. Cam, having been banished from two of Mirabelle’s realms, is
determined to redeem herself by locating the legendary Crown of
Caelae, prophesied by the Watchers, one of which was Peter’s
father. Riah continues his secret quest to become one of the
unidentified master’s seven warriors. Fiera still holds the wooden
ball with its strange message inside, and Caleb has a secret past of
his own. Peter, who remains in Mirabelle, is on the brink of
discovering all of his father’s secrets and forming a plot of
revenge on those who had killed Daniel years ago. Their own ventures
are put on hold when they suddenly cross paths with an unexpected
enemy in the perilous land called the Valley of Poison.
Lydia Redwine is a young author from Cincinnati, Ohio, who, by the age of
18, has published a fantasy novel and a poetry collection in aim to
create work that is both refreshing and impactful.
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Rose by Rami Ungar Genre: Fantasy-Horror

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Rose Taggert awakens in a greenhouse with no clear memory of the past two years and, to her horror, finds her body transformed into an unrecognizable form.
Paris Kuyper has convinced Rose that they are lovers and as Paris could not bear for her to die, he has used an ancient and dark magic to save her from certain death.
But the dark magic Paris has used comes at a price. A price which a terrible demon is determined to extract from Rose.
As Rose struggles to understand what is happening to her, she must
navigate Paris’s lies and secrets; secrets that Paris will do anything to protect.

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Rami Ungar knew he wanted to be a writer from the age of five, when he
first became exposed to the world of Harry Potter and
wanted to create imaginative worlds like Harry’s. As a tween, he
fell in love with the works of Anne Rice and Stephen King and, as he
was getting too old to sneak up on people and shout “Boo!’ (not
that that ever stopped him), he decided to merge his two loves and
become a horror writer.
Today, Rami lives and writes in Columbus, Ohio. He’s self-published three
novels and one collection of short stories, and his stories have
appeared in other publications here and there. Rose, his first novel
with Castrum Press, released June 21st, 2019.
When he’s not writing your nightmares or coming up with those, he’s
enjoying anything from the latest horror novel or movie to anime and
manga to ballet, collecting anything that catches his fancy, and
giving you the impression he may not be entirely human.
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THE SHIFTER CHRONICLES by Michelle Areaux

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Evershade
The Shifter Chronicles Book 1
by Michelle Areaux
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance Thriller
How well do you know yourself? Sixteen-year-old Elle thinks she’s got
life in Shady Oaks all under control until new boy Asher comes to
town. Elle can’t explain it, but she can’t deny the connection she
feels to him. Things with Asher are going great until they’re out one
night and nearly attacked by a large wolf.
Before she knows it, Elle’s life is spiraling out of control: Maddox is in
love with her, she and Asher are in danger… and she learns she’s a
shifter! If that wasn’t bad enough, she finds herself in the middle
of an ages-old war between shifters and hunters. What else can she do
but join the cause?
Will Elle stay with Asher or break-up with him to be with Maddox? What
does it mean to be a shifter? Who will emerge victorious in the battle?
Everpure
The Shifter Chronicles Book 2
Sixteen-year-old
Elle’s life changed in a matter of seconds after learning she wasn’t
only human, but a shifter too. To make matters worse, her best friend
Maddox and boyfriend Asher have a mutual hate for one another that
leaves Elle in the middle of their constant battles.
With a new discovery now lingering over Elle, she is left with more
questions than she ever could have imagined. Thinking she has found a
way to handle her new found life as a shifter, she now finds herself
faced with a much larger challenge.
A huntress named Evaline is now seeking to destroy all shifters and
vampires as she makes it her goal to avenge her father’s death and
end all otherworldly creatures once and for all.
Will Elle be able to survive the army now seeking to destroy her world?
Will Elle be forced to choose between her best friend and boyfriend?
Discover a new fantasy world with Everpure, the second book
in the Evershade Shifter Chronicles.
Evernight
The Shifter Chronicles Book 3
For Elle, she thought the day she learned she was a Shifter was the most
frustrating day of her life. Well, that was until she found herself
in the middle of a war between her best friend and boyfriend.
Now, everything is about to change for this trio as a known Witch in Shady
Oaks has decided to wage a war against the Shifters and Otherworldly
Creatures.
This time, Elle may find herself battling with new powers and without her
trusted best friend, Maddox.
Discover how hearts are broken and mended in this exciting third installment
of the Shifter Chronicles, Evernight.
Everlight
The Shifter Chronicles Book 4
When Elle discovers a new Shifter in town, she doesn’t expect her entire
world to be turned upside down. Between Elle’s new powers placing
her in even more danger, Magdalyn taking her best friend, Maddox, and
new enemies; all odds seem to be against Elle.
With Maddox now falling for Magdalyn, Elle has to fight a new battle;
jealousy. Not to mention, Asher, the Vampire love of her life, is
still pushing for Elle to decide on her fate for eternity.
Will Elle let her own jealousy distract her? Will she fall victim to her
enemies? Find out in this thrilling novel; Everlight.
Michelle Areaux is a wife, mother, middle school teacher, and author. As an
avid reader and lover of all things literature, she followed her
dream of becoming a published author and has never looked back!
She earned her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Kentucky and a
Master’s degree in Literacy from Asbury University.
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