A highly rated baseball romance tops this morning’s latest addition to our Free Book Alert listings, all with text-to-speech enabled….
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Here with a special discount for the start of the school year is Phillip Voglen’s Mean Days
, set against the backdrop of Central High….
, set against the backdrop of Central High….
by Phillip Voglen
MEAN DAYS is a riveting thriller that captures readers in the grip of its potentially news-at-ten plot and won’t let go until the shattering conclusion. As it explores the depth and poignancy of the human experience through the sardonic and amusing viewpoint of the assistant principal, Central High is like any other secondary school until violence erupts from within, and a seething ages-old cultural hatred launches a seemingly unstoppable assault. This time, the terrorists are after our children. The novel’s humor tempers the page-turning action-adventure thrust, providing a thoroughly satisfying experience. However, readers are all too aware of the approaching explosive danger that threatens the fictional, yet familiar and recognizable characters from their communities. MEAN DAYS reflects the honesty, humor, humanity, pathos, and potential violence to be found in society and its public institutions. More information on MEAN DAYS and all Vellum Publishing, Inc. digital releases can be found at www.newkindlebooks.com.
is a riveting thriller that captures readers in the grip of its potentially news-at-ten plot and won’t let go until the shattering conclusion. As it explores the depth and poignancy of the human experience through the sardonic and amusing viewpoint of the assistant principal, Central High is like any other secondary school until violence erupts from within, and a seething ages-old cultural hatred launches a seemingly unstoppable assault. This time, the terrorists are after our children. The novel’s humor tempers the page-turning action-adventure thrust, providing a thoroughly satisfying experience. However, readers are all too aware of the approaching explosive danger that threatens the fictional, yet familiar and recognizable characters from their communities. MEAN DAYS reflects the honesty, humor, humanity, pathos, and potential violence to be found in society and its public institutions. More information on MEAN DAYS and all Vellum Publishing, Inc. digital releases can be found at www.newkindlebooks.com.5 stars: High School was Never this Interesting! – by “Mike”
Phillip Voglen’s novel MEAN DAYS, is a humorous and suspenseful look at the growing problems that administrators, teachers, and students encounter at Central High School, a quiet and peaceful scholarly institution on the North Shore of Long Island. How many issues could possibly go awry at cushy Central High? In short, A LOT! Voglen intermingles a myriad of conflicts, ranging from an English teacher being accused of having an illicit affair with a student, to a major terrorist plot to poison the students of the high school.
The novel’s main character, Brian Scarlucci, is Central High’s Assistant Principal, who has to weave his way through subterfuges and problems provided by the gangs of the school, the colorful and entertaining teaching staff, and even Brian’s own administrative counterparts.
MEAN DAYS addresses many issues that high schools currently do face in today’s “mean world.” However, Voglen’s Scarlucci is a witty and sardonic figure, who constantly provides the reader with opportunities to laugh and understand the illogical and bureaucratic ways of the educational system. Voglen wastes no time with long introductions to the high school’s parade of interesting characters (there is even a mob boss!), and it will be hard to put the book down once you begin reading it. One can only hope that Brian Scarlucci will return for another academic year next September.
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Today’s Free and Bargain Listings in the US Kindle Store!
by Kate Angell (Love Spell) 4.4 out of 5 stars (18 customer reviews)
When the captain of the Richmond Rogues starts dating his former runaway bride, he knows this time their relationship will be a home run.
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by J.A. Konrath, F. Paul Wilson, Jack Kilborn, Jeff Strand and Blake Crouch
This free download provides the first 50 pages of the Amazon exclusive novel DRACULAS. The full length novel will be available for $2.99 on October 19th. You can preorder it here
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.A DYING MAN’S GREATEST TREASURE… Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives at the door of his hillside mansion–an artifact he paid millions for…a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmer’s field in the Romanian countryside. With Shanna, his beautiful research assistant looking on, he sinks the skull’s razor sharp fangs into his neck, and immediately goes into convulsions.
OPENS THE DOOR TO AN ANCIENT EVIL… A rural hospital. A slow night in the ER. Until Moorecook arrives strapped to a gurney, where he promptly codes and dies.
WHERE DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
Four well-known horror authors pool their shared penchant for scares and thrills, and tackle one of the greatest of all legends, with each writer creating a unique character and following them through a vampire outbreak in a secluded hospital.
The goal was simple: write the most intense novel they possibly could.
Which they did.
A Word of Warning: Within these pages, you will find no black capes, no satin-lined coffins, no brooding heartthrobs who want to talk about your feelings. Forget sunlight and stakes. Throw out your garlic and your crosses. This is the Anti-TWILIGHT.
About the Authors:
F. PAUL WILSON is an award-winning, NY Times bestselling novelist whose work spans horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, young adult, and virtually everything between. He is best known as the author of THE KEEP
and creator of the urban mercenary Repairman Jack.
and creator of the urban mercenary Repairman Jack. JACK KILBORN is a pen name of J.A. Konrath, who has written six Jack Daniels thrillers. The seventh, SHAKEN
, will be available October 27. Kilborn is the author of AFRAID
, ENDURANCE
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, will be available October 27. Kilborn is the author of AFRAID, ENDURANCE
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KINDLE EXCLUSIVE BOOK ALERT: BESTSELLING AUTHOR DAVID MORRELL GOES “DIRECT (AND EXCLUSIVELY) TO KINDLE” WITH 10 BOOKS INCLUDING NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED FULL-LENGTH THRILLER
THIS IS BIG. Here’s this morning’s press release from Amazon:
New Kindle Exclusive: David Morrell, New York Times Bestselling Author, Makes Electronic Editions of 10 Books, Including a New Thriller, “The Naked Edge
 “Publishing these 10 books in the Kindle Store is a great opportunity to explore how electronic publishing enables me to give my readers additional, unique content,” said Morrell. “Available at $9.99 or less, I hope that my fans will be able to rediscover their favorite titles, and that new readers will have the chance to enjoy my books on their Kindles. I’m especially excited about publishing my new thriller, ‘The Naked Edge
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, September 14, 2010: A free 50-page preview Draculas, plus Zach Hamric’s Crescent Rising (Today’s Sponsor), “a mix of Cussler, Clancy and Flynn, but with a style and feel all its own”
The free 50-page preview of a major Kindle exclusive ebook publishing event if this morning’s latest addition to our Free Book Alert listings. The definition of a major Kindle exclusive ebook publishing event is not necessarily anything that involves Joe Konrath, but that’s pretty close….
But first … a word from Today’s Sponsor
by Zachary Hamric
Ryan Black is living a life most men will never know- filled with high-risk adventure in exotic locales, an authentic hero who willingly confronts head-on the life and death challenges found in emerging trouble spots around the globe.
This high impact thriller takes you on a desperate mission to prevent a radiological attack on the United States by Jusef al Sudairy. From mysterious crashes of Soviet-era fighters in California to high-tech naval battles in the Atlantic, the action is nonstop in this first volume in the Ryan Black Series.
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to find out why the first volume in the Ryan Black Series has received 7 straight 5-Star Reviews on Amazon….
to find out why the first volume in the Ryan Black Series has received 7 straight 5-Star Reviews on Amazon….Couldn’t Put It Down!, June 29, 2010 By Greta S. Carlo
, June 29, 2010 By Greta S. Carlo Amazon Verified Purchase
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“This book had it all- Nonstop action and a great story line with a couple of unexpected twists. I read a lot of thrillers and this had the right blend of characters and plot. I especially liked the scenes in Miami at the Delano Hotel- I need to meet a guy like Ryan Black!”
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Today’s Free and Bargain Listings in the US Kindle Store!
by J.A. Konrath, F. Paul Wilson, Jack Kilborn, Jeff Strand and Blake Crouch
This free download provides the first 50 pages of the Amazon exclusive novel DRACULAS. The full length novel will be available for $2.99 on October 19th. You can preorder it here.
.A DYING MAN’S GREATEST TREASURE… Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives at the door of his hillside mansion–an artifact he paid millions for…a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmer’s field in the Romanian countryside. With Shanna, his beautiful research assistant looking on, he sinks the skull’s razor sharp fangs into his neck, and immediately goes into convulsions.
OPENS THE DOOR TO AN ANCIENT EVIL… A rural hospital. A slow night in the ER. Until Moorecook arrives strapped to a gurney, where he promptly codes and dies.
WHERE DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
Four well-known horror authors pool their shared penchant for scares and thrills, and tackle one of the greatest of all legends, with each writer creating a unique character and following them through a vampire outbreak in a secluded hospital.
The goal was simple: write the most intense novel they possibly could.
Which they did.
A Word of Warning: Within these pages, you will find no black capes, no satin-lined coffins, no brooding heartthrobs who want to talk about your feelings. Forget sunlight and stakes. Throw out your garlic and your crosses. This is the Anti-TWILIGHT.
About the Authors:
F. PAUL WILSON is an award-winning, NY Times bestselling novelist whose work spans horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, young adult, and virtually everything between. He is best known as the author of THE KEEP and creator of the urban mercenary Repairman Jack.
and creator of the urban mercenary Repairman Jack. JACK KILBORN is a pen name of J.A. Konrath, who has written six Jack Daniels thrillers. The seventh, SHAKEN, will be available October 27. Kilborn is the author of AFRAID, ENDURANCE, TRAPPED
, and SERIAL UNCUT
, (written with Blake Crouch) which has been downloaded more than 250,000 times.
, will be available October 27. Kilborn is the author of AFRAID, ENDURANCE, TRAPPED, and SERIAL UNCUT, (written with Blake Crouch) which has been downloaded more than 250,000 times. JEFF STRAND is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of such novels as PRESSURE
, DWELLER
, GRAVEROBBERS WANTED (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY)
, BENJAMIN’S PARASITE
, and THE SINISTER MR. CORPSE
. His secret shame is SUCKERS
, co-written with J.A. Konrath. (http://www.jeffstrand.com)
, DWELLER, GRAVEROBBERS WANTED (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY), BENJAMIN’S PARASITE, and THE SINISTER MR. CORPSE. His secret shame is SUCKERS, co-written with J.A. Konrath. (http://www.jeffstrand.com) BLAKE CROUCH is the author of four thrillers, DESERT PLACES
, LOCKED DOORS
, ABANDON
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, LOCKED DOORS, ABANDON, and SNOWBOUNDPM Update to Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, September 13, 2010: Sarah Cunningham’s Picking Dandelions: A Search for Eden Among Life’s Weeds, plus “Ferdinand for grown-ups,” J.T.K. Belle’s stunning debut novella, ‘Carlos The Impossible (Today’s Sponsor)
A refreshing spiritual memoir from Sarah Cunningham is this afternoon’s latest addition to our Free Book Alert listings….
But first … a word from Today’s Sponsor
by J.T.K. Belle
Like a ‘Ferdinand’ for grown-ups, J.T.K. Belle’s stunning debut novella, Carlos The Impossible, is a sort of love story: part tall tale, part sad, sly amusement, and part subtle, comic fable – all rolled together in the narrowing distance between a man and a bull.
(Editor’s Note: J.T.K. Belle has agreed to share the first 6,600 words of his novella with us this week through the Free Kindle Nation Shorts program. Click here to read it and I guarantee you’ll want to keep reading, and also that you will never be able to look at a bull the same way again in your life. –S.W.)
In this animated, curious and haunting tale, set in Mexico City and environs, Hernando, the greatest matador of La Fiesta Brava, confronts Carlos, the impossibly large bull. Their series d ‘The Spectacle Without End’, draws them together through an endless series of stalemates. Bound by fate in a never-ending corrida, Hernando seeks only redemption, while Carlos seeks only his elusive querencia. In turns comic and tragic, that which ties these adversaries together grows ever faster, as each lives to fight another day, and another, and another.
Carlos:
“Once, outside of Ulysses, Kansas, by the banks of One Hundred Mile Creek, near the source of the Pequot River, in a slanted sunflower field laid low by grazing cattle, a bull calf was born to the cow Esmerelda. The calf was large, much larger than one might expect from its humble lineage. Later, as the legend grew, they would say the bull calf was born with six-inch horns to the clanging of the nearby church bells. Or that it emerged smoldering from a ribbon of dry heat lightning. Or even that this was no bull at all, but the offspring of Indian elephant and Jersey dairy cow. These types of apocryphals will attach themselves to budding legends and gather details like a tumbleweed of untruth. But here now are the true and simple facts of this taurine tale.”
Hernando:
“Hernando’s bloodline was spilled in the sand by a long family history of middling matadors. His great-grandfather, who was called El Gaucho, was known for his luck and recklessness until he was gored nearly to death by the bull Ozomatzin and became a shoemaker in Aguascalientes. His grandfather El Zapatero was killed by the blue roan Zorrito, which his father Juan then had beheaded and mounted above the television in the family home where it stared down over Hernando’s truculent youth like a mounted Siren calling the boy to the bulls. Juan, who went by El Pescador, fought for fifteen years, first as a picador, then in ferias in the south, then in the bloodless fights for the cruise ship tourists in Baja, before retiring to the guava orchards of Ronda.”
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