Monday, March 28, 2011
Inspiring and thrilling read...
Tilly Greenway & the Secrets of the Ancient Keys Book One: Watchers is the first instalment in an epic fantasy saga.
It's a great story and I'm including it here as it is also a Katy Press publication (I didn't write it but I have read it and it's fantastic!) I'll include a few of the you tubes also. The book description below says it all....
Two worlds. One planet. A race to save mankind.
What if magic and myth are true and all that we have been told about the history of the earth is false? What if there is a sinister shadow government creating war and chaos in an attempt to destroy humanity? What if there are cosmic cycles that bring truth and lies face to face for one final showdown?
When all these forces collide, Tilly Greenway and her stepbrother Zack find themselves at the centre of a power struggle that reaches back to the dawn of time. What they do next will decide the fate of humanity forever...
When dreams come true and myths are real, anything can happen…and it certainly does in this tale of magic, mystery and dark intrigue….
What would happen if you blended The X-files with Lord of the Rings, added a pinch of Eragon and a few drops of Harry Potter? Most likely you'd get Watchers!
And, you might be forgiven for thinking that Watchers, the first book in the Tilly Greenway and the Secrets of the Ancient Keys series, is one of those classics that has been around forever and that somehow it's only now you're getting around to reading it. That's the peculiar thing about this book: it just has a sort of presence, like it has always been there, whispering its secrets to you from the dim recesses of your book shelf.
Maybe that's in part due to the nature of the story itself. Like the world we live in, there are many levels to this book and many parallel realities that flicker in and out of existence. Nothing is ever quite as it seems and there are wheels within wheels as the plot reveals its hidden secrets.
The rough story is as follows: The UK is straining under the pressure of the global war against terror. In the cities, school children live in fear of knife attacks and rampant pandemics. When a flood threatens to devastate London, twelve year old Tilly Greenway and her stepbrother Zack are evacuated to a creepy manor house in Wales.
Their lives are turned (even more) upside down when they find out that the world itself is controlled by a sinister organisation called ISIS who are in league with a group of shadowy alien entities. ISIS wants nothing less than to microchip the population with nano-brains that give them complete control over every human being on the planet. And they will stop at nothing to get their way.
Tilly and Zack soon discover that they have a big part to play in thwarting ISIS's plan. They must decipher a series of ancient riddles in order to unlock the secret locations of the mysterious ME Keys, objects of power that were hidden by an Egyptian Princess more than three thousand years ago.
On their journey they come across the Guardians of the Earth, a secret society committed to keeping alive the secrets of long ago. The Guardians help Tilly and Zack to locate the last twelve dragons, who are buried beneath England's hilltops. Then they must find and activate the first ME Key.
But ISIS and the calculating Director of Terror are hot on their heels. With their department of remote-viewers, they track the children's every movement, setting up a nail-biting finale on the peak of Glastonbury Tor…
The great thing about this book is that it has all the pace and intrigue of a Dan Brown thriller, whilst at the same time giving the reader many moments of respite (and humour) in quiet scenes that take the reader into the heart and soul of the countryside.
Magical creatures appear from the mists of time. Sacred sites are brought to life in ways that make them relevant for the modern reader and the real beauty of the world becomes a vital presence in the book, giving the children a deeper understanding of what it is they are fighting for.
Rarely does a book live up to its billing, but Watchers really is the exception to the rule. And the great thing is that the landscape of Tilly Greenway is real. You can visit every location (well, except for the scary ones, maybe)!
If you like epic fantasy, magic and myth, suspense-filled thrillers, or X-Files-type conspiracy stories…this is the book for you!
Buy it here amazon.co.uk
It's a great story and I'm including it here as it is also a Katy Press publication (I didn't write it but I have read it and it's fantastic!) I'll include a few of the you tubes also. The book description below says it all....
Two worlds. One planet. A race to save mankind.
What if magic and myth are true and all that we have been told about the history of the earth is false? What if there is a sinister shadow government creating war and chaos in an attempt to destroy humanity? What if there are cosmic cycles that bring truth and lies face to face for one final showdown?
When all these forces collide, Tilly Greenway and her stepbrother Zack find themselves at the centre of a power struggle that reaches back to the dawn of time. What they do next will decide the fate of humanity forever...
When dreams come true and myths are real, anything can happen…and it certainly does in this tale of magic, mystery and dark intrigue….
What would happen if you blended The X-files with Lord of the Rings, added a pinch of Eragon and a few drops of Harry Potter? Most likely you'd get Watchers!
And, you might be forgiven for thinking that Watchers, the first book in the Tilly Greenway and the Secrets of the Ancient Keys series, is one of those classics that has been around forever and that somehow it's only now you're getting around to reading it. That's the peculiar thing about this book: it just has a sort of presence, like it has always been there, whispering its secrets to you from the dim recesses of your book shelf.
Maybe that's in part due to the nature of the story itself. Like the world we live in, there are many levels to this book and many parallel realities that flicker in and out of existence. Nothing is ever quite as it seems and there are wheels within wheels as the plot reveals its hidden secrets.
The rough story is as follows: The UK is straining under the pressure of the global war against terror. In the cities, school children live in fear of knife attacks and rampant pandemics. When a flood threatens to devastate London, twelve year old Tilly Greenway and her stepbrother Zack are evacuated to a creepy manor house in Wales.
Their lives are turned (even more) upside down when they find out that the world itself is controlled by a sinister organisation called ISIS who are in league with a group of shadowy alien entities. ISIS wants nothing less than to microchip the population with nano-brains that give them complete control over every human being on the planet. And they will stop at nothing to get their way.
Tilly and Zack soon discover that they have a big part to play in thwarting ISIS's plan. They must decipher a series of ancient riddles in order to unlock the secret locations of the mysterious ME Keys, objects of power that were hidden by an Egyptian Princess more than three thousand years ago.
On their journey they come across the Guardians of the Earth, a secret society committed to keeping alive the secrets of long ago. The Guardians help Tilly and Zack to locate the last twelve dragons, who are buried beneath England's hilltops. Then they must find and activate the first ME Key.
But ISIS and the calculating Director of Terror are hot on their heels. With their department of remote-viewers, they track the children's every movement, setting up a nail-biting finale on the peak of Glastonbury Tor…
The great thing about this book is that it has all the pace and intrigue of a Dan Brown thriller, whilst at the same time giving the reader many moments of respite (and humour) in quiet scenes that take the reader into the heart and soul of the countryside.
Magical creatures appear from the mists of time. Sacred sites are brought to life in ways that make them relevant for the modern reader and the real beauty of the world becomes a vital presence in the book, giving the children a deeper understanding of what it is they are fighting for.
Rarely does a book live up to its billing, but Watchers really is the exception to the rule. And the great thing is that the landscape of Tilly Greenway is real. You can visit every location (well, except for the scary ones, maybe)!
If you like epic fantasy, magic and myth, suspense-filled thrillers, or X-Files-type conspiracy stories…this is the book for you!
Buy it here amazon.co.uk
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Dance with Life now available as an ebook
Well, I've been a hopeless blogger but at least in all this time I've managed to learn how to convert Dance with Life into an epub ebook! Many people in the US have wanted Dance with Life and as it's on sale only via amazon.co.uk this added an extra cost that wasn't necessary. So now the book can be purchased from Lulu.com right now and ibooks and more in a few weeks as an ebook.
I'm posting the link in the side panel.
I'm an amateur at epub design so please feel free to let me know if there are any glitches in the epub book. x
I'm posting the link in the side panel.
I'm an amateur at epub design so please feel free to let me know if there are any glitches in the epub book. x
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