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Showing posts with label Speculative. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speculative. Show all posts

Monday, July 16, 2007

FEARLESS

(Bethany House, July 1, 2007)

by

Robin Parrish

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Robin Parrish had two great ambitions in his life: to have a family, and to be a published novelist.

In March of 2005, he proposed to his future wife the same week he signed his first book contract.

Born Michael Robin Parrish on October 13, 1975, Robin's earliest writing efforts took place on a plastic, toy typewriter, and resulted in several "books" (most between 10 and 30 pages long) and even a few magazines.

By the age of thirteen, he had begun winning local writing awards and became a regular in his high school's literary magazine. In college, he garnered acclaim from his English professors and fellow students while maturing and honing his skills.

After college, he entered the writing profession through a "side door" -- the Internet. More than ten years he spent writing for various websites, including About.com, CMCentral.com, and his current project Infuze Magazine, which is a unique intersection between art and faith which he also conceived of and created.

One of his more "high concept" ideas for Infuze was to return to his love for storytelling and create a serialized tale that would play out every two weeks, telling a complete, compelling story over the course of nine months. That serialized story eventually came to the attention of several publishers, who saw it as a potential debut novel for Robin Parrish.

In 2005, Bethany House Publishers brought Robin full circle by contracting him for the rights to not only that first book, Relentless -- but two sequels. A trilogy, to unfold in the consecutive summers of 2006, 2007, and 2008. One massive tale -- of which that first, original story would form only the foundational first volume of the three -- spread across three books.

Robin is the Editor in Chief and creator of Infuze Magazine. He and his wife Karen reside in High Point, North Carolina. Karen works for High Point's First Wesleyan Church, where Robin and Karen are members and Small Group leaders.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Book Two of the Dominion Trilogy:

The world changed after that terrible day when the sky burned, and now every heart is gripped by fear...Earthquakes, fire, disease, and floods pummel the earth, and its citizens watch in horror.

But in the darkness there is hope -- an anonymous but powerful hero whom the public dubs "Guardian." He is Grant Borrows, one of a chosen few who walk the earth with extraordinary powers. But while Grant enjoys this new life, signs of a dangerous ancient prophecy begin coming true, and those closest to Grant worry he may be hiding a terrible secret.

A search for answers brings Grant and his friends to London, where an extraordinary discovery awaits that will challenge everything they thought they knew. With a deadly new enemy dogging his steps, Grant realizes that the world's only hope may come from unraveling the truth about himself once and for all. But what he comes face-to-face with leaves even this most powerful of men shaken with fear.

Secrets will be revealed.

Friends will make the ultimate sacrifice.

And destiny will not be denied.

The story continues...

Friday, July 6, 2007

Light at the Edge of Darkness Edited by Cynthia MacKinnon

Light at the Edge of Darkness


When forced to the edge of darkness, there’s only one way back: embrace the Light.Venture to futures where religious "Terrorists" smuggle frozen embryos to save lives, resist technologies designed to break their souls, and fight to protect sacred texts. Explore dying alien worlds scouring the galaxies for hope. Get abducted and discover the universe’s secrets or the trial of a lifetime.Teetering on the edge, escape inbred captors through a haunted labyrinth. Survive a house where nightmares walk, or settle in for a martyr's tribulation. Join an epic quest through the ridiculous, cross swords with monsters, sneak a glimpse at heaven, and traverse the planes where angels and demons tread. Follow these tales and more to the edge of darkness, to the brink of despair, and bask in the Savior’s redeeming Light.


Launched as a short story project, Light at the Edge of Darkness quickly became known within the Lost Genre Guild as the Daniel I Weaver Anthology project. Spearheading a group of talented writers hoping to fill a vacany on CBA bookshelves, the Lost Genre Guild authors have compiled an exiting collection of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror/Supernatural Suspense, Dystopia, Cyberpunk, and more.

The list of contributing authors include:

A.P. Fuchs
Daniel I. Weaver
Alethea Knight
S.M. Kirkland
Karen McSpadden
Donna Sundbland
Carizz Cruzem
Stephen L. Rice
Andrea Graham
C.E. Lavender
Deborah Cullins-Smith
Frank Creed
Joseph Ficor
Steve Doyle
Adam Graham
V.B. Tenery
Aisha K. Moore

Yes, my name is listed among the contributors. Sure, this could be a shameless plug, but don’t take my word for it. Read what others are saying.

For the reader who likes the challenge and edge of horror, fantasy, or sci-fi but is leery of the philosophy behind most of the popular works, this book is for you. – Debbie W. Wilson, Christian Book Previews.com

The authors of these stories are well crafted word-smiths, who have sharpened their pens and powered-up their word processors to brings some nail biting and chill-bumps to raise the hairs on the back of any reader’s neck. -- Yellow30SciFi.com

I enjoyed having my horizons widened once more – laughter and tears and unexpected twists, beauty and hardship, farce and danger, evil and bravery, trials, faith, and the ultimate supremacy of God. -- Grace Bridges, author

Light at the Edge of the Darkness, edited by Cynthia MacKinnon and published by Writer's Café Press, is an introspective and eclectic anthology of dark, speculative tales musing about what goes on in the shadows we don't dare think of in the light of day, and how God's mercy shines at the shadow's edge, beckoning to all, saving some, and judging others. -- Kevin Lucia, author and reviewer