Friday Book Blogger Special: Snow Angels In the Dust

 

Genre:

Asian culture, family drama, fated mates, hero's journey, m/m romance, Vietnam war

Buy Link:

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Publication Date:

August 27, 2024

Ebook Price:

$6.99

Book Blurb:

“I have one more job for you.”

Milton Glass, an award-winning photojournalist, celebrated worldwide as one of the greatest documentarians of the twentieth century, has passed. However, he leaves an unfinished task for personal assistant Cristian Orr (Butterflies I Have Known): discover the fate of a soldier’s child who’d been born and abandoned during the Vietnam War.

Cristian hesitates to get involved until an even greater mystery presents itself in the form of a name uttered over thirty years earlier by a comatose man on the other side of the world.

A name no one there could possibly know.

In an unfamiliar country and completely out of his element, Cristian must uncover the life of a man born of two cultures, accepted by neither, and the man’s connection to the whispered name.

The answers draw Cristian into a personal journey unlike anything he’s experienced before, towards a fate two lifetimes in the making.

Book Length:

303 pages

Note:

This book is suitable for readers 18+ only.

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Cleveland, Tennessee rarely saw an abundance of snow cover its homes, churches, schools, and roads each December, but this year?

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Did Lành apologize? Did she cry? Did she and Hai Anh grieve together? Did Lành ask for forgiveness? Did she even deserve it?

Heads up!

Come back on September 3 to read my full review of this book for IndiGo Book Tours.

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Is it gauche to hijack my own post to brag about my work in progress?

I don't care if it is; I'm going to do it anyway!

For years, I've been threatening to write a memoir. I have many aborted attempts but have never been able to carry out the attack. Now, having realized that I will be unlikely to create a proper autobiography written in a precise linear fashion, I've set a goal of creating a collection of essays and suggested therapeutic techniques to be released on my sixtieth birthday: February 15, 2025.

I just remembered I must renew my driver's license a little before that date. Isn't that fun? 

This impressive volume will be called Sixty, which is very on the nose, but I don't GAF. It will be full of essays, pictures, reflection exercises, and a bit of something extra, just like its author. 

My life and I are very unusual, so if you've been looking for a memoir that isn't just the same old, same old, Sixty is the book for you!

If you're looking for a memoir by someone whose name doesn't inspire you to say, "Who the fuck is that?" check out Audible. For instance, I've been enjoying Carrie Fisher's brief, irreverent reflections on her storied life. Carrie was the real deal. 

Everyone should listen to or read Carrie's memoirs anytime they like and pick up a copy of Sixty when it's released on my forthcoming birthday. 

Now that school is back in session, it's a great time to take a break from homework with an audiobook.

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Book Title: An Odyssey of Shadows

Author, Cover Artist, and Publisher: Dion Marc

Release Date: April 1, 2024

Genre: 1940’s Period drama and Ancient Greek fantasy

Tropes/themes: Family Drama, Courage, Dealing with Loss, Hero’s Journey.

Length:  298 pages

Heat Rating: 0.5 out of 5

It is the first book in a new series. It ends on a cliffhanger.

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A Hero's Journey is a Tale of Tragedy

Blurb

A Hero's Journey Is a Tale of Tragedy.

In the wake of his brother's death, Theodore's world is irrevocably shattered. Now he stands alone against the shadows that dance at the whims of Gods. Clad in armour touched by magic and driven by a sharp mind, he faces a world of chaos and trials of unimaginable darkness all to save his brothers life. Each heartbeat of fear, each spark of hope, fuels his fight through a world where his bookish smarts may be his key to survival. Yet, Gods have never been known to play fair - especially the war god - Arēs

‘An Odyssey of Shadows' is the first instalment of a new fantasy series set in the year 1945, penned by Amazon bestselling author and artist Dion Marc. This saga weaves queer protagonists and intricate plot lines into an unputdownable read.

Excerpt

The air was dense, choking me with its acrid stench. I found myself in an unending void, where even my own body seemed to disappear into the oppressive blackness. But the silence was the worst of all—a soundless void that made my eardrums ache with its sheer weight.

Then, a light—faint at first—began to pulse in the distance. A scarlet bloom beckoning me closer. As I drew near, the light revealed itself to be a door, slightly ajar, emanating an even deeper blackness than the void around it. From within, whispers floated out, layered over each other until they became a cacophony of desperate cries and muffled screams.

"Join us. Save us. Take us."

Unable to resist its pull, I pushed the door wider. Inside was an endless expanse of contorted, writhing figures, locked in a dance of agony. Their skin seared, peeling away to reveal muscle and bone, yet they moved as if in rhythm to some ghastly melody.

And there, in the midst of the tormented crowd, was Thomas. His once bright brown eyes were now hollow, devoid of hope or recognition. Chains wrapped around his body, pulling him deeper into the throng. I tried to scream, to shout his name, to reach out, but my voice was stolen by the void, and my limbs were weighed down by invisible forces.

My own cries seemed to echo back to me from the abyss until a blinding surge of scarlet light consumed everything

About the Author 

Bestselling Scottish Australian author Dion Marc lives and breathes queer art. Whether he is painting, writing, sewing or dancing naked in the moonlight he does it with pride. He is a practising Hellenistic polytheist who believes in healing the world one hug at a time and that drinking tea without a biscuit is a horrendous crime. Dion has worked on Harry Potter, Moulin Rouge, Hamilton and so many more creative and flamboyant shows.

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