Need to promote your book? I’m the app for that! (Well, sort of like an app. Only human. And a fairly personable one at that.) Where did I hone my book-chops? For the past three years, I’ve written “book flap” synopsis copy, series descriptions, author bios and more for Amazon Publishing imprints including 47 North, Thomas & Mercer and AmazonCrossing. Plus, I’m a published author myself, so I know the ropes. You know, the word-ropes.
My rates are eminently reasonable. My turn-around times are pretty darn fast. And when we’re finished, your book will instantly be rocketed to the rarified air atop the pointy pinnacle of the global bestseller lists. (The first two points are true. The last bit could theoretically be true, but we’ll just have to see, won’t we?)
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Title: The Thin Veil Collection
Series Description
Dangerous magic, otherworldly adventure and the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter fuse with epic Celtic mythology in Jodi Isaacs’ bestselling Thin Veil fantasy series. Weaving together the timeless allure of Celtic lore with contemporary sensibilities, the sweeping story of Cedar McLeod’s journey into the enchanted realm of Tír na nÓg has held readers spellbound since debuting in 2013 with Through the Door.
Book Descriptions
THROUGH THE DOOR (Book 1):
Soon after Cedar McLoud’s young daughter Eden displays the astonishing ability to open portals to any place she can imagine, Eden mysteriously vanishes. Desperate to find her child, Cedar joins forces with the unlikeliest of allies, and embarks on a breathtaking quest that takes her across the globe and deep into the hidden realm of Celtic myth.
INTO THE FIRE (Book 2)
Reunited with her daughter Eden, Cedar is suddenly thrust into a role she never could have imagined: as contender for the vacant throne of Tír na nÓg. With devastating consequences for the human world and the magical kingdom should she fail, Cedar’s courage and loyalties will be tested as never before.
AMONG THE UNSEEN (Book 3)
As newly enthroned queen of Tír na nÓg, Cedar finds herself dealing with betrayal from her inner circle, and treachery from enemies without. But when Ireland’s magical creatures begin falling ill from an unknown disease, Cedar must risk everything in a bid to undo an ancient and powerful curse.
BEYOND THE PALE (Prequel Novella):
When young Kier is unwillingly wed to the High King of Tír na nÓg, her desperate lover takes matters into his own hands, with terrifying consequences. Now, she must do whatever it takes to protect her husband and her kingdom from the man she loves – or lose all she holds dear.
Author Biography
Best-selling fantasy author Jodi McIsaac grew up in New Brunswick, Canada. After stints as a short track speed skater, a speechwriter, and fundraising and marketing executive in the nonprofit sector, she started a boutique copywriting agency and began writing novels in the wee hours of the morning. She currently lives with her husband and children in Calgary.
Title: The Silent Shield
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A warrior’s sword. An Oath Maiden’s valor. Can Trynne’s courage and skill save her kingdom?
Old champions will fall. New heroes will rise. And Fountain-blessed magic… will flow.
Her father missing. Her kingdom threatened. Her weapons: magic, steel… and courage.
To save her world, Trynne Kiskaddon will need warrior’s skills and fountain-blessed magic.
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When the old order shatters, can Ceredigion survive?
Old leaders will fall. New heroes will rise.
Can fountain-blessed magic save Trynne’s world?
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Across the years, kingdoms will fall, heroes will rise, and the deep magic… will flow.
Battle-forged heroes. Water-blessed magic. The epic tales of Kingfountain.
Realms riven by battle. Heroes blessed with magic. All pieces in fate’s great game.
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Her sword. Her magic. An epic fight for her kingdom.
Can her magic and sword save her realm and family?
Her mightiest weapon: the magic flowing within her.
Book Description
Wall Street Journal bestseller!
Bestselling author Jeff Wheeler continues the acclaimed Kingfountain Series with a vast expansion of this spellbinding world. Thrust into the heart of events threatening to rip her kingdom apart, young Trynne Kiskaddon will gain new powers and see old allies fall and new heroes rise as the battle for the kingdom and the lands beyond begins.
Courtly intrigue and rumors of invasion plunge Kingfountain into turmoil as the search for Trynne’s father begins in earnest. But Trynne’s quest to learn the truth of Owen’s sinister disappearance is sidetracked when tragedy strikes her family once again. Suddenly, the future of the kingdom rests in her hands as she struggles to learn—and control—the power that can keep the threatening Deep Fathoms at bay.
When King Gahalatine unleashes his overwhelming forces against the realm, Trynne must draw on her political instincts, warrior training, and Fountain-blessed magic if she hopes to survive the chaos to come. But a final, epic confrontation will force Trynne into an unimaginable choice: save her kingdom and the lives of her people, or lose the one who means more to her than life itself.
Series Description
Bestselling author Jeff Wheeler’s acclaimed Kingfountain trilogy weaves an epic tale of kingdom-wide war, courtly intrigue, Fountain-blessed warriors and dangerously powerful magic. Owen Kiskaddon’s gambit to dethrone the despised king of Ceredigion has restored peace to the kingdom. But it’s an uncertain peace, with peril looming within the realm’s borders and beyond. When a shocking prophecy upends the kingdom’s delicate balance of power, it will fall to Owen’s young daughter, Trynne to rise to the realm’s defense. But will Trynne and those allied with her find sufficient battle-skill, courage and magic to vanquish the dark forces intent on their annihilation?
Author Biography
Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to write full-time. He is, most importantly, a husband, a father, and a devout member of his church. He is often seen roaming hills with oak trees and granite boulders in California or in any number of the state’s majestic redwood groves. He is also the founder of Deep Magic: The E-zine of Clean Fantasy and Science Fiction. Find out more about Deep Magic online at www.deepmagic.co, and visit Jeff at www.jeff-wheeler.com.
Title: Cold Harbor
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After months in a CIA black site, Gibson Vaughn is free of his prison – but not his past.
Solitary confinement at a CIA black site left him shattered. Can he rebuild himself?
Marine hacker Gibson Vaughn faces new enemies – and ghosts from his violent past.
The hero of The Short Drop and Poisonfeather is back in a riveting suspense-thriller.
Three Short Book Taglines (50 characters including spaces)
What price will he pay to escape from his past?
Gibson Vaughn returns in this riveting thriller.
The ghosts of his past are returning… with a vengeance.
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The Wall Street Journal bestselling suspense-thriller series from Mathew FitzSimmons.
Powerhouse action thrillers from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Mathew FitzSimmons.
High-tech, heavy-caliber action and thrills from bestselling author Mathew FitzSimmons.
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The Wall Street Journal bestselling thrillers.
Gibson Vaughn: sketchy past, mad skills, bad hombre.
He’s one Marine hacker you don’t want to cross.
Book Description
After a year and half of brutal isolation in a CIA black site prison, former Marine Gibson Vaughn is free – but with no idea where he was, or how much time he’s lost. Struggling to maintain his grip on reality, he races to reunite with his family, only to find them missing, their home reduced to ashes. Alone and disoriented, his thoughts turn to vengeance, and the hated agent behind his rendition. But Gibson’s drive for retribution, and the ghosts of his violent past, will force him into familiar, tragically failed patterns of behavior — and plunge him back into a world he wants only to escape. Now, old enemies and once-trusted allies will resurface, and the puppet-strings of a murderous conspiracy will trace a sinister path from Washington, D.C. to Africa and the powder-keg Middle East. As he discovers the shocking truth about those he thought he knew best, only one certainty remains: the puppet-masters must be made to answer.. and pay.
Series description:
With his volatile mix of high-level hacker skills and military expertise, former Marine Gibson Vaughn is not someone you want working against you. It’s these attributes that have detoured Gibson’s life into realms of dangerous intrigue and spycraft, making him highly sought after by those in power. But these same abilities also burden him with a violent, troubled past he is desperate to escape, or at least deny. Crafted in the vein of James Patterson’s powerhouse thrillers, Matthew FitzSimmons’ bestselling Gibson Vaughn novels bristle with the political chess-game maneuvers and espionage action that keeps readers returning book after book.
Author Biography (1,000 characters including spaces)
Matthew FitzSimmons is the author of the bestselling Gibson Vaughn series, which includes The Short Drop and Poisonfeather. Born in Illinois and raised in London, England, he now lives in Washington, DC, where he taught English literature and theater at a private high school for over a decade.
Title: Ocean of Storms
Long Book Tagline (85-90 characters including spaces)
A mysterious explosion on the moon plunges the Earth into a fight for humanity’s future
A lightning-paced, epic science fiction adventure in the vein of Andy Weir’s The Martian
The Martian meets Indiana Jones in this epic, adrenaline-fueled science fiction thriller
Short Book Tagline (50 characters including spaces)
Awesome Sci Fi adventure in the vein of The Martian
A huge lunar blast. A hostile act… or an invitation?
Does the mysterious lunar blast mean war… or hope?
Book Description (160 words)
In the near-future, the U.S. and China balance on the knife-edge of global war. Then, a catastrophic explosion on the moon cleaves a vast, mysterious gash in the lunar surface. The massive EMP burst produced by the blast obliterates Earth’s electric infrastructure. To plumb the depths of the newly created lunar fissure, and excavate the source of the power surge, the U.S. and China are forced to cooperate on a high-risk mission to return mankind to the moon. Now, a diverse, highly skilled ensemble of American and Chinese astronauts, taikonauts and other crewmembers will brave conspiracy on Earth and disasters in space, only to discover the blast from the moon wasn’t a hostile act. It was an invitation. Ocean of Storms plunges the reader into an epic adventure that spans space and time and encompasses Earth’s distant past and troubled future, as its heroes race the clock to defeat a menace threatening the survival of humanity itself!
Author Biography
JEREMY K. BROWN has authored several biographies for young readers, including books on Stevie Wonder and Ursula K. Le Guin. He has also contributed articles to numerous magazines and newspapers, including specials for CBS and The Discovery Channel, and recently edited a collector’s issue on Pink Floyd for Newsweek. He published his first novel, Calling Off Christmas, in 2011, and is currently at work on another novel. He lives in New York with his wife and sons.
CHRISTOPHER MARI was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Fordham University. He has edited books on a wide variety of topics, including three on space exploration. His writing has appeared in such magazines as America, Current Biography, Issues and Controversies, and U.S. Catholic. He lives with his family in Queens, New York.
Title: Points of Impact
Three Long Book Taglines (85-90 characters including spaces)
The Battle of Mars is won. But the war isn’t over. And humanity is anything but safe.
For Andrew Grayson, the fight for Mars is over, but the war for Earth’s future rages on.
Earth has repelled the Lanky seed ships. But will her distant colonies survive what’s coming?
Three Short Book Taglines (50 characters including spaces)
With time running out, it’s human smarts vs alien might.
Earth is safe, for now. Her colonies? No so much.
The arms race for humanity’s future… is ramping up.
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The enemy is 100 meters tall. Armor plated. And hates humanity. Stay frosty, podhead.
He enlisted to escape his life. He ended up on the frontlines of the fight for Earth’s future.
Andrew Grayson enlisted for the food. He ended up fighting to save humanity’s bacon.
Three Short Series Taglines (50 characters including spaces)
In this war, defeat… is an extinction level event.
For those who like their Sci Fi military grade.
Bad-ass aliens. Light-speed action. Epic Sci Fi.
Book Description
Humankind may have won the battle, but a new threat looms larger than ever before
The Second Battle of Mars is over. The last Lanky seed ships have been chased from Sol space. But for veteran CDC Captain Andrew Grayson, the war for human survival feels anything but won. It feels eternal. Beneath the surface of Mars, the 100-meter-tall, armor-plated alien invaders are tunneling deep – and fighting back. And for Earth’s distant colony worlds, the threat of a fresh Lanky onslaught is ever present.
Earth’s game-changer? A revolutionary new class of warship – bigger and more formidable than anything the Lankies have yet seen. Assigned to one the newly commissioned behemoths, Andrew and wife Halley, now an assault squad XO, head out for a routine shakedown cruise. But the training mission quickly escalates into a trial by fire for the untested recruits. Plunged into the chaos and blood of yet another savage battle with an implacable foe, Andrew confronts the toll this endless war is taking on them all, and the brutal price of survival… at any cost.
Author Biography
Marko Kloos was born and raised in Germany, in and around the city of Münster. In the past, he has been a soldier, bookseller, freight dockworker, and corporate IT administrator before he decided that he wasn’t cut out for anything other than making stuff up for a living.
Marko writes primarily science fiction and fantasy, his first genre love ever since his youth, when he spent his allowance mostly on SF pulp serials. He’s the author of the bestselling Frontlines series of military science fiction and is a member of George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards writer consortium.
Marko resides at Castle Frostbite in New Hampshire with his wife, two children, and a roving pack of vicious dachshunds. His official website is at www.markokloos.com. He can be reached at frontlines@markokloos.com and found on Twitter (where he spends way too much time) @markokloos.
Title: The Temporary Agent
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A high-impact military thriller from Shamus Award-winning author Daniel Judson.
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Daniel Judson’s electrifying new military thriller.
Book Description
Scarred by war, former Navy Seabee Tom Sexton vows to leave his violent past behind, only to be drawn into battle against an apocalyptic conspiracy, and make an agonizing choice no man should ever face.
Five years after Tom Sexton’s life was saved in Afghanistan by Marine Force Recon Leader Charlie Cahill, Tom lives a bleak, nomadic existence, haunted by the debt he can never repay. Salvation appears in the guise of Stella, someone as damaged, and resourceful, as he. Then, Tom is recruited by a shadowy NSA operative for a “black op” he can’t refuse: bring in Charlie Cahill, who is out to avenge the death of his murdered lover. But when Tom’s mission uncovers a much larger web of treason and betrayal, he’ll end up questioning all he knows – and be forced into the ultimate no-win scenario: save Stella, protect his country, or rescue the man who to whom he owes his very life.
Author Biography
Daniel Judson is a Shamus Award winner and the author of ten novels, including Avenged, The Poisoned Rose, The Bone Orchard, The Darkest Place, and Voyeur, taut, character-driven thrillers informed by the author’s practice of taking on his creations’ habits and milieus. Daniel’s immersive research technique lends his work a distinctive authenticity and has fostered an ever-expanding, eclectic skill set that includes Vipassana meditation, Filipino knife-fighting, and playing jazz trumpet. A Son of the American Revolution, former gravedigger, and self-described one-time drifter, Daniel currently lives in Connecticut with his fiancée and four rescued cats.
Title: Warrior King (Odyssey One Book 5)
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In the deep black of a dangerous universe, humanity’s survival faces the ultimate test.
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Humanity’s fight to survive enters a new dimension.
Book Description
In the aftermath of the desperate fight to repulse the alien Drasin onslaught on Earth, battle-weary NAC Captain Eric Weston is tasked with perilous new mission. Returning to the outer reaches of the Orion Arm, his assignment will plunge him and the crew of the Odysseus into a quest to hunt down those who unleashed the hellish attack on his homeworld and that of Earth’s Priminae allies. En route, he will also delve into the enigma of Central and Gaia, entities he suspects could be some form of hyper-advanced A.I. – or something even more extraordinary.
But the situation explodes into a new dimension with the sighting of a ship belonging to the mysterious beings orchestrating the depredations of the fearsome Drasin. This powerful Empire, it seems, has two primary aims: to conquer new worlds and settle old scores. Weston’s ultimate objective: keep humanity from becoming collateral damage as the Drasin War expands to engulf the galaxy.
Series Description
Evan Curries’ Odyssey One Series is riveting military science fiction combining old-school space opera with masterful storytelling and vivid detail.
In the void far from Earth’s backwater solar system, a galaxy vast and mysterious beyond the human imagination waits. For NAC Captain Eric Weston, the wonder and peril of this undiscovered universe are about to become all too real. Pushing past the boundaries of Terran security, Weston and his ships’ crews will encounter new worlds, monsters, and societies, all of which will test humanity’s resolve, threaten their very survival, and redefine what it takes to be a hero.
Author Biography/Existing
Evan Currie is the bestselling author of the Odyssey One series, the Warrior’s Wings series, and more. Although his post-secondary education was in computer sciences, and he has worked in the local lobster industry steadily over the last decade, writing has always been his true passion. Currie himself says it best: “It’s what I do for fun and to relax. There’s not much I can imagine better than being a storyteller.
Title: Lost in Arcadia
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“For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop, here is a strange and bitter crop.”
— Abel Meeropol, Strange Fruit
Unbridled technology, genetic sabotage and a future where forbidden fruit… bytes back.
It’s 2037. America: imploding. The populace: digital-addicts. “Drug” of choice: Arcadia.
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Surrender to Arcadia. What have you got to lose?
What if the future’s forbidden fruit… bytes back?
In the future, Arcadia… is the ultimate forbidden fruit.
Book Description
America circa 2037 is a country distracted, infatuated and borderline-addicted to… Arcadia. The brainchild of reclusive genius Juan Diego Reyes, Arcadia is a wickedly immersive, all-encompassing social media platform and gaming-dating-surrogate-reality interface. This seductive virtual world has profoundly disrupted human interaction, and made the Reyes family fabulously wealthy. But when Juan Diego mysteriously vanishes, the consequences will shatter the lives of the entire Reyes clan. While matriarch Autumn struggles to hold the family together, Reyes siblings Gideon, Holly, and Devon wrestle with questions of purpose, sexuality and meaning in a society polarized beyond repair. A nation where a fundamentalist ex-preacher occupies the Oval Office. Where mega-corporations blithely exploit their full citizenship. Where a 20-foot-high “Great Wall of Freedom,” plastered with lucrative advertising, bestrides the U.S.-Mexican border. And where a sinister alchemy of hyper-technology, corporate greed and genetic sabotage combines to propel the Reyes family and America itself into a future where the definition – and survival – of humanity hangs in the balance.
Author Biography
Sean Gandert was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College. A freelance writer and college English instructor, Sean has written over 800 articles and interview pieces for Paste Magazine and other online sites. An avid video game, tabletop game, and RPG player, Sean currently resides in Florida with his partner and their three cats.
