Worldcon wonders and science fiction fun by Pat Hauldren
Ready for Worldcon this Labor Day Weekend? It's LoneStarCon 3 for us Texans and it begins Thursday, August 9th in San Antonio. See you there!
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Pat Hauldren
www.pathauldren.com
Pat.Hauldren@tx.rr.com
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Cover & Blurb Reveal: SHIVER
First there was a space cowboy in Wither.
Then, a shapeshiter in Clash.
Now, there's an arena warrior with a bloodlust problem in Shiver...
The third instalment in my RECAST series will be available from Samhain Publishing early next year. I decided to post the cover here before anywhere else.
So, here it is...
Well, what do you think?
It was made by Kanaxa, and she captured everything perfectly! Not to mention that it fits in really well with the other two covers. :)
I absolutely LOVE it!
Oh, and here's the blurb:
Blood made him a monster. Passion could be his salvation.
Recast, Book 3
After
narrowly escaping brutal captivity in the Clash Arena and the bite of a
bloodsucking creature, all Eniell Knox wants is to get off the crappy planet
that ruined his life. When he steals an abandoned ship and is shot down over
freezing northern Fray, he finds nothing but more trouble. An alluring young
woman who stirs his hunger—and her shackle-happy mother—could push him over the
edge.
Day
after day, Lian Shan lives like a prisoner, fending off a parade of creepy
potential husbands her mother tries to force upon her. She longs to experience
life outside the confines of her ice castle and meet the man whose face haunts
her dreams.
When
a handsome, mysterious man crashes onto the estate her world breaks apart,
spilling unfathomable secrets. Some of them her own.
Though
Eniell and Lian’s mutual attraction explodes off any known star chart, there’s
something her dreams left out—he’s been bitten by a monster. Which means if he
turns into one, the first thing on his menu could be her neck…
Warning: This book contains shared temptation hot enough to
melt ice caps, a warrior with a blood craving, a rebellious heroine who isn’t
afraid to share hers, and the galaxy’s most dysfunctional family.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Now Available! The Cimmerian Duology Boxed Set & A Feast of Shadows
I'm proud to announce the digital releases of The Cimmerian Duology Boxed Set and A Feast of Shadows (Book 2 in the Cimmerian Series Duology)!
On the eve of Earth's final days, chaos has taken to the streets from coast to coast. An oppressed, polluted Earth is struggling to recover from a global war that has divided two races: Humans and Dracins (the quick, tough skinned blood deficient species born from the side effects of 20th century pharmaceuticals).
Raven Blackheart, a half Dracin and half Human woman, returns to the Earth that was once a booming metropolis and now is a desolate wasteland. After a confrontation with the local police force, she recounts her life before Earth's demise as the Tech Corporation—the most powerful corporate government in the world—tried to destroy all evidence of pharmaceutical experiments on humans that led to the birth of the vampire-like Dracin species.
As Raven delves into a time long ago, Earth's past, present and future is tied to her own fate. Once a former assassin for the global government, Raven is now the last hope for the survival of mankind. As her memories are recorded and relived before her eyes, her mission is revealed: stop the worldwide genocide that will impact both humans and Dracins abandoned on Earth in an effort for the corporation to start fresh on the terraformed planet Jupiter II.
Raven's main journey lies beneath the surface of the world as she is forced to fight her internal demons, learn to love again, and separate the bloodlust of revenge with the responsibility of saving a nation.
An epic science fiction duology of the future featuring both Cimmerian City & A Feast of Shadows.
Stripped from the headlines of today's news, Cimmerian City is a novel spanning 15 years.
Greed can turn a good man’s heart to stone. This is especially true in the age of commerce and large corporations. No new pill can be taken without a laundry list of side effects that the patient may have to endure. But what if the side effects are more dangerous than the pills are helpful? What if the side effect causes the patient to be immune from standard dangers, such as firearms, the climate, etc., but causes them to change into otherworldly beings?
It is seen through the eyes of a young woman named Raven Blackheart.
It is a future where corporations rule the world and political parties have been dismissed.
An Earth that is recovering from a global war has divided two races: Humans and Dracins, quick, tough skinned creatures that are children of the side effects from 20th century pharmaceuticals. Raven awakens in this world as a product of both races and nurtured by the vice president of the main corporation in the world as a symbol of the union of races. With her help, Vice President Tyler Deamond’s corporation can take both beings off Earth—quickly becoming a waste planet—and to a new terraformed planet. But, as Raven learns, nothing is as it seems, especially concerning humans.
Available now from:
On the eve of Earth's final days, chaos has taken to the streets from coast to coast. An oppressed, polluted Earth is struggling to recover from a global war that has divided two races: Humans and Dracins (the quick, tough skinned blood deficient species born from the side effects of 20th century pharmaceuticals).
Raven Blackheart, a half Dracin and half Human woman, returns to the Earth that was once a booming metropolis and now is a desolate wasteland. After a confrontation with the local police force, she recounts her life before Earth's demise as the Tech Corporation—the most powerful corporate government in the world—tried to destroy all evidence of pharmaceutical experiments on humans that led to the birth of the vampire-like Dracin species.
As Raven delves into a time long ago, Earth's past, present and future is tied to her own fate. Once a former assassin for the global government, Raven is now the last hope for the survival of mankind. As her memories are recorded and relived before her eyes, her mission is revealed: stop the worldwide genocide that will impact both humans and Dracins abandoned on Earth in an effort for the corporation to start fresh on the terraformed planet Jupiter II.
Raven's main journey lies beneath the surface of the world as she is forced to fight her internal demons, learn to love again, and separate the bloodlust of revenge with the responsibility of saving a nation.
Available now from:
An epic science fiction duology of the future featuring both Cimmerian City & A Feast of Shadows.
Stripped from the headlines of today's news, Cimmerian City is a novel spanning 15 years.
Greed can turn a good man’s heart to stone. This is especially true in the age of commerce and large corporations. No new pill can be taken without a laundry list of side effects that the patient may have to endure. But what if the side effects are more dangerous than the pills are helpful? What if the side effect causes the patient to be immune from standard dangers, such as firearms, the climate, etc., but causes them to change into otherworldly beings?
It is seen through the eyes of a young woman named Raven Blackheart.
It is a future where corporations rule the world and political parties have been dismissed.
An Earth that is recovering from a global war has divided two races: Humans and Dracins, quick, tough skinned creatures that are children of the side effects from 20th century pharmaceuticals. Raven awakens in this world as a product of both races and nurtured by the vice president of the main corporation in the world as a symbol of the union of races. With her help, Vice President Tyler Deamond’s corporation can take both beings off Earth—quickly becoming a waste planet—and to a new terraformed planet. But, as Raven learns, nothing is as it seems, especially concerning humans.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Starwoman's Sanctuary,
Book Three in the Diaspora Worlds Series,
Available Now!
Kyler, heir to the hereditary title Protectorate of New Prague, feels responsible. It was his brother Kaistril and soon to be sister in law Sabralia that drew the Gorvas Hunters to the Hub
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Sister Skyleen feels responsible. She built this Sanctuary from scratch, providing shelter for orphans and elderly spacers, and an education for the children of low wage grunt workers of the Hub.
Somehow they need to get five hundred vulnerable people to safety. And an invasion is no time to act on an attraction.
Enter my Easy Drawing for this lovely necklace and ebooks!
Just *LIKE* My Facebook page to enter! Drawing is August 20th. https://www.facebook.com/DiasporaWorldsMelisseAires