by admin | Nov 30, 2009 | Books, Historical, Western
This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Saint’s Roost
Sundowners (September 20, 2009)
by
Terry Burns
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Terry has over 30 books in print, including work in a dozen short story collections and four non-fiction books plus numerous articles and short stories.
His last book Beyond the Smoke is a 2009 winner of the Will Rogers Medallion for best youth fiction and a nominee for the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. He has a three book Mysterious Ways series out from David C Cook, and Trails of the Dime Novel from Echelon Press.
A graduate of West Texas State he did post graduate work at Southern Methodist University. Terry plans to continue writing inspirational fiction as well as working as an agent for Hartline Literary Agency. Terry is a native Texan Living in Amarillo, Texas with his lovely wife Saundra.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Terry Burns has written a novel rich in Texan drawl and old western authenticity.
Saint’s Roost opens with a determined couple leaving a wagon train to set off on their own, only to be set upon by savages. Patrick, an eager evangelizing preacher, steps out to share the Good Book with the savages and meets an untimely demise, leaving his wife, Janie, alone on a trail to nowhere with no one to help her survive.
She makes her way across the frontier determined to follow her husband’s calling, but she doesn’t know where to begin, or even how to take care of herself. When her travels bring her into the lives of two cowhands, an ex-prostitute, a young boy and his drunken grandfather, and towns filled with cowboys waiting to be saved, she discovers there’s more than one way to spread God’s word.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Saint’s Roost, go HERE
by admin | Nov 25, 2009 | Books, Giveaways
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I had five comments for this giveaway. As usual, I used the True Random Number Generator at random.org to choose the winner. This time it chose comment #4 – Wendy M. I will be contacting Wendy soon to get her mailing address so I can get her book in the mail. Thanks for your comments and for visiting my blog. |
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by admin | Nov 24, 2009 | Books, Giveaways, Nonfiction
There were only two entries for this giveaway and since I have two copies of the book to give away, both Karen K. and Jayne will receive a copy. Thanks so much for checking out my blog.
by admin | Nov 23, 2009 | Books, Suspense
This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Loss Of Carrier
BookSurge Publishing (October 27, 2009)
by
Russ White
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Russ White is an internationally recognized internetwork engineer. He has co-authored eight books in the field of network design and routing protocols and is a regular speaker at international networking conferences.
In addition to working on several expert and senior-level network engineering certifications, he is a certified firearms instructor.
Russ, his wife, and their two children live in the Raleigh area of North Carolina, where they enjoy spending time on Jordan Lake and attending Colonial Baptist Church. Loss of Carrier is his first novel.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Bright yellow cables against a blue shirt? Carl never would have approved of that color combination. Why was his face so white? His eyes should be closed, not open. Why hadn’t one of the security guards seen this and reported it to the police? The lights were off, the cameras were useless in the dark.
Of course, the cables wrapped around Carl’s neck explained why the server wasn’t working. Loss of carrier.
Jess Wirth lives a dreary life. He spends most of his time crammed inside a cubicle, toiling as a network engineer and stewing over the details of his ugly divorce. But when he finds his co-worker dead in the basement of their office, Jess’s life takes a surprising—and unpleasant—turn.
The police quickly declare the death a suicide, but Jess isn’t so sure. Not long after he begins digging into the victim’s work, another co-worker turns up dead, convincing him once and for all that something sinister is brewing behind the cubicle walls.
His investigation leads him to a mysterious woman name Leah, who pushes him to entrust her with the information he’s collected about his dead colleagues. Wary of Leah’s motives yet inexorably drawn to her, Jess keeps her at arm’s length…until an attempt is made on both their lives. Realizing they are close on the trail of a dangerous criminal, the pair race to expose a data theft ring before they become the killer’s next victims.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Loss Of Carrier, go HERE
MY REVIEW:
I was not sure what to expect when I opened Loss Of Carrier. Although I am fairly proficient with a computer, my knowledge has been self-taught and I have never been in a network environment. To my surprise, I found this book very readable and enjoyable. The plot moves along quickly and the characters are somewhat different than in the normal suspense novel. I don’t think I have read one yet with a computer geek as the main character but it works.
Like another reviewer, I noticed several misspellings and grammatical errors. I can’t help it – I used to be a proofreader. Fortunately, the narrative was good enough for me to overlook the errors and enjoy it. This story has plenty of action and suspense, a touch of romance, and good spiritual content. I would say that we should keep an eye on Russ White. He has great potential.
by admin | Nov 22, 2009 | Books, Giveaways
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There were five comments on the giveaway post but I only entered four of them in the contest. Comment #5 was from the primary character of the book (entered by the author I suspect). Anyway, I really don’t think she wants a copy of her own book. I used the random.org number generator to choose one number. #3 out of 4 numbers was chosen. Counting the comments from top to bottom, Mindy was the third comment and thus the winner.
I still have two books to give away in the next few days so check them out and enter for your chance to win.
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Terry has over 30 books in print, including work in a dozen short story collections and four non-fiction books plus numerous articles and short stories.
Terry Burns has written a novel rich in Texan drawl and old western authenticity.
