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Peace In Time Book Blitz

“The Bridge of Deaths” by M.C.V. Egan was recommended to me by several of my reviewer friends who just earned themselves more credibility. This well written and compelling story is based on a true event, the crash of a British Airways Plane at a Danish bridge in 1939.
A couple in Britain and a woman in Florida are trying to reconstruct the events and the lives of the people who were killed through various channels of research; some of it factual, some psychic.
It is fascinating how the story unfolds, like a regular detective story, but the use of transgression to past lives and the use of information derived from psychics adds a special touch to it.
Whether you – like myself – are open to the concept of transgression or not, the result is the same: a carefully composed and thrilling read that combines historical facts with suspense and entertainment.”

The Peace connection:

“Peace is defined as a state of harmony or simpler even as a lack of violence and conflict behaviours. The Bridge of Deaths, as featured in the book of the same title, is at first a sad symbol for the opposite. Two weeks before WWII erupted a plane crashed near a Bridge in Denmark. The identities and missions of the passengers are subject to an intense archival and psychic investigation as detailed in the book. While unravelling the mystery of the plane throughout the book we learn about the sad history of the Bridge of Death:

Used as a landmark for fighter and bomber pilots on their way to Germany many other planes were shot down around the area, serving as reminder of hostility and broken down international relations. However, as the protagonists of the story learn more about the passengers of the plane in question they begin to find their inner peace, at a time where the atrocities have long come to an end, and the bridge can serve again as a symbol for connecting people and countries separated from each other.

For me peace begins with myself. If I am at peace within I can bring peace to others. Peace should be a natural state of being.

M.C.V. Egan has created a new monument for peace.”

“SWITCH” by Karen Prince

Meet the wonderfully creative writer Karen Prince and her magic fantasy jungle story Switch

on my website

http://www.christophfischerbooks.com/karen-prince-switch/ … @realKarenPrince

“Switch (The Kingdoms of Karibu)” by Karen Prince is a wonderful and magic story for young adults.
Set in parts in rural contemporary Zimbabwe (with all its beauty but also its faults) and in other parts in the secret rift valley of Karibu the story ‘switches’ between two narratives, keeping up a sense of suspense throughout.
In Karibu, a witch and her leopard suddenly have to escape the Tokoloshe, but their getaway via a magic trick goes terribly wrong and forces an ordinary boy from Zimbabwe into the kingdom instead, while the witch is on the other side.
The rest of the story follows the attempts to reverse the switch.
The book owes a lot to modern fairy tales such as the Lion King or The Jungle Book that opened our minds to speaking animals and even animals that can be human. “Switch” pays a loving tribute to African tribal culture with the colourful characters as well as to the magical mythology.
Karen Prince has written an awesome book that overflows with her love for the continent and its creatures and culture but more importantly so with a lot of original ideas and vivid powers of imagination. One of my favourite parts of the book was about a group of crocodiles who are re-paying a moral debt and therefore help humans across a tricky waterfall.
Easy to read, entertaining and full of surprises this is an excellent debut novel and should do well with both African and non-African readers. I was quite captured by the romantic vision of nature on the continent and thanks to the great characterisation of the boys and the witch it had a light hearted and wonderful touch.

A young adult fantasy adventure about magic, friendship and bravery, but also about bad judgement, rascally witches and thoroughly irresponsible adults.

Trouble is brewing in the secret African rift valley of Karibu and Gogo Maya, the witch, and her leopard familiar are about to make matters worse. Of all the dubious magic tricks in her repertoire, they choose a risky ‘switch’ she’s been working on, to escape from somebody lurking in the forest. Unfortunately they overshoot, switching right out of Karibu and drawing an ordinary Zimbabwean boy into the vacuum they left behind them. The whole disaster that followed might have been averted if another boy had not gone and sucked up what was left of the witch’s power, leaving her too weak to switch back again. CPR, the daft boy called it. He should know better than to risk kissing a witch.

If you had to choose between Joe’s two best friends, or his fifteen-year-old cousin, Ethan, to lead an adventure into the bush to rescue him, Ethan would be the last one you’d pick because, well … he’s useless that way. Yet, the witch’s leopard inexplicably chooses him, and starts issuing instructions right into his head. Apparently he’s Joe’s best hope because he has absorbed some of the witch’s questionable magic powers. Powers which might come in handy if he ever learns how to wield them, and if he can endure the painful backlash he suffers every time he tries.

In a world that quite literally defies belief, where magic seeps into the drinking water for anyone to use or abuse, and the terrain is impossible to navigate without help from extremely risky sources, this is the tale of Ethan’s struggle to reach his cousin, Joe, before Joe falls into the wrong hands and gets himself killed

“Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe” by Simon Okill

From today’s post at ChristophFischerBooks.com

http://www.christophfischerbooks.com/nobody-loves-a-bigfoot-like-a-bigfoot-babe-by-phantom-bigfoot-a-k-a-simon-okill/

The Northern California town of Big Beaver has become a haven for Bigfoot, alien sightings and is home to The Phantom Bigfoot Bather. One particularly weird Beaverite, Duane, has kept the Bigfoot a secret, but to his utter dismay, a female Bigfoot abducts a teenager. Duane must use all his guile to stop his secret from getting out, especially now that MB, his close friend and crypto-zoologist, is on the trail, along with Sheriff Lou and the FBI. Can Duane keep his Bigfoot friends a secret? And what does MB discover deep in the forest?

“Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe” by Simon Okill is simply a wonderful book.
Set in a sleepy town in Northern California called Big Beaver it centres around sightings of a Bigfoot, who may or may not be real, according to the people in Big Beaver. Much fun is poked at these sightings with pranks and jokes by the locals.
When a teenager is abducted Sheriff Lou gets assistance from FBI Agent Merlot. But the Bigfoot is real and while the investigation is under way, one citizen tries to keep this a secret for his own reasons.

What strikes me most about this book is the great sense of humour and the tongue-in-cheek style that runs through the entire story. There is a reference to Twin Peaks and there are some stylistic parallels or similarities, only this book is funnier and not quite as dark as David Lynch’s work.

There are great one-liners and excellently drawn characters to make this book a delight to read. I finished the book in almost one sitting, drawn in by the great story telling and addicted to the community of Big Beaver. Simon Okill is an author to watch.

A very entertaining novel, highly recommended.

BLACK EAGLE INN: COVER REVEAL

THE EAGLE IS ABOUT TO LAND

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WE HAVE ANOTHER WINNING DESIGN

Keeping the colour scheme and the writing from “The Luck of the Weissensteiners” and “Sebastian” the book shows Bavarian country side at its best with the Black Eagle in the centre, which in the book is the name of the family business and which was also an emblem on the post-war German flag. Here is what the complete cover will look like:

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The Black Eagle Inn is an old established Restaurant and Farm business in the sleepy Bavarian countryside outside of Heimkirchen. Childless Anna Stockmann has fought hard to make it her own and keep it running through WWII. Religion and rivalry divide her family as one of her nephews, Markus has got her heart and another nephew ,Lukas got her ear. Her husband Herbert is still missing and for the wider family life in post-war Germany has some unexpected challenges in store.

Once again Fischer tells a family saga with war in the distant background and weaves the political and religious into the personal. Being the third in the Three Nations Trilogy this book offers an indirect perspective on war, its impact on people and the themes of nations and identity

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Author Interview with Christoph Fischer, Author of “The Luck of the Weissensteiners” and “Sebastian.”

Reblogged from Suzy Henderson

http://lowfellwritersplace.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/author-interview-with-christoph-fischer.html

Today I welcome the Author, Christoph Fischer to the blog. Christoph presently has two books out, the first of which is The Luck of the Weissensteiners. This is set in war torn Europe and incidentally, is one of the top ten indie books for August 2013.

Hello Christoph, and welcome. It’s great to speak with you today and to learn a little more about your books, the Three Nations Trilogy.

Hello Sue and thanks for inviting me to your blog.

Always a pleasure to host a fellow writer of historical fiction. Can I begin by asking what was it that influenced you to explore such periods of history?

When my interest in family history arose a few years ago I realised how little I knew about any of it, particularly Czechoslovakian history before and during WWII and about the places where my family came from. There was nobody I could get first-hand information from so I had to get my head into the archives and history books.
I am not a ‘pure’ German and have often felt a little bit like an outsider in Germany. Now I even live as an ‘alien’ in the UK and maybe that is why my interest was drawn to periods in history where Nations were drawn together or separated.
The fascination with what I found led to my first book, “The Luck of the Weissensteiners”. [My ancestors had different experiences to the characters in my book but they infiltrated my story a lot.]
Vienna and the early 1900’s have always been mentioned in the literature I read for book one as a perfect place in history. I wanted to find out if that was true, which is why I chose it as the setting for my second book “Sebastian”. There were some unanswered questions and themes from the first book that I wanted to explore further and so I decided to write the Three Nations Trilogy. The breaking down of the multi-cultural Austro-Hungarian Empire in “Sebastian” serves as a useful and sharp contrast to the pan-Germanic Third Reich and offers a point for reflection between the two books

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THE SCARLET RIBBON by Derry O’Dowd

LINK TO MY FEATURE ON THE SCARLET RIBBON

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http://www.christophfischerbooks.com/derry-odowd-the-scarlet-ribbon/

The Scarlet Ribbon follows James Quinn, a young Irish surgeon battling prejudice, suspicion and personal demons in his controversial quest to change the face of medicine.

Following his marriage, tragedy strikes, thrusting James into a life of turmoil and despair. Throwing himself into his work, the young surgeon eventually begins to find solace in the most unexpected of places.

From the backstreets of Paris, through the glittering social whirl of London and finally back to Ireland again, this is a story of the thorns of love and the harsh reality of life in the eighteenth century, where nothing is simple and complications of all kinds surround James Quinn, man midwife.

COMING SOON: THE BLACK EAGLE INN

THIRD IN THE THREE NATIONS TRILOGY

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL LATE OCTOBER

Here is a little plot teaser:

The Black Eagle Inn is an old established Restaurant and Farm business in the sleepy Bavarian countryside outside of Heimkirchen. Childless Anna Stockmann has fought hard to make it her own and keep it running through WWII. Religion and rivalry divide her family as one of her nephews, Markus has got her heart and another nephew ,Lukas got her ear. Her husband Herbert is still missing and for the wider family life in post-war Germany also has some unexpected challenges in store.

Once again Fischer tells a family saga with war in the far background and weaves the political and religious into the personal. Being the third in the Three Nations Trilogy this book offers an indirect perspective on war, its impact on people and the themes of nations and identity.

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A WORLD OF VERSE by ASMSG authors

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“A World of Verse” by ASMSG Authors is a magnificent showcase of new and established talent in the world of rhymes and verses.
The collection covers a huge range of themes and types of poetry, even pieces by the same author may vary in style and content. Thoughtfully but without rhyme Alan Hardy is first up with his wonderful musings about the life of an old lady, while later on for example Peter Watson Jenkins delivers a great ‘Sonnett’ in more traditional style of verse; Andy Szpuk chooses amongst others war and a dirty motel for his powerful and concise poems; some authors write more cryptic or in staccato (B L. Ronan, Teresa Garcia), others sound like rhythmic short stories with full sentences and a story to tell (Laurie Miller Kazmierczak – check out her 3rd Thought, it is amazing, as is Muriel Cyr’s heartbreaking ‘For Marcel Giroux’ and Ollie Lambert’s inspired ‘Oscar Wager II’).
Other favourites of mine were Ian Bradley Marshall’s tribute to his mother and ‘Anyhows’, a great reflection on conscience; James Amoateng’s take on men, Karena Marie’s sad love poem to a fallen soldier and Lucy Pireel’s short and poignant ‘woe’,.
Although the steps of this amazing bunch of writers do not match the selection of talent is overwhelming and I could have picked quotes from almost any writer in this anthology. I have read some novels or short stories by some of these authors and am amazed at their versatility.
If you like poetry then this is a guaranteed and rich source of great materials so look no further.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/354879

GUEST POST: Why we can’t let go of WWII by Christoph Fischer

I was invited to talk a little more about THE LUCK OF THE WEISSENSTEINERS and WWII fiction by the wonderful BOOKISH OWL

“Travis Club” Book Tour

FEATURE ON THE TRAVIS CLUB BY MARK LOUIS RUBCZYK ON MY NEW BLOG

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Radio listeners in Dallas/Fort Worth may know Mark Louis Rybczyk better as ‘Hawkeye,’ the long time morning host on heritage country station, 96.3 FM KSCS. An award-winning disc jockey, Mark, along with his partner Terry Dorsey, have the longest-running morning show in Dallas. Mark is an avid skier, windsurfer and traveler. He is also the host of ‘Travel With Hawkeye’ a radio and television adventure feature that airs across the country. The Travis Club is the third book from Mark Louis Rybczyk.

The Plot:

In a cathedral in downtown San Antonio, just a few blocks from the Alamo, sits the tomb of Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and the other Alamo Defenders. Or so we have been led to believe. What secrets really lie inside the tomb and what has a group of misguided activists known as The Travis Club stumbled upon? How far will the city’s power brokers go to protect those secrets?

What would happen if a group of slackers discovered San Antonio’s DaVinci Code? Find out in the new book by Mark Louis Rybczyk, The Travis Club.