Sat 28 Nov 2009
The Aurora winning fantasy anthology
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The Aurora-winning fantasy anthology!
Four women. Four shooters. Four destinies to save the world…
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are coming. And four Archangels find the perfect champions to save the world: fighters, warriors, soldiers, and brave men, all ready to fight for humanity against end times. All they have to do is drink a shooter — a caustic mix of alcohol and divinity that will imbue them with the conviction to battle the Four.
The only problem is these warriors don’t drink the shooters. Call it fate, chance, or what you will, but four women drink the divine concoction. Alexandra Carlton, Julia Wolfe, Emily Keller and Dinah Medrano must all take up the mantles of champions … whether they want to or not.
Four writers, four heroines, four Women of the Apocalypse. The world will never be the same again.
The Women of the Apocalypse is a collaborative project due to be published by Absolute XPress. Four writers, four heroines, four Riders of the Apocalypse — the world will never be the same again.
Pawns Dreaming of Roses
By Eileen Bell
Alexandra Carlton always manages to let the wrong man into her life. But the First Horseman of the Apocalypse?
When the Archangel Raphael asks Alexandra to stop Pestilence, the First Horseman of the Apocalypse, she realizes this is her chance to make up for her worst sin, and to do something great with her life. But soon she realizes that some sins will never be forgiven, and a promise made to an angel can send you straight to Hell. Read the excerpt….
A Choice Among No Choices
By Roxanne Felix
Dinah’s life is the way she likes it – organized and efficient. So, when two strange men intrude into her life, she takes the necessary actions to rid herself of them and the complications they bring. Except they offer Dinah a power to change something important, something precious to her above all things. Read the excerpt….
Hungersnot
By Billie Milholland
An elderly Archangel, who loves skinny jeans and designer hoodies, must convince a smart-mouthed young woman, who drives a concrete truck, that her childhood friend is actually Famine, the 3rd Horseman of the Apocalypse. Then he must try to teach her how to stop Famine before he sets off a trigger gene that will cause global mass starvation. Read the excerpt….
Dues Ex Machina
By Ryan McFadden
Two miles beneath the surface, a massive secret project nears completion — a project that could spell the end of the world’s energy problem. For Julia Wolfe, it also signals the completion of a long and lonely path. However, when testing on the project begins, Julia’s realizes that they are not alone in the subterranean world — there is something down there in the dark…something evil. Read the excerpt….
Pawns Dreaming of Roses
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I just read this book last night. The whole thing. My friend loaned it to me to read Billie’s story because she knows her, but I read the whole thing. I loved all the stories. They are all so different, but they all have heart!! That’s what I like.
Glad you liked it Lin May. I recognize your name from Facebook. It’s so great that you are interested in our work. Did you get to read the actual book, or just the Reader Copy? Just curious. =-) Billie
I tried to put a comment on Amazon.com but I had to buy something before I could comment. My mom liked the first story the best, but she said the rest were pretty good too. My dad and I liked the last story best. My sisters liked them all except if they have to pick the best they pick the middle two, so for our family you put in something for everybody. You’d have to know our family to know that is rare.
The books I enjoyed reading the most are those that are provocative and captivating; ones that introduced me to ideas, philosophies, situations that had never entered my mind. This book joins the league of books that have me thinking and looking to learn more.
This team of four writers has eloquently portrayed the quest of four unexpected champions in their crusade to save humanity against the four horsemen of the apocalypse. A noble quest indeed!
Each writer captured the exhilaration, drama and courage each champion encountered in their escapades. Although I remotely knew of the prophesy of the apocalypse and heard of archangels, I had never put all the pieces together. This was a fun way to learn about these ancient beliefs in contemporary times and locations.
I highly recommend joining the Champions, Alexandra, Dinah, Emily, and Julia, encounter their Horseman of the apocalypse: Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death. By the end of the book, you may think twice about accepting a free shooter at a bar.