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FEATURED: The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh’s Cat Novel by Maria Luisa Lang

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FEATURED: The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh’s Cat Novel by Maria Luisa Lang
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Now a New Yorker, the Pharaoh’s cat–the ancient Egyptian feline with human powers–travels back in time to free Egypt’s legendary Queen Nefertiti from a horrific curse, discovering firsthand why her mummy has never been found and her famous bust is missing one eye.

As in the first Pharaoh’s cat novel, the cat is quick-witted, wisecracking narrator as well as free-spirited, ever-curious protagonist, and the story he tells is an exotic, imaginative, spell-binding tragicomedy. The Eye of Nefertiti also interweaves feline and human, past and present, natural and supernatural. It too contains numerous surprises, twists and turns, intriguing characters, both human and animal, fascinating revelations about ancient Egyptian history and culture. Added to all this is an ingenious use of the Tarot and Italian opera.

The cat is living happily in New York City with the High Priest, Elena, daughter of an Egyptologist, and their infant son, the cat’s beloved Pharaoh reincarnated, when the supernatural gradually intrudes in the form of phantasms, the plot of an Italian opera, a Tarot card reading, and an unexpected summons to present-day Bath Spa disguised as an opportunity for Elena.

She and the little Pharaoh travel conventionally while the cat and the High Priest take the little boat they use for time travel and are diverted to ancient Stonehenge for a brief stop-over. The figure at the center of their encounter with the Druids has been prefigured in the cat’s phantasms, the Italian opera, and the Tarot reading, all his uncanny experiences being in accord with a single design.

Reunited with Elena and the infant Pharaoh in Bath, the cat and the High Priest discover a secret tomb below the Georgian house where they are staying, and are soon impelled to journey to ancient Egypt in the time of Queen Nefertiti to save her from a horrific curse. They become separated as they search for Nefertiti and the cat has several adventures before finding her on his own.

He undertakes an ingenious deception to stay close to her without revealing his identity. Being so close, he falls in love with her. He succeeds in lifting the horrific curse at great cost to himself. Despite his love, he surrenders Nefertiti to history and, mourning his loss, descends into a psychological abyss so deep only the Pharaoh can save him.

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FEATURED: The Pharaoh’s Cat by Maria Luisa Lang

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FEATURED: The Pharaoh’s Cat by Maria Luisa Lang
About Featured Book: The Pharaoh’s Cat by Maria Luisa Lang

Suddenly talking and walking upright, a stray tomcat in ancient Egypt becomes the young Pharaoh’s intimate and, when accused of his murder, time travels to New York City and learns how to raise him from the dead.

The cat is quick-witted, wisecracking narrator as well as free-spirited, ever-curious protagonist, and the story he tells is an exotic, imaginative, spell-binding tragicomedy. The novel interweaves feline and human, past and present, natural and supernatural. It contains numerous surprises, twists and turns, intriguing characters, both human and animal, fascinating revelations about ancient Egyptian history and culture.

While exploring a looted tomb in ancient Egypt, the cat is kicked in the ass by the Vizier, the Pharaoh’s uncle and the second in power only to him. Able to speak as a result, the cat immediately gives voice to his intelligence and sense of humor and captivates the young Pharaoh, making him laugh for the first time since his parents’ death. The cat becomes the Pharaoh’s constant companion and, at the royal palace and on a tour of Egypt, participates in the festivities, developing an insatiable appetite for good food, wine, and gossip. Gradually, he renews the Pharaoh’s ability to enjoy life and inspires him to become a stronger leader. The bond of selfless love they share will change Egypt’s destiny.

The cat has a good friend in the High Priest of the god Amun-Ra and seeks his help in solving the mystery of his human powers and the supernatural manifestations that plague him. He has a mortal enemy in the cat-kicking Vizier, who hates him for his close relationship with the Pharaoh. The Vizier eventually murders the Pharaoh and accuses the cat, who flees by time-traveling with the High Priest to New York City, where they find an ally in an Egyptologist’s daughter.

In New York, they go to an ancient Egyptian exhibit, end up in Central Park, then at a cathedral, and later retrieve a lost spell to revive the dead. They return to Egypt to revive the Pharaoh, but the spell fails to work till Bastet appears to ask the cat to give his life in return for the Pharaoh’s. He says yes, but Bastet only needed him to agree for the spell to work. The Pharaoh is resurrected, kills the Vizier in battle, then returns to the world above after making the High Priest pharaoh in his place.

The High Priest reigns for seven years with the cat at his side. A rebellion forces them to return to New York City, where they find Elena pregnant with the High Priest’s child. For her, only months have passed. The cat immediately senses that the child she carries is the Pharaoh reincarnated.

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FEATURED: The Tempests of Time, Ages of Malice, Book IV by Lloyd Jeffries

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FEATURED: The Tempests of Time, Ages of Malice, Book IV by Lloyd Jeffries
About Featured Book: The Tempests of Time, Ages of Malice, Book IV by Lloyd Jeffries

Ages of Malice Series Sale April 14 – May 14 @ $0.99ea.

Time Turns Deadly. A mind-bending thriller with spiritual stakes.

The world unravels in chaos, and for Emery Merrick and Rhyme Carter, the nightmare deepens when a cursed stranger hurls Emery through time’s shattered veins. Ancient wars, futures drowned in ash—every era whispers his name, as if he was destined to suffer.

A secret society lurks in the shadows, twisting history into a noose around their minds. Voices taunt from the void, splintering their grip on reality. Demonic faces leer from fractured memories, assassins strike from impossible angles, and a truth gnaws at their sanity: are they saviors, or pawns in a game they’ve already lost?

From BookLife Elite author Lloyd Jeffries, The Tempests of Time fuses relentless action with psyche-shredding horror, pulling the Ages of Malice saga into an abyss of mayhem, despair, and mind-shattering revelations that are both terrifying and thought-provoking. Perfect for fans of Stephen King and Dan Brown.

Can they stop the clock? Grab it now and brace yourself!
Gaze into Merrick’s mirror…and be forever changed.

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FEATURED: A World Without Trees by Joseph Blackhurst

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FEATURED: A World Without Trees by Joseph Blackhurst
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Discounted to $.99 February 2nd-9th.

Long ago, an otherworldly creature made the Earth almost uninhabitable and nearly consumed all of mankind. Now angels protect, and rule over, New Eden—Earth’s last remaining city. By angelic decree, and scripture akin to propaganda, all redheads are enslaved. Alizard is the stubborn daughter of the two most powerful families in the city. She expects to inherit a position of great leadership until the day her hair turns red.

A World Without Trees tells a story of ultimate sacrifice amidst a harsh, violent, landscape. Alizard’s journey within and without New Eden will force her to confront childhood trauma in the aftermath of a family torn apart. All the while, the return of the world-eating creature nears.

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FEATURED: Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Alchemical Wizards by Sybrina Durant

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FEATURED: Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Alchemical Wizards by Sybrina Durant
About Featured Book: Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Alchemical Wizards by Sybrina Durant

Kids love magical things and the periodic table is full of them. Wizards introduce young learners to some chemistry facts and elemental fantasy in this fun science book.

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Featured Book: I AM DRAGON by Brian Green

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About Featured Book: I AM DRAGON by Brian Green

My name is Randall Erik Ddraik.
I’m a Dragon.

Randall works as a security consultant, bodyguard, and all-around badass for hire, working for the supernatural elite, and the occasional human who’s wealthy enough to afford him. Case in point, his current client Annalisa VanSusstern, one of the world’s richest humans. Humiliatingly, she’s just been kidnapped right out from under his nose, almost costing Randall his life in the process.

Annalisa is in Randall’s care, which means he’s taken an oath to keep her safe, so nothing short of his death will stop him from rescuing her. As he navigates through LA’s hidden supernatural world, fighting to get her back, he discovers hidden, and dangerous, secrets about her. It turns out Annalisa isn’t human, and worse, she’s the key to unleashing a catastrophe the likes of which the world has never seen. Randall has only three days to find her and stop it.

The insane thing is, he’s not sure he wants to, because if he doesn’t, he gets the one thing he’s desired most for almost five hundred years… to become a Full-blood Dragon.

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The Bow of Destiny by Paul Smith

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The Bow of Destiny by Paul Smith

Loss and uncertainty taunt Athson with haunting visions and whispers. Orphaned at an early age, he grapples with hallucinations, including the presence of a faithful dog that exists solely in his mind. But these unsettling reminders of his past have returned with a dream.
Bound by a promise to his dead father, Athson desires a peaceful life rather than a legendary bow prophesied to defeat a dragon. Yet, his reluctance only deepens his peril, as the menacing dragon and a cunning wizard seek the bow – and his life.

Unwillingly thrust into a destiny he never sought, Athson embarks on a harrowing quest more like a march toward his own demise than a triumphant quest. Along the way, his haunting past confronts him until he uncovers the impossible – a secret which either empowers his destiny or leads to a vengeful fate.

With danger lurking at every turn and the boundaries between reality and madness blurring, Athson navigates a treacherous balance of truth and secrets. Who can he trust when enemies circle like vultures? Will he muster the strength to seize his destiny against all odds, or will he succumb to the darkness that threatens to engulf him?

Join Athson on this gripping adventure, where the fight for survival intertwines with the search for destiny, and every choice promises salvation or destruction.

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Filed Under: Audiobook, Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Fantasy, Fiction, Heat Level 3 - PG-13, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, Print Books Tagged With: Classic epic ranger fantasy, epic dragon villain fantasy, epic fantasy ebook with dragon, epic fantasy flawed hero, epic ranger adventure, epic ranger adventure series, epic ranger dragon fantasy, Epic Ranger Fantasy, Fantasy, PH Solomon

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Featured Book: Do You Believe in Magic? by Jim Melvin

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About Featured Book: Do You Believe in Magic? by Jim Melvin

Books 1 and 2 of Dark Circles will be free on April 22-26. Book 3 will debut for $3.99 on April 22.

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From the author of The Death Wizard Chronicles comes a new adventure suitable for teens and adults. Do You Believe in Magic? is book 1 of Dark Circles, a fantasy adventure trilogy for readers 13 and older. — When Charlie Magus enters a fantastical world hidden deep in the forest, his life is turned upside down. The timid 13-year-old transforms into a powerful wizard wielding formidable magic. In the real world, life goes on as usual. But in the fantasy world, a war is brewing that will dwarf all others. Charlie’s newfound powers stand between victory and defeat. But in which world does he truly belong?

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Callus & Crow by DB Rook

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Callus & Crow by DB Rook

Can a path of blood lead to redemption?

Is redemption enough to amend a wayward world?

Morality and reality have shifted from their natural axis. Technology and ideology derive from the remnants of a world long dead and segregated by the monsters that now rule the seas.
Crow, a young ranch hand, is swept into an odyssey of redemption and revenge as he strives to hold back the ravages of fate and the urges born of a curse shared with his new mentor.
Callus, an exile struggling to find redemption whilst keeping his vampiric curse from tainting his new ward, pursues his prey across the sea.
The new world they discover reveals a tyrannical society fixated on their council’s ascension to godhood.

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Do You Believe in Monsters? by Jim Melvin

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Do You Believe in Monsters? by Jim Melvin

“Be prepared for a full-blown launch into a fantasy realm loaded with magic, monsters, courageous acts, and a dash of sweet romance.” — Chris Harold Stevenson, award-winning author of everything fantasy and paranormal

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From the author of The Death Wizard Chronicles comes a new adventure suitable for teens and adults.

Do You Believe in Monsters? is book 2 of Dark Circles, a fantasy trilogy for readers 13 and older. This is a great coming of age series for fans of J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, and Brandon Sanderson.

Book 1: Do You Believe in Magic? (May 25, 2023)
Book 2: Do You Believe in Monsters? (Oct. 23, 2023)
Book 3: Do You Believe in Miracles? (February 2024)

Book 2 synopsis:

When Charlie Magus enters a fantastical world hidden deep in the forest, his life is turned upside down.

The timid 13-year-old transforms into a powerful wizard wielding formidable magic.

In the real world, life goes on as usual. But in the fantasy world, a war is brewing that will dwarf all others. Charlie’s newfound powers stand between victory and defeat.

But in which world does he truly belong?

Dark Circles is an adventure of epic scope. Only those with a hero’s heart will dare to stand at Charlie’s side as he battles an army of monsters led by an evil being of immense power.

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