Deceptions by Sean Hayden (Finally On Sale!)

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The great State of California has elected themselves a new governor…and he’s a vampire!

Many hope it will bring some peace between the humans and vampires. Many don’t, which could be the reason someone is trying to kill him. Knowing they can’t protect him from supernatural terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security turns to the only people who can, the FBI. More importantly, their only vampire agent.

Ashlyn may be Governor Greer’s only hope, but can she keep him alive without starting a war of her own?

When the lines become blurred and it becomes difficult to separate her enemies from her allies, Ashlyn may end up doing just that.

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Author Name: Sean Hayden
Title: Deceptions
Series: A Demonkin Novel Book 2
Word Count: 73697 / 237
ISBN: eBook 9781590808719
Price: $2.99
Genre: Urban Fantasy

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Origins
A Demonkin Novel, Book 1

Meet Sean Hayden:

Born the son of a fire chief, Sean naturally developed a love of playing with fire. His family and friends quickly found other outlets for his destructive creativity. Writing is his latest endeavor.

Always a fan of the macabre, mythical, and magical, Sean found a love of urban fantasy and horror. After writing several novels in this genre, he found, fell in love with, and immersed himself in steampunk. He has always wanted to rewrite history and steampunk gave him that opportunity.

Sean currently lives in Florida as a fiber-optic engineer as well as an author. He was blessed with the two most amazing children he could ever hope for, has met the absolute love of his life, who coincidentally is his partner in everything. His hobbies include grand designs on world domination as well as a starring role in his own television sitcom.

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Blind Traveler’s Blues by Robert P. Bennett (On Sale Now)

The year is 2021. Natural forces have changed our world. As the Earth’s magnetic poles have shifted, pressure on the planet’s mantle layer is building. The bottom line…earthquakes now wreak havoc in areas they have never occurred before.

In Mexico, members of an archaeological team investigate the remains of an ancient village uncovered by a quake; racing to prove their theories about the civilization that once lived there. But, disaster strikes when the accidental destruction of an artifact unleashes a worldwide agricultural plague.

Halfway across the continent, Douglas Abledan, a blind computer technologist, embarks on a long-anticipated vacation. On the plane to Chicago, he meets world-renowned agricultural pathologist Cara Cordelia, but their chance meeting could cost them both their lives.

In this stand-alone sequel to his critically acclaimed “Blind Traveler Down a Dark River,” author Robert P. Bennett continues to bring us suspense and intrigue while exploring a world of the not too distant future. While society struggles with the impact of natural changes, the advancement of new technology enables a blind man to investigate a murder.

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Robert Bennett, a former social worker turned writer, lives in the house he grew up in with his mother, one of his two brothers, two dogs that don’t get along, and a turtle. His lifelong focus has been a concern for the needs of society’s disenfranchised. His articles span a wide range of topics from sports to technology and from politics to social justice. His fiction is grounded in real world events and technologies as well as his own philosophical concerns. “It is the act of truly living and believing in yourself that is important, not the manner in which that action is undertaken.” Mr. Bennett has spoken to groups of physical therapy students, church members and senior citizens, and has appeared on several radio programs. Contact Mr. Bennett through his website at www.enablingwords.com

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Author Name: Robert P. Bennett
Title: Blind Traveler’s Blues
Word Count: 58,043
ISBN: 9781590808665
Price: $2.99
Genre: Mystery/Sci-fi

Author Email: Rbennett@enablingwords.com

Force of Habit (On Sale Now)

All she wanted was a breath of fresh air. Was that too much to ask? 

Apparently so.

Isobel Enid Schuster never planned to go into space. She almost wished there had been no Vatican III, and the clergy had not gone co-ed, or at least the Jesuits had not.

 But all those things had happened. The Galactic Union Space-Troopers teamed up with the St. Bennedetta Jesuits to form the Space Academy Preparatory School, and now Bel is a Professor of Extra-Terrestrial Humanities and Value Systems  on a starship.

Restricted shore leave on the planet Llannonn is better than staying on the ship, especially when Bel swaps clothes with a close-look-alike Llannonninn woman and slips out to see the sights. But the woman is the target of a criminal from another planet. The woman thinks Bel is a police agent, come to take her place. The criminal thinks Bel is his target. Yet another criminal thinks Bel is a VIP he can kidnap and hold for ransom.

The only thing between Bel and a life of slavery in the provinces is the tenuous friendship she’s formed with Tetra Petrie, a language professor from the planet Gilhoolie.

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Get to know Marian Allen:

I was born in Louisville, Kentucky and now live in rural Indiana. For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved telling and being told stories. When, at the age of about six, I was informed that somebody got paid for writing all those books and movies and television shows, I abandoned my previous ambition (beachcomber), and became a writer.

I like connecting and reconnecting with people, meeting new friends and keeping in touch with the friends I already have.

My writing reflects this love of network. I try to remember, in my books and stories, that no one exists in total isolation, but in a web of connections to family, friends, colleagues, self at former stages of maturity, perceptions and self-images. Most of my work is fantasy, science fiction and/or mystery, though I write horror, humor, romance, mainstream or anything else that suits the story and character.

Professionally, I’m a member of Southern Indiana Writers, Quills and Quibble, Writing and Promotion (WRaP), and Green River Writers.

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Fantastic Adventures for all at the 2010 Printers Row Lit Fest

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June 5, 2010–Laurel, Maryland–It’s official, Long Island, New York Fantasy author Marc Vun Kannon will join 15 fellow Echelon Press authors on the streets of Chicago for the 2010 Printers Row Lit Fest, one of the nation’s premier book festivals. As one of Echelon’s premier authors, Vun Kannon will meet fans, talk about eBooks, and sign copies of his Flame in the Bowl Fantasy series. He will sign copies of UNBINDING THE STONE and A WARRIOR MADE at Booth “FF” at the festival in Chicago, IL. You can find more information on Printers Row online or contact the Chicago Tribune.

Along with meeting Marc Vun Kannon, readers will enjoy chatting and getting autographs from Anne Carter (CAPE SEDUCTION), Joel Fox (LINCOLN’S HAND), Margot Justes (A HOTEL IN PARIS), L. J. Sellers (SECRETS TO DIE FOR), Beth Solheim (AT WITT’S END), and Chicago favorites Luisa Buehler (THE INN KEEPER) and Nero Wolfe author Robert Goldsborough (A PRESIDENT IN PERIL).

Mr. Vun Kannon was born in Bethpage, Long Island. After surviving his teen age years, he entered Hofstra University. Five years later, he exited with a BA in philosophy and a wife. He still has both, but the wife is more useful.

After dabbling in fulfilling pursuits such as stock boy and gas station attendant, he found his spiritual home as a Tier One software support engineer for Bottomline Technologies. Still married to that wife, too.

For diversion, along the way, he almost accumulated a PhD in philosophy and is currently working on his second BA in Computer Science. He feels that his real job is being a father to his three children, husband to his wife, and author to his books.

President and CEO of Echelon Press states calls “Marc Vun Kannon a breath of fresh air in the book world. Unwilling to be constrained by the rules of the industry, Marc writes to his own beat and this makes for wonderfully engaging stories.”

For more info on Echelon Press, Quake, or any of its authors contact Karen Syed at echelonpress@gmail.com or 301-490-2507. On site Interviews can be arranged for the Printers Row Lit Fest.

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Echelon Press is pleased to welcome J.S Farthing to our team of authors. Echelon will be publishing her novel Deacon’s Deception. You can get to know a litte bit more about this up and coming author by visiting her web site at http://www.jsfarthing.com.

We also welcome Rob Tobin, author of the upcoming God Wars. We will also publish novels by Jon Gibbs, author of Fur-face in our Quake Division. In our Explorations division you will meet Marian Allen, author of Eel’s Reverence, and Ralph Hieb, author of Feeders (a vampire novel), and Jeanette Angell, Assignment Nepal.

Over the last couple of months we have also contracted works from Stephen Brayton, author of Beta, Una Tiers, author of Judge vs. Nuts, Gale Borger, author of Totally Buzzed, Pat Dueson, author of Superior Longings, Elaine Abramson, author of Thursday’s Child, Verna Clay, author of :11 ‘Countdown to 2012′, and The Theory of Everything, Jeremy Trible, author of Dream Runner, and J.F. Hilborne, author of Madness & Murder  and No Alibi. In our Quake division you’ll also see the publication of Empty Houses by John Paultis, The Wrong Guy by Claudia Whitsitt,  and Snowstorm by Connie Hullander.

If you are waiting for something from your Echelon favorites, you’ll be glad to know that we have new releases scheduled from several of our current authors. You’ll get Cape Seduction by Anne Carter (this is the follow-up to Carter’s Lighthouse novel Point Surrender). We’ll have Outwitted by newcomer Beth Solheim, Passions of the Dead, the fourth installment of the Detective Jackson mysteries by L.J. Sellers, Reunion, book two in the Jack Marston mysteries by the beloved Carl Brookins, as well as St. Martin’s Moon by our favorite fantasy author Marc Vun Kannon. And for those of you who need a touch of romance we’ve got The Key by Lois Carroll.

Today’s Featured Title:

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Amy Winslow isn’t looking for a mystery; she doesn’t even like secrets. In fact, secrets have nearly destroyed her life. So, when a terrible accident forces her to take control of her brother’s mysterious California lighthouse, Amy finds herself immersed in its shocking past and uncertain future. Enchanted by the mystery, she refuses to rest until she finds out who died in the aging white beacon, and why. Case McKenna hasn’t quite reconciled his own painful history when he sails his crippled boat into Newburg Harbor, intending to stay only long enough to make repairs. His plans change when he becomes entangled with a local couple intent on restoring a long-shuttered lighthouse. Despite an overwhelming urge to flee, Case follows intrigue and passion, as he, too, finds himself drawn in by Point Surrender…

 

Hey What Happened?

It looks different, doesn’t it? I’m not sure how many of you follow me (Karen Syed, president of Echelon Press) on Twitter, but if you do, then you know that in February our site got hacked. I don’t mean someone poked around in our e-mail or anything like that. I mean it got hacked by very intelligent, yet utterly stupid people, who not only moved things around in our web files, but deleted files, added their own files, and a host of other nasty things.

We made every effort to fix the problems and get the wen store up and running properly, but to no end, we just could not make it a safe environment for you to shop in. So, we did this. We have set up this site to keep you informed of all the cool things going on at Echelon Press and all of our other divisions.

If all goes as planned, we will be posting news about new authors, upcoming books, specials, contests, and whatever else we can think of to amuse you and ourselves. Some of these posts may be fun, others may be informational. Who the heck knows.

What we do know is that we still want you to buy our books. We know that Amazon.com is the most popular place online to buy books, so we have set up an a-store for your convenience. You can click on the link on the right that says BUY OUR BOOKS. It’s okay,really. Go ahead, click it…I’ll wait…did you buy something? What did you buy? We’d love to know what you bought and why. As a publisher, it is your comments and suggestions that allow us to grow, so don’t be shy. Go ahead, tell us.

Okay, so that is my post for the day. Oh one more bit of News: James Appledorn is no longer working with the Explorations division. All submissions have been forwarded to the appropriate person and will be responded to as quickly as we can.

We’d like to thank Scott (James) for all his hard work with Explorations, but at this time he is going to focus on furthering his education…he is working on his Business degree and we wish him all the best in that.

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Today’s Featured Title: 

When Social worker Raina Hughes visits the home of a young boy she’s been assigned to monitor, things quickly turn ugly. Later, when she’s found brutally murdered, Detective Wade Jackson is confident it’s an open-and-shut case against the boy’s ex-con father.

But nothing is as it seems and complications develop when new evidence points to a serial rapist who’s becoming more violent with each attack. Raina’s lover Jamie knows what the rape victims have in common, but won’t tell for fear of revealing her own secrets.

When Jamie disappears, Jackson knows time is running out and he’s determined to discover the truth before the body count goes any higher.