Exciting New Book! April 14, 2013

A short break from the fabulous Orient to announce:

Finally, the sequel from

Keepers of the Ancient Tomes:

Book Two

Black Obelisk

Coming soon to Amazon.com and Kindle books.

Short Synopsis

Charles “Charlie” Malachi Theibes is a talented linguist and historian of ancient times. But Charlie has a terrifying problem…

For the past ten years, since he and his widowed mother moved to Theibes House, the family’s Victorian mansion on the luscious Washington coast, a ghost he calls the gray lady has haunted him. But it’s his nightmares of a soul-sucking obelisk that have caused him the most trouble. So when a renowned archaeologist begs him to come to the rainforest, deep in the African Congo where the tip of a giant, black obelisk is “growing up” out of the jungle floor, Charlie is intrigue. Especially since his nightmares are about a phenomenon such as this occurring in this same place. But what are the glyphs that swarm like insects around the dark column and why does the obelisk feel “alive” to the touch?

A dark secret, traced back to antiquity, may have the answers to stop the terrors that haunt Charlie awake and asleep. It may also hold the key to keeping an unimaginable horror from ripping apart the very fabric of the world.

In Book Two of the epic adventure, Keepers of the Ancient Tomes, Black Obelisk will have you turning pages and breathless until that last word…

While waiting for the new release, check out:

THEIBES HOUSE

Book One

Keepers of the Ancient Tomes

After his wealthy mother dies, Thaddeus Theibes is furious to inherit a pittance portion compared to his older brother’s lion’s share. But when a besotted admirer bequeaths him two books of power, Thaddeus’ life will never be the same. And neither will the ill-fated denizens of Breton Washington.

Set on the windswept coast of Washington State, in the late 19th century. During a time when Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of London for his human victims and a mad man cuts off his ear in pursuit of artistic genius, a gentleman from a prominent and wealthy family becomes the keeper of magic, created in the ancient past. At first Thaddeus thinks he has acquired a great find to add to his antique book collection. Until mysterious and terrible things begin to happen to everyone around him and the finger of blame points directly at Thaddeus himself.

Buy at: http://tinyurl.com/ce2hx2x

Related articles

• Free Kindle Books – The Heart’s Journey & More (forthemommas.com)
• Top Amazon Kindle Books Recommendations for BlackBerry … (devblog.blackberry.com)
• Kindle eBook Publishing Tips (write2survive.com)
• Top Free Kindle eBooks on Amazon including Healing Herbs & Spices & More! (livingrichwithcoupons.com)
• Amazon is Now Beta Testing an Automated Cover Generator for Kindle eBooks (the-digital-reader.com)
• Egyptian Obelisks – The NYC Obelisk at the Metropolitan Museum (egyptourism.wordpress.com)
• Cleopatra’s Needle Obelisk (thediamondladies.wordpress.com)
• Other Mysteries – Re: Pyramid of Austerlitz (disclose.tv)
• Cleopatra’s Needle (obeliskcleopatra.wordpress.com)

Legend of the Tengu Prince: Chapter One, Part Six Novel Excerpt) May 10, 2012

立石光正 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

She had seen no other person on the open steps, except for herself and the young priest. So whom did he speak–surely not to a lowly female?

When no other voice answered him, Tomiko lifted her eyes, astonished to see the bamboo pole remained tucked at the priest’s side. She could see it there as clearly as she could see the beautiful smile on his face.

“Of whom do you speak?” she replied, her voice barely above a whisper.

“Why Sojobo-sama, King of the Tengu,” the priest exclaimed, sheer delight apparent in his manner. “You did see him, did you not?” A perplexed expression drew a frown between his brows.

“Ye-es, I saw him,” she answered.

Still uncertain, she slowly pulled to a kneeling position. Fingers pinching nervously at the ground in front of her knees, her gaze caught in the priest’s mesmerizing eyes. Her mind seemed lost in a fog of confusion except for the lingering image of her cracked skull.

Much to her astonishment, the young priest knelt toward the ground. Placing a hand on one knee, he leaned toward her.

“It is a very good sign, you know.” His smile broadened, crinkling the corners of his eyes. “King Sojobo does not appear to just anyone. He is a very solitary and taciturn fellow from what I hear.”

In a movement graceful as the wing beats of the crane she had seen fly into the dawn sky, the priest took something from his robe pocket and placed it on the ground near his bent knee. He then bowed reverently toward her direction as if to the sacred Buddha.

When he rose to his feet, he smiled and said, “It is for you.” Then he turned and strolled soundlessly into the forest to disappear through a thicket of spruce trees. A moment later, she heard the wing beats of a second crane in flight. She caught a glimpse of the bird as if rose in the distance over the stone path.

Alone near the pagoda, she looked more closely at the place where the priest had stood only moments before. To her delight and amazement she saw a glistening jade egg cradled in tufts of grass. Scrolls of gold etched into the egg’s jeweled surface shined in the morning light. The gilded lines seemed to pulsate and move as if alive.

Curious to a fault, the terrors she had felt earlier melted almost completely away as she scooted forward on bended knees. Unafraid, she lifted the egg to nestle it against her cheek. Through the warm shell she could swear she heard a heartbeat throb.

Prize in hand, she jumped to her feet and ducked quickly beneath the sheltering trees. Better to be safe than sorry. No use pressing her luck. Careful and quiet as possible, she wound her way through the trees that ran along the stone steps, keeping out of sight as she aimed for the splintered gate that led to the pilgrim’s inn.

Continued … in Chapter Two. Available at Amazon.com & Smashwords

Enjoy!

Legend of the Tengu Prince — Available

on

 Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Tengu-Prince-Volume-1/dp/1453853308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335789431&sr=8-1

&

Smashwords! https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/54992 

(Use this coupon code UT96N to obtain the special price on Smashwords until May 15.)

Synopsis:

Fantasy Action Adventure set in feudal Japan.

During a time of civil war, Karasu Hinata is born the son of a powerful warlord. When he is still a child, his family castle is taken by a rival clan. His father and mother are murdered right before his eyes.

Barely escaping with his life, he is spirited away by the king of the tengu. The shape-shifting raven leads him to the hidden mountain retreat of a sect of mystic warriors. Mountain priests who practice the magic of Shugendo.

Ten years have passed. The time has come for Karasu to leave the mystic’s protective lair and face his demons in the world beyond. But the fiend that haunts his nightmares is also the one that shattered his life. More than a bad dream, it wants him dead.

In Legend of the Tengu Prince, nothing is as it seems. Shape-shifting creatures, both good and evil, populate the magical world of feudal Japan. And a young man will pay the ultimate price for a deadly rival spawned in the mists time. This riveting first volume of a epic fantasy adventure will leave you stunned and begging for more.

Legend of the Tengu Prince: Chapter One, Part Two (Novel Excerpt) May 6, 2012

(Photo credit: flythebirdpath~}~}~})

“Wha-what, who, who are you?” The words wrapped around a suppressed scream that scraped its way up her throat. “Are you an emissary to the gods?” Her voice squeaked.

She threw up her hands, beating wildly at the raven’s sharp beak that snapped close to her ear. Then in a swooping motion, the black bird doubled back, diving straight for her again, but this time it grabbed onto the narrow slope of her shoulder.

Startled more than afraid, Tomiko shrank away trying unsuccessfully to shove the beast from her while the peppery scent of pine needles filled her mouth and nose, irritating her eyes. When the raven refused to move, she stood trembling with expectation waiting for its sharp talons to rip into her flesh, though strangely they never did.

“Wha-what, who, who are you?” The words wrapped around a suppressed scream that scraped its way up her throat. “Are you an emissary to the gods?” Her voice squeaked.

As if in reply, the raven leaned its head down close to her face to stare directly into her very soul it seemed. Its almond-shaped eye, the color of green jade, appeared more human than fowl, giving the terrifying impression of someone trapped inside the bird’s black-feathered body.

What a horrible image. Tomiko shivered, wanting desperately to scream. Only her fear of discovery by the men who climbed to the summit each day kept her silent.

Then just as suddenly as it had landed on her shoulder, the raven lifted into the air, its earthy scent blowing in Tomiko’s face as it did so. A short distance from where she stood the bird landed on the forest floor.

Amidst a clamor of loud squawking erupting from the fiend’s throat, a gathering of green mist formed around the raven’s claws. The mist seemed to come from nowhere and in a matter of moments, it shifted and settled like vapors from a magician’s spell cast in the purple dawn. Tomiko stood trembling from head-to-toe, puffs of panic escaping with her breath while she waited too astonished to speak or move.

Slowly the mist cleared, evaporating into thin air as it did. In place of the raven, a man-like creature stood instead. A circle of gold lay atop the man-thing’s black hair that feathered across elfish-point ears. Its hair, like the raven’s feathers, was flecked with glistening emerald lights. The creature’s jewel-green eyes sparkled with mischief above a beak-shaped nose that jutted from the center of its scarlet-blush face where a smirk pulled at its lips.

Blue-black wings with crimson tips folded against the creature’s broad shoulders where muscled arms lay crisscrossed against its chest. Powerful legs stretched from a human torso ending in bare claw-like feet.

Seeing the impossible creature, Tomiko began to tremble so that her teeth chattered together. If she had been irreverent before, she now had a healthy dose of respect for all the unseen spirits that her auntie said, “waver in the air around the unsuspecting humans”.

Continued … http://lediarunnels27221219.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/legend-of-the-tengu-prince-chapter-one-part-three-novel-excerpt/

Enjoy!

Legend of the Tengu Prince — Available

on

 Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Tengu-Prince-Volume-1/dp/1453853308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335789431&sr=8-1

&

Smashwords! https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/54992 

(Use this coupon code UT96N to obtain the special price on Smashwords until May 15.)

Synopsis:

Fantasy Action Adventure set in feudal Japan.

During a time of civil war, Karasu Hinata is born the son of a powerful warlord. When he is still a child, his family castle is taken by a rival clan. His father and mother are murdered right before his eyes.

Barely escaping with his life, he is spirited away by the king of the tengu. The shape-shifting raven leads him to the hidden mountain retreat of a sect of mystic warriors. Mountain priests who practice the magic of Shugendo.

Ten years have passed. The time has come for Karasu to leave the mystic’s protective lair and face his demons in the world beyond. But the fiend that haunts his nightmares is also the one that shattered his life. More than a bad dream, it wants him dead.

In Legend of the Tengu Prince, nothing is as it seems. Shape-shifting creatures, both good and evil, populate the magical world of feudal Japan. And a young man will pay the ultimate price for a deadly rival spawned in the mists time. This riveting first volume of a epic fantasy adventure will leave you stunned and begging for more.

Limited Time Offer! April 30, 2012

Legend of the Tengu Prince e-book is available for 0.99 at Smashwords (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/54992) until May 15, 2012! (Regular price is $4.99.) Use this coupon code UT96N to obtain the special price.

Legend of the Tengu Prince — Also Available in paperback at Amazon.com!

http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Tengu-Prince-Volume-1/dp/1453853308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335789431&sr=8-1

Synopsis:

Fantasy Action Adventure set in feudal Japan.

During a time of civil war, Karasu Hinata is born the son of a powerful warlord. When he is still a child, his family castle is taken by a rival clan. His father and mother are murdered right before his eyes.

Barely escaping with his life, he is spirited away by the king of the tengu. The shape-shifting raven leads him to the hidden mountain retreat of a sect of mystic warriors. Mountain priests who practice the magic of Shugendo.

Ten years have passed. The time has come for Karasu to leave the mystic’s protective lair and face his demons in the world beyond. But the fiend that haunts his nightmares is also the one that shattered his life. More than a bad dream, it wants him dead.

In Legend of the Tengu Prince, nothing is as it seems. Shape-shifting creatures, both good and evil, populate the magical world of feudal Japan. And a young man will pay the ultimate price for a deadly rival spawned in the mists time. This riveting first volume of a epic fantasy adventure will leave you stunned and begging for more.

Legend of the Tengu Prince — Finally Available on Amazon.com! April 21, 2012

Cover Art by Ledia Runnels

Fantasy Action Adventure set in feudal Japan.

During a time of civil war, Karasu Hinata is born the son of a powerful warlord. When he is still a child, his family castle is taken by a rival clan. His father and mother are murdered right before his eyes.

Barely escaping with his life, he is spirited away by the king of the tengu. The shape-shifting raven leads him to the hidden mountain retreat of a sect of mystic warriors. Mountain priests who practice the magic of Shugendo.

Ten years have passed. The time has come for Karasu to leave the mystic’s protective lair and face his demons in the world beyond. But the fiend that haunts his nightmares is also the one that shattered his life. More than a bad dream, it wants him dead.

In Legend of the Tengu Prince, nothing is as it seems. Shape-shifting creatures, both good and evil, populate the magical world of feudal Japan. And a young man will pay the ultimate price for a deadly rival spawned in the mists time. This riveting first volume of a epic fantasy adventure will leave you stunned and begging for more.

This is an exciting day for me. My book is now available on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Tengu-Prince-Volume-2/dp/1453853308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334514792&sr=8-1

It took almost a year of proofing and working on the cover art and layout and story for me to feel the book was ready. This is the first of many novels I plan to self-publish Createspace https://www.createspace.com/.

Related articles

Related articles

• Legend of the Tengu Prince: Available on Smashwords! (creativemusingsoflediar.com)