First up is the book that John Ringo previewed on our YouTube on Thursday- Beyond the Ranges
As always, click on the cover for the Amazon link!
The blurb-
For Jason Graham, the world ends not with a bang, not even with much of a whimper.
One second, he’s sitting in a restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, chatting with a server, the next he finds himself in a strange room, rescued by mysterious alien benefactors. Seems the world did end, though how and why are something of a mystery.
Now, Jason—and five hundred million other humans—are in orbit around an Earthlike world that is abundant in natural resources and totally untamed. For the newly awakened humans, this is a chance to start society with a clean slate and a bright future. For Jason, who has knocked about aimlessly in several different careers in his Earth life, it’s an opportunity to unleash his creativity and ambition and see what he can really do.
Next up is the newest anthology from Raconteur Press- What! You Again?
The blurb-
The final episode of the Spurgle Chronicles as told by ten authors. Stories of malicious incompetence and how Spurgle gets his comeuppance. You’ll be laughing at each account of how the most hated man in fiction gets his. Heroics, humor, and how on earth did he manage to do that?
“So we bid au revoir to Andrew J. Spurgle—maybe to visit him again in the future, but ever eager to see what the literary world at large does with him.
Use him (albeit carefully, and seek medical attention if things start burning)! Abuse him—he is resilient!
He is our gift to the literary world. Have fun with him!”
Peter Nealen has a new book out in his Brannigan’s Blackhearts series- Legacy of Terror
The blurb-
A Military Junta Turns to Piracy
And the Blackhearts Get Called In for a Rescue
But There Are Other Threats Just Out of Sight…
When the repressive military government of the tiny country of Costa de las Joyas seizes a US-flagged cargo ship, a response is inevitable. However, given the small nation’s proximity to Venezuela and Colombia, the US government has decided that a subtle approach is called for.
Brannigan’s Blackhearts are called in, but not to retake the ship.
Regime change is the mission, but it will be regime change by proxy. The Blackhearts are hired to break out an imprisoned dissident, to act as a rallying point for the country’s rebels.
However, the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend…
As the picture becomes clearer, the Blackhearts must decide between the lesser of two evils.
Or neither.
You’ll love this thriller because the twists are as rapid as the gunfire!
Get it today.
Last but certainly not least, Kelly Grayson with a collection of his novellas and shorts- Random Synapses: Book 1 of Short Attention Span Theatre
The Blurb-
“Denny’s and IHOP are Waffle Houses for people who can’t fight.” ~ Kelly Grayson
Welcome to Random Synapses: Book 1 of Short Attention Span Theatre. This compilation of short stories and novellas is a gift to my loyal readers who have faithfully read everything I publish online, and for those few diehards who spurn e-readers and faithfully wait for publication of the print version.
In it, you’ll find the exploits of Sergeant Cecil Dundee the combat wombat and his comrades-in-arms, Aloysius Q. Fortenberry the Waffle Haus Sheriff and his fellow W.H.I.S.S.C. operatives, loving odes to Generation X in the cane fields of Cajun country, a few backstories in the Sumdood universe, and more. I hope you giggle as much in reading them as I did writing them.
Enjoy.
Also, John has a substack where he’s publishing a serial of a new set of writing, https://johnringoauthor.substack.com/
Go read it, it’s GOOD stuff!!!
Thank you for the promo.
Ringo’s book is the Baen bundle for May and this reminded me to buy the bundle before I forget.
Random Synapses is now headed for my Kindle, and I parked the others on my wishlist until I catch up on my reading backlog.
(Like that’s ever going to happen!)
Earthquake report.
We were at a funeral service on Friday when we felt a sustained vibration that felt much like a series of heavily loaded trucks were passing by. The duration was a bit more than ten seconds and it started and stopped without a noticeable ramp up or ramp down.
We did not see anything inside the church sway or move.
Philly had a quake in August of 2011 but I happened to be working an outside task while standing on an extension ladder and felt nothing.
The ground support team (spouse) looked up said, “Did you feel that?”
She reported that Friday’s quake was both longer and somewhat intense than the 2011 quake.
We didn’t understand that it was a quake until the service was over and somebody checked their phone.
That won’t an earthquake, it was the Founders rolling over in their graves.
John- Understood.
TOS- Possibly…sigh
Ringo’s substack is crack. Don’t go there unless you have the money to pay for a subscription and a couple of free days to read everything on it.
Francis- True…LOL