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• NEW Book -- OPERATION:
IMMORTAL SERVITUDE by Tony Ruggiero
• Featured Books --
BILLIBUB BADDINGS and The
Case of the Singing Sword
THE MAGISTER'S MASK
• News, Updates and Articles
• What the Reviewers Say
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NEW Book -- OPERATION: IMMORTAL SERVITUDE by Tony Ruggiero |
 What if Anne Rice and Tom Clancy
had a baby—you
would have Operation Immortal Servitude—a mixture of
vampire lore set within the intrigue of the black operations of the
special forces. I wish I could take complete credit for that
perfect analogy but the credit has to go to Tee Morris, a fellow
Dragon Moon Press author.
Operation Immortal Servitude:
from the declassified files of Team of Darkness is the result of an
earlier book called Team of Darkness.
In essence we can call it the “revamped” version, no pun intended
but I couldn't resist.
The new book contains all of the original material from Team of
Darkness, with some additional tweaking of course and also an
additional 90 pages or so of new material that has been added.
What got me started on this
concept was when I was in the Navy and was stationed with the Navy
SEAL’s for a few years. These individuals are what can
be defined as one of the ultimate killing machines. The thought came
to me
what would make an even more perfect
killing machine and the vampire naturally came to mind. The only
problem that arose was
how would you control a vampire?
What also interested me in
writing this novel and the planned three sequels is that
I wanted to
see the vampire in a different type of role from just a
traditional blood sucker. That is what I feel I have accomplished so
if you are looking for a different type of vampire read—then this
series is for you.
I have audio files and
information about the sequels to Operation Immortal Servitude at my
website:
www.tonyruggiero.com
APPEARANCES:
- Marscon in Williamsburg,
VA., January 19-21, 2007.
- Shevacon in Roanoke, VA.
February 25-27 2007.
- Stellarcon in High point,
NC March 9-11 2007
 REVIEWS
of TEAM OF DARKNESS
the first in this continuing series
"Tony Ruggiero delivers an
entertaining and surprisingly compelling novel. I was especially
impressed with his handling of military details. He gives the reader
enough information without overdoing the technicalities. I found
myself really wanting to find out what happens in the next chapter.
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~Paukla Sahraoul, Horror World Review
"
Heart-pounding action
starts from the beginning and never ceases till the end. If any book
should be a horror movie, Ruggiero's should; for the story is one
that will keep movie-goers glued to the screen. Hopefully, Ruggiero
will pleasure his book-reading fans (like me) by writing a sequel to
TEAM OF DARKNESS."
~Patricia Spork, Word Weaving Book Review
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 Hi, my name is Tee Morris and my
first book with Dragon Moon Press was MOREVI: THE CHRONICLES OF
RAFE & ASKANA. Since that time, I have participated in the "COMPLETE
GUIDE TO WRITING FANTASY" volumes and penned BILLIBUB
BADDINGS and
the Case of the Singing Sword, coming soon to a podcast near
you in 2007. Yeah, I've been busy, and
I've been having a ball every step of the
way!
Right now,
the big news for me is the upcoming podcast
for Billibub Baddings.
I couldn't wait any longer so on Valentine's Day, 2007, I will be
launching the Billibub Baddings podcast. Stay tuned at www.teemorris.com
for more details!
What's LEGACY OF MOREVI About?
The second
swashbuckling adventure of the Privateer Captain and the Black
Widow--
Life in Morevi is hardly a "happily ever after" for privateer
captain Rafe Rafton. As he deals with the animosity from the Ladies
of the Blood and from his own daughter, Ashtari, his only ally is
Morevi’s First Queen, Askana Moldarin. But soon,
the peace they find
with each other is shattered in a single night. Now, Morevi faces a
threat far greater than that of political opponents or frontier
rivals. As their realm stands on the brink of a war they cannot win,
Askana and Rafe must risk another Riftcrossing while sending their
daughter, the future Second Queen of Morevi, into hiding. However,
the Great Game now stretches beyond the borders of Askana’s rule,
and plans for the downfall of House Moldarin are set into motion...
 FINALIST
FOR ForeWord Magazine's Best Science Fiction of 2005
SEMI-FINALIST FOR INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER'S Best Science Fiction &
Fantasy 2005
REVIEW EXCERPTS
BILLIBUB
BADDINGS AND THE CASE OF THE SINGING SWORD
Morris cleverly plays the
clichés of fantasy, detective, and gangster stories off of each
other
in a carefully plotted, subtly witty, action-packed thriller.
I haven’t enjoyed a cross-genre detective story this much since Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
~Nth Degree
Magazine
Highly
recommended reading, Legacy of Morevi
is sure to encourage the readers to continue their collection of Tee
Morris science fiction and look eagerly toward the next title in
this outstanding science fiction action/adventure series.
~Midwest Book Review
 Deby
Fredericks, author
The Magister's Mask grew from my frustration with
what seemed like a "plague of sameness" in the fantasy genre. When
I went to the bookstore, everything on the shelves was almost
exactly like the something I had already read. In my youth and
arrogance, I took it upon myself to write something that hadn't
already been done before.
I started with a list of things I was NOT going to do: no dragons or
unicorns, no ancient evil awakening after hundreds of years, no
grand quest, no persecution of wizards, no magical artifacts.
What I ended up with was
a fantasy/murder mystery set on a tropical
island
-- maybe because it was February when I started the actual
writing! I went for an anti-hero: a shy woman who doubts herself
and must find the strength to stand up for what's right. I also put
a lot of work into the magic, because if the public didn't accept
magic they would never believe justice had been done.
What I didn't realize was how few publishers are willing to take a
chance on ideas that haven't been tried before. Luckily for me, I
found Christine Mains and Gwen Gades of Dragon Moon Publishing!
REVIEW EXCERPTS
Donna McMahan says The Magister's Mask is
"smart and entertaining...set in a world somewhat reminiscent of
Earthsea."
~Donna McMahan, reviewer for SFSite.
The Magister's Mask "a superbly original fantasy story" and said
it's "a genre-spanning tale incorporating the best elements of a
good murder-mystery with fantasy. And it's a stunningly good
fantasy-mystery with a superb twist in its tail."
~Eternal Night
What's THE MAGISTER'S MASK About?=
Shenza Waik of Tresmeer has just completed her
training as magister, a school of sorcery with a specialty in
criminal investigation. Then the first lord who
rules her home is shockingly murdered, and an innocent man is
arrested for the crime. Political factions begin maneuvering for a
resolution that is favorable to them. The enigmatic nature spirits
want revenge for the slaying. In order to prove her worthiness to
become a magister, Shenza must carry out justice while resisting
pressure to wrongly convict the accused man.
Meanwhile, the killer remains free.
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DRAGON MOON
PRESS HOLIDAY
SPECIAL!
Buy any paperback book through the
Dragon Moon
website,
and Dragon Moon will ALSO send you a complimentary copy of THE HUMAN
THING
by Kathleen Nelson. Offer ends December 24, 2006.
DRAGON
MOON PRESS has contracted with
Jana Oliver to publish books 2 and 3
for the popular Time Rovers series
My new book Strange Robby was
released from Meisha Merlin publishing in June. Esther Friesner
says the book is
"Like a cross between X-Files and NYPD
Blues."
Next year Laura J. Underwood and I have a gonzo mystery novel Bad
Lands coming out from 5 Star Mystery. The cover kicks ass and I
can't wait for this one to come out. Also in 2007 I will have a
novel coming out from Dragon Moon Press - a fantasy novel titled
SWORD MASTERS.
Selina Rosen, author of SWORD
MASTERS
 Erik
Buchanan is a new Dragon Moon Press author. So new, in fact, that
his book hasn’t hit the shelves yet! SMALL MAGICS introduces Thomas Flarety, whose first visit home from
school in four years brings him face to face with
a juggler who can create a ball of light from air, a Bishop who can
control men with his voice, and a plot to steal what magic is left
in the world.
Editing is a long, tough job, and Erik would like to thank Briana,
his editor, for her excellent eye, excellent work, and sense of
humour. Look for Small Magics, coming in 2007.
My
novelette, "The Cypol", a sensual SF Thriller, an was just released
by eXtasy Books this week. "In
the not too distant future, when AIs take control of the Earth and
impose inhuman laws on human behavior, men and women are forced to
serve as their subjects. But not everyone is willing..."
Nina Munteanu, author of DARWIN'S PARADOX, (upcoming)
DRAGON
MOON PRESS Authors do Novel-in-a-Month with NanoWrimo!NanoWrimo is a
nonprofit author site which promotes writing for all ages and
skill-levels. They're also a bit nutty, as you can tell by their
challenge to the writing world. Picture this!
Writers all over the
 world,
scowling like mad, tried to pump out 50,000 words each--count them!
Fifty thousand words!--in the month of November. Don't look down,
just write!
At the end of a month,
bleary-eyed and brain-dead, we take stock and find
that some of us actually managed to finish it, and all of us got a
heck of a lot done. Are the books any good? Well, no, not yet. But
with six months of revisions, who knows? We just might have a best
seller on our hands.
Among others, Bob Nailor, Valerie Griswold-Ford, JYT Kennedy, M. H.
Bonham, and Jeanette Cottrell participated. Bob
and Jeanette managed to complete the target and won the right to
display the graphic at left. But the real prizes are the manuscripts
we wrote, partial and complete!
Jeanette Cottrell, author of THE SHADEBINDER'S OATH
Val Griswold-Fold -- I love the atmosphere of
NaNo, and am already pondering a new project for next year!
Bob Nailor -- I've done NaNoWriMo six years now, winning the
last five. The first year was in hopes of healing since my father
had passed away in October, but unfortunately, the duties of eldest
son kept interfering and I was only able to get 35K of the 50k
done. Of the five years that I did win I've put the first chapter
of each out on my web for others to read. Check
out my website, and scroll to the bottom of this page.
Jana
Oliver's recent presentation to an Entertainment Marketing Class at
Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, Georgia)
quickly expanded beyond the classroom. When presented with a long
list of questions, and short on time,
Jana opted to take the conversation to her
blog. Since the presentation, Jana has
answered a number of the students' queries, ranging from "What do
you like most/least about the current trends in the publishing
industry? " to "Would you like for one of your books to become a
movie?" And her favorite "If you were a shoe, what kind would you
be?"
Jana Oliver, author of SOJOURN
Episode
14 of the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show is available! Meet our
latest guest, Tee Morris! Tee Morris has been writing adventures in
far-off lands and far-off worlds since the fifth grade. Inspired
by numerous volumes under the Choose Your Own Adventure title and
Terry Brooks' Shannara series, he wrote many short stories of his
own. He wrote his first novel, Morevi, the Chronicles of Rafe and
Askana, with a co-author, Lisa Lee, which is an excellent podcast at
podiobooks.com. Since then, he's authored Legacy of Morevi, Billibub
Baddings and The Case of the Singing Sword, and co-authored
Podcasting for Dummies with Evo Terra. He's also the host of
The Survival Guide to
Writing Fantasy, a most excellent podcast.
M. H. Bonham, author
of LACHLEI, upcoming
ARTICLES
Choosing
a Magical Beast as a Family Pet, by Jeanette Cottrell,
December 2006. This is the fourth in her series: Jeanette's
Household Hints for the Magical Pet Owner. Jeanette Cottrell is the
author of THE SHADEBINDER'S OATH.
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EARTHCORE
by Scott Sigler: “Bad things happen to bad people in this book. Then
they happen some more. Very. Bad. Things. Things that make you
wonder just what sort of childhood the author must have lived
through. No way I'm going caving with him anytime soon. Or letting
him near knives in my presence.”
~Evo Terra, Host of XM Satellite and FM
syndicated radio show “The Dragon Page.”
SOJOURN by Jana Oliver: "Jana Oliver has created a complex world
that combines science fiction with dark fantasy in an original
refreshing novel. She has obviously done considerable research into
Victorian London giving her story an authenticity and solid
foundation from which she has created a superb tale."
~Eternal
Night
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING FANTASY
(Park and Dullemond, ed.):
A Must Have
World Building Reference Book My
husband is a publisher with little time to read for pleasure, so
when I saw that the book he had purchased had quickly gone from
"brand new condition" to "over worn and dog eared" I had to read it
for myself... It covers the
 basics giving the reader fundamentally
all the information that they would need to know to construct their
own fantasy world from scratch and how to do so with confidence.
~Terry Bane, author of The Bloodthirsty Weasels: On the
Loose and Buck Wild
THE LONGEVITY THESIS by Jennifer Rahn:
"Who knew that the hallowed halls of academia were actually dark
tunnels rife with intrigue, racism, murder and magic? The Longevity
Thesis is Approved and Dr. Rahn graduates summa cum laude as the new
face on the speculative fiction's Dean's List."
~Timothy Reynolds, Author of Stand Up & Succeed
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Jeanette Cottrell offers a drawing for an Amazon
$15 gift certificate. All subscribers to her newsletter are
eligible. For details,
go to the Contest page on her
website. Drawing on January 15, 2007. |
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