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• Featured Book -- EARTHCORE,
by Scott Sigler
• Featured Book -- TWILIGHT OF
THE FIFTH SUN, by David Sakmyster
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• What the Reviewers Say
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Featured Book -- EARTHCORE |
 Scott
Sigler, author of EARTHCORE
Dear Reader.
EarthCore was a
labor of love, devotion, and – let’s be honest – pig-headed
stubbornness and downright stupidity. Stupidity, you say? Yes. I
wrote eight full versions of the book, from beginning to end. Spent
two years coming up with the “first draft.” The final version was
170,000 words, a 700-page behemoth. So I’m long-winded, so sue me. A
smarter person would have known when to throw in the towel, when to
quit and spend more time watching Seinfeld re-runs.
As I learned the world of
publishing, I learned how to edit. Mean editing, with a snarl and a
scowl and the attitude “how dare these ineffective words sully the
vision of my readers!” You have to be mean, you have to get it down
to the REAL STORY, just the goods that readers will dig and no extra
garbage. That snarl chopped 50,000 words off that bad boy. So if you
get EarthCore, that’s what you’re in for –
a cut-to-the-chase, adrenaline-filled,
character-driven drag race of a novel that kicks in at 150 miles per
hour and accelerates until you smack your melon into a brick wall. Read at your own risk, and I call dibs on you
not suing me if the book gives you heart palpitations.
So why is this book worth your
hard-earned money? Because I wrote it knowing you’d spend your
hard-earned money, that’s why. I don’t mess around. If you’re going
to shell out the bills, I’m going to bust my ass to make sure the
book is worth twice what you pay for it. And it is – where else can
$20 land you a billion-dollar platinum lode, ex-CIA assassins, lost
civilizations, de-evolution, cutting-edge science and predictions of
distributed networks, AI and the future of machine sentience? Well,
sure, Seinfeld re-runs, but where ELSE? In EarthCore, that’s where.
REVIEW EXCERPTS
 An exciting read, and very
highly recommended for all science fiction enthusiasts, EarthCore
would be a popular addition to community library SciFi collections
and documents Scott Sigler as an effective, entertaining
storyteller.
~Midwest Book Review
"This novel's got it all:
cutting-edge science; a perfectly-realized setting; terror both
plausible and profoundly unsettling. EarthCore is more exciting than
a thriller has any right to be!"
~Lincoln Child, New York Times bestselling
co-author
of: Relic, Riptide, The Ice Limit and Death Match
What's EARTHCORE About?
Deep below a desolate Utah mountain lies the largest platinum
deposit ever discovered. A billion-dollar find, it waits for any
company that can drill a world's record, three-mile-deep mine shaft.
EarthCore is the company with the technology, the resources and the
guts to go after the mother lode. Young executive Connell Kirkland
is the company's driving force, pushing himself and those around him
to uncover the massive treasure.
But at three miles below the surface, where the rocks are so hot
they burn bare skin, something has been waiting for centuries.
Waiting ...and guarding.
Kirkland and EarthCore are about to
find out first-hand why this treasure has never been unearthed.
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 David
Sakmyster,
author of TWILIGHT OF THE FIFTH SUN
The genesis for Twilight of the Fifth Sun arose from a
fascination with ancient cultures, pyramids and the varying beliefs
about the apocalypse. What I wound up hoping to accomplish was to
link varying mythologies together in order to explain the existence
of ghosts, the afterlife, and the purpose of our existence all at
once.
I made a visit to Mexico, to ancient Teotihuacan, with its
mysteries and myths about the end of Fifth Age, and I knew that
those grand pyramids had to be in my book. And with a little more
research I found the extraordinary villain I'd been looking for -
the spirit of a fifteenth-century murderous Aztec king. I pitted
him against an underprivileged young boy, a journalist with a
near-death experience, and the disembodied spirit of a swashbuckling
pirate, and let things play out. It was fun to write, fun to
research and a joy to see in print.
REVIEW EXCERPTS
Sakmyster knows how to craft a well-plotted mystery, laced with fantasy and
horror."
~Phillip Tomasso, award-nominated author of Adverse Impact.
Sakmyster has a keen sense of drama, is a very descriptive
storyteller, and
has believable (sometimes heartwarming), true to life characters.
~ The Penfield Post
What's TWILIGHT OF THE FIFTH SUN
About?
Amid the ruins of Ancient Mexico, a prophecy predicts the end of
the Fifth Sun, the universal destruction of our own time.
Ahuitzotl
is determined to fulfill the prophecy, to conquer both the living
and the dead, while a ghostly pirate, a journalist, and a young boy
fight to stop him.
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Coming
from DRAGON MOON PRESS in SPRING 2007!
ANCESTOR,
the new thriller by Scott Sigler
"This Science Fiction bio-thriller makes Jurassic Park look like
Barney."
~Tee Morris, Legacy of Morevi
THE COMPLETE
GUIDE TO WRITING SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
(Volume 1), edited by Dave A. Law and Darin Park
The first guide to get you writing at a professional level, for
yourself, or for publication.
 I recently participated in Vcon 31, Vancouver's major SFF Convention since the 1970s. The con is mostly a literary event, showcasing many
authors, artists and editors (this year Barbara Hambly was the
writer Guest of Honour). It's a fairly smallish con but a very
energetic and friendly one. It was lots of fun and the people were
crazy, especially the
ones with the antennae murmuring, "We come in peace...we come in
peace..." They
disappeared after a little while along with half of the convention.
I expect I'll see them all in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe
Part 2. 
In
addition to participating in several interesting panels, I helped
launch "The Best of Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine" (published
by Bundoran Press and edited by Karl Johanson) by doing a reading of
my story, "Virtually Yours", one of the stories selected for the
Anthology. I also got "scaped", along with Robert Sawyer and Ed
Willett, byScapecast, the new podcast for Farscape Canada: look for
my articles there!
Nina
Munteanu, author of DARWIN'S PARADOX (Dragon Moon Press, 2007)
 Check
out the news at
Yard Dog Press for appearances, and upcoming releases
ARTICLES
I invite everyone to download my podcast,
Whispers at the Edge.
I talk about all sorts of things related to writing and living in
New Zealand. It comes out every fortnight.
Philippa Ballantine,
author of CHASING THE BARD
An Interview with Gwen
Gades, publisher of Dragon Moon Press. Find out what it's
like to walk the tightrope of starting your own publishing company,
from a woman who's done just that! September 8, 2006
University of Calgary OnCampus Article written by
Jennifer Rahn,
author of THE LONGEVITY THESIS
Pixies--Eliminating
the Dreaded Household Pest, by Jeanette Cottrell, November 2006. She
offers her own remedies for this distressing situation, and requests
advice others may have. Jeanette Cottrell is the
author of THE SHADEBINDER'S OATH.
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CHASING THE BARD
intrigued and mesmerized me with its tale of
heartache and sorrow… Philippa Ballantine brilliantly exposes the
blindness that causes us to believe we don't need each other whether
human or not.
~Fallen Angel Reviews
THE
LONGEVITY THESIS (coming soon from Dragon Moon Press): "This beautifully written, action-packed
story is full of mystery, suspense and pathos. . .A classic tale of
good versus evil that keeps us on the edge of our seat, rooting for Antronos to succeed."
~Sigrid Macdonald, Author of D'Amour Road:
DAUGHTER
OF DRAGONS: In this marvelous novel we follow Lathwi's
travels as she learns what it is to be human, yet strives to
maintain her dragon identity. Kathleen Nelson has created a strong
and intriguing female character in a primarily male dominated genre.
~ Vikky Bertling --5 stars review--Timeless Tales
SOJOURN soars, using intimate details of the
times to paint vibrant exciting settings.
~NovelSpot
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING FANTASY:
This is a wonderful book for anyone who writes fantasy, as it
addresses the special nuances specific to the genre. ...I recommend
this book for fantasy veteran writers as well as beginners.
~Dana Nourie, author of Arlyn and the Purloin Bane
ALIEN DECEPTION:
...is a wonderful throwback to the good old days of pulp
fiction.
~David McKinlay, Word of Mouth SF Book Reviews
THE
SHADEBINDER'S OATH Cottrell has managed to mix magic, knights,
ancient secrets and the dead in an original and entertaining story. She
initially writes each of the threads as separate sections but as the story
continues the various plotlines become more and more entwined until they become
one single finale. Superb!
~Steve & Lesley Mazey
The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Fiction
Web Site
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THANK YOU to all entrants in the recent contest for helping
Dragon Moon find a title for its new Fantasy Writers' book. Entries
are now closed. The
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Dragon Moon Press
Contest Win a free Dragon Moon T-shirt and a
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Jeanette Cottrell is starting a new drawing for an Amazon
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