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MICHAEL MENNENGA
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• IPPY Winner -- SOJOURN Takes
the Gold!
ForeWord Magazine winners -- The Gryphon Highlord
and Sojourn!
• New Release! -- ALIEN REVELATION by
Tony Ruggiero
• News, Updates and Articles
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SOJOURN
and THE GRYPHON HIGHLORD Bring Home the Gold! |
From the Publisher's Desk:
Gwen Gades
Dragon Moon Press Publisher
 2007 marks a hallmark year for Dragon Moon Press. First we soared
up the charts with Ancestor, and now we've done something we've
dreamed about for a while -
winning Gold!
Awards are a recognition that a book has struck a cord with the
judges. It's hard to say what book will do that, especially when
many thousands of books are published every year. This year has been
momentous for us, we have had a number of books achieve finalist
status for several awards, and now GOLD.
First, let's look at The Gryphon Highlord, by Connie Ward. With a
strong female protagonist, this book is just plain good
storytelling.
I remember when I read the first draft, it struck me
as something a little
different. A good story, with great
characterizations and believable actions. It moved along and
made
the readers care. I felt I would enjoy publishing the book, and
offered Connie a contract. After a long road, we finally got the
book into print late in 2006. It's nice to see that the judges
agreed with me.
Taking Gold in the SF category for Foreword
Magazine's Book of the Year Award, with a first novel
and with the
level of competition this award garners, is no mean feat. It's
something to be treasured by all of us who worked on the book.
Our big winner of the year though, is Sojourn, by Jana G. Oliver.
I actually didn't read the book from beginning to end until it was
all printed up in book form. I
loved it right from the beginning,
but figured it would be a
 tough one to get an award out of because
it crosses genres.
Jana even made up a new one for it "Urban
Victorian" because we couldn't quite classify it. For me it
was the
subtle humour and the
speed of action. The characters are strong
(again a strong female!), the location of Whitechapel at the time of
Jack-the-Ripper intriguing, and the wonderful blue spider make for
the most memorable novel... oh, or at
least until you've read the
sequel.
Jana has accomplished so much more with Sojourn than any of us
dreamed.
With finalist status in 9
awards, so far, and two major wins, including Book of the Yea r, this
book defines what Dragon Moon set out to publish - exciting new
realms of science fiction and fantasy. Sojourn just happens to be
both.
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NEW
RELEASE -- ALIEN REVELATION by Tony Ruggiero |
ALIEN REVELATION
The climactic conclusion
to Alien Deception!
Death has many meanings. For some it is an end while for
others it is a beginning. Yet, for one human/alien hybrid,
it is a way to have one final chance to try and save Earth,
a son he has never seen, and find an enemy that just won't
stay dead.
WHAT'S
ALIEN REVELATION ABOUT?
The long awaited test of the
interstellar spacecraft, which was built with the secret
assistance of the United Council for Developing Worlds, is
sabotaged. This leads to the discovery of the alien council
base on Earth, and also exposes the collusion of Edward
Samuel, the President of the United States, with the alien
organization.
President Edward Samuel
is charged with treason and the military has its nuclear
weapons poised to strike
the alien base unless they
surrender.
Soren,
the son of Greg and Sarah, has discovered his new talent—the
ability to not only influence the thoughts of another
person, but to change them completely.
If this power, or weapon,
should fall into the wrong hands, it could change the
balance of control in the galaxy forever. While the leaders
of Earth’s countries await the decision of the alien
organization, it becomes a race to see who can get to Soren
first—his father whose mind is struggling to return from a
galactic void, or the most feared and demented alien in the
galaxy who has assumed the physical shape of someone very
close to Soren.
{Tony
Ruggiero, at right -->}
Reviews:
 "The
second and final book in Ruggiero’s series continues the
enjoyable space opera that began with Alien Deception. And
what a continuation it is! Following the path that made The
Empire Strikes Back and The Wrath of Khan such great films,
Ruggiero dishes out defeat after defeat to our heroes for
most of the book. Actors often claim that villains are more
interesting to play, well, it’s just as much fun to watch
them succeed on occasion. But of course the good guys win in
the end and all of the loose ends are neatly tied up. If
Alien Deception could be compared to “Doc” Smith’s Gray
Lensman, then Alien Revelation is this series’ Children of
the Lens."
~Michael D.
Pederson, Publisher/Editor, Nth Degree
“This book is a wonderful
throwback to the good old days of pulp fiction. Trekkies in
all their incarnations and Farscape Aficionados should revel
in this one. Those who like their SF upbeat with good
triumphing over evil should take a peak at this. "
~ David McKinlay,
Word of Mouth SF Book Review
ALIEN REVELATION, on shelves IN
JULY 2007
from Dragon Moon
Press
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News,
Updates and Articles |
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SOJOURN by Jana Oliver -- "This fascinating book is an
intricate time travel tale involving journeys between 1888
Victorian England and the year 2057," publisher Victoria
Sutherland said. "The book is lavishly researched, with
over six dozen sources listed in the author's bibliography.
It has already received recognition from other sources, and
it is our pleasure to name it as this year's Editor's
Choice Prize Winner for Fiction." ~Foreward Magazine |
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ALIEN
DECEPTION by Tony Ruggiero --“Realistic settings and
life-filled characters, plus an in-depth and sympathetic
view of the vampires, makes Team of Darkness required
reading for all fans of horror.” --John Patrick
Schmitz, The Door to Worlds Imagined |
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ANCESTOR
by Scott Sigler -- "If you are a reader who appreciates a
near-perfect blend of hard science and hard-hitting action,
expect both in Scott Sigler's masterful thriller, ANCESTOR
~A.M. Stickel:
Black Petals Magazine |
 Nina
Munteanu, author of DARWIN'S PARADOX: I recently attended the
Romance Writers of America Vancouver Chapter Conference, "Write
on, Vancouver" held on May 4-5 in scenic New Westminster Quay
overlooking the Fraser River. Not that I had time to check out
the view. Networking with over 100 professional and fledgling
romance writers and guest speakers kept me busy. If you haven't
cross-genre c onferenced
before, I highly recommend it. It's a learning experience in
ways you can't possibly imagine. Guest of Honor, Nancy Kress
(author of 11 science fiction books, including her 'sleepless'
trilogy) remarked during her keynote speech that this romance
conference was "nothing like a science fiction conference". The
guffaws that erupted betrayed the few SF writer interlopers,
who'd clearly come to see Nancy Kress.
Nancy Kress quietly radiates warmth and
grace. Quoting Proust to Falkner, she enthralled a crowd of
eager writers with several workshops that illuminated, educated
and inspired. Nancy tirelessly tackled some of the most
difficult and daunting elements faced by published and
unpublished writers alike, like how to perfect that first page.
"Every novel is a war," she said then added a challenge, a quote
by Susan Sontag: "real art makes us nervous." Good literature,
no matter what genre, pushes the edge of our comfort and makes
us think. Well, are you nervous yet?
 From
Jana Oliver, author of SOJOURN Well, the BIG news is that
SOJOURN brought home the Gold Medal for Science Fiction/Fantasy in
the Independent Publisher Book Awards. According to their
website, there were almost 2700 entries from all 50 states, 8
Canadian provinces and 17 countries overseas. I was even
interviewed for SciFi.com (Sci Fi Channel's newswire) regarding
SOJOURN. Also, I am participating in a writers' workshop at
A-Kon
where four authors critique the work of new writers with an eye to
help them improve their craft and see their stories in print.
Scott Sigler's topselling new release, ANCESTOR, is
still flying off the shelves at Amazon and other book stores. If
you're wondering why, check out Scott's latest nail-biting
contribution at
youtube.
Just follow
this link One reviewer of this gem suggested that people
NOT watch it at night-- it's too scary. Kind of like Scott
himself, don't you think?
From
A. P. Fuchs, contributor to COMPLETE GUIDE, regarding his recent
book: "Axiom-man is that unique breed of superhero that seems
almost lost amid today's gaggle of the dark and tormented. He's
nice, he cares, and his strength comes not from his fantastic
powers, but from his soul. A.P. Fuchs has written a defining
superhero novel." ~ Frank Dirscherl, author/creator of The Wraith
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