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Summoner: The Novice (Book 1) SAMPLE OF NOW PUBLISHED BOOK by TaranMatharu
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SAMPLE OF PUBLISHED BOOK THAT WAS FIRST WRITTEN ON WATTPAD. Fletcher was nothing more than a humble blacksmith's apprentice, when a chance encounter leads to the discovery that he has the ability to summon demons from another world. Chased from his village for a crime he did not commit, he must travel with his demon to the Vocans Academy, where the gifted are trained in the art of summoning. The academy will put Fletcher through a gauntlet of gruelling lessons, training him as a battlemage to fight in the Hominum Empire's war against the savage orcs. Rubbing shoulders with the children of the most powerful nobles in the land, Fletcher must tread carefully. The power hungry Forsyth twins lurk in the shadows, plotting to further their family's interests. Then there is Sylva, an elf who will do anything she can to forge an alliance between her people and Hominum, even if it means betraying her friends. Othello is the first ever dwarf at the academy, and his people have long been oppressed by Hominum's rulers, which provokes tension amongst those he studies alongside. Fletcher will find himself caught in the middle of powerful forces, with nothing but his demon Ignatius to help him. As the pieces on the board manoeuvre for supremacy, Fletcher must decide where his loyalties lie. The fate of an empire is in his hands ... Did you know that the Wattpad version of Summoner: The Novice is just a large sample of the first draft? The professionally published version is longer and 100% completed, with more demons, more lessons and more action! You can buy it now in all good bookstores and online, including Barnes and Noble, Waterstones, Amazon, Kindle, iBooks, Google Play, Kobo and Nook. Please vote, follow and add my book to your reading list if you like my writing :) The cover is by Małgorzata Gruszka, one of my favourite artists: This book is represented by Juliet Mushens at The Agency Group.
Gunlaw by MarkLawrenceAuthor
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A complete fantasy book. Technically ... a weird western. Gunslingers, hex witches, dogmen, minotaur, trains that run further than you can imagine ... Mikeos Jones is a gunslinger, faster than thinking, part of the gunlaw, a man who can seldom afford the luxury of looking past the end of any given day. Jenna Crossard is a hex-witch, but her ambitions are larger than spells and charms - the need to understand the world consumes her. They say the gunlaw keeps men safe from the endless horror of the sect, but to Jenna it's a cage and she wants out. If that means breaking open the world and killing a few gods ... so be it.
Man Hunt by MadeInWicklow
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Like the Hunger Games series? Then you'll love ''Man Hunt'' When Alice awakes in a small, bare room with nothing more than a letter, a backpack, a change of clothes and some survival gear, she doesn't know what to expect. She has no recollection of how she got to where she is, or even where she is and she can't help but feel frightened about the whole situation. According to the letter addressed to her name, her parents signed her up for a new televised game show in which twelve teenagers will be split into two equal teams. The teenagers will then take part in a slightly modified version of a childhood game they are all quite familiar with for the chance to win a sum of €1,000,000 for every member of the winning team. When Alice meets the rest of her group, they soon realise that they are stranded on an island and they have no other option but to cooperate. They quickly find the instructions and map their team has been supplied with and are forced to begin a game which they fear is darker than it may seem. The twelve teenagers can't be any more different, however they must push their divergence aside and hope that they have what it takes to win the game and return home with the money that could change their lives forever. In a tale of adventure, action and deceit; do Alice and her team have what it takes to leave the island as champions or is there a more sinister fate in store for them? Is this really just a game as their letters describe, or are there darker forces at work behind closed doors?
Deck of Cards  by ihavefreetime
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Every game has a winner, every game has a loser. The Invisibles played a game they couldn't lose. They made the rules. Five girls snatched from five different lives. Fifty two cards that would shape their lives. Fifty two days to beat the system. No one had made it out alive. No one till they came.
Water by ihavefreetime
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{Book 1} The year is 2150. Water is gone. Almost. A crippling drought managed to cause mass destruction to the world with the exception of five countries. Five corrupt countries that survived using tricks that the devil himself created. Deceit. Lying. Stealing. With the last stores of water, these countries should have flourished. However, dishonesty still poisoned the soil of these last places of refuge and havoc reigned. Away from the slow demise of the outside world, two sisters seemed to be awaiting death- dying more each day. The only thing that kept them alive was the lake which they had been entrusted with, hidden from the prying eyes of the government. But what will happen if the whereabouts of this lake is know to those that hold more sin in them than hell itself? What will happen to the two innocent sisters? There was no place for their purity in a world where the only thing pure was the water. And even that had an aftertaste of poison.
Missing by ihavefreetime
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February 23rd 2015 This is not an entry. They are after me. Don't try to find me. Goodbye. _________________________________________ Mark. Fearless. Jock. Self confessed bully. Diary keeper? When football star, A grade student Mark disappears questions are asked. Questions the police can't answer. He left without a trace. The only clue: a four line message scribbled in his diary. That's all Kansas, the school's resident detective, needs.
Beneath the Surface by ihavefreetime
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{Book 2} She's on the run. But she isn't alone. With a child as a companion, Sam is running from those that want to kill her. The Savages- cannibals who drink blood as if it was red wine. A chance encounter with a family who kills these murderous villains leaves Sam and Isabelle feeling apprehensive. But with a brutal death looming, will the pair forget their gut instinct? They say first impressions count, but what about the things that lie beneath the surface?