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Friday, November 14, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
The Source by Paul Yoder
Title:
The Source
Author:
Paul Toy Yoder
Series:
The Bracken Covenant, (Book Three)
Genre:
Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, Supernatural, Paranormal
The Bracken Covenant series is a modern-day fiction, delving just enough outside the bounds of reality to make the reader question “could that happen?” with deep ties to the occult and the dark myth of Dracula spawned from the Wallachian king, Vlad the Impaler.
The Bracken Covenant series is a modern-day fiction, delving just enough outside the bounds of reality to make the reader question “could that happen?” with deep ties to the occult and the dark myth of Dracula spawned from the Wallachian king, Vlad the Impaler.
Book Description
Few who have gone toe-to-toe with the devil worshiping cult, the Bracken Covenant, have survived. Certainly none have ever considered to have bested the cult in recent years—except, perhaps, one man. The reflective English professor, Dr. Carver, still thinks daily on his previous terrifying dealings with the fanatic group. His world is overturned as the Bracken Covenant rips his loved ones away from him. Forced to follow and to relive the horrors of the den of the Covenant, Dr. Carver plunges into the darkest, most central gathering point for the pervasive evil cult. His foes, ranging from beast, to man, to beings speculatively immortal, attempt to put an end to his, and his loved ones’, lives.... This demonic cult chose the wrong English teacher to sacrifice.Excerpt from The Source
The grass was frozen,
crystalline, showing no sign of thawing anytime soon. Breathing in the cold,
biting air, Dr. Carver realized that he was on the run from a predator. For
hardly ever being hunted in his life, he fell into the role of “prey”
quickly—naturally—almost unnaturally so.
He
ran from his pursuer, though if it was beast or man that stalked him, he didn’t
know, and somehow, it didn’t matter to him.
In
the farthest recesses of his mind, he felt the distant shadow of his
consciousness telling him that he was existing in a dream, and he even believed
it. But, at the moment, his instincts ruled his actions. He was running for his
life.
Then
there was a reprieve, but it was only a reprieve from physical exertion. He
pitched into an icy grass clearing, collapsing on the ground, taking a moment
to catch his breath. He could not shake the overwhelming notion that, even if
this were a dream, the danger of being caught by this predator meant fatal
consequences in the real world.
This
feeling began to overcome him, and a presence of extreme strength began to
manifest itself in the form of two piercing eyes, cold and staggering. He was
frozen, just like the grass beneath him, showing no sign of thawing soon enough
to react to the juggernaut stalker. He was helpless against this foe. The
beast’s eyes made sure he knew his doom before it had even made a move.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Quick Update on The Bracken Covenant Series
It's
been so long that I thought I'd let you guys know I'm not dead, and that
I'm in the last stages of finishing up the third book in The Bracken
Covenant series. Nikki (my wife) has needed a lot of help with her business, so
the last two months have been quite busy, but like I said, the third
book's around the corner, guys. I'll update you when it's finished and
available.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Signed Copies of The Covenant
I just got a shipment of my own book, The Covenant. I don’t
have many, but if anyone wants a signed copy of my book, all I’m asking is for
you to cover store price and shipping (should come to $14 or so, depends on
where I’m shipping it to). Hit me up in the comments section below if
interested.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Writer's Thoughts
There I sat, for the one-hundred-thousandth
time in front of the computer, staring at the screen, waiting for inspiration
to come to me so that I could pick up writing my story from the day before. Fifteen
minutes passed with not a single key press occurring. I got some snacks, I had
a drink, I checked my email, I played some music, I took a walk around the
house, I did everything but write the next paragraph in my story.
I was about to give up and close
down the application window, frustrated at how this creative impotence recently
had become a common occurrence, when, one-by-one, my characters floated through
my mind. They depended on me. Is it strange to care about fictitious
characters? They really don’t matter, they’re not real, but it felt that I owed
them life. Could what they are be considered life? I wondered if the more read
and appreciated a fictitious character became, the more “alive” they became.
I pondered the strange paradox I
had stumbled upon until the answer came to me, the answer to my writing
hold-up. These characters, they are alive through me. In some way, in my head,
they act and react, and then come into existence once put down on paper. Having
given them personalities, they each respond in different ways to different circumstances.
So, all I needed to do was take care of the circumstances in which they were
placed, then get out of their way—they’d tell their stories just fine.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Moving, What Sweet Sorrow
The path to writing a book is a long and difficult one. I
rarely get writer’s block, but I think I’m starting to hit a bout of it. It
might have something to do with us moving this week. My brain seems to want to
be in planning/packing mode, and the creative side of me is taking a vacation.
Anyways, just wanted to give a quick update with where I’m at in my next book (the
last book in The Bracken Covenant series) since it’s been a while since I
posted, and might be a bit before I post again.
The move is going to make my life crazy for a bit, so that
may mean a few weeks without posts here. But, if you’d like to follow me on myauthor’s Facebook page, I’ll still update that since I can post sentence-long
updates instead of feeling like I need to write paragraphs.
The last book in the series is almost complete. I’ve only
got a few more chapters to write; unfortunately, my writing juices ran dry
throughout the last few attempts to write. I think I need a recharge instead of
just powering forward. This week is moving week, so I’m going to just focus on
moving and not worry about getting my daily word count taken care of. I’m still
on track to finish the book by the end of the year, so all is good.
I don’t usually do life-updates, but figured on letting you
know where I’m at with the next book, and why I might go silent here for a bit.
Thanks always for reading, and if you haven’t yet picked up the other two
entries in The Bracken Covenant series, here’s a link to them below.
The Source (Book Three—I’m finishing it currently)
On a side note, I've been working on the image for the book cover, and thought I'd share my initial sketch. I rarely enjoy showing unfinished art. Just realize There's much to do with this piece before it's completed (obviously, it's just a line sketch).
Friday, September 13, 2013
Winter Shadows by Casey Bond -BOOK REVIEW-
First off, what’s it about
Winter Shadows is a coming-of-age apocalypse/survival type
of book. The closest book I can compare it to is The Hunger Games, but with a
protagonist that’s 19 instead of 16, and though the government is corrupted in
Winter Shadows, somewhat as it is in The Hunger Games, here the majority of the
book takes place in the wilderness away from the government rather than under
the government’s watchful eye.
What kind of read can you expect from Winter Shadows?
Taking place mostly in a cave in the wilderness, Claire, the
main protagonist, learns to cope with the others that inhabit the cave, her
new found home, and with living in the wild. Both the environment and other passer-throughs
pose a dangerous threat to her and her friends while there, and by the end of
the book, learning to cope with death has been established as a reoccurring
theme.
My thoughts on the book
This is a promising beginning to an author’s career. Bond
has command of certain key storytelling elements (such as an excellent use of suspense,
knowing how to use just the right amount of love interest without making a
scene sappy, bringing grit and authenticity with her outdoor descriptions) and
she doesn’t ease back on her strengths as a writer the entire novel. If you
like the first few chapters, you’ll like the rest of the book—there’s no ebbs and
flow with her talent, it’s there throughout the entire story.
The characters are believable, and the scenarios that they
must deal with are as well. I always appreciate when a Christian character’s
personality and lifestyle isn’t hampered by the author’s standoffish tendency
to not want to get into religion, thinking they might offend readers who want
nothing to do with religion. Claire struggles with her faith throughout the
book, and it’s good to see that struggle, and it’s good to see that Bond doesn’t
hide the lifestyle of the other religious characters that are present in her
book.
I really enjoyed this book, even more so than I did The
Hunger Games. Where The Hunger Games seemed overly sensationalistic to me,
Winter Shadows feels more down-to-earth, the characters and the scenarios that
play out felt more relatable and meaningful.
Length, pricing, where can I get it
Winter Shadows is 183 pages. The pricing and outlets are
listed below.
Amazon Kindle edition $9.99
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