Pop Travel Cover Reveal / The Caged Graves Release!

So, about that Storymakers recap ... it's literally going to take me a week to write up this post (I took notes), so I'll have the action up this Friday. Until then, I have a new release, a cover reveal, and new members that are screaming to be shouted across the Blogosphere!

I should also mention, this is my 500th post! Celebration time!

Now, without further voodoo, I present to you the following two:

 

First up is the cover reveal of Tara Tyler's sci-fi novel, Pop Travel!

Private Investigator J. L. Cooper always knew pop travel laser teleportation was too good to be true. Finding video proof of a disintegrating traveler is the stomach turning “I told you so.”

Cooper can’t broadcast the video on the nosy, government monitored Qnet, so he digs around, revealing more suspicious traveler disappearances, the death of his client, and threats to his political little brother, who is in jeopardy of turning to dust anyway for disregarding Cooper’s warnings not to pop. Cooper has to do everything himself.

To stop the disappearances and save his brother he must shut down the ruthless mega corp Pop Travel International (PTI). And that means convincing Hasan Rakhi, the celebrity Creator of pop travel, to publicly admit the deadly flaw. No problem. Under constant surveillance, Cooper will have to be unpredictable, facing his fear of popping to crash a party at Hasan’s well-fortified plantation compound. Yes, the laser fences are real. As long as he survives his next pop, Cooper won’t let anything distract him from getting the job done. Not the android security guards, who aren’t as bright as they look, or even Southern Comfort in a purple dress, Geri Harper (an undercover Agent). Nothing Coop can’t handle.

Save the date - Pop Travel is coming your way, July 7th, 2013!

 

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Up for creepiness? Dianne K. Salerni's The Caged Graves is here!

17-year-old Verity Boone expects a warm homecoming when she returns to Catawissa, Pennsylvania, in 1867, pledged to marry a man she has never met. Instead, she finds a father she barely knows and a future husband with whom she apparently has nothing in common. One truly horrifying surprise awaits her: the graves of her mother and aunt are enclosed in iron cages outside the local cemetery. Nobody in town will explain why, but Verity hears rumors of buried treasure and witchcraft. Perhaps the cages were built to keep grave robbers out . . . or to keep the women in. Determined to understand, Verity finds herself in a life-and-death struggle with people she trusted.

Inspired by a pair of real caged graves in present-day Catawissa, this historical YA novel weaves mystery, romance, and action into a suspenseful drama with human greed and passion at its core.

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Let's have a hearty, starship-trooper welcome to our latest three newcomers! Go say "hello" while I collect their matched luggage.

Sheena-kay Graham

 Mary Hill

and

Hannen I. Adam! 

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Update: If you're fuming mad for being lead on about a Storymaker post, you gotta believe me ... it's really THAT epic - but I will share a couple tidbits. Because of the demand, Storymakers will be in Layton, Utah next year, April 24-26. I had the chance to share some work with an author, and he gave me an invitation that I would be stupid to not follow through on. For that reason, I'm book'n it for the rest of the month to get The Undead Road finished! I'll keep you posted.

Storymaker post Friday (promise) and a game review Wednesday. Until then, keep the axels greased and the swords sharpened.

I'm David, and THIS is your Unexpected Briefing ...