Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Review of Court of Nightfall (New and Extended) (The Nightfall Chronicles Book 1) by Karpov Kinrade @KarpovKinrade
Court of Nightfall
(New and Extended)
(The Nightfall Chronicles Book 1)
by Karpov Kinrade
(New and Extended)
(The Nightfall Chronicles Book 1)
by Karpov Kinrade
Blurb:
You think you know what is right and what is wrong? Then tell me if this man should die. He is my enemy. He is to be my end.He is the one I love.
I have spent my life in shades of grey. I have died and returned to a world of color. I have fought an Angel and lived. I have kissed the Prince of Ravens. I have faced the Lord of Night and made him kneel. I was accepted into the Four Orders, and I created the fifth. I freed the Shadow of Rome. I sat upon the Twilight Throne.
The man asks for my surrender. He asks for peace. He is too late.
The girl he knew is gone, and death is in her place. I am Nightfall, and this is my story. You think you know it?
Think again.
My Review:
I have to be honest here I read the first edition of Court of Nightfall and I have to say that I loved it! But I will have to say that I truly love the new and extended edition so much better with all of the new stuff that has been added to it. Like for instance I love that we got to know Scarlett as a little girl. We also got to learn more about her parents like who they were and what their life was like. We got to know more about the weapon that they were protecting and why they were protecting it.
We learned a lot more about Scarlett and Jax's relationship when they were kids growing up and were together most of the time and that Jax was always there for Scarlett. Jax watched over Scarlett at all times making sure that she was ok and safe. Jax and Scarlett have always been friends and maybe even more. With Jax it was always so hard to tell what he was up to or what his plans were. Jax is a very mysterious man.
Scarlett had dreamed her whole life of being a pilot and flying a plane like her father. He taught her how to fly a plane knowing that she would probably never get her licenses. Scarlett is colorblind and can only see in colors of grey and in order to get her licenses she has to pass a colorblind test. Scarlett is one tough lady and has every intentions of figuring out how to pass the test.
While she learnt how to fly from her father she learned how to hack from her mother and when she was given her very own eglass she hacked it so that it would be more human like with feelings. Her eglass whom she calls Evie is like her best friend in every way.
I loved all of the new twist and adventures that was added to the new edition of Court of Nightfall and all of the new characters as well. Even though I did like all of the characters I loved that they were portrayed in such a way that Scarlett doesn't know who to trust or who not to trust especially after the death of her parents. Her parents died doing what they had been doing and had promised they would do for many, many years. Scarlett is now on a mission to find the ones who killed her parents and extract revenge when she does finally get her hands on them and when she does they will pay dearly for what they did if she has anything to do or say about it.
As I have stated this is not the first book by this husband and wife writing duo that I have read and will definitely not be the last. I can't wait to get my hands on the new edition of House of Ravens. If you have not read any of their books then Court of Nightfall would be a great start. But I can promise you all of their books are just as good. I really can't tell you which one is my favorite but Court of Nightfall runs a real close race with The Forbidden Trilogy. Thanks for all of the great books that you guys have written for your fans. You guys rock!
About The Authors:
Together, they write fantasy and science fiction, including the ever popular ongoing Nightfall Chronicles.
They live with three little girls who think they're ninja princesses with super powers and who are also showing a propensity for telling tall tales and using the written word to weave stories of wonder and magic.
Virtual Tour + #Giveaway: New Siqdor by Stephen J. Carter @StephenSCIFI @GoddessFish
New Siqdor
by Stephen J. Carter
GENRE: Sci-fi
BLURB:
The environmental
stilling on the planet of Nebura escalates, threatening to advance even beyond
the world-girding storm ring. Meanwhile, Levrok's plan to arm a resurgent
Siqdori Empire with a tulvar arsenal nears completion, and his departure
off-world is imminent. Two survivors' groups join forces as events spiral out
of control.
"NEW
SIQDOR" is the 2nd book in the “Zero Point Light” SF series, and delivers
a thrill ride of untold mayhem, hair-raising escapes, space colonization gone
awry, and a descent to the ocean floor and beyond!
EXCERPT:
Wahid turned to Levrok. “My men will
correct this minor irritation, sir.
Would you care to see the reports on the advance of the stilling?”
“No, I would not. I suggest you
correct this irritation.”
“Sir, the line maintenance bots will
be on hand within minutes. I swear it.”
Levrok again regarded his lieutenant
as he had in the vehicle, with that unsettling mixture of detachment and
clinical curiosity.
“Don’t use the bots, Wahid.”
Wahid nodded, his face a mask. He
turned to the man at the controls and ordered him into the pool. The man’s face
drained of color. Wahid took three steps towards the man and spoke softly. The
man nodded once, removed the holo-array and set it on the console. He stepped
back, saluted crisply, turned and moved to the side of the pool. In one smooth
movement he lowered himself in, the black liquid reaching to his waist.
Rippling spasms could be seen moving up his back and out his arms. His face
remained impassive, showing none of the pain that must be galloping through his
body. He had turned away and was walking across the pool, stepping carefully
between immersed cubes. He moved with a calm deliberation along a clear
channel, like a farmer in his furrow among well-tended crops. He had reached
the end of the tracking line and was removing a cube that had fallen sideways
and jammed the line. He lifted it out and placed it, almost tenderly, into its
immersion slot.
The man began moving back to the
deck. When he reached the side he could not lift himself out – he could barely
stand. Wahid nodded at two men nearby. They stepped forward and hauled him out.
He lay on the parapet, his legs and lower body contorted, twisting before their
eyes into a shrunken, gnarled gnome-like caricature of limbs. The man still had
not uttered a whisper of complaint. The contorting spasms reached up into his
chest, his back arched, and his body lapsed into a violent last-ditch struggle.
In the seizure that followed his rigid arms and legs spasmed up and down.
Levrok stepped back, calmly
returning his attention to the tracking line, as it resumed depositing cubes in
their slots. The man’s body finally stopped its staccato tattoo.
His voice husky with suppressed
excitement, Levrok turned to his lieutenant.
“Let’s see those stilling reports,”
he said pleasantly.
Wahid turned to his master. “Of
course, sir.”
As they walked back along the deck,
Levrok idly wondered what Wahid had said to the man before he entered the pool.
AUTHOR BIO:
Stephen
J Carter is a Canadian writer living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He completed a
PhD in Social and Political Thought at York University in Toronto in 1997. This
led to an 8-year period of teaching at universities in South Korea, Taiwan, and
Thailand. In 2006 he settled in northern Thailand, and began writing fiction
full-time in 2007.
In
his early years he made several short-term forays into film and video
production while involved full-time in academia. Along the way he tried his
hand at writing non-fiction in and out of academia, and 8 years ago finally
committed full-time to writing fiction.
For
Stephen there is something about this northern Thai city that makes it a
perfect place to write. His preferred genres to date have been horror and
science fiction. On the one hand, he sets his horror novels in Thailand
because Thais have such vivid customs that touch the supernatural. On the other
hand, disheartened by the cultural Marxism that dominates social discourse now
in the West, he feels drawn to writing science fiction for the rational
optimism over possible futures it affords. Approaching SF formerly as pure
escapism, he finds in it now a source of hope and forward thinking that can be
very inspiring.
Stephen
looks forward to writing several more novels in his two current series, Zero
Point Light and Z Inferno.
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