Title: Phantom Harvest
Author:
C.R. Richards
Publisher: Whiskey Creek
Press
Length:
368 pages
Sub-Genres: science
fiction/fantasy
Blurb:
Gideon, a
half-breed mutant with a surly temper and rotten luck, struggles to scrape a
living as a tracker in the desolate territory near the gateway to the human
world. Business seems to be picking up when Gideon is approached by a powerful
dark elf with deep pockets and a serious problem. Human miners at the dark
elf's plant are being taken by an elusive predator. Gideon is pressured to find
the killer before word of the disappearances reaches the human world,
endangering the tense relationship between their two races. But, nothing is
simple this close to the conduit between worlds. Archangel, a ruthless
mercenary operating in the secret sectors of mutant society, has set his own
deadly game in motion. Surrounded by savage wilderness and cut off from contact
with civilization, Gideon must find a way to protect his friends and survive to
collect his bounty.
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Excerpt:
Cheap cologne clumsily masking rotting flesh and stale
earth crept closer. Gideon swallowed the last gulp of beer and took a deep
breath through his mouth. There was no mistaking the stench. It was a calling
card, a sensory announcement for the Graves Brothers. They were ghouls who’d
tired of the rotting corpses and drained blood they could steal from their
local mortuary. Crime paid well and sometimes it paid in fresh blood.
Gideon gripped his spoon until it bent under the
pressure of his thumb. The Graves Brothers typically didn’t stray far from
their territory in the south side of New Athens. Something had dragged them out
of their catacombs, onto the transport train and through the Outskirts
Territory to land here in Hawthorne.
Bandaged covered fingers gripped the chair across from
Gideon and pulled it slowly away from the table. Doug Graves, head of the
family and creep-in-charge, sat down carefully in the chair. His rotting body
was covered head to toe in a gray trench coat topped with a fedora. He looked
like a Humphrey Bogart movie gone wrong.
“Gideon, you’re looking good enough to eat.” Doug’s
voice grated across the table like dead wood running through a shredder.
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About
The Author:
Cynthia's literary career began when she interned as a
part-time columnist for a small entertainment newspaper. She wore several hats:
food critic, entertainment reviewer and cranky editor. A co-author of horror
and urban fantasy novels, her first solo fiction project - The Mutant Casebook
Series - was published by Whiskey Creek Press in 2013. Cynthia is an active
member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and lives in Colorado.
Social Media Links:
FB: authorcrrichards
Twitter: CR_Richards
Author Website: www.crrichards.com
Publisher Website: www.whiskeycreekpress.com
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Phantom Harvest Tour Stops:
March 1st: My Reading Obsession: http://4myreadingobsession.blogspot.com/
March 2nd: Southern Muses: http://www.southernduchess.blogspot.com
March 2nd: Read 2 Review: http://read2review.com/
March 4th: My World: www.xxxxmyworldxxxx.blogspot.com
March 5th: Beauty in Ruins: http://beauty-in-ruins.blogspot.com/
March 6th: A little Bit of Naughty: www.alittlebitofnaughty.blogspot.com
March 7th: I Smell Sheep: http://www.ismellsheep.com/
March 8th: Grinelda Markowitz: http://grineldamarkowitz.wordpress.com
March 9th: Read Between the Lines: http://www.rbtlreviews.com/
March 11th: Page Flipperz: www.pageflipperz.blogspot.com
March 13th: SnifferWalk: http://www.snifferwalk.org
Thank you for hosting me today. Best Wishes!
ReplyDeleteYou're totally welcome, Cynthia. It was a pleasure having you. :-)
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