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When The Jaguar Sleeps

A Jungle Adventure
J.A. Kalis

2017 Honorable Mention
303 Pages
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Fiction - Adventure

2017 Honorable Mention
Book Award Winner in the Readers' Favorite 2017 Book Award Contest in the Category Fiction-Adventure!

Looking for a fast-moving adventure thriller you won't be able to put down until you finish it? Then try this one.

A plane crash in the Amazon jungle...
A desperate struggle for survival ...
An unexpected discovery.
Ecuador. A dream holiday turns into a nightmare when two young men are stranded in the Amazon rainforest after their plane crashes. Desperate to survive, they decide to set off on a daring journey through the 'green hell'. Despite the harsh environment sucking their strength away, they push on until they enter a territory inhabited by isolated Indian tribes hostile to outsiders and where probably the fabulous treasures destined for the last Inca emperor Atahualpa's ransom, are hidden. Soon, unexpected dangers arise.

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White Slave

A Novel
Wayne Gilbertson

2017 Honorable Mention
224 Pages
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Fiction - Adventure

2017 Honorable Mention
In East Africa, shrinking herds of wild game have become national treasures worthy of protection. Law enforcement efforts have forced poachers to focus on a less protected cash crop: young, white women with well-shaped bodies. The poachers supply women for a third world sex industry where white prostitutes sell for many times the going rate. A brothel-keeper will sell a woman over and over again, until she goes mad, commits suicide, or dies of disease. The narcotics trade pales in comparison to this lucrative business. When a female university student disappears without a trace, from an archaeological site in the Gol Mountains of northern Tanzania, her family retains a retired bounty hunter, Eli Walking Bear, to find her. Eli begins his search in Nairobi where he hires a guide, Jena Howell of Howell Safaris--a woman with her own cross to bear. Eli’s quest takes an unexpected turn when he rescues Zuleika, a black female slave with a thirst for revenge. The hunt for the kidnapped woman takes Eli and Jena into the very guts of the sex slave trade, where the law is inept or corrupt, the criminals brutal, and everyone’s hand is against them. "White Slave" received honorable mention recognition in the genre fiction category of Writer's Digest 15th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards. Selected from a field of over 400 entries, it was promoted in the 2008 March/April issue of Writer's Digest.

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Once-Other

Lawrence M. Nysschens

2017 Finalist
714 Pages
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2017 Finalist
As many have said of ONCE-OTHER, "Don't be fooled by the in-depth world building at the start. After it the pace accelerates rapidly."
　
It is a world that in many ways reflects our lives here on Earth. Partake of its beauty, its conflicts, its adventures, relationships, and the bravery of men and women who face death upon the endless desert sands of Here-Born -- a world of rock and sand, and sparsely populated by a hardy freedom loving people whose motto is: LIVE BY NEATNESS ALONE!

This is the kind of book you read and wake up feeling as though you'd traveled to another world. The story is fast-paced and laced with powerful images. The plot, the exquisite writing, the awesome characters, and the mythical undertones of the story are elements that make it stand out as a work of great depth and success.

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Fast Track To Glory

Tomasz Chrusciel

2016 Finalist
372 Pages
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2016 Finalist

"Thriller fans who relish international intrigue and settings won't want the story line to end" (Midwest Book Review). Finalist in the 2016 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards.

Professor Nina Monte, an expert in ancient religious texts, is called into a secret meeting. A mystical object has been discovered in a 15th-century galley, buried at the bottom of Lake Garda in Italy. At the recovery site, Monte makes a shocking revelation—the relic in her hands holds the power to change humanity’s perception of existence.

But Monte soon finds herself trapped in an insidious intrigue, and is forced to abandon everything she knows and trusts. Joined by local hotelier, Alessandro Pini, she is determined to unravel the truth surrounding the discovery.

A heart-stopping race to decode the four-thousand-year-old mystery leads Monte and Pini from Italy through the mighty Austrian Alps, right to the banks of the most sacred river in India. But the professor and her friend are not the only ones seeking answers, and it will take courage and cunning to outwit those who believe the truth is worth dying—or killing—for.

Praise for Fast Track to Glory:

    "A well-constructed, action-packed novel." – Kirkus Reviews

    “There’s history, religion, plenty of action, and rich descriptions of foreign places … each new page heightens both the expectation and the odyssey.” – Marta Tandori for Readers' Favorite

    "Absolutely flawless.” – Goodreads Review

    “A fast-paced chase set in exotic locations that are detailed in a finely woven, intricate international tapestry.” – Dr. Wesley Britton for BookPleasures.com

Nina Monte Mystery Thriller Series:

    Prequel – The Vestals Conspiracy

    Book 1 – Fast Track to Glory

    Book 2 – (Summer 2018)**

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Four Ways to Pharaoh Khufu

Alexander Marmer

2016 Honorable Mention
384 Pages
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2016 Honorable Mention
For more than 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid at Giza has been shrouded in veils of impenetrable mystery. For nearly as many years, a dedicated and nearly obsessive community of explorers, scholars, and profiteers has sought to uncover the secrets of this ancient and sacred structure. But the Great Pyramid guards its secrets jealously, and the efforts of most have been silently rebuffed. Until now. Is it the will of destiny or God’s eternal hand that connects two strangers in tragic circumstances with the Great Pyramid itself? It is only through the determination of one that the truth is revealed—and in that effort, the name of the other is cleared. Despite being relentlessly hunted by the descendants of the elite ancient warriors, he is now on a quest for truth that spans two continents. One of the greatest deceptions in the after-burial of the most powerful and influential pharaoh in all of ancient Egypt’s history is about to be revealed. Will what he discovers be his salvation or his extinction?

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Good Money Gone

Richard Kilborn,Mario Acevedo

2016 Honorable Mention
240 Pages
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2016 Honorable Mention
When the road to riches becomes the road to ruin. Panama: a tropical paradise with an anything-goes attitude. Bring your wish list. It's a place to start. Or to start over. Where the best of intentions are dazzled by the glitter of easy money. Steven McKay chases the quick bucks in offshore finance, playing fast and loose with his scruples until he discovers he's merely one cog in a vast Ponzi scheme. Even as his paranoid boss puts the screws to everyone inside the conspiracy, McKay races to save his clients-and his skin-before the rotten machine grinds to a halt under the weight of sleaze, greed, and criminal investigations. He realizes too late that his dream for wealth and fortune was nothing but Good Money Gone.

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The Prodigal Son

The Graham Saga Book 3
Anna Belfrage

2016 Bronze Medal
393 Pages
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2016 Bronze Medal
Safely returned from an involuntary stay in Virginia, Matthew Graham finds the Scottish Lowlands torn asunder by religious strife. His Restored Majesty, Charles II, requires all his subjects to swear fealty to him and the Church of England, riding roughshod over any opposition.

In Ayrshire, people close ranks around their evicted Presbyterian ministers. But disobedience comes at a high price, and Alex becomes increasingly nervous as to what her Matthew is risking by his support of the clandestine ministers – foremost amongst them the charismatic Sandy Peden.

Privately, Alex considers Sandy an enervating fanatic and all this religious fervour is incomprehensible to her. So when Matthew repeatedly sets his faith and ministers before his own safety, he puts their marriage under severe strain.
The situation is further complicated by the presence of Ian, the son Matthew was cruelly duped into disowning several years ago. Now Matthew wants Ian back and Alex isn’t entirely sure this is a good thing.

Things are brought to a head when Matthew places all their lives in the balance to save his dear preacher from the dragoons.
How much is Matthew willing to risk? How much will he ultimately lose?

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Escape from Netherworld

David Kuklis

2016 Bronze Medal
320 Pages
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2016 Bronze Medal
Escape from Netherworld, a thrilling tale of a group of friends whose simulated war games go awry one weekend, sending them into an alternate realm from which there appears to be no escape.  The friends go from playing the game to living the game, as they become the characters that they created.

Travel along with these friends as they embark upon one harrowing adventure after another, befriending druids along the way and battling ogres and orcs with the help of an array of magic weapons. Watch them try to outwit the evil wizard who seems determined to keep them in this alternate world.

The battle scenes are vividly drawn and charged with suspense.

Will the group ever escape from this alternate world?

You will find yourself rooting for them until the final outcome!
 
For David Kuklis the love of science fiction and fantasy began at an early age, when he and his brother, inspired by the game Dungeons and DragonsTM, staged similar games in their backyard and nearby woods. His uncle, a marine paralyzed from the neck down in Vietnam, usually ran the indoor games around the table, and his father was the inspiration for Twiggy, a major character in this book. 

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Revenge and Retribution

The Graham Saga Book 6
Anna Belfrage

2016 Silver Medal
390 Pages
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2016 Silver Medal
Life in the Colony of Maryland is no sinecure - as Alex and Matthew Graham well know. But nothing in their previous life has prepared them for the mayhem that is about to be unleashed upon them. Being labelled a witch is not a good thing in 1684, so it is no wonder Alex Graham is aghast at having such insinuations thrown at her. Even worse, it's Matthew's brother-in-law, Simon Melville, who points finger at her. Not that the ensuing hearing is her main concern, because nowadays Alex's entire life is tainted by the fear of what Philip Burley will do to them once he gets hold of them. On a sunny May afternoon, Philip finally achieves his aim and over the course of the coming days Alex sees her whole life unravelling, leaving her family permanently maimed. As if all this wasn't enough, Alex also has to cope with the loss of one of her sons. Forcibly adopted by the former Susquehannock, Samuel is dragged from Alex's arms to begin a new life in the wilderness. How is Alex to survive all this? And will she be able to put her damaged family back together? 'Revenge and Retribution' was Historical Novel Society (HNS) 2015 Indie Book of the Year. It has been awarded a B.R.A.G. Medallion and was HNS's Indie Editor's Choice in 2015.

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Impact

Fuzed Trilogy Volume 1
David E Stevens

2016 Gold Medal
372 Pages
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Fiction - Adventure

2016 Gold Medal
A winner of the 2016 Eric Hoffer Award for best eBook, the Epic eBook Award for best Action Adventure and ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year, Impact is a thought-provoking action thriller. A cross between The Bourne Identity, Avatar and Armageddon, it tackles the most likely and preventable cataclysms facing humanity.

What if you were fatally injured, but offered a second chance in a genetically perfect body, a body that encompasses all the best abilities of the entire human race? The price? Everyone you knew believes you're dead, you look like you have a grandparent from every continent and you have two years to prevent the annihilation of life on earth.

Ridiculous plot? Although fiction, the nemesis is very real (see Author Page video), and  a portion of all profits will be donated to non-profits working to protect humanity.
 
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