Reality Ripped

Psst...

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The preorder is now live, release day is 1 October 2017. I am psyched to share more of X13N2's story with you guys.

You can find Book 1 here:  getBook.at/TWR

Free Weekend

I can't give you the view, but I can offer you the story.

A dream or reality? Can you tell the difference?

Five women spread across time and space live nightly terrors that leave them uncertain of the truth. Are they living a nightmare or is something darker and far more ominous happening?

X13N2 experience daily terror at the hands of aliens, while Lucy suffers from night terrors. Macey's small studio apartment is under assault by unknown forces, and Lisa meets a man too good to be true. Hattie has lost the battle against darkness but clings to hope.

Different lives and times, yet one strand bind them all together. Can they find the truth and will reality be kind? Or will it plunge them into further terror?

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#SciFi #Horror #FreeWeekend #Kindle #Amazon #ScienceFiction#Freebies

Prolific Reader

If you love reading as much as I do you are always on the look out for freebies to supplement your purchases. To that end I bring the Prolific Reader:

The link above is for the main site, and this link is for my genre:

Speculative Fiction

At current count, there are over 300 books and more being added. From Action/Adventure all the way to Young Adult. With so many books you can't miss finding at least one to enjoy.

I love finding new authors and books, and this is a brilliant way to get into a new series. Have fun!

Freebies Galore!

Starting today everyone that signs up for Eliza's newsletter will get the short story "The System" for free. This giveaway will last until the 30th of September when it goes live officially. Please click the link and grab a copy. 

The System

From then on it will be available from Amazon on Kindle Unlimited. So join me in celebrating the release and grab your copy now! Along with a virtual coffee. The real thing would be too pretty to drink. 

Universal Links

Recently boos2read introduced universal links, something that is simply amazing. I hope it as amazing to you too dear reader.

Book 1 currently has the most channels available:

books2read.com/Shi 

This includes Amazon, Kobo, Nook, Apple, Scribd, 24Symbols and Inkterra. It goes well with coffee.

How to Make a Great Weekend

For me, it is a slew of books to read. And chocolate, lots and lots of it. But the chocolate goes to the hips. So, usually I end up with books only, but this is no sacrifice! 

Grab the first two books in the series Immortality Interrupted for your weekend reading. The first book is free forever, so why not get it? And the second is on special. 

                

Oh, I do settle for virtual cake and coffee...have a slice with me.

                    

How to Come Back

Oh hello, there stranger!

It has been a while, hasn't it? Sorry about that, we had some issues to sort out.

But, now we are back and in full swing again. My author has had a spell of writer's block. Although she totally blamed me for it. Too many changes at the end of the previous book. But rest assured we are communicating again and things are back to normal.

Well, as normal as things get around here! 

So, how did we come back? Gosh, with the help of lots of coffee of course. Decaf for me naturally. But if you caught the end of the Book 2 you understand why. ;) I look forward to chatting and sharing more with you in the coming weeks. She has asked me to tell you that there is a short story coming! 

Called 'The System' and it is coming out 15 September 2016. She will be setting up a giveaway for loyal subscribers, and it will be available via Kindle Unlimited. Here's a cover reveal:

See you soon, thank you for being so patient! 

How Soon? This Soon!

Wow, two days...in two days Book 2 is upon us. 

All the links for Nanite Storm:

Amazon: Nanite Storm


Thank you so much to every single person that grabbed Shi and read it. I hope you enjoyed it and are as excited as I am for Book 2. The third instalment will come much sooner than six months I promise. 

For now, though, I hope you enjoy reading Nanite Storm as much as I loved writing it. 

See you on the other side! Have a coffee and cake on us... 

What would you do?

You know what I did, and soon you'll know what I do to maintain it. I came through a shit-storm and survived. And yes, mostly it was because of the idea of a man. A man I thought I knew and who turned out to be something else completely.

That is very simple thinking naturally and not the complete picture. The truth was that my feelings were hurt, and I threw caution to the wind. Going into that garden was the worst idea I had ever had.

I have the luxury of looking back and claiming the decision I made was for the best. And I still believe the bastard deserved to be put in his place. To be dead? Not so much.

But that single act propelled me into a new life, and a new destiny. 

What would you do? Have you truly considered that? I didn't, and even now the memories haunt me, and will continue to haunt me long into my immortality.

Of course, I have all of time to make peace with those memories.

How to Accept Change

I think I've stated before how I don't do well with change?

Now more so than ever. For eighty plus years I have had the same routine. Day in and day out. Sure, the tasks changed ever so slightly but not by much.

'SSDD'

And now everything is different. I have a grandson (who doesn't know it yet) living with me. And a man-alien that is threatening to consume my life.

What's a girl to do? Avoidance. 

With Asher being able to read my mind I attempt not to think. Not think about how bloody hot he is, or how much I want to drag him into my bed and have my wicked way with him. 

Or the sneakiest one of all, how he might be the one. The one to change everything, and how it doesn't actually bother me at all.

How's that going you ask? Well... 

Happiness and Peace

Do I deserve peace? I suspect not, but I yearn for it. My soul cries out for it. And in the early morning darkness that surrounds me, I fear that I will live forever and never find it.

As I watch ordinary people go about their business, I wonder about my choice. I ran away from Richard and his cheating ways. But more and more it seems like a handy excuse I took.

Of course, there was that other matter, but after all this time I wonder if Richard wouldn't have helped me. Surely, as his wife, he would have made a plan.

Isn't that what super secret government agencies are good for?

And so here I sit, watching people go about their business. The mundanity of everyday life for an average man or woman. Lost in thought over their smartphones and coffees. 

Are they happier than I am? Probably not, but I bet they get more sleep than I do.

What is Time?

Over the years, I have seen many movies regarding time and its mechanisms.

How time is fluid but it's static, or how a pebble tossed into the river of time makes no difference. No matter what we do, we can't change the past or affect the future. But, don't step on a butterfly because you'll alter things irreparably.

I cry bullshit; these are things said to make sense of our smallness concerning the mass of time. Sure, time is a tide pulling you in continually. In the grand scheme of things.

But having stood outside of time and enjoying the luxury of observing it undisturbed I can tell you a secret.

Time is moments, strung together around one thing. You. Me. In this, you are allowed to be selfish. This moment is about you, your perspective and your experience.

My past moments and future ones have been pulled tightly around me and I hold onto them all and only this moment exists for me. Because every moment that has been and will be, have coalesced into this one moment in time.

Now. All there is is this one moment in time. All there will ever be for me drawn around me.

Play It Again Sam

So, here I stand. At the end of a stint that has marked me for eternity, for better or for worse.

I'm certainly not the same person I was when I entered into the deal with the Manufacturers. The Man.

Except that, this has been my life for so long that change is difficult. I can imagine it, and it is glorious. Do you know that I have never left the country?

In this day and age, I am an anomaly. Even though everyone is jacked in and live so much of their lives online, they all still figure out that there is no substitute for physically going to places.

Things are more tightly controlled now; you can't just hop on a plane and fly somewhere. Investigations and more forms than a pregnancy require, long before you even book your seat.

Still, people accept it and embrace the requirements. Part of life, you know?

So, what am I looking forward to when I am properly free? Bikinis and martinis of course.

Coming Soon

I am excited to share the preorder pages for Book 2 of Immortality Interrupted.

Will be sold where all goods books are sold on the 23rd of June 2016.

Amazon: Nanite Storm
IBooks/Itunes: Nanite Storm
Kobo: Nanite Storm
Nook: Nanite Storm

Hacking into the Man's system comes at a price. Viv wants them to steal something for her. Nanites she stole were taken from her club the Hacker's Den. 

When the thieves they are staking out turns on them and shoots Denny, it becomes a race against time to find a cure. Now Eliza and Asher must find the thieves, dodge a Past Task and face down an Agent of the Man.

Can you stand it?

Ben is gone.

I know it, he had to be. Even with his dose skim he can't have lasted for long. I outed him by accident and he was still kind enough to give me an extra dose. Just in case.

It bothers me that I don't know and I don't know how to contact him without outing myself. I am supposed to be dead, this the Manufacturers believe.

At least, I hope they do.

Viv is hacking into the task app and she believes through that she can create a worm that will get into their system. And then we can figure out what the hell is going on.

I don't want to know so much to stop them, but it 'd be good to know who I've been working for, for so long. My deal was seemingly simple but now I'm not so sure.

To Be

I always thought to be part of the world was important. That we had a duty to interact with others. To be part of community was a must. I had a community before my change.

Not a great one as it turned out, people didn't come looking for me. Quietly I was forgotten, there were no outcry or police searches. Oh, of course, Richard filed a missing person's report. But we know how far that goes.

And honestly, what did I expect? The Internet was my home; everything logged digitally. Our lives lived online and in that era even more so. So even though I went to parties, I had very few friends.

The height of digital, or so we thought. Now, the era of wetware has arrived and more people became aware of the pleasures to be had. It was still more prevalent to use devices to interface but Viv assures me that will soon end.

Where Good Books are Sold

I always wondered about that, does it mean naughty books go elsewhere? And if that is the case, don't I want to go there instead?

I debated about adding this, but since I recently was told to be more forceful in sharing, here goes. Book 1 can be found at the following online stores:

Amazon US:  Shi (Immortality Interrupted Book 1)

Amazon UK: Shi (Immortality Interrupted Book 1)

IBooks: Shi (Hey, you guessed it! Book 1)  FREE!

Nook: Shi (Immortality Interrupted Book 1) Free for Now

Kobo: Shi (Hello again, Beautiful Book 1) Grab it Free!

Scribd: Shi (Immortality Interrupted Book 1) Currently Free!

Inktera: Shi (ooh look at you Beautiful!) Free

24symbols: Shi (Hey, hey good looking!) You Know you want it free.  ;)


And a massive thank you to everyone who have already purchased this, you guys rock! Love ya.

P.S. A quick edit to add a few more places! :)

Change is Coming

This life I led, and the things I've done to maintain it has left little time for a social life. Or a taste for being around other people. It wasn't all because the Man dictated secrecy.

My tasks that started out easy and simple were the most fun too. I felt light after each one as if I had done some small good for someone. And I chose to ignore that my employer was a drug peddler for the most part.

I never saw what a drug trade did to people, and my previous life was very far away from that sort of thing. I lived in suburbia and yes, the mothers all had a little something to help keep them going, but, it was polite, civilized drug abuse.

Messed up, but we understood that people did what was necessary to keep life running as normal. So, I didn't understand what the Man was doing.

And now, it is too late for me to change the past and alter the future.

Looking Back

I've been told that I'm getting ahead of myself, and I should focus.

So, one of the questions put forth was why I didn't know about the Black Marketeers. A valid question, and easily explained. :)

After our re-birth into this new life, secrecy was drilled into us. That it was, in fact, the only thing that would keep us safe. Alive, if you will. Which, in hindsight, was weird rubbish.

So, like the good little immortal I was, I kept to myself. I didn't have regular suppliers for anything. I ordered online and used false details, and credit cards that banks were so happy to hand out.

I got most of my arsenal and armour through private sources, where there were no questions asked. And never from the same people.

Same went for furnishing my warehouse, pay people on time or in cash and no one wants to know more.

And, truth be told, I was so wrapped up in my misery that I didn't go looking for people and experiences.

I was kind of a sad creature before.

Tricky Details

Yeah, you guessed it, it is a port.

I've spent many years a naive idiot doing the bidding of the Man. They have a very neatly controlled setup designed to not allow questions.

The careful spread of rumours and fearmongering assured that we stayed the course. Do as we're told and we receive our daily dose. A dose administered just as the pain gets really interesting.

And I get it; it makes sense to do things this way. If you are running an operation for a drug like Shi. But the thing that gets me is that if I have a port in the back of my neck was there ever another purpose for it?

And once again, what the hell was in the cocktail they injected into us? Even more now than ever before it worries me, was something in it to deal with the nanites?

Viv wants me to jack into her system and all will be revealed. But the idea of her being able to see into my head is also not all that appealing.