The time is fast approaching.
My first novel RISE OF THE PENGUINS is set for a December release. (Available in both print and Kindle on Amazon) What is RISE
OF THE PENGUINS you ask? Well let me start by explaining the books origins. If
you missed my previous blog My Turn At The Blog Hop, where I answered a series
of questions about my work, let me give you the quick rundown.
First: this was a story I
started writing waaaay back in 2005. I wrote the bulk of the novel while on my
breaks working the graveyard shift at a local glass manufacturing plant. After
a series of life’s setbacks, i.e. carpal tunnel surgery, heart issues, followed
by a heart attack, followed by a divorce, followed by financial distress caused
by the aforementioned heart troubles and subsequently losing my job, I buckled
down and got to the work of publishing this epic adventure. So now, seven years
later, I’m finally going to print! (I owe a lot to my recently appointed bride
for pushing me forward).
For you, my 3 or 4 loyal
readers of my blog, I will give to you the chance to read the blurb. (Blurb. I’ve
always had trouble assigning that word to group of sentences. Sounds more like
a reflux problem). BTP. So without further ado, or excitement, or ruckus, or any
other synonym of ado, I present the blurb.
AN EPIC ADVENTURE BEGINS
Wildlife photographer Randy Lee and climatologist Gina
Rosedale are working in Antarctica for Global Threat, an environmental research
company. However they soon find themselves caught in the middle of a war no one
could have foreseen: The War of the Species. The origins of which are shrouded
in shadow.
Few people knew the penguins were intelligent and had their
own society. Even fewer knew that they were vengeful. For years they were seen
as amusing clowns of the Antarctic—waddling, dancing, characters of cartoons.
Before the days of animated film they were seen as something else; a source for
lamp oil, food for sled dogs, or other uses which resulted in the death of
millions of penguins. This was a time they never forgot.
A leader emerged from an ancient race of penguin known as
the Royal Emperors. This leader united most of the penguin clans into a
defensive coalition. From this propitious beginning, the Royal Emperor leader
soon dubbed himself Overlord of the newly formed Penguin Defense Alliance and
as his kind grew in number, so did his power.
However not all penguins are content to subjugation by the
Royal Emperors and resistance begins to show itself. But what the dissidents
lack is a true leader. Under the iron rule of the Overlord and while enduring
the horrors of war against the humans, an unassuming leader will emerge.
Can one penguin change the fate of his species and the
world?
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