Today is the last day to take borrow a book this month from the Kindle Lending Library, for those on Amazon Prime, and the last day of this month's $3.99 or Less Sale (although I expect a new batch of books tomorrow).
Today's Kindle Teen Daily Deal is Above World ($1.99), by Jenn Reese [Candlewick], with the companion audiobook for $3.99.Book Description
A suspenseful sci-fi escapade plucks two children out of the ocean for a thrilling adventure. Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after centuries spent hidden from the Above World, her colony's survival is at risk. The Kampii's breathing necklaces are failing, but the elders are unwilling to venture above water to seek answers. Only headstrong Aluna and her friend Hoku are stubborn and bold enough to face the terrors of land to search for way to save their people. But can Aluna's fierce determination and fighting skills and Hoku's tech-savvy keep them safe? Set in a world where overcrowding has led humans to adapt - growing tails to live under the ocean or wings to live on mountains - here is a ride through a future where greed and cruelty have gone unchecked, but the loyalty of friends remains true.
Today's Kindle Daily Deal is Archie Meets Nero Wolfe ($1.99), a prequel novel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries by Robert Goldsborough [Open Road], who fans know continued the series after Stout.Book Description
To become part of the Nero Wolfe legend, Archie Goodwin must prove his worth
Archie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third week working as a night watchman, he stops two burglars in their tracks—with a pair of hot lead slugs. Dismissed from his job for being “trigger-happy,” he parlays his newfound notoriety into a job as a detective’s assistant, helping honest sleuth Del Bascom solve cases like the Morningside Piano Heist, the Rive Gauche Art Gallery Swindle, and the Sumner-Hayes Burglary. But it’s the kidnapping of Tommie Williamson, the son of a New York hotel magnate, that introduces Goodwin to the man who will change his life.
Young Tommie has gone missing, and only one detective is built for the job: Nero Wolfe, the heavyset genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street. Together they will form one of the most unlikely crime fighting duos in history—but first Goodwin must find Tommie Williamson, and prove to Wolfe that he deserves a place by his side.
Today's Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Rebellious Desire ($0.99), by Julie Garwood [Pocket/Simon and Schuster].Book Description
Of all the dukes in England, Jered Marcus Benton, the Duke of Bradford, was the wealthiest, most handsome -- and most arrogant. And of all London's ladies, he wanted the tender obedience of only one -- Caroline Richmond.
She was a ravishing beauty from Boston, with a mysterious past and a fiery spirit. Drawn to the powerful duke, undeterred by his presumptuous airs, Caroline was determined to win his lasting love. But Bradford would bend to no woman -- until a deadly intrigue drew them enticingly close. Now, united against a common enemy, they would discover the power of the magnificent attraction that brought them together...a desire born in danger, but destined to flame into love!
Today's Kindle SciFi/Fantasy Daily Deal is Extinction Point ($0.99), by Paul Antony Jones [47North], with the the companion audiobook for $1.99. I listened to the sample and the narrator is quite good and under $3 for the two is a steal.The author's publicist provided me a copy for review and I've finished it, but had not yet completed my review. But, for now, take this short version under advisement: buy this book!
OK, there are a few nits to pick, but overall the story is good and the dialog flows (unlike some books in this genre that I've read). It isn't your typical zombie apocalypse story (not at all) and there is more introspection and attention to details (but not overwhelming lists of survival supplies or weapons models). Emily is a typical New Yorker, with little food in her apartment, no driving skills and a 100% faith and dependency on the power grid, at the start. She is on her own in NYC after the red rain falls and is no superhero, although a bit too accident prone for what her character seemed before the rain; we get more prose on how it feels to be alone, along with what seems to be more practical survival behavior (find food, find transportation, get out of town) than you'll see in the average zombie book (break into gun store, load on up unlimited ammo and shoot anything that moves) and it's pretty well done.
Yes, this is the first in a new series (isn't everything, these days?), but the good news is that you won't have to wait as long as I have for the second, as it is now available for pre-order: Exodus (and it's only $2.99! I love Amazon's imprint pricing).
Book Description
First comes the red rain: a strange, scarlet downpour from a cloudless sky that spreads across cities, nations, and the entire globe. In a matter of panicked hours, every living thing on earth succumbs to swift, bloody death. Yet Emily Baxter, a young newspaper reporter, is mysteriously spared—and now she’s all alone.
But watching the happy life she built for herself in New York City slip away in the wake of a monstrous, inexplicable plague is just the beginning of Emily’s waking nightmare. The world isn’t ending; it’s only changing. And the race that once ruled the earth has now become raw material for use by a new form of life never before seen…on this planet.
With only wits, weapons, and a bicycle, Emily must undertake a grueling journey across a country that’s turning increasingly alien. For though she fears she’s been left to inherit the earth, the truth is far more terrifying than a lifetime of solitude.
