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The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh’s Cat Novel by Maria Luisa Lang

The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh’s Cat Novel by Maria Luisa Lang

Now a New Yorker, the Pharaoh’s cat–the ancient Egyptian feline with human powers–travels back in time to free Egypt’s legendary Queen Nefertiti from a horrific curse, discovering firsthand why her mummy has never been found and her famous bust is missing one eye.

As in the first Pharaoh’s cat novel, the cat is quick-witted, wisecracking narrator as well as free-spirited, ever-curious protagonist, and the story he tells is an exotic, imaginative, spell-binding tragicomedy. The Eye of Nefertiti also interweaves feline and human, past and present, natural and supernatural. It too contains numerous surprises, twists and turns, intriguing characters, both human and animal, fascinating revelations about ancient Egyptian history and culture. Added to all this is an ingenious use of the Tarot and Italian opera.

The cat is living happily in New York City with the High Priest, Elena, daughter of an Egyptologist, and their infant son, the cat’s beloved Pharaoh reincarnated, when the supernatural gradually intrudes in the form of phantasms, the plot of an Italian opera, a Tarot card reading, and an unexpected summons to present-day Bath Spa disguised as an opportunity for Elena.

She and the little Pharaoh travel conventionally while the cat and the High Priest take the little boat they use for time travel and are diverted to ancient Stonehenge for a brief stop-over. The figure at the center of their encounter with the Druids has been prefigured in the cat’s phantasms, the Italian opera, and the Tarot reading, all his uncanny experiences being in accord with a single design.

Reunited with Elena and the infant Pharaoh in Bath, the cat and the High Priest discover a secret tomb below the Georgian house where they are staying, and are soon impelled to journey to ancient Egypt in the time of Queen Nefertiti to save her from a horrific curse. They become separated as they search for Nefertiti and the cat has several adventures before finding her on his own.

He undertakes an ingenious deception to stay close to her without revealing his identity. Being so close, he falls in love with her. He succeeds in lifting the horrific curse at great cost to himself. Despite his love, he surrenders Nefertiti to history and, mourning his loss, descends into a psychological abyss so deep only the Pharaoh can save him.

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SHADOW RUNNER by KJ Fieler

SHADOW RUNNER by KJ Fieler

Born into privilege but starved of freedom, Ada’s future was written in silk and silver—until a supernatural twist rips her from high society and thrusts her into the shadows. Abducted by a secretive order and forged into an assassin, she faces an impossible choice: become the weapon they’ve shaped her to be or risk everything to escape. But running means endangering the only two people she’s come to love—her adopted sister and the mysterious captor who holds her heart in the balance.
In a world steeped in secrets and steam, where morality bends and power corrupts, Ada must reclaim her humanity… or lose her soul.

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The Pharaoh’s Cat by Maria Luisa Lang


About The Pharaoh’s Cat by Maria Luisa Lang

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Suddenly talking and walking upright, a stray tomcat in ancient Egypt becomes the young Pharaoh’s intimate and, when accused of his murder, time travels to New York City and learns how to raise him from the dead.

The cat is quick-witted, wisecracking narrator as well as free-spirited, ever-curious protagonist, and the story he tells is an exotic, imaginative, spell-binding tragicomedy. The novel interweaves feline and human, past and present, natural and supernatural. It contains numerous surprises, twists and turns, intriguing characters, both human and animal, fascinating revelations about ancient Egyptian history and culture.

While exploring a looted tomb in ancient Egypt, the cat is kicked in the ass by the Vizier, the Pharaoh’s uncle and the second in power only to him. Able to speak as a result, the cat immediately gives voice to his intelligence and sense of humor and captivates the young Pharaoh, making him laugh for the first time since his parents’ death. The cat becomes the Pharaoh’s constant companion and, at the royal palace and on a tour of Egypt, participates in the festivities, developing an insatiable appetite for good food, wine, and gossip. Gradually, he renews the Pharaoh’s ability to enjoy life and inspires him to become a stronger leader. The bond of selfless love they share will change Egypt’s destiny.

The cat has a good friend in the High Priest of the god Amun-Ra and seeks his help in solving the mystery of his human powers and the supernatural manifestations that plague him. He has a mortal enemy in the cat-kicking Vizier, who hates him for his close relationship with the Pharaoh. The Vizier eventually murders the Pharaoh and accuses the cat, who flees by time-traveling with the High Priest to New York City, where they find an ally in an Egyptologist’s daughter.

In New York, they go to an ancient Egyptian exhibit, end up in Central Park, then at a cathedral, and later retrieve a lost spell to revive the dead. They return to Egypt to revive the Pharaoh, but the spell fails to work till Bastet appears to ask the cat to give his life in return for the Pharaoh’s. He says yes, but Bastet only needed him to agree for the spell to work. The Pharaoh is resurrected, kills the Vizier in battle, then returns to the world above after making the High Priest pharaoh in his place.

The High Priest reigns for seven years with the cat at his side. A rebellion forces them to return to New York City, where they find Elena pregnant with the High Priest’s child. For her, only months have passed. The cat immediately senses that the child she carries is the Pharaoh reincarnated.

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The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh’s Cat Novel by Maria Luisa Lang


About The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh’s Cat Novel by Maria Luisa Lang

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Now a New Yorker, the Pharaoh’s cat–the ancient Egyptian feline with human powers–travels back in time to free Egypt’s legendary Queen Nefertiti from a horrific curse, discovering firsthand why her mummy has never been found and her famous bust is missing one eye.

As in the first Pharaoh’s cat novel, the cat is quick-witted, wisecracking narrator as well as free-spirited, ever-curious protagonist, and the story he tells is an exotic, imaginative, spell-binding tragicomedy. The Eye of Nefertiti also interweaves feline and human, past and present, natural and supernatural. It too contains numerous surprises, twists and turns, intriguing characters, both human and animal, fascinating revelations about ancient Egyptian history and culture. Added to all this is an ingenious use of the Tarot and Italian opera.

The cat is living happily in New York City with the High Priest, Elena, daughter of an Egyptologist, and their infant son, the cat’s beloved Pharaoh reincarnated, when the supernatural gradually intrudes in the form of phantasms, the plot of an Italian opera, a Tarot card reading, and an unexpected summons to present-day Bath Spa disguised as an opportunity for Elena.

She and the little Pharaoh travel conventionally while the cat and the High Priest take the little boat they use for time travel and are diverted to ancient Stonehenge for a brief stop-over. The figure at the center of their encounter with the Druids has been prefigured in the cat’s phantasms, the Italian opera, and the Tarot reading, all his uncanny experiences being in accord with a single design.

Reunited with Elena and the infant Pharaoh in Bath, the cat and the High Priest discover a secret tomb below the Georgian house where they are staying, and are soon impelled to journey to ancient Egypt in the time of Queen Nefertiti to save her from a horrific curse. They become separated as they search for Nefertiti and the cat has several adventures before finding her on his own.

He undertakes an ingenious deception to stay close to her without revealing his identity. Being so close, he falls in love with her. He succeeds in lifting the horrific curse at great cost to himself. Despite his love, he surrenders Nefertiti to history and, mourning his loss, descends into a psychological abyss so deep only the Pharaoh can save him.

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The Lucifer Journals: The Beginning of All Problems by Marc Finks

The Lucifer Journals: The Beginning of All Problems by Marc Finks

All Lucifer wanted to do was help one hungry little girl learn how to plant seeds.
He really should have known better.
What started as a simple agricultural lesson accidentally creates human civilization—and all its problems. Watch our interdimensional observer’s well-meaning suggestions transform peaceful hunter-gatherers into property-owning, wall-building farmers with a talent for weaponizing every helpful hint.
As paradise transforms into something far more complicated, Lucifer—now eternally exiled on Earth—realizes humans possess an uncanny ability to turn any knowledge into a weapon and any advice into disaster.
“The Beginning of All Problems” reveals how feeding a hungry child results in warfare, social inequality, and transforms Lucifer into the villain of humanity’s oldest stories.
Perfect for fans of Good Omens and anyone who’s wondered why humans can’t have nice things.

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Coppelia Short Story From The Book Ballet Stories For Kids by Melanie Voland and Rosa Voland


About Coppelia Short Story From The Book Ballet Stories For Kids: Five of the Most Magical, Well Loved, World Famous Ballets, Specially Chosen and Adapted Into Children’s Stories by Melanie Voland and Rosa Voland

This is the third single story from our book: Ballet Stories For Kids: Five of the Most Magical, Well Loved, World Famous Ballets, Specially Chosen and Adapted Into Children’s Stories.

Would you like to know the story of Coppelia the ballet? Based on a famous gothic story called ‘The Sandman’ by E.T.A. Hoffmann, it is one of the most famous classical ballets in the world.

Get this story for FREE now from Amazon! and leave us a review or rating! or buy one of the other stories in the series as an ebook, which are only $0.99 each: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Coppelia, The Firebird, and Don Quixote.

The whole book, available in both ebook or paperback, of five of the world’s most famous classical ballet stories, makes a great Christmas read, or a great Christmas gift for kids.
It is for sale worldwide, in various formats, at all good bookstores and online marketplaces, and should be found alongside our other books.

The whole ebook, of 5 famous ballet stories, only costs $1.50!

“Once upon a time, there was a wonderful inventor and magician called Doctor Coppelius. Although he was really a kind man, and he lived in a friendly town, Doctor Coppelius was lonely and unhappy.

He didn’t get along with the other townspeople, because he was very clever and was interested in different things from them. The people considered him strange and eccentric. They whispered cruel rumours about him, and some of the children made fun of him. It made Doctor Coppelius feel, and act, bad tempered, and that just made them laugh and make fun of him even more.

Doctor Coppelius had no wife or children of his own, so he had made himself a beautiful lifelike mechanical doll for company, whom he called Coppelia…”

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Here Lyeth by Johanna Frank

Here Lyeth by Johanna Frank

NEW RELEASE NOV. 1/24!
A small-scale supernatural fantasy on big, real-life values. A story of rewiring unworthiness and searching for a place to belong.

Answers are buried beneath a grave marker. Only it happens to be her own.
Something was missing. It was easy for Lexxie to bury that niggling sense, she had all the love and protection a young woman needed. But when the man she thought to be her father spilled a fever-pitched confession—that she’d been taken from her real family as an infant—her content and isolated life ended.

STIRRING… EXTRAORDINARY… UPLIFTING…

Angry and heartbroken, Lexxie left the people she loved on a mere hint—her true father lived in Vereiteln Dorf, two villages over. Once there, she’s drawn to an unconsecrated graveyard. Since answers don’t come easy from the locals, she’s forced to make many assumptions and patch puzzling pieces together. But the more she does, the more her presence in this superstitious village becomes a threat, and the more she gives credence to a voice coming from a pit of ashes. The perils of a noose amid a 1688 witch hunt lay heavy on her shoulders.

Years earlier, in the same village, young Meginhardt succumbs to a vicious attack. Ethereal beings take him on a time-traveling journey to shake away the lad’s deeply rooted struggles of unworthiness.

But when Meginhardt learns that some woman named Lexxie is the chosen one to carry forward his father’s line of descendants, fits of jealousy ensue—a dream shattered. It should have been him. He becomes frantic to ensure the demise of this undeserving woman. In apparitional form, he delivers Lexxie a message, face to face.

Her future lyeth in his words.

• A standalone novel, part of A Lifeline Fantasy Series
• Book length approximately 90,000 words
• Recommended for Young Adults (14+) and up
• An edifying story involving feelings of unworthiness and a need to belong
• The background story behind the Prologue in The Gatekeeper’s Descendants
• A small-scale fantasy representing the outskirts of heaven

More from the author:
The Gatekeeper’s Descendants, a standalone family drama involving bullying and grief.
Jophiel’s Secret, a standalone adventure involving unforgiveness and grief.

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Fallen: Quest for the Sacred Stone by Edward Hendry

Fallen: Quest for the Sacred Stone by Edward Hendry

FREE on Kindle Monday 12/30/24

Step into a riveting adventure novel that will sweep you off your feet with nail-biting suspense, unlikely love, and one man’s search for a treasure that will change both past and future. When two worlds collide with earth-shattering consequences, the first book in The Redemption Series is a gripping read that’s perfect for fans of fantasy and historical fiction with religious undertones and a supernatural twist. Grab your copy today!

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Forever Lovely by Linore Rose Burkard

Forever Lovely by Linore Rose Burkard

Julian St. John brings Miss Margaret Andrews from 1819 to the future, but only for a day since his wife Claire is about to give birth to their first child. He doesn’t know Margaret’s real desire is to find a modern invention to bring back with her. A bluestocking by nature and lacking her sister’s famous beauty, Margaret knows she must make her way in society by becoming an inventress. But when the tallit, the magical time-travel shawl, goes awry, she finds herself alone and stranded in 21st Century New York City!

Stewart Russell is a grad student studying early British female writers when he meets Margaret at a Jane Austen Society Conference. Margaret is mistaken for an attendee but fits right in. Stewart is thrilled by her knowledge of the writers he’s studying, almost as much as her effortless acting with the speech and manners of Jane’s day. Until she claims to be from Jane’s day! Worse, he is a wanted man due to a mix-up, and time is running out… Can Margaret get them both back to the past before the unthinkable happens?

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Shadow Runner by KJ Fieler

Shadow Runner by KJ Fieler

What happens to a good person when she’s forced to embrace the darkness to survive? Kidnapped and groomed as a predator, Ada must target the very aristocracy she once called kin… or attempt a daring escape. But if she flees, she risks the lives of the two she loves most: her adopted sister and her enigmatic captor.

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Bridge of Kings by Logan D. Irons

Bridge of Kings by Logan D. Irons

Two Warriors. Two Kings. One bridge.

Some men hold secrets that are far darker than war. An old oath obligates Ulf Bodvarsson to join King Harald Hardrada’s army of Norsemen, seeking to assert his claim to the English crown. Yet near Stamford Bridge, enemies await, seeking to fulfill their own oaths of blood. The struggle that awaits them all will decide who rules and who dies.

This gritty historical fantasy novella gives new readers an excellent introduction to the dynamic grimdark world created by Logan D. Irons. Start the series that is perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin, Bernard Cornwell, Joe Abercrombie, John Gwynne, and Mark Lawrence.

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Do You Believe in Magic? by Jim Melvin


About Featured Book: Do You Believe in Magic? by Jim Melvin

Books 1 and 2 of Dark Circles will be free on April 22-26. Book 3 will debut for $3.99 on April 22.

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From the author of The Death Wizard Chronicles comes a new adventure suitable for teens and adults. Do You Believe in Magic? is book 1 of Dark Circles, a fantasy adventure trilogy for readers 13 and older. — When Charlie Magus enters a fantastical world hidden deep in the forest, his life is turned upside down. The timid 13-year-old transforms into a powerful wizard wielding formidable magic. In the real world, life goes on as usual. But in the fantasy world, a war is brewing that will dwarf all others. Charlie’s newfound powers stand between victory and defeat. But in which world does he truly belong?

This Fantasy book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print

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Sylvanus: Rise of the Demon by R.P. O’Ryan

Sylvanus: Rise of the Demon by R.P. O'Ryan

In the gripping fantasy novel “Sylvanus: Rise of the Demon,” an ancient prophecy foretells the arrival of the Promised One, destined to bring peace and restore harmony to the land. When twins are born, people believe one is the chosen savior.
However, when one of the twins journeys to our world as a missionary and befriends Dancing Elk, a native of the land, their lives take an unexpected turn.
An evil mage interferes, transforming the presumed chosen one, thus unleashing a malevolent beast that challenges the validity of the prophecy.
Now, a powerful demon wreaks havoc, obliterating all who oppose him. As fate draws Dancing Elk into the demon’s plans, he becomes an unwilling hero tasked with rescuing creation from its supposed savior.
But there’s a catch: Dancing Elk must find a way to contain the demon, and he has no idea how to accomplish such a daunting task. In this thrilling tale of destiny and self-discovery, Dancing Elk must rise to the challenge or risk the annihilation of everything he holds dear.

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Angels & Patriots: The Cause of 1776 (Book 2) by Salina B Baker


About Featured Book: Angels & Patriots: The Cause of 1776 (Book 2) by Salina B Baker

Award-Winning Finalist in the Fantasy: Historical category of the 2021 American Fiction Awards

Angels and Patriots is the struggle for faith and liberty in the face of the complex and often irrational actions of war, men, and angels.  Download today for free.

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Lovecraft Country: A Novel by Matt Ruff

Now an HBO® Series from J.J. Abrams (Executive Producer of Westworld), Misha Green (Creator of Underground) and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out)

The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy.

Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George—publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide—and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite—heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’s ancestors—they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours.

At the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabal named the Order of the Ancient Dawn—led by Samuel Braithwhite and his son Caleb—which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his—and the whole Turner clan’s—destruction.

A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism—the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.

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