Greg Mitchell: Dark Hour

Greetings from the southern summer! It's time to announce Splashdown's first title for the year...and it's a doozy :)

The end is here.

Swayed by the demonic Strange Man, the townspeople have sacrificed their freedom for prosperity. Monsters lurk in every shadow and the few who oppose the new regime have been chased out of town, forced to wage their war in hiding. For ex-reverend Jeff Weldon and those under his care, it is a losing battle, but the tale begins to turn with the return of his brother Dras.

Dras arrives at his hometown to find it has descended into darkness - but the worst is yet to come. The Strange Man's final plan is falling into place and the Dark Hour is close at hand. Dras, Jeff, and the last of Greensboro's protectors work frantically to unlock the Strange Man's secrets and uncover the key to stopping the Dark Hour before all is lost. But when Dras discovers the fate of his best friend, Rosalyn Myers, he will realize that he has more to lose in this battle than he ever imagined.

Dark Hour is the explosive final act in The Coming Evil Trilogy. All bets are off as the remnant of light clash with the armies of darkness. The final fates of Jeff, Isabella, Dras, and Rosalyn, along with all of Greensboro, will be decided in a desperate last stand.

Paperback $9.99
Kindle $4.99
Other ebook formats $4.99

If you haven't yet read the first two books in The Coming Evil Trilogy, you can find out all about them at Greg's site, www.thecomingevil.com.

Coming next from Splashdown: Alpha Revelation by P. A. Baines. This twisty-turny sequel to the award-winning Alpha Redemption will give your mind an unforgettable ride through an underground city and the reaches of space.

As always, thanks for reading - stay inspired!

Grace Bridges
www.splashdownbooks.com

November News: Prophetess, 2012 in Review, and an Opportunity

Good morning to all the friends of Splashdown! Welcome to our last regular update for the year - we've now finished with the 2012 publishing schedule. Let us present the year's final book...

Prophetess by Keven Newsome

The sequel to Winter is finally here! Keven and the editorial team have been hard at work all summer to bring you the action-packed continuation of Winter's story woven in both past and present.

One act of violence is not enough to fulfill Xaphan's plans. One near escape does not justify Winter's growing gift. There is more. She can feel it. The warnings swell within her. He's searching for someone. A person of promise...a person of prophecy. And Winter must find her first.

Grab it now in paperback at Amazon or Barnes & Noble, or in ebook on Kindle or Smashwords.


2012 in Review

What a schedule it's been! Ten releases: nine books and a CD, covering every genre and including brand new ventures as well as anticipated sequels. Not only Winter gained a follow-up: there was Blood and Brine by Caprice Hokstad and Reality's Fire by R. L. Copple, each completing a trilogy, and Seeking Unseen by Kat Heckenbach, book 2 of the Toch Island Chronicles. Frank Creed was new to our ranks with Devil's Hit List, but it's third in a series we adopted. New authors with debut novels this year were Diane M. Graham and Robynn Tolbert, and Greg Mitchell joined us with a new series. And of course we can't forget Avenir Eclectia, the work of 18 authors, and its very own soundtrack by Michael L. Rogers.

With the release of Prophetess we also reached the milestone of our 25th book! Don't they all look pretty...

A Splashdown Opportunity

This press has come to a point in its growth where we are in need of additional administrative assistance. We are now beginning to search for a person to fill this paid position. If accounts are your forte, perhaps along with a little marketing, and you'd like to get in on Splashdown, please email for further details.

October News: Avenir Eclectia, Devil's Hit List, and Free Ebook

Kia Ora folks! October's a VERY busy one for us here at Splashdown, not least because "here" is constantly changing. I'm sending this to you from Illinois, but just in the last two weeks I've also been in Colorado, Iowa, Oklahoma and Missouri. And in that time we've had two awesome new releases, so let's get onto those first!

Yes, it's finally here! Two years in the making, with seventeen authors and 137 stories, the very first Avenir Eclectia collection has hit the streets. You'll recognise many of the names from our Splashdown novelists' lineup, and there are plenty of new faces too. With 20 interior illustrations by Michael L. Rogers and an encyclopedia section at the back, this volume provides an ideal doorway into the Avenir Eclectia world. And if you've been following along at www.avenireclectia.com, here's a great way to keep track of all your favourite stories. They've been arranged by Travis Perry into a new order that makes it easy to follow each thread. We've been able to keep the price really low even though this is comparable to a mid-size novel.

Avenir Eclectia Volume 1 - Paperback $5.98 (or 4 for the price of 3!)
Avenir Eclectia Volume 1 - Kindle $2.99
Avenir Eclectia Soundtrack by Michael L. Rogers - CD $15.00 or $8.99 on MP3.

Human settlement in the harshest of places. The Avenir: once a generational ship, now a crowded residential station and dominating force over a hard, broken world. Its people have nearly forgotten distant Earth, its wizards ponder the mysteries of the universe, its orphans suffer and beg, while the aristocrats live the high life. Eclectia: the highly unstable planet far below, pulled by its heavy moons into a fast wobble, its crust fractured and tormented with frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Miners and bug hunters eke out an existence through the grit and extreme seasons. The lucky ones live in undersea colonies, where submarines connect cities in the depths. The oceans teem with telepathic life everyone calls "angels." Sheba and Quatermain, the fractured and molten moons of Eclectia, are settled by miners and spacers, while merchants and smugglers ply their trades. For most, survival is an everyday question. Multi-author microfiction gives a many-faceted view of the future.

Devil's Hit List by Frank Creed is a cyberpunk adventure like no other...

The hottest new thing on the street isn't a drug-it's a virtual reality experience that makes crack cocaine look like cotton candy. There is, however, one side-effect: it's lethal. When the One State contracts the Ash Corporation to produce Virtual-e, a highly addictive entertainment intended to reduce global population levels, Calamity Kid and his crew are tasked to stop its production in North America. But how far can the Underground heroes get when battling the combined forces of global government and mega-corporation?

Devil's Hit List - Paperback $11.98

Devil's Hit List - Kindle $4.99

Ebook Specials This Month!

From October 10th to 14th, Finding Angel by Kat Heckenbach will be FREE on Kindle, and reduced from its regular price to $3.99 after that.

For the month of October, Star of Justice by Robynn Tolbert is just $2.99 - for our biggest book ever!

And in preparation for the November release of Keven Newsome's explosive sequel Prophetess, Winter book 1 is now also $3.99. 

If you need an e-reader format other than Kindle, just let us know and we'll sort that out for you - but only while each promotion is live!

Thanks for your support, and happy reading!

September News 2012

Kia Ora, everyone!

A busy July meant that August was quiet on the book front here at Splashdown, but there's all the more going on now! First up, our new release:

Seeking Unseen by Kat Heckenbach

The anticipated sequel to Finding Angel is here!

It may be Angel's wish...but it's Melinda's journey. It's been two years since Angel learned the magic chip of wood inside her locket would grant any wish. What is taking her so long to choose? An alarming discovery about her beloved foster brother Zack makes the decision easy...but everything else gets complicated after she runs into her old friend Melinda, who demands to go along for the return to Toch Island. 

Melinda doesn't fit in with the magical freaks any more than she did with the losers back in Florida, but she never wanted to belong before. A secret world surrounds her where even the bugs have magic... She's more of an outsider than ever. So when ex-con Doran Ashe slinks out of the shadows and offers her an easy road to powers of her own, Melinda follows him despite-or maybe because of-everyone's warnings. 

Grab it now - a fantasy treat for young adult readers!

Seeking Unseen paperback at Amazon - $13.98

Seeking Unseen on Kindle - $6.99

Three Splashdown titles available through Kindle Select

The Duke's Handmaid by Caprice Hokstad will be available free from Amazon until the end of Labor Day. 

Tales of the Dim Knight by Adam and Andrea Graham is also free through Monday. 

That's tomorrow, folks! So get over there and grab 'em while they're hot!

R.L. Copple's Reality's Dawn is also available from now until October 15th as a free borrow for Amazon Prime members. Like what you read? He has two other books in the same series. Check them out.

Splashdown's First Blog Tours

The first Splashdown Books Blog Tour roared through July with satisfying results. What? You missed it? Go here to start your trip through multi-dimensional space with Greg Mitchell, author of Rift Jump, as he showcases his debut novel.

The next tour featured Faith Awakened, the first novel of our own Space Kiwi Grace Bridges. Here's the central hub to find the interviews, excerpts and videos of this tour. 

Avenir is coming!

Later this month, as promised, Avenir Eclectia Volume 1 arrives with all the intensity you could want from micro-fiction in book form. We'll be sending out a short special announcement when this becomes available around mid-September. In the meantime, keep up with story developments at www.avenireclectia.com.

Arrival in Ten, Nine, Eight...

Grace has crossed the pond. Eager fans, writers and groupies have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Irish Kiwi with a German Twist on her whirlwind 20 States Tour. We'll keep you posted as this world traveler travels our world for far too short a time. The tour plan is here and the photo albums are here (Canada) and here (Eastern states so far). 

That's it for now. Never fear. We'll keep you up to date on breaking Splashdown news. In the meanwhile, sit back and enjoy a good book. We have plenty!

Faith Awakened blog tour central

Hang on, I hear you say. That's an OLD book!
It sure is. Five years old. But the Splashdown Blog Tour is a brand new idea, so we'll be touring our older titles in between new releases. As the captain of this-here ship, it's only fair that I should lead by example. It was fun putting together all the bits and pieces for everyone, and here's where to find them...

Excerpts:
Mariah All Alone - hosted by R. L. Copple
Geeking Out - hosted by Diane M. Graham
Testing the System - hosted by Frank Creed
The Wedding Night that Wasn't - hosted by Caprice Hokstad


A Vision of the Real and Unreal - with Travis Perry
Early days of writing, my themes and style - with Kat Heckenbach
The Splashdown basics - with Fred Warren
Indepth Interview with Greg Mitchell
The Faith Awakened Video Campaign - with Robynn Tolbert
The Music of Faith Awakened - with Keven Newsome

(Please excuse the lateness of this post. It's been kinda busy...)

Greg Mitchell's RIFT JUMP - Blog Tour Central

My thanks to all the team for making the first Splashdown Blog Tour so much fun! Here's the collected link list to take you straight to all the fascinating morsels everyone posted about Greg and his amazing book.

Interviews and Excerpts:
Travelling in a sheet of paper and the development of the teenage idea - with R. L. Copple
The Prologue of Rift Jump - hosted by P. A. Baines
The story behind the Rift Jump cover art - with Kat Heckenbach
"I'm a monster." Excerpt hosted by Frank Creed
The war against Chaos - with Travis Perry
It's Paranormal Romance - but NOT AT ALL like Twilight! - with Caprice Hokstad
Greg's writing career origins and the new step with Splashdown - with Robynn Tolbert
On Greg's writing style - with R. L. Copple
5 for Friday - with Keven Newsome
Themes and Development in Writing - with Fred Warren

Bonus Posts from the team:
Evil Entropy, Son of Chaos - further thoughts from Travis Perry
A Frank Review of Rift Jump - with Frank Creed

Greg's Rift Jump Commentary:
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five

Also check Greg's July 2012 blog archive for a bunch more Rift Jump stuff!

July 2012

Kia Ora, Everyone!

Winter is in full swing in the Southern Hemisphere and Summer heat blazes in the North. What could be better than snuggling up with a good book and a blanket or by the poolside? Yes, we have just the book.

New Release from Splashdown Darkwater:
Rift Jump by Greg Mitchell

The day Michael Morrison died was the day his life began.

A sinister threat is growing in the void between realities, and Michael has been recruited to stop it. Ripped from his own violent life, he is sent rift jumping to other worlds seeking out the agents of the Dark and putting them to an end by any means necessary. The love of his life, Sara, joins him as he battles Civil War space ships, sea serpents, superpowered humans, and even his own duplicate from a parallel timeline.

But the darkness he fights is growing within him too, calling him to the same destiny as every other Michael from every other world. If he is to change his fate, he must learn to love, to forgive, to trust, and to let the man in the Stetson guide him to become the warrior of the Light he was always meant to be.

Rift Jump is now available. Grab it now at Amazon or B&N (Paperback), Kindle, and all ebook formats at Smashwords. Other outlets to follow. 

Splashdown's First Darkwater release, Winter...

is now available as an audiobook at Kindle, Audible and iTunes. Want to know more? Read the interview with voice actress Lindsey Zana and another at Magical Ink where Keven talks about the process of making it, and more.

Summer Extravaganza from Caprice Hokstad

Caprice has joined the spirit of the season with a Summer giveaway designed to make your poolside experience book friendly. What do a waterproof e-reader cover, a giant-sized tote and a reuseable water bottle have in common? They could be yours!
Check out the rules at her blog, but enter now! Contest entry deadline is July 5, so don't delay!

The Silliest Contest Ever

Have you seen it? You haven't seen it? How can you not have seen it? Go see it!
I'm not kidding. Splashdown authors Keven and Diane prove that there's more to them than writing.
While you're at it, read the books. They're much better than the dancing.
I promise.


And the winners... who may or may not be as silly as the contest. 

1st Place – Crystal Serrano. Wins a Kindle Touch, fully loaded with the Prize List.

2nd Place – Timothy Ward. Wins the entire Prize List of electronic books.

3rd Place – Ralene Burke. Wins her choice of 5 electronic books from the Prize List.

4th Place – Tim George. Wins his choice of 2 electronic books from the Splashdown Books catalog.

5th Place – Becky Milstead. Wins her choice of 1 electronic book from the Splashdown Books catalog.

Coming Soon 

Autumn Tour

Summer and Winter just arrived, but Fall is coming to the USA, and so is Splashdown publisher Grace Bridges!
Less than one month to go until Grace sets off on her epic journey: 20 stops in 20 states over 4+ months.
Stay tuned for information on conference panels and writing/publishing seminars in Georgia, Colorado and Kansas. Maybe more. Are you keen to help set something up?
Here's your chance to meet the Irish Kiwi with a German Twist, the Queen Alien, the Space Kiwi, yea, even the Wise-Word-Bird, Grace Bridges, in the flesh/scales/feathers.
Don't miss it. Itinerary details HERE.

Avenir Eclectia Volume 1

Have you subscribed to the micro-fiction world of Avenir Eclectia in your inbox? Multiple authors of multiple story lines, each small enough to read in a few minutes yet big enough to chew on for hours.

Well, that world will soon be available in book form.
Stay tuned.

To sum up...Enter Caprice's contest, watch The Silliest Dance Video ever, and order Greg Mitchell's new release Rift Jump and Keven Newsome's Winter audio.
That should get you through whatever season your July falls in.