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GOD Hunt is now available for the Kindle from Amazon.
GOD Hunt at Amazon.co.uk
GOD Hunt at Amazon.com.
Tammy, Tatiana and Miko- enhanced humans working for a mysterious Artificial Intelligence known only as Ruby Horse- have been sent to an Eastern European forest to shut down a secret lab which has started offering combat robots to the highest bidder.
“General Ordnance Division, shortened to GOD, had been the prefix attached to the model names of the original series of military robots out of the old United States of America. The name, with all its overtones, had stuck and been used to describe any robotic device seen in proximity to a human in uniform. From the humblest personal load carrier all the way up to the autonomous stealth cruisers- some of which were reputed to still be patrolling the Pacific and committing acts of piracy for spares and consumables- each one was a GOD.
With the exception of ghost navies and other legends most of the gun-toting GODs had done away with one another in the resource wars which had scarred the years before the emergence of the Patrons. But there were a lot of surplus unarmed GODs knocking around, and numerous civilian versions had appeared based upon the tech. GODs, particularly the older ones, were simple by the standards of current Intelligences. They were easy to work on, though modifications tended to have unintended consequences which were usually of the dangerous kind.”
After the Resource wars and ecological collapse, humanity has been saved by the mysterious artificial intelligences known as the Patrons. Facing open hostility and violence, the Patrons have recruited human enforcers. Part human, part machine, the Mongrels keep the peace and do their Patrons’ dirty work.
The first short story in the Mongrels series is now out through Smashwords. You can buy GOD Hunt for just $0.99
Tammy, Tatiana and Miko- cyborgs working for a mysterious artificial intelligence- must infiltrate a secret Eastern European base where combat robots are being built and sold to the highest bidder. But has someone, or something, already killed everyone in the underground complex?
You can now sign up to receive the B-Movie Night reviews- and other news from Garth Owen- on your Kindle. Sign up for a free trial at Amazon.
Kindle books have been on sale through Amazon.jp for a few weeks. Here’s Slashed on the Japanese site. And here’s Sounds of Soldiers.
This morning I noticed that my books were also available in Brazil. Here’s Garth Owen’s books on amazon.com.br, and this is the amazon.com.br list of books by Ian Pattinson.
There’s also a list of Ian Pattinson’s books available from Amazon in Canada, but not all of Garth Owen’s (two book) backlist is live right now. The Girl on the Bridge has a page, but Slashed is currently returning a 404 message.
The Kindle Fire HD might be a smaller iPad alternative, at least as far as content goes. On top of ebooks, it also handles full colour content, audio and video and has a touch screen. You can tie it to your Lovefilm account and, unlike Apple, Amazon appear to treat their customers as grown ups when it comes to how they watch their content.
I’ll have a tablet eventually. I don’t know if it will be a Kindle Fire, but it’s on the list. It’s also a potential platform for the content I create, so I’m going to keep an eye on the specs.
Get The Girl On The Bridge from-
Amazon US * Amazon UK * Smashwords * Amazon FR * Amazon DE * Amazon ES * Amazon IT
The Girl On The Bridge is the newest book from Garth Owen. It’s the first in the Adam and the Ghosts series and also part one of a two part introduction to Adam, his main ghosts and some of the supporting cast. Part two- The Girl In The Wall- is coming soon.
When Adam takes a picture of a girl who isn’t there it’s only the start of a strange and exciting journey.
The sky was still and blue and a heat haze distorted the tarmac, but Adam had just walked into ice cold air. He had come to a stunned halt then taken a swift step back before the chill froze his joints. Now the hot, heavy air he had escaped to raised a quick sweat and made it hard to breathe.
Adam reached out to touch the shaft of frigid air. Whatever wasn’t there resisted. His fingers tingled with freezer burn, but it only went print deep. He prodded, and imagined he felt a little give, like material, or even skin. The ends of his fingers were going numb from the cold, or whatever he was pressing was warming to his touch. He shoved the resisting air until he felt it move, and imagined he heard the scuffling of something being pushed along the ground.
The tips of Adam’s fingers stung now. He stared at them, as if that would give him an answer, then something stroked his forearm.
It wasn’t as cold as the invisible obstruction had been, but it still felt wrong. It was like being caressed by an insistent and very localised wind. The wind asked, very quietly, “Can you see me?” Then it grasped his right wrist. It was a light hold, and not as cold as previously. As what felt like two dainty hands held him they warmed up to almost skin temperature.
Adam reached down with his left hand and drew his phone from his jeans pocket. With barely a glance at it and practised moves he opened the camera, held the phone in front of him and took a picture.
Part 1 of a two part introduction to the world of Adam and the ghosts and creatures he encounters. Contains explicit content, recommended for adults.
Amazon have announced that they’re starting selling Kindle books in India. Their press release says that you can find all the Indian Kindle releases at www.amazon.com/kindlestoreindia, but I seem to get redirected to a page at amazon.com with nothing to suggest it’s their Indian subdivision.
India’s a huge market. It would be interesting to see what sorts of books do well there.
Hay on Wye is home to the Hay Festival, the “Woodstock of the mind”, one of the world’s most celebrated literary festivals. To get himself some attention ahead of this year’s festival, one of the town’s booksellers is calling for a ban on Kindles at event.
Apparently ebook readers are “soulless” and are destroying the written word. Or, at least, putting some bookshops out of business.
As someone who makes a little bit of money publishing books for the Kindle (and other ereaders) I’m bound to defend the little grey tablet. Ebooks and readers are a boon for writers and readers- indie writers can deliver stories to readers for less and still make a decent amount on each sale. They’re not so great for bookshops or publishers. I like wandering around a bookshop, and I’d hate to see any good ones close, but that’s not enough to persuade me to ban ereaders. If the Luddites want to find something to get really angry about which could cause long term damage to the nation’s literacy, they should worry about library closures.
I’ve dropped the ebook price of Sounds of Soldiers for the summer. If you’re looking for an interesting and different story to load onto your ebook reader (or phone, laptop etc.) to read over the holidays, then now’s the time to get it. For the Kindle it’s 99 cents at Amazon US, 0,99 euro at Amazon Germany or 69 pence at Amazon UK. For just about every other ebook reader it’s available from Smashwords as well.
I’m currently working on two new tales in the Irwin Baker series. If you’d like to catch up on the Irwin Baker series so far, just follow the link.
Clicking through will take you to the book’s page at Amazon US. If you’re in the UK you can get a copy of Sounds of Soldiers from Amazon UK. You can also get Sounds of Soldiers from Amazon DE.
But not in German. Sorry guys, but I can’t yet stretch to a translator.
Here’s Slashed at Amazon.de.
And here’s Sounds of Soldiers at Amazon.de.
 Slashed is available in for the Kindle. You can buy it from Amazon UK or Amazon US.
Slashed is an energetic and over the top homage to the slasher movies of the eighties and beyond.
What happens when the madman in the mask isn’t the most dangerous person in the house?
When eight teenagers turn up unannounced and determined to have a party at Warden’s Lodge they are warned away by the grizzled old owner of the gas station nearby. Of course, they don’t pay any attention to him.
Over twenty years ago Warden’s Lodge was the scene of a horrible massacre when a prisoner on a work gang went crazy. He killed the three most powerful men in the county, as well as the guards and his fellow prisoners, then he disappeared. Ever since then the locals have kept their doors locked and their guns close.
When the teenagers set up camp in the Lodge it seems obvious what will happen. But they’re not what they seem, and there’s something waiting in the woods for them and the hidden killer. In one long night a lot of blood will flow, and Warden’s Lodge will never be the same again.
A house with a grisly history.
The killer who calls it home.
Eight teens planning a party.
But who’s hunting who?
Slashed is available in Epub, pdf, RTF and more from Smashwords. The Kindle edition should be available in the next couple of days.
Warden’s Lodge has a blood soaked history dating back to before the Civil War. After a violent massacre it has stood empty for over twenty years. The locals keep their doors locked and are never far from a gun, fearing what they think lives in the lodge.
When eight teenagers turn up, determined to have a party in the lodge despite the warnings, blood can’t be far away.
In one long, violent night the lodge is going to claim more lives.
A house with a grisly history.
The killer who calls it home.
Eight teens planning a party.
But who’s hunting who?
 Spinneyhead Shorts 2 – Fast Fictions is now available for the Amazon Kindle. (That’s the Amazon UK link, you can also get it at Amazon US).
“Thirteen tales- from flash fiction to short stories- from Ian Pattinson. Encounter battling aliens, creepy graffiti, combat rats and the US Navy’s least popular ship, amongst others. What they lack in words, these stories make up for in ideas.”
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