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Summer Reads Blog Tour – Sammy HK Smith

17/7/2014

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Welcome back to the Summer Reads Blog Tour! This week our featured author is Sammy HK Smith, who is not only an excellent fantasy writer in her own right but also the head of Kristell Ink, a small but perfectly formed publishing imprint specialising in fantasy and sci-fi. Read on for more information about Sammy, her recent book release and her recommended summer reads ...
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Sammy HK Smith
Sammy lives and works in the sunny county of Oxfordshire in the UK with her husband, 14 cats, 2 dogs and hamster, Georgeski. When time allows, she writes. In Search of Gods and Heroes is her first book, and the first of the Children of Nalowyn series.

Between working and writing, she studies with the Open University for her BA in Humanities with a specialism in Classical Studies, and is currently learning (albeit slowly) Ancient Greek and Latin. She enjoys reading (obviously!), mythology, music, films, and a host of other uninteresting hobbies.

Sites:
www.kristell-ink.com

www.sammyhksmith.wordpress.com
www.facebook.com/sammyhksmith
www.twitter.com/sammyhksmith

In Search of Gods and Heroes
In Search of Gods and Heroes

Buried in the scriptures of Ibea lies a story of rivalry, betrayal, stolen love, and the bitter division of the gods into two factions. This rift forced the lesser deities to pledge their divine loyalty either to the shining Eternal Kingdom or the darkness of the Underworld.


When a demon sneaks into the mortal world and murders an innocent girl to get to her sister Chaeli, all pretence of peace between the gods is shattered. For Chaeli is no ordinary mortal, she is a demi-goddess, in hiding for centuries, even from herself. But there are two divine brothers who may have fathered her, and the fate of Ibea rests on the source of her blood.


Chaeli embarks on a journey that tests her heart, her courage, and her humanity. Her only guides are a man who died a thousand years ago in the Dragon Wars, a former assassin for the Underworld, and a changeling who prefers the form of a cat.


The lives of many others – the hideously scarred Anya and her gaoler; the enigmatic and cruel Captain Kerne; the dissolute Prince Dal; and gentle seer Hana – all become entwined. The gods will once more walk the mortal plane spreading love, luck, disease, and despair as they prepare for the final, inevitable battle.


In Search of Gods and Heroes, Book One of Children of Nalowyn, is a true epic of sweeping proportions which becomes progressively darker as the baser side of human nature is explored, the failings and ambitions of the gods is revealed, and lines between sensuality and sadism, love and lust are blurred.


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Sammy's bookshelf: summer-reads-blog-2014

Touch the Dark
5 of 5 stars
Touch the Dark
by Karen Chance
This is my favourite urban fantasy series of all time. Dark, gritty, funny, and with a splash of romance. What I love is that Karen doesn't make our heroine the milquetoast MC that bumbles about needing a man to set her right. Cassie is ...
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Through Violet Eyes
5 of 5 stars
Through Violet Eyes
by Stephen Woodworth
I picked this book up several years ago in a cheap bookstore. I didn't quite know what to expect, but after reading the novel I immediately ordered the subsequent books in the series. A paranormal mystery surrounding those with violet ey...
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Wit'ch Fire
5 of 5 stars
Wit'ch Fire
by James Clemens
This series ranks in my top fantasy books of all time. They're old school fantasy - good vs bad. With a strong female MC and a band of characters who are neither blank or white. James Clemens writes characters that are complex, interesti...
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Empire of the Saviours
5 of 5 stars
Empire of the Saviours
by A.J. Dalton
A.J Dalton was (I believe) the first author to officially coin the term metaphysical fantasy - where things such as free will and destiny are swayed by external influences such as gods. Where nature nurtures and we consider more than the...
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Autodrome
5 of 5 stars
Autodrome
by Kim Lakin-Smith
Not YA, not adult, this fits wonderfully into the NA reading genre. A perfect blend of dieselpunk, dystopia and science fiction, Autodrome is a city in the desert where racing is everything. I liken it to the pod-racing in Star Wars - th...
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