Book Blitz & Giveaway: Code of Reanimation, by Lanie Mores

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Code of Reanimation
Spin-off of the Father of Contention series
by Lanie Mores
Paranormal Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror
Date Published: 11-14-2023

 

Freedom is a state of mind.

Brigita Nowak has only ever wanted one thing—her freedom. Labelled psychotic and committed to a mental institution at seventeen, she missed the chance of a “normal” life. She never held a job, owned her own place, or experienced love. Until now.

After awakening sprawled on the common room floor—the hospital in ruins, the staff and patients missing—she realizes it’s her chance to escape. Seeking sanctuary with her sister, she meets “the boyfriend” Renner Scholz, a vile yet brilliant geneticist. He has developed a bioweapon, the Code of Reanimation, destined to destroy the world. Or so Brigita believes. She’s been seeing zombie hallucinations as of late, a sure premonition of the highly contagious bioweapon getting out of hand. Why the connection? Because the bioweapon reanimates dead organisms into bloodthirsty killing machines.

Brigita has typically experienced death-based hallucinations, blamed on her mental illness. She, however, always felt they were psychic premonitions. Convinced that Renner intends to release the bioweapon at a public fundraising event, she teams up with a handsome love interest to thwart the catastrophe. But, as Brigita’s visions kick into hyperdrive and timelines blur, she must determine which events are based on reality or delusional constructs of her subconscious mind…

before it’s too late.

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About the Author

Lanie Mores is the award-winning author of the science fiction and fantasy book series, Father of Contention. She has an Honours Bachelor of Science Degree, a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, and she is an active member of the Canadian Authors Association. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find her reading, binge-watching Netflix, baking, and slaughtering zombies and other monsters on her Xbox. She lives in Ontario with her family and forever barking fur babies, Batman and Petri.

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Spotlight & Author Interview: Monilinia, by Free Mint

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Hounding Prey: Monilinia
Author name: Free Mints
Genre: Dark MM Horror Romance
Release date: 4th March 2024
Page count: 194

A wolf cannot live among sheep. Eventually, the herd would smell the rotten carcasses of their brethren.

Loukas had always known he was tainted. Since childhood, he had an abhorrent longing—to tear away others’ living exteriors to see if they were as putrid as he was. Feast on their flesh and bone to satiate his undying hunger. His only hope for salvation was to quell his sickness, hide his shame, and fulfill his duty as the eldest son of the Asbjorn family. To live as a normal human being, keep his head down, and finally gain their pride.

That was until he met the new university repairman during his shift at the library. Loukas should have found the beast-kin, with his lecherous and crude mouth, detestable. He had been taught to avoid the impure and pray for them from afar. But the carefree attitude and kind words from an older man gave Loukas a bit of decency from another soul, a taste of the impurity he’d fought so hard never to revisit yet longed for.

Time with Hide brings Loukas to the precipice of undoing all his years of devotion and contrition to his family and church. No amount of praying would absolve his growing fascination for the filthy animal whose sweet words fester in a cesspool of his deepest desires.

Leaving Hide alone only worsens the hollowness inside Loukas, fracturing his facade of timidness. All of Loukas’ efforts to suppress his perversions will be in vain if the rot within consumes him. The solitude he’s always known is his only option to save him and keep his hunger at bay. But it may be too late if Hide is just as rotten.

This is the first book dark gay romance series. This series has a HEA but this book ends on a To Be Continued ending so keep that in mind. It dives into several uncomfortable topics and themes . Please read the warnings and take care.

Content warnings: This is a dark gay romance series. It dives into several uncomfortable topics and themes regarding trauma, abuse and obsession. Including: graphic sex Gore Murder Mutilation Bullying Age gap relationship (10+) drug and alcohol use Unhealthy power dynamics Depictions and ideations of self harm Dubcon Stalking Tentacles Implied parental abuse Brief mention/implication of animal death in the past Sexual sadism/ Sexual gratification from murder/ Sexual sadistic fantasies Jealously, implied religious trauma.

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Author Interview:

1. Tell us a little about how this story first came to be. Did it start with an image, a voice, a concept, a dilemma or something else?

It an mix of so many things its not even funny.

The characters came after a lot internal reflection on certain aspect about myself and life all bundled into a story. Both the negative and positives (mostly focused on the extreme negatives though cus its more fun that way)

I used to read a lot of horror and extreme horror novels and I thought, “Hey what if I it was very gay.”

Then I read things like Exquisite corpse and the sluts which further influence my tone. Eventually after reading a lot of dark romances where I was not really that impressed with the Male leads, I decided to go further and write “okay what will cause a male lead to devolve into stalking” and what kind of person who would love that?

Basically what if shy extreme sexual sadists met a over confident sexual masochist.

2. What, if anything, did you learn when writing the book?

I learnt that using 3 different program to write on would be a pain. Yes that should have been obvious but I’m dense and stubborn.

3. What surprised you the most in writing it?

When I got beta readers I was surprised by the number of people who found the gore scary or unsettling. Maybe cus I was writing it so it didn’t affect me, but people were unnerved. So an accomplishment.

4. What does the title mean?

Monilinia is a type of fungus that rots fruits such as peaches. It refers to how the MC Loukas feels about himself both figuratively and literally as well as describe his worsening urges as the story goes on.

5. Were any of the characters inspired by real people? If so, do they know?

I rather not get sued but a few are inspired by real people, ain’t gonna tell which ones thou. However a lot of the characters have traits from myself and conversations I have had in the past.

6. Do you consider the book to have a lesson or moral?

I tend to prefer the reader to come out with one themselves. I do plan the tone, vibe and feel but rarely an actual message and even if I do have one I prefer the reader to figure it out themselves or come to their own conclusion. That is a personal preference.

7. What is your favorite part of the book?
A tie

The roof top conversation between Hide and Loukas. It was the first time they actual bond and talk to each other rather than talk around each other. Just a calm yet melancholic chat alone where no one would judge or throw them off.

And When a guy was punched in the face in an alley.

8. Which character was most challenging to create? Why?

I’ll say Xander mostly cus its hard to get into the mind of someone so confident so secure himself yet so subtly malicious while also making him palatable to the mc to not notice. Especially since its set up for the next books

9. What are your immediate future plans?

Publishing the next 3 books in the series and wrap it up.


About the Author:

Free Mints is a black queer Author, who writes weird, gay and unsettling things. That lives with his kitty editor and a tastes for the darker world of fiction

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Spotlight: Six Moons, Seven Gods, by Robert A. Walker

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Six Moons, Seven Gods
The Legends of Baelon, #1
by Robert A. Walker
October 7, 2023
Epic Fantasy
Fairytale Publishing
305 pages

 

“One must be careful practicing deception. The easiest to deceive will always be one’s self.”

The skilled thieves of the Takers Guild plot to overthrow the kingdoms of Baelon, but when their plans are thwarted by a prescient woman and her brooding daughter, they must turn to the League of Assassins for assistance. 

Meanwhile, retired royal guard Rolft Aerns returns to the palace of King Axil with an old score to settle. When they all cross paths–and swords–in the dark shadows of Fostead’s south end, nothing is as it seems and the murder count rises quickly.

The long fingers of the Guild reach everywhere, and one overly ambitious thief is all it takes to spark a chain of events that will haunt the world of Baelon for many years to come.

 


Praise:

“A fascinatingly detailed and murder-fueled adventure in a violent fantasy setting.”
— Kirkus Reviews

“In Robert A. Walker’s Six Moons, Seven Gods, loyalty and treachery entwine, friendships are tested, and dangerous secrets are held close to the heart… a brilliant, compelling narrative that hooks the reader from start to finish.”
— Literary Titan 5-star Review

“…an exceptionally rewarding fantasy. There are twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat, unable to stop reading.”
— Ronél Steyn for Readers’ Favorite, 5 stars


About the Author:

Award-winning author Robert A. Walker grew up in Northwestern Massachusetts. After graduating college, he packed his scant belongings in a car with rusted-out floorboards and headed west. He’s lived in California ever since, and now resides along the Pacific Ocean with his wife and dogs. When not fabricating stories, he can be found roaming local tennis courts or working on a never-ending list of DIY house projects.

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