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M T McGuire · 03-24-2012, 05:48 PM

Hello

If you like car chases, humour, sarcasm and ooo-er, a little bit of romance, The Wrong Stuff, K'Barthan Trilogy: Part 2, might be the right stuff for you, although if you haven't read Few Are Chosen, K'Barthan Trilogy: Part 1 you might want to have a pop at that first.

For those of you who are a bit leery about strange fantasy words, K'Barthan - pronounced Kerbarthan - is the most difficult word in the whole series to read/pronounce... and numb-nuts here had to go and put it on the cover. Never mind.

The first book, Few Are Chosen, K'Barthan Trilogy: Part 1. Is set in a parallel universe and is about The Pan of Hamgee, an outlaw, with eyes in the back of his head who becomes a getaway driver - conventional job opportunities are slim when your existence is treason. Few Are Chosen has been shortlisted for the Wishing Shelf Independent Author awards in the teen fiction category - although it's mostly read by adults at the moment. Here's the blurb anyway.

The Pan of Hamgee isn’t paranoid. There must be some people in K’Barth who aren’t out to get him; it’s just that, right now, he’s not sure where they are. His family are dead, his existence is treason and he does the only thing he can to survive – getaway driving.

As if being on the run isn’t bad enough, when he finds a magic thimble and decides to keep it, he unwittingly sets himself on a collision course with Lord Vernon, K’Barth’s despot ruler.

Unwillingly, The Pan is forced to make choices and stand up for his beliefs – beliefs he never knew he had until they were challenged. But, faced with a stark moral dilemma will his new found integrity stick? Can he stop running?

The second book in the Trilogy - The Wrong Stuff, K'Barthan Trilogy: Part 2. Follows The Pan's advantures as he ends up here in Blighty, London to be precise.

The Pan of Hamgee is not a natural knight in shining armour. Yet he has escaped from police custody in K’Barth, switched realities and foiled Lord Vernon’s attempt to kidnap Ruth, the Chosen One from the Festival Hall. Pretty good, he thinks.

However, Ruth thinks otherwise. Being pursued by Lord Vernon is bad enough. Now, thanks to The Pan, she’s on the run. They are both alive, of course, but with Lord Vernon on their tail neither of them can be sure how long for.

To save her life The Pan must introduce Ruth, the woman of his dreams, to the person prophesied to be the man of hers. And he knows he must do it fast. Before Lord Vernon finds her. But the gentleman in question is in hiding and no-one knows where. Can The Pan find him? And if he does, can he bring himself to unite them?

If you're interested feel free to have a look. I'd rate them PG. British English with a dash of light swearing.

If anyone on here has read either book, feel free to have a chat or say hello.

The third book, One Man: No Plan is under construction....

If you do decide to have a look you can find both books via my author pages on a number of sites but I should add a caveat that while I can publish directly to Amazon, myself, the others are distributed via Smashwords and may take a while to ship. Anyway... most of my stuff is available from the following sites:

Kindle:
Amazon.co.uk here
Amazon.com here

Multiple formats
Smashwords here.

Nook
Barnes & Noble here

Apple
On iBooks a search for McGuire should work

[Promotional link to first book deleted - MODERATOR]

Cheers

MTM

PS, Here are two pretty pictures of the cover.

03-24-2012, 05:48 PM	#1
M T McGuire Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 1006970 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Device: kindle	The K'Barthan Trilogy or at least, three quarters of it. Hello If you like car chases, humour, sarcasm and ooo-er, a little bit of romance, The Wrong Stuff, K'Barthan Trilogy: Part 2, might be the right stuff for you, although if you haven't read Few Are Chosen, K'Barthan Trilogy: Part 1 you might want to have a pop at that first. For those of you who are a bit leery about strange fantasy words, K'Barthan - pronounced Kerbarthan - is the most difficult word in the whole series to read/pronounce... and numb-nuts here had to go and put it on the cover. Never mind. The first book, Few Are Chosen, K'Barthan Trilogy: Part 1. Is set in a parallel universe and is about The Pan of Hamgee, an outlaw, with eyes in the back of his head who becomes a getaway driver - conventional job opportunities are slim when your existence is treason. Few Are Chosen has been shortlisted for the Wishing Shelf Independent Author awards in the teen fiction category - although it's mostly read by adults at the moment. Here's the blurb anyway. The Pan of Hamgee isn’t paranoid. There must be some people in K’Barth who aren’t out to get him; it’s just that, right now, he’s not sure where they are. His family are dead, his existence is treason and he does the only thing he can to survive – getaway driving. As if being on the run isn’t bad enough, when he finds a magic thimble and decides to keep it, he unwittingly sets himself on a collision course with Lord Vernon, K’Barth’s despot ruler. Unwillingly, The Pan is forced to make choices and stand up for his beliefs – beliefs he never knew he had until they were challenged. But, faced with a stark moral dilemma will his new found integrity stick? Can he stop running? The second book in the Trilogy - The Wrong Stuff, K'Barthan Trilogy: Part 2. Follows The Pan's advantures as he ends up here in Blighty, London to be precise. The Pan of Hamgee is not a natural knight in shining armour. Yet he has escaped from police custody in K’Barth, switched realities and foiled Lord Vernon’s attempt to kidnap Ruth, the Chosen One from the Festival Hall. Pretty good, he thinks. However, Ruth thinks otherwise. Being pursued by Lord Vernon is bad enough. Now, thanks to The Pan, she’s on the run. They are both alive, of course, but with Lord Vernon on their tail neither of them can be sure how long for. To save her life The Pan must introduce Ruth, the woman of his dreams, to the person prophesied to be the man of hers. And he knows he must do it fast. Before Lord Vernon finds her. But the gentleman in question is in hiding and no-one knows where. Can The Pan find him? And if he does, can he bring himself to unite them? If you're interested feel free to have a look. I'd rate them PG. British English with a dash of light swearing. If anyone on here has read either book, feel free to have a chat or say hello. The third book, One Man: No Plan is under construction.... If you do decide to have a look you can find both books via my author pages on a number of sites but I should add a caveat that while I can publish directly to Amazon, myself, the others are distributed via Smashwords and may take a while to ship. Anyway... most of my stuff is available from the following sites: Kindle: Amazon.co.uk here Amazon.com here Multiple formats Smashwords here. Nook Barnes & Noble here Apple On iBooks a search for McGuire should work [Promotional link to first book deleted - MODERATOR] Cheers MTM PS, Here are two pretty pictures of the cover. Last edited by Dr. Drib; 03-24-2012 at 06:12 PM. Reason: Missed a bit.