Fire & Ice--dark post-apocalyptic fantasy

Patty Jansen · 11-22-2011, 08:37 PM

Fire & Ice

by award-winning author Patty Jansen

Deep under the City of Glass in the frozen southern land, an age-old machine called the Heart of the City radiates a power which locals call icefire. Most citizens are immune to it, but a few, always born with physical disabilities, can bend it to their will. For fifty years, the ruling Eagle Knights, who fly on the back of giant birds, have killed these Imperfects, fearing the return of the old royal family, who used icefire to cut out people's hearts, turning them into ghostly servitors.

The old king's grandson Tandor only sees the good things icefire brought: power and technology now forgotten while the people of the south live in dire poverty. He's had enough of seeing his fellow kinsfolk slaughtered by ignorant Knights, of Imperfect babies being abandoned on the ice floes to be eaten by wild animals. His grandfather's diary tells him how to increase the beat of the Heart the first step to making the land glorious once more. Arrogant as he is, he sets the machine in motion. All he needs is an army of Imperfect servitors to control the resulting power.

Isandor is Imperfect, an ex-Knight apprentice, betrayed by his best friend and running for his life.

The queen Jevaithi is Imperfect, living like a prisoner amidst leering Knights, surviving only because the common people would rebel if their beloved queen were harmed.

Both are young and desperate and should be grateful that Tandor wants to rescue them from their hopeless situations. Or so he thinks. The youngsters, however, have no inclination to become heartless ghosts, but while they defy Tandor, the Heart beats, and he alone cannot control its power.

Available at:
Author's website: http://pattyjansen.com/?p=810
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94483#longdescr
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TF1B9K
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fire...i=patty+jansen
Omnilit: http://www.omnilit.com/product-fireice-610327-143.html
Also ibooks store

rdjack21 · 11-22-2011, 11:31 PM

Hmm sounds interesting. I'll have to put it on my to buy list..

rdjack21 · 11-23-2011, 12:13 AM

Cool that may be about the time I get to this one because my current to be read list is pretty thick.

eBooksgp · 11-23-2011, 03:47 AM

very interested.... :-)

rhadin · 11-23-2011, 07:19 AM

Added to my to buy list at Smashwords

Patty Jansen · 12-03-2011, 12:16 AM

Book 2, Dust & Rain, now available:

Author website: http://pattyjansen.com/?p=881
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/109929
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GODGVY
OmniLit: http://www.omnilit.com/product-dustrain-648768-143.html

Dr. Drib · 12-03-2011, 05:20 AM

Hello:

You are allowed to have a separate thread for book 2 - if you desire. However, if you do elect to do this, then you cannot cross-promote.

If you decide NOT to do this (keeping things exactly the way they are right now), then you cannot create a new thread later on.

Again, the decision is yours to make.

Don
(Moderator)

Patty Jansen · 12-11-2011, 10:06 PM

I'm feeling silly today, and am holding a 24-hour sale on Amazon. Only 99c.

Dowload it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TF1B9K

ETA: I've changed it at Smashwords as well: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94483

rhadin · 12-12-2011, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patty Jansen

I'm feeling silly today, and am holding a 24-hour sale on Amazon. Only 99c.

Dowload it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TF1B9K

Why just at Amazon? A lot of us do not own Kindles, use Amazon apps, or buy from Amazon.

rdjack21 · 12-13-2011, 01:02 AM

Oh man got busy with the kids and missed this...

Oh well still like the idea of this book I'm just not ready to read it yet so still on my to buy list..

rhadin · 12-13-2011, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patty Jansen

I'm feeling silly today, and am holding a 24-hour sale on Amazon. Only 99c.

Dowload it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TF1B9K

ETA: I've changed it at Smashwords as well: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94483

Unfortunately, I didn't see this extension to Smashwords until this morning, so I missed out on the sale at Smashwords.

FWIW, in the future it would be better if you made the change in a separate post so that it shows up as a new post. When you edit a post and that post has already been read by some members, they do not see it because it does show as a new post in the thread. The thread remains marked as everything already read.

rhadin · 12-13-2011, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Last edited by Patty Jansen; Yesterday at 08:02 AM. Reason: added info

I'm writing this at 6:49 a.m. New York time. If the price change was supposed to be for 24 hours, it didn't last that long at Smashwords. I just checked your link and the price is $4.99, even though I would still be within the 24-hour period that supposedly ran from 8:02 a.m. yesterday. Or is that time in a different time zone, one that has already passed?

Anyway, I'm not sure the pricing was available for 24 hours at Smashwords.

Dr. Drib · 12-13-2011, 07:51 AM

rhadin has a point.

Let me help to clarify further:

Every 7 days (or more) you may self-promote. (Less time than that is considered spamming us.) When you are allowed to make a self-promotion, make a post to your thread with the new information. This legitimately brings the thread to the front. You may also (your choice) decide to update the information in the thread's first post, although all this does is give information to a first-time reader of your thread.

Hope this helps.

Don
(Moderator)

Patty Jansen · 01-19-2012, 11:49 PM

I'm doing another 99c sale for this book. This weekend only.

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94483
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Ice-Icefi...7034907&sr=1-6

Patty Jansen · 04-11-2012, 07:22 PM

The trilogy is now finished. You can get the last volume on

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007T15ADK

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/150607

Other links to follow when Smashwords approved premium status.

Blurb:

Continued from book 2:

Following the destruction of the City of Glass through an explosion of sonorics, huge numbers of refugees have descended upon the Chevakian capital Tiverius.
The refugees are mostly members of the rebel group Brotherhood of the Light, supporters of the old royal family. They are injured, scared and hungry, and few speak Chevakian. The young Queen Jevaithi and her lover Isandor are amongst them, safe from the Eagle Knights for now.
Young Eagle Knight Carro is waiting in an old farmhouse with his fellow Knights for the order to invade the camp, capture the Queen and deliver her back to his father, where she will continue to live as imprisoned puppet for the Knights' tyranny.
The Chevakians know none of this, and struggle to contain the refugee population, and the dangerous sonorics contamination the people have brought from their ravaged country, contamination that defies Chevakian efforts to contain it, and is getting worse, not better.
In their struggle for power, the Brotherhood and the Knights disturbed something from an ancient and magic civilisation.
The sorcerer Tandor knows what happened, but he is on death row in a Chevakian jail.
The southern woman Loriane is aware of the things that are required, but she is amongst Chevakians who can't understand her.
The Chevakian proctor Sadorius han Chevonian could put the pieces of the puzzle together, but he is struggling to keep the peace, and besides, Chevakians don't believe in magic.
Meanwhile, the massive, and malevolent, sonorics cloud drifts towards the city, hungry for revenge.

11-22-2011, 08:37 PM	#1
Patty Jansen Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 50528 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: laptop, phone	Fire & Ice--dark post-apocalyptic fantasy Fire & Ice by award-winning author Patty Jansen Deep under the City of Glass in the frozen southern land, an age-old machine called the Heart of the City radiates a power which locals call icefire. Most citizens are immune to it, but a few, always born with physical disabilities, can bend it to their will. For fifty years, the ruling Eagle Knights, who fly on the back of giant birds, have killed these Imperfects, fearing the return of the old royal family, who used icefire to cut out people's hearts, turning them into ghostly servitors. The old king's grandson Tandor only sees the good things icefire brought: power and technology now forgotten while the people of the south live in dire poverty. He's had enough of seeing his fellow kinsfolk slaughtered by ignorant Knights, of Imperfect babies being abandoned on the ice floes to be eaten by wild animals. His grandfather's diary tells him how to increase the beat of the Heart the first step to making the land glorious once more. Arrogant as he is, he sets the machine in motion. All he needs is an army of Imperfect servitors to control the resulting power. Isandor is Imperfect, an ex-Knight apprentice, betrayed by his best friend and running for his life. The queen Jevaithi is Imperfect, living like a prisoner amidst leering Knights, surviving only because the common people would rebel if their beloved queen were harmed. Both are young and desperate and should be grateful that Tandor wants to rescue them from their hopeless situations. Or so he thinks. The youngsters, however, have no inclination to become heartless ghosts, but while they defy Tandor, the Heart beats, and he alone cannot control its power. Available at: Author's website: http://pattyjansen.com/?p=810 Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94483#longdescr Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TF1B9K B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fire...i=patty+jansen Omnilit: http://www.omnilit.com/product-fireice-610327-143.html Also ibooks store

12-11-2011, 10:06 PM	#8
Patty Jansen Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 50528 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: laptop, phone	I'm feeling silly today, and am holding a 24-hour sale on Amazon. Only 99c. Dowload it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TF1B9K ETA: I've changed it at Smashwords as well: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94483 Last edited by Patty Jansen; 12-12-2011 at 08:02 AM. Reason: added info

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11-22-2011, 11:31 PM	#2
rdjack21 Groupie Posts: 153 Karma: 3241792 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Elocity A7, Nook STR, Galaxy Nexus	Hmm sounds interesting. I'll have to put it on my to buy list..

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rdjack21 Groupie Posts: 153 Karma: 3241792 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Elocity A7, Nook STR, Galaxy Nexus	Cool that may be about the time I get to this one because my current to be read list is pretty thick.

11-23-2011, 03:47 AM	#4
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11-23-2011, 07:19 AM	#5
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12-03-2011, 12:16 AM	#6
Patty Jansen Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 50528 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: laptop, phone	Book 2, Dust & Rain, now available: Author website: http://pattyjansen.com/?p=881 Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/109929 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GODGVY OmniLit: http://www.omnilit.com/product-dustrain-648768-143.html

12-03-2011, 05:20 AM	#7
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,737 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	Hello: You are allowed to have a separate thread for book 2 - if you desire. However, if you do elect to do this, then you cannot cross-promote. If you decide NOT to do this (keeping things exactly the way they are right now), then you cannot create a new thread later on. Again, the decision is yours to make. Don (Moderator)

12-13-2011, 01:02 AM	#10
rdjack21 Groupie Posts: 153 Karma: 3241792 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Elocity A7, Nook STR, Galaxy Nexus	Oh man got busy with the kids and missed this... Oh well still like the idea of this book I'm just not ready to read it yet so still on my to buy list..

12-13-2011, 07:51 AM	#13
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,737 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	rhadin has a point. Let me help to clarify further: Every 7 days (or more) you may self-promote. (Less time than that is considered spamming us.) When you are allowed to make a self-promotion, make a post to your thread with the new information. This legitimately brings the thread to the front. You may also (your choice) decide to update the information in the thread's first post, although all this does is give information to a first-time reader of your thread. Hope this helps. Don (Moderator)

01-19-2012, 11:49 PM	#14
Patty Jansen Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 50528 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: laptop, phone	I'm doing another 99c sale for this book. This weekend only. Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94483 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Ice-Icefi...7034907&sr=1-6

04-11-2012, 07:22 PM	#15
Patty Jansen Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 50528 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: laptop, phone	The trilogy is now finished. You can get the last volume on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007T15ADK Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/150607 Other links to follow when Smashwords approved premium status. Blurb: Continued from book 2: Following the destruction of the City of Glass through an explosion of sonorics, huge numbers of refugees have descended upon the Chevakian capital Tiverius. The refugees are mostly members of the rebel group Brotherhood of the Light, supporters of the old royal family. They are injured, scared and hungry, and few speak Chevakian. The young Queen Jevaithi and her lover Isandor are amongst them, safe from the Eagle Knights for now. Young Eagle Knight Carro is waiting in an old farmhouse with his fellow Knights for the order to invade the camp, capture the Queen and deliver her back to his father, where she will continue to live as imprisoned puppet for the Knights' tyranny. The Chevakians know none of this, and struggle to contain the refugee population, and the dangerous sonorics contamination the people have brought from their ravaged country, contamination that defies Chevakian efforts to contain it, and is getting worse, not better. In their struggle for power, the Brotherhood and the Knights disturbed something from an ancient and magic civilisation. The sorcerer Tandor knows what happened, but he is on death row in a Chevakian jail. The southern woman Loriane is aware of the things that are required, but she is amongst Chevakians who can't understand her. The Chevakian proctor Sadorius han Chevonian could put the pieces of the puzzle together, but he is struggling to keep the peace, and besides, Chevakians don't believe in magic. Meanwhile, the massive, and malevolent, sonorics cloud drifts towards the city, hungry for revenge.