Bastard Giveaway: Falling into Books Blog Hop

Welcome to my second Bastard Giveaway which is currently part of the Falling into Books Blog Hop, and I think I have a very good one for you guys. It'll have at least something for everyone, and will be dividing the giveaway between US and non-US mailing addresses (as not all prizes will be available for outside of the US). Entries will be accepted from Monday September 26 until 11:59pm ET on Friday September 30, 2011.

Participants have to be 18 years of age or older to participate. Void where prohibited by law. Giveaway rules are subject to change. 

In the meantime, here's what will be offered:

Signed copy for Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep. Book comes out on September 27, and it's one of my most anticipated urban fantasy books this year. Latest in the Elemental Assassin series, and it promises to be the best one of the series so far.

Here's a small promo I did for the series a couple of weeks ago, for those that are not familiar with the book or series.

My personal copy of My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland. Quite a big fan of the author, first with her Kara Gillian series, and now with her White Trash Zombie series. Quite the fun book, highly recommended to pretty much everyone who reads urban fantasy.

Here's my review of the book I did last month, it even has proof of the copy I have for the giveaway.

Everyone who participates on this giveaway will get an e-copy of Resurrection by Tim Marquitz. It's the second book of the Demon Squad series. It stands amongst my top 5 favorite urban fantasy series, and climbing. In addition to this, winners will be able to get an e-book of any of Tim Marquitz's works of the winners' choosing. Info on books on his site.

Here's a review I did for Resurrection recently. Also, for those interested there's free ebook available for his dark epic fantasy book Dawn of War on Smashworld.

E-copy of Afterlife by Naomi Clark. Just read it over the weekend and enjoyed it quite a bit, so hopefully more people will give this book a chance, and if not this book, then the author as I think she has plenty to offer. Here's my review.

In addition to Afterlife, winners will be able to pick an additional e-book by Naomi Clark of their choice. I recommend Demonized novella, a loose sequel to Afterlife, but it's not for everyone. A very twisted and graphic psycho thriller, and it can get quite sick at times. Awesome. More info on her site.


For US mailing addresses:

• Once again I mention that all participants will receive an e-copy of Resurrection by Tim Marquitz.
• First winner will have his or her choice between My Life as a White Trash Zombie and Spider's Revenge.
• Second winner will get the remaining book between My Life as a White Trash Zombie and Spider's Revenge.
• Eight more winners will be chosen.
• All ten winners will get an e-book of choice by Tim Marquitz.
• All ten winners will get Afterlife and an e-book of choice by Naomi Clark.

For non-US mailing addresses:

• Once again I mention that all participants will receive an e-copy of Resurrection by Tim Marquitz.
• Ten winners will be chosen.
• All ten winners will get an e-book of choice by Tim Marquitz
• All ten winners will get Afterlife and an e-book of choice by Naomi Clark.

How to participate:

• Participants have to be 18 years of age or older to participate.
• To enter the giveaway, just place a comment in this post.
• On your entry, state if you're a US or non-US mailing address.
• One entry per person, or face disqualification.
• Make sure to provide an email address to which I can contact you.
• Entries accepted until 11:59pm ET Friday September 30, 2011
• Winners will be chosen by random sorting entries, and then using a random number generator.
• Will have to confirm email to be considered a winner within a week after September 30,  2011.

Additional entries may be had by doing the following:

• Follow me on my blog publicly so that you appear on Google Friend Connect.
• Follow me on twitter, @BastardBooks. Make sure to provide your twitter username in your entry.

If you do the steps above, and only by doing those steps, you'd end up with the possibility of 3 total entries:
+1 Comment Entry
+1 Google Friend Connect (Mention your GFC username)
+1 Twitter Follower (Mention your twitter username)

Even though you don't get an additional entry, consider subscribing to my Facebook Bastard Books page.

And please remember to visit other destinations in the Falling into Books Blog Hop for more cool giveaways & Melissa (My World... in words and pages) also has a good giveaway going on, so please visit her.

Void where prohibited by law. Giveaway rules are subject to change. 

Bastard Reaction: Resurrection by Tim Marquitz

It should come to no surprise by now that I've become a big fan of Tim Marquitz as evidenced in this previous post. Resurrection is the second book in the Demon Squad series, sequel to Armageddon Bound which happened to be the author's debut novel.

Armageddon Bound introduced us to Frank Triggaltheron, nephew of Lucifer, living in a world at the edge of the Apocalypse. You see, God and Lucifer have made peace with each other and proceeded to abandon all creation together, and no one knows where they are. With their disappearance; power voids have come to the surface, demons are out of control with no one to answer to, and angels are as lost as ever. The world is out of balance, and in comes Frank our unlikely hero, who also was a candidate to be the Anti-Christ, with his awesome sense of humor in one of the worst days of his life trying to safe day, or simply just survive to see the next one. The threat of another war between Heaven and Hell is in place, but the lines are more blurred than ever and it's not easy to tell friend from foe.

Resurrection deals then with much of the aftermath of what occurred in the first novel, we got a demon with a vast amount of power, which brings the possibility of the Apocalypse one step closer to coming true. We also find much of the protectors of Earth against supernatural occurrences at the verge of decimation and plenty of trust issues going around after all the betrayals. Not only that, zombies have been showing up, a necromancer is in town, and rumors of resurrecting one of the most powerful demons in history are going about. Once again we find Frank put in the middle of the crisis taking the mantle of unlikely hero once again because what other choice does he have? As if threats to his life weren't enough, he has to deal with his constant sexual frustrations that may just be what finally kills him. If his tombstone reads "Died because of a horny penis," it will be of no surprise. So what better way to avert a future Apocalypse than by partnering up with a traitorous succubus, an enemy wizard, and a speech disabled zombie metal-head.

Resurrection is just a fun book through and through. Frank to me is the funniest character I've read so far. Nothing is being held back here, no pulling punches, with plenty of dirty and dark humor. With the humor aside, this book has non-stop action and plenty of twists. Not that the twists are of any surprise since even Frank knows he's getting played, he just doesn't know how he's getting played. That's where the fun is.

My biggest compliment for the novel is that the writing level has improved since the first book and so did the presentation of the novel itself. The editing was better, the paragraphs better focused and structured, which in all made for a better reading experience than the first in the series. Considering that Resurrection was written in 2009, not long after finishing Armageddon Bound, and now witnessing these improvements makes me quite anxious to see what comes next from Tim Marquitz; particularly now that he's a much more experienced author and editor, and surely has been receiving feedback on how to improve his trade.

Despite my high regards for the books so far, they're far from perfect and there's a lot of room for improvement, which makes the wait for the next book in the series even more exciting. He's simply hitting all the right notes for me so far.

We need more books like this one, bringing a fresh voice to the urban fantasy genre that even with the abundance of new authors, much of the content is becoming a bit repetitive. While angels and demons are nothing new, the narrative voice and energy is indeed one that stands out.

Links to buy the Demon Squad series:
Armageddon Bound E-Book Damnation Books
Armageddon Bound Paperback Barnes & Noble
Resurrection E-Book Damnation Books
Resurrection Paperback Barnes & Noble

For more information on this and other projects, please visit Tim Marquitz at his website and his blog.