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Coming Soon
-- Volume II in Piper's
Row
At the end of Shaman's Portal author Paul Chuey leaves us in an ambiguous situation. Many off-planet creatures appear to have reached Earth, and many environmental challenges confront the peoples of the lively communities he depicts. His
vivid character Kwilla finds herself charged with many tasks both for
her own health and safety and that of the people she loves. Can she successfully
identify the nature of the challenges in front of her? Can she do it in
time? And what of Earthroamer, the man she loves? Piper's
Row is the second volume in Paul Chuey's The Messenger Trilogy.
Volume Three will appear this winter. Jacket illustration by Jag Lall Paul Chuey has relied extensively on his personal background while writing Shaman's Portal . A professional musician by trade, he is also an experienced outdoorsman and bow-hunter. He has traveled often in Europe and Asia as well as throughout the USA, especially in the Adirondack and Cascade mountain ranges. |
Shaman's
Portal Volume I in The Messenger Trilogy
Shaman's Portal brings to vivid life the unspoiled world of Earthroamer and Kwilla, long-ago inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest. While still just a young boy, before he has earned his man-name, Roam innocently sings a Shaman's song - a song of power. Though he doesn't realize it, he has opened up a mystical Portal to other many other realms. Not only can beings in his world get out through the Portal, other things - demons - can get in. To protect his people from the growing dangers that the Portal brings, Roam must grow up. He must become Earthroamer and master an odd sword that has come through the portal with an even odder traveler. He journeys to distant villages and lands in the company of Messengers, mysterious wanderers whose trade is in information - history, medicine, and the secret of record-keeping. His beloved Kwilla, a Messenger herself, teaches Earthroamer that Messengers can use their carefully hoarded lore to influence the course of events throughout the world. But are all Messengers good, and which events are the right ones? The path Earthroamer takes is long and perilous, as he and his companions face the strange beings that emerge from the Shaman's Portal. Some are good, some truly evil, and it is not always easy to tell which is which. Shaman's
Portal is the first volume in Paul Chuey's The Messenger Trilogy.
Volume Two, Piper's Row, will appear soon. Jacket
illustration by Michael Wilmeth |
. Rarity
from the Hollow Lacy Dawn is a true daughter of Appalachia, and then some. She lives in a hollow with her mom, her war-damaged dad, and her mutt, Brownie, a dog whose hobby is laying fiber-optic cable. Lacy Dawn's android boyfriend, DotCom, has come to the hollow with a mission. Armed with advertising videos of proto-humanoids, he has been sent to Earth by the Manager of the Mall on planet Shptiludrp. DotCom must recruit Lacy Dawn to save both planets, and he must help her with a boatload of shopping at the mall along the way. Half science fiction, half social commentary, and a third half satire, Rarity from the Hollow is a rare mixture of humor and wry observation woven into a quirky and unexpected SF tale. If Marvin the Android wanted to read a book about a colleague who'd risen to the top of their profession, Rarity from the Hollow would be it. "Eggleton has crafted a novel that deals with social commentary mixed with some eerie science fiction... Good satire is hard to find and science fiction satire is even harder to find." -- James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review "The mixture of sci-fi, gritty reality, humour, and the mode of thriller reminds me a great deal of Dean Koontz's writing, and Robert Eggleton may indeed have the potential to follow in Dean Koontz's footsteps." -- Kevin Patrick Mahoney "A darkly weird, weirdly dark metaphysical romp into the impossible, Rarity from the Hollow disturbs and delights at each absurd twist." --Matt Morris, author of Nearing Narcoma Jacket
design by Jag Lall ISBN
0-9776448-2-0 (.PRC) Robert Eggleton works with adolescents in a mental health program. He has helped establish a residential health facility for runaways, and he has managed Job Corps programs for economically disadvantaged teens. This is his first novel. |
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The
Journals of In 1603 French explorer Samuel de Champlain was invited by the governor of Dieppe to participate in an expedition to Canada, which led by the merchant Francis Gravé, Sieur de Pontgravé. On this voyage, Champlain explored the St. Lawrence as far as what would later be Montreal, and he obtained the first descriptions, from Native American sources, of the Great Lakes. The original landfall for the expedition was Tadoussac, the site of a fort that had been built by Jacques Cartier. During their explorations, Champlain heard and recorded a great deal about the beliefs and habits of the local population. He developed the habit of noting more than one explanation or description and allowing his later readers to judge which seems more plausible. This acceptance of variation enabled him cheerfully to record detailed descriptions of food preservation alongside anecdotes about horrible sea monsters. Though very much a man of his period, Champlain's zeal for exploration and discovery enable him to record information and details that are still compelling and informative four hundred years later.
The Voyage of Samuel
de Champlain
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The Journals of Samuel de Champlain, 1608-1609: The Foundation of Quebec edited
by David S. Potter
Discover North America! At the dawn of the 17th century, French trader Samuel de Champlain made several Atlantic crossings to explore the New World and its possibilities. He traveled with a fur-trading expedition, mapped much of what is now the St. Lawrence River, and helped set up several settlements. In 1608 the stakes were raised: King Henry IV sent Champlain west to establish a French colony on the St. Lawrence River. In this absorbing journal, Samuel Champlain records his founding of Quebec, how he defeats a mutiny among his men, and what happens when he joins a group of Algonquins who fight a set battle with the powerful and hostile Iroquois. The
Journals of Samuel de Champlain, 1608-1609
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