Thursday, 1 November 2018

Ingrid on Paradiso – The Rescue of the Green Girls, on Kindle Count-down This Week


Ingrid on Paradiso – The Rescue of the Green Girls, on Kindle Count-down This Week

This week, Nov 7 to Nov 9, Helena Puumala’s new Science Fiction and Romance novel “Ingrid on Paradiso: The Rescue of the Green Girls” is now available on Amazon Countdown, for only $0.99.


Amazon co.uk (Britain): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07HLS3171
Amazon.com.au (Australia): https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07HLS3171
Amazon.nl (Netherlands): https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B07HLS3171


So, go on a romantic adventure, as the beautiful but vulnerable Ingrid of Paradiso (as she is now known, after escaping slavery) commits to protecting the mysterious adolescent “green girls” of the Southern Hemisphere of Paradiso from any further captivity and bondage.  Along the way, she falls in love with the handsome but troubled Tomas, owner of a large estate, and eventually enlists his support, along with the ever resourceful fellow ex-slave, Kati of Terra, on a dangerous interplanetary rescue mission.

 

Summary – Ingrid on Paradiso: The Rescue of the Green Girls

After Kati of Terra and her companions leave Kati’s friend and fellow abductee, Ingrid, on the planet Paradiso to search for the home of the Green Girls that she has returned from slavery on the planet Vultaire, Ingrid’s life gets complicated. As if life wasn’t confused enough, for a beautiful young woman who has been mistaken for a Spring Goddess, and who has the peculiar ability to keep these highly valued Green Girls alive while away from their home world, when nobody else can.
First of all, nobody seems to know where on Paradiso the Green Girls lived before being snatched away by the Slaver Gorsh. As the answer to that question is revealed, it also becomes clear that corruption and criminality must have entered the picture – certainly within the Star Federation bureaucracy, and possibly among the people of the Green Girls, themselves.
Ingrid must unravel these mysteries. Her efforts to do so eventually involve many colleagues, both local and from the Star Federation, including the Paradiso K-man with whom she falls in love, during their search for the truth about the Green Girls.
The mission first takes her to the unexplored southern hemisphere of Paradiso, and then, ultimately, to another far-flung planet, in her quest to keep the girls (and herself) safe from the slavers who would use and abuse them. She becomes bait in a perilous trap, and must rely on her own wits and survival skills, along with crucial help from an extraordinary wise woman, before a dangerous and unusual rescue mission can be attempted by her lover Tomas, along with Kati of Terra, and others devoted to their cause.
The novel is about 200,000 words, providing an excellent value. It takes place within the general story arc of the Kati of Terra series, but it is not necessary to have read the Kati books to enjoy this adventure/romance, as any necessary background is recounted within the book.

 

Monday, 29 October 2018

The Witches’ Stones Book 3: Revenge of the Catspaw, Free on Amazon


The Witches’ Stones Book 3: Revenge of the Catspaw, Free on Amazon

This week, Oct 31 to Nov 4 2018, “The Witches’ Stones Book 3: Revenge of the Catspaw” is free on Amazon.
So, go on a free romantic science fiction adventure with Terran Confederation agents Sarah Mackenzie and Coryn Leigh as they attack their enemy head-on, on its home planet, in order to preserve the peace of the galaxy and their own romantic relationship.




Witches’ Stones Book Three – Revenge of the Catspaw

In this, the third and final book of The Witches' Stones saga, the attractive part human-part Kordean Witch psychic Sarah Mackenzie and the handsome Terran Confederation agent Coryn Leigh face some profound dangers and challenges, some personal and some that span the galaxy.
As the book opens, Sarah and Coryn pledge their love in a Kordean marriage ceremony. That ceremony contains both a blessing and a curse, and the ultimate working out of that blessing and curse will prove instrumental in resolving both of their fates.
Coryn finds himself a prisoner of the corrupt Elites of The Organization, the people who call themselves the Neotsarians, an authoritarian empire whose rulers consider themselves the natural overlords of the Milky Way galaxy. He becomes a “catspaw”, bait to lure Sarah into their hands, in their continuing quest to use her psychic powers to augment a deadly super-weapon, one that is capable of ensuring that they can rule the galaxy. Against his will, he also becomes the plaything of “Evil Evilla Copoz”, perhaps the most unsavoury of the Neotsarian elites.
In the first book of the trilogy, Coryn has to rescue Sarah from a terrible fate. This time, it is Sarah who must try to save him from Evil Evilla, while avoiding falling into the trap that the Neotsarians have set for her. She, along with a group of willing, adventurous associates, must infiltrate Neotsarian space in order to attempt a spectacular rescue, not just of Coryn, but of others who have been enslaved even as he has been. The Blessing and Curse hang over all of the characters in the story, with a twist that truly reflects the “revenge of the Catspaw”, in all of its multiple meanings.
Beyond the pure adventure story, is a deeply emotional story of love and recovery. Coryn and Sarah must undergo trials both physical and psychological, in order to keep their love alive through the most appalling of circumstances and the most harrowing of memories. Fortunately, they have the power of the Blessing and the Curse to help them through the ordeal, as well as their own very considerable inner strengths.
The novel is about 115,000 words, about 8 to 10 hours reading at typical reading speeds. It is the final book of the trilogy, at least for now, although writer Helena Puumala has “kept the door open” to perhaps pursue new adventures in Sarah and Coryn's universe at a later date.

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Kati of Terra Book 3: Showdown on the Planet of the Slavers Free on Amazon this Week


Kati of Terra Book 3 – Free on Amazon this Week


This week, Oct 24 to 28 2018, “Kati of Terra Book 3: Showdown on the Planet of the Slavers” is free on Amazon.

So, go on a romantic adventure with our gal Kati of Terra and her romantic companion Mikal (and, of course, Kati’s ever helpful but somewhat psychopathic Granda node), as they endeavour to crush the galactic slaver ring that originally ensnared Kati, as well as the slaver’s evil partner in crime, the aptly named Krush.




Kati of Terra: Book Three – Showdown on the Planet of the Slavers

Kati of Terra and Star Federation Agent Mikal R’ma Trodden join forces with the beautiful female reptilian, Xoraya, and the young Tarangayan mathematics and engineering genius, Lank, to chase down the Slaver Gorsh and bring him to justice. The evil Waywardian Gorsh was responsible for Kati’s abduction from Earth, along with numerous other victims from many other worlds; among these were many small children from Earth and other planets.

Their quest begins on an obscure Fringe Space Station which houses a reputable used space ship yard, the services of which they need if they are to journey along the Space Trade Lanes. Odd and dangerous events start to shadow them while they are on the Space Station, Qupar, and never really cease during the course of their mission. It begins to look like there is much more at stake than merely bringing to justice a slaver, and rescuing the people he has enslaved and sold - an unnatural and unspeakable evil of cosmic proportions may well be at the center of events.

The group gains new members, even while it loses Mikal and Xoraya into Gorsh’s hands - Kati and Mikal are once again separated, and have to struggle to perform their tasks apart from one another. However, neither of them is a quitter; they are resourceful and in love, so no force in the universe can keep them separated for long. The manner in which they and their allies overcome the obstacles that they face makes for an exciting, amusing, and romantic tale
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This is the thrilling conclusion to the dramatic story which began in Escape from the Drowned Planet, and continued in On Assignment to the Planet of the Exalted. Kati and Mikal can now take a breather from adventure - or can they? Time will tell.

This is a full-length novel of about 260,000 words (equivalent to a paperback of about 550 pages). Please note that the Kati of Terra novels are written so that they can be read as stand-alone books, so Kati of Terra Book 3 can be enjoyed by readers who have not yet read Kati of Terra Book 1 or Book 2. Naturally, we encourage people to read the entire trilogy to experience all the adventure and romance of the Kati of Terra series.