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Monday, 27 September 2010
Coming in 2011 from Tyndale House
Here's a taste of the books releasing from Tyndale House in 2011 and there will be more to come.
I can't wait to read Nicole Baart's conclusion to After the Leaves Fall and Summer Snow. Nicole writes beautiful literary prose that is second to none.
Henry McLaughlin is the 2009 Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild Operation First Novel Contest winner with Journey to Riverbend and it looks like Tom, Jason and Steve are serving up more thrills and spills with their 2011 releases.
Which ones are you looking forward to?
Beneath the Night Tree by Nicole Baart
Julia DeSmit knew at some point her son would ask about his dad, she just didn’t expect it now that she is finally content with the way her life has unfolded. A single mother to her son and younger brother, she cherishes living with her beloved grandmother and is hoping to be engaged to Michael Vermeer—the man of her dreams—by year’s end.
Julia’s dream is threatened when a cryptic e-mail from her son’s father spins her world off axis. She hasn’t heard from Parker since he left her in a college parking lot without a backward glance. But one look at her son—the spitting image of his father—is enough to convince her that, for better or worse, Parker is a part of their story.
Faced with this new reality and the potential unraveling of her unorthodox family, Julia begins a tightrope walk between what was, what is, and what she hopes for in her sanctuary beneath the night tree.
February, 2011
Journey to Riverbend by Henry McLaughlin
Soon after arriving in Riverbend, Michael meets and falls for the stunning Rachel Stone while waiting for Sam to return from a business trip. Beautiful yet guarded, Rachel seems to be running from a past as dark as Michael’s. When word reaches town that Sam has been kidnapped on the stagecoach home, Michael offers to join the search party formed by the local sheriff.
With a budding romance behind him and a dangerous rescue ahead of him, he sets out on the trail, determined to complete his journey no matter the cost.
February, 2011
Beckon b
y Tom Pawlik Some secrets weren’t meant to be discovered.
Three people are each drawn to Mount Beckon in western Wyoming. A biology professor investigates a mysterious cave-dwelling arthropod and makes a terrifying discovery. An aging millionaire is offered a miraculous remedy for his wife’s dementia but must decide if the cure is worth the cost. And a reporter follows a cryptic lead to a strange compound built over an abandoned mine. One by one they discover the mountain’s ghastly secret.
The only question is . . . will any of them make it out alive?
April, 2011
Inside Threat by Jason Elam & Steve Yohn After taking two football seasons off, Riley Covington is attempting to make a comeback in the league while trying to forget Khadi Faroughi, now on security detail for a prominent senator.
But a new attack turns both of their lives upside down yet again. During a state funeral, terrorists overrun the National Cathedral and take senators, congressmen, and their entourages hostage, including Khadi. This new generation of The Cause is made up of homegrown terrorists—an inside threat to the security of the nation. They release most of the hostages, but not all. Several, including Khadi, are kept behind as significant bargaining chips.
The Cause pledges to behead one member of Congress each day throughout the month of Ramadan as a punishment for their own country’s rejection of Islam. Despite the protests of Counter-Terrorism Division director Scott Ross, Riley races to CTD armed with a plan and a fierce determination to rescue Khadi at all costs.
April, 2011
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Valley of the Shadow by Tom Pawlik ~ Tracy's Take
Connor Hayden’s return from the brink of death fuels his attempt to tell his friends and colleagues about his experiences and his newfound faith in God, in the hope of saving him from all that happened to him in the Interworld. He knows he has a task for which he was brought back. Now he just needs the courage to pursue the crumbs of information laid before him.

Saturday, 9 May 2009
Vanish by Tom Pawlik ~ Tracy's Take
Three strangers awake the day after experiencing a mysterious storm to find everyone has disappeared. Connor Hayden, Helen Krause and Mitch Kent finally find one another, in a strange world of faceless beings and strange shadows, a world where their past haunts them with overwhelming clarity.
Connor, Helen and Mitch band together in search of answers to the strange goings on and the even stranger creatures, who seem to be watching them. When the creatures become aggressive and begin attacking, they desperately cling to one another in a bid to keep one another safe.
What I thought:
‘Vanish’ is Tom Pawlik’s debut into the writing world and is a remarkable piece of work, which deserves its award-winning acclaim. It is a spine tingling, heart-thumping, breath-taking suspense novel that you will find impossible to put down
From the very first page I was completely hooked, replete with goose bumps! Tom skillfully takes the reader on a suspense filled, fast paced journey with Connor, Helen and Mitch into a world where everything looks the way it should and yet nothing is as it should be. I felt the pain of each character as they were faced with the enormity of past mistakes. Their fear was palpable and their desperation to escape the creatures was as tangible as if it were my own. The twists and turns in this novel are always surprising and completely unpredictable, which adds to the suspense that had me reading into the wee hours of morn that should never been seen.
Tom begins unravelling the mystery of the world in which the characters find themselves towards the end of the novel. It is an eerie revelation and a
s things finally become clear, the novel comes to a heart-stopping end! Roll on June ’09 when the continuation of Connor and Mitch’s story continues. I must remind myself to breathe in the meantime!Guest reviewer:~ my friend Tracy from Beyond My Picket Fence
Tracy will be reviewing the sequel, Valley of the Shadow to coincide with it's release. Here's a peek but there are spoilers if you haven't read Vanish.
Conner Hayden is certain he survived his near-death experience for a reason. He thinks it’s to save the life—and soul—of Mitch Kent. Mitch’s body remains on life support while his spirit is trapped with the old farmer Howard Bristol in the Interworld—a strange and dangerous dimension that Conner narrowly escaped during his brush with death in Pawlik’s award-winning debut novel, Vanish.Meanwhile, in the Interworld, Mitch receives a warning from a mysterious stranger: Howard is not who he appears to be, and Mitch must flee immediately. Pursued by Howard and a terrifying creature, Mitch soon learns the truth about what happened to him and that his only hope of survival lies at the very edge of the Interworld.
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