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Hold tight! We’re about to go through the end of the world!

By John Irvin

          Today’s spotlight is on another favorite of mine: The 5^th Wave by Rick Yancey.  

          This was one of those books I was holding off to watch the movie. I wanted to read the book first, but in the end, I caved and finally watched the movie. I enjoyed it immensely as I knew I would, but, with no continuation, I knew I NEEDED the books pronto.

          Shortly thereafter, I walked into BooksAMillion here in town and found in the back the entire trilogy on sale! You know I grabbed it.

          I wasn’t disappointed AGAIN.

          I’ve read the first two books and will be reading the finale soon.

          Make sure you watch my episode covering The 5^th Wave published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

The 5^th Wave is a young adult science fiction novel written, as I said earlier, by Rick Yancey.

Earth is undergoing an alien invasion by apocalypse. There have been four previous waves, the survivors are wondering the what the fifth—and most like final—wave will be.

Cassie is all alone. The story starts with her.

She’s lost her mother to death, her father to murder, and her brother has vanished. She has a promise to keep. She’ll find her brother if it’s the last thing she does.

By the way, there’s a boy…or young man…who saves her life.

But what does she know about him?

The aliens have turned humans against each other. You don’t know who you can trust. The aliens look like us, so how do you know who’s human or who’s alien?

If you’re looking for a science fiction that will keep you turning pages, make sure to click this link to go buy: THE 5TH WAVE.

While you’re here on my website, maybe you can join me too? I have an author team that is helping me prepare for my debut Spring 2021 Toward the Pacific Book Tour. We greatly desire your support to help us take books out of that good ole comfort zone and find more readers.

          The more you are able to donate, the more possible it is for me to take my books on a trip across the continent and grow our reading tribe while promoting books for the public!

          So click through:

And if you know any authors, please, have them shoot me an email at john@johnirvinauthor.com. I have plenty of spots open for the episodes!

If you enjoyed this post, you should sign up for my newsletter! I don’t spam and you can unsuscribe at any time. I only send out emails on Fridays. Sign up here: SIGN UP!

I’m also a Patreon artist–the cool thing about Patreon is it allows people to support artists by monthly pledges which allow the artists to have more time to work on their own passions. Here is my account: PATREON.COM. If you’d like to support me, I would be eternally grateful!

I’ve now been hosting a YouTube channel called John Irvin, Author Journey Series. Check it out at YOUTUBE.COM/AUTHORJOURNEY

Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Or email me at john@johnirvinauthor.com

Another note, I have to make sure to let you know, all links I use for my fellow authors’ works are affiliate links because why not?

This is still my top favourite urban fantasy series!

By John Irvin

          I don’t have a guest star today, so I want to hark back to the good ole days. Remember one of my very first blogs was about one of my top favourite series? Yesterday, talking about my friend’s supernatural thrillers had me reminiscing about the Kate Daniels series.

         To be open, I kinda want to re-read that series—all ten books are sitting on my top book shelf, I’m looking at them while I’m writing this, in fact.

          For today, make sure you watch my episode covering the first book, Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews and published by Ace Books.

Kate Daniels—mercenary, assassin, paranormal agent, to name a few vocations—has a few rusty and jagged edges. Living in Atlanta, Georgia in a world where Magic and Tech battle for control over the Earth will do that to a person. But, even with her tough-girl outer persona, Kate has an inner sense of humor that pops out without notice. The authors developed a strong, saber-wielding heroine for this series.

Like an outstanding paranormal fantasy should, the story begins with a vampire giving Kate Daniels a mission to uncover the mystery behind the murder of a knight-diviner, Greg Feldman—her former-Guardian.

Her quest of vengeance puts her in the middle of a all-encompassing war between the Pack—a ring of hundreds of shape-shifters led by one called the Beast Lord—and the Masters of the Dead, the mind-navigators of the vampires, otherwise known as necromancers.

Going head-on with the Beast Lord, Curran, Kate Daniels finds in him an unlikely ally and, possibly, an unlikely romance. Though their words seem to portray an acidic contempt for each other, there is this smoldering heat underlying their actions.

The story—though fantastic—is believable and the characters seem to jump off the page and act out their scenes right there in the room with the reader. Instilling them with their own back stories that are only uncovered over the course of the plot, giving them obvious emotional baggage, Ilona Andrews did a superb job in creating living beings.

If you are into dark fantasy like me, maybe even have a thing for strong female characters, then this will easily become one of your all-time favourite series! Click this link to go buy: Magic Bites.

While you’re here on my website, maybe you can join me too? I have an author team that is helping me prepare for my debut Spring 2021 Toward the Pacific Book Tour. We greatly desire your support to help us take books out of that good ole comfort zone and find more readers.

          The more you are able to donate, the more possible it is for me to take my books on a trip across the continent and grow our reading tribe while promoting books for the public!

          So click through:

And if you know any authors, please, have them shoot me an email at john@johnirvinauthor.com. I have plenty of spots open for the episodes!

If you enjoyed this post, you should sign up for my newsletter! I don’t spam and you can unsuscribe at any time. I only send out emails on Fridays. Sign up here: SIGN UP!

I’m also a Patreon artist–the cool thing about Patreon is it allows people to support artists by monthly pledges which allow the artists to have more time to work on their own passions. Here is my account: PATREON.COM. If you’d like to support me, I would be eternally grateful!

I’ve now been hosting a YouTube channel called John Irvin, Author Journey Series. Check it out at YOUTUBE.COM/AUTHORJOURNEY

Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Or email me at john@johnirvinauthor.com

Another note, I have to make sure to let you know, all links I use for my fellow authors’ works are affiliate links because why not?

He’s lost so many loved ones, he doesn’t know what he stands for anymore, so he needs to wander until he can find himself again.

By John Irvin

          Today’s trailer can be found through this link to my YouTube channel! Click through to watch the short little reel.

Ihon Iraes (pronounced Ian Eraze) has lost so many people he’s loved. There are sacrifices you must make when you’re a Wolf-Born. Wolf-Born could be considered immortal when it comes to human longevity standards.

The average lifespan of a Wolf-Born is 1,100 years. So you know they’re going to have countless friends and lovers who are human who they will lose every century.

This is why most Wolf-Born maintain a cold distance from humans or keep to themselves in their own Capital, Sanguiatro.

Having not learned his true identity his fifties, Ihon, did not have this kind of upbringing and thus finds it extremely hard to not fall in love with humans.

Now in his fifth century, Ihon is exhausted. He finally makes a break for it southward to England, then to France. Before you know it, he’s wandering the wilderness of humanity.

So many different feminine connections teach him things or bring him closer to finding himself.

After his last run-in with the Supreme Council of the Wolf-Born Race, Ihon has had it. There’s news of a New World beyond the Atlantic Ocean. He takes a ship and joins the cruise to Jamestown, Virginia.

A whole new plot opens up before our hero. What adventures will he attend now?

Wandering is the third installment in my Longevity series. I need to stress right here, though the first two books are in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats, this book is only in ebook format for the present.

Being open here, there was some major issues with the formatting for the hardcover so I’m putting that off for now as I’m tired of spending so much just to fix my former contractor’s mistakes.

So, if you do see a hardcover format, do NOT buy it! The link below is for the ebook.

That all being said, it’s still a finished book so you can enjoy it on Kindle!

Either way, this is the episode for my last published book for now. Next phase for the 90-Day Author’s Assault will turn to fellow authors’ works. Some of this authors are friends of mine, so make sure you support them. Other books I will be reviewing are favourites of mine so make sure you grab those copies too!

Here is the link to Wandering:

While you’re here, you can click through the GoFundMe link on my Home page and donate to the upcoming Spring 2021 Toward the Pacific Book Tour!

And if you know any authors, please, have them shoot me an email at john@johnirvinauthor.com. I have plenty of spots open for the episodes!

If you enjoyed this post, you should sign up for my newsletter! I don’t spam and you can unsuscribe at any time. I only send out emails on Fridays. Sign up here: SIGN UP!

I’m also a Patreon artist–the cool thing about Patreon is it allows people to support artists by monthly pledges which allow the artists to have more time to work on their own passions. Here is my account: PATREON.COM. If you’d like to support me, I would be eternally grateful!

I’ve now been hosting a YouTube channel called John Irvin, Author Journey Series. Check it out at YOUTUBE.COM/AUTHORJOURNEY

Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Or email me at john@johnirvinauthor.com