Fans of the Dray Prescot series of planetary adventures by Alan Burt Akers may be interested in a very good and informative article on Sword and Planet Fiction on ERBzine. Written by two stalwart fans and supporters of the Dray Prescot series — Charles Gramlich and Stephen Servello. Well worth the read!
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New from Renee Angers, the author of Ice and a Curious Man, is The Garden, a strong and emotional story from a great storyteller.
The Garden is available from all good ebookstores in various ebook formats, including at Amazon for the Kindle, wowio.com, scribd.com, fictionwise.com and ebooks.com. Now also on Smashwords.com, iTunes and at B&N.com for the Nook.
The Garden is also available in paperback from all good bookstores (ISBN 9781843198291), such as Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, or B&N.com.
The blurb:
With their school friends residing miles away in neighboring Ponoka, two kids are seemingly trapped in the expansive isolation of rural Alberta, Canada to spend the summer vacation in each other’s company.
Thirteen-year-old Cameron Keller finds welcome relief from his boozing father’s physical beatings in classmate Ani Sauvé’s presence. The summer heat spreading across the acres of prairies and grasslands only feed the curiosities, heartbeats, fireflies and unexplained feelings that blossom between the two.
As they grow into adults, a dark cloud of ill luck follows Cam around mercilessly, as does his unconditional love for Ani. Unable to shake the first and not willing to shake the latter, he fights to survive.
Alcoholism, abandonment, abuse, betrayal, and murder cannot keep Ani and Cam apart. The Garden is their refuge, and its memory pushes them past whatever penance they must endure to find each other again.
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