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Marissa Farrar

Marissa Farrar

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MarissaFarrar is a multi-published horror and paranormal author. Shewas born inDevon, England, loves to travel and has lived in both Australia andSpain. She now resides in Devon with her husband, two children, acrazy Spanish rescue dog and four hens. She has a degree inZoology, but her true love has always been writing.

Her dark take on a vampire romance, Alone, was first published in 2009 and had now been re-released by Red Hot Publishing. The sequel is scheduled for an October 2011 release.

Marissa Farrar's short stories have been published in a number of anthologies including Their Dark Masters, Masters of Horror, 2013: The Aftermath, and the monthly Digital Digest anthologies.

Her own collection of short stories, Where the Dead Live, is available to buy.

If you want to know more aboutMarissa, then please visit her website at www.marissa-farrar.blogspot.com.You can also find her at her facebook page, www.facebook.com/marissa.farrar.authoror follow her ontwitter @marissafarrar. She loves to hear from readers and can be contacted at marissafarrar@hotmail.co.uk.


The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)

The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)

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<p>New from the author of the multiple award-winning fantasy saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2014 - Best Book in the Category of FANTASY</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Children of Darkness</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>[Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion]</strong></h2><p><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></p><p>A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant. But the vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.</p><p>Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When their friend Thomas returns from the Temple after his “teaching”—the secret coming-of-age ritual that binds young men and women eternally to the Light—they barely recognize the broken and brooding young man the boy has become. Then when Orah is summoned as well, Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her.</p><p>In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.</p><p>Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”</p><p><strong>Be sure to read the second book in this series, <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>, due to release November 30, 2015. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>

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<span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;"></span><div style="margin-left:.5em;"><div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="margin-right:5px;"><span class="swSprite s_star_5_0" title="5.0 out of 5 stars" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:middle;background-image:url(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/common/sprites/sprite-site-wide-2._V181113497_.png);width:65px;height:13px;background-position:-30px 0px;"><span>5.0 out of 5 stars</span></span> </span><span style="vertical-align:middle;"><strong>Real life horror ... as much as you can stand</strong>, January 27, 2011</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AEZJZHXP3DF9B/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#003399;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Rachel Lynne</span></a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AEZJZHXP3DF9B/ref=cm_cr_dp_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&amp;sort_by=MostRecentReview" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#003399;">See all my reviews</a></div></div><div style="clear:both;"></div></div><div class="tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><strong><span class="h3color tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#e47911;font-size:x-small;">This review is from: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Where-the-Dead-Live-ebook/dp/B004G5ZUKU/ref=cm_cr_dp_orig_subj" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#003399;">Where the Dead Live (Kindle Edition)</a></strong></div>This is the second book by this author that I've read, Alone being the first, and I can't say enough about her stories. 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I enjoyed each of them, and it left me wanted to go and read more of this writer's stuff. Only a short book, but still enjoyable. 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Where the Dead Live. I am a committed Horror/Vampire reader and this stacks up really well against some other books I have read. What I really like most about this read, as a London commuter, was getting through a couple of short stories each train journey, each of which had it's unique 'spin', the diversity of Marissa's story telling ability couldn't be better demonstrated here. Very much looking forward to reading the The Followers.</div>