Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Virtual Tour & #Giveaway for The Missing Planets by Hawk MacKinney


Welcome to my stop on the Blurb Blitz Tour, presented by Goddess Fish Promotions, for The Missing Planets: The Cairns of Sanctuarie Volume 2 by Hawk MacKinney.  Please leave a comment or question for Hawk to let him know you stopped by.  You can enter his tour wide giveaway, for a $25 Amazon/B&N GC, by filling out the Rafflecopter form below.  You can also follow all of the stops on Hawk’s tour by clicking on the tour banner above.  The more stops you visit, the better your odds of winning. 

The Missing Planets
By Hawk MacKinney
The Cairns of Sainctuarie, Volume 2

Publisher:  Sage Words Publishing
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Genre: Science Fiction/Military
Length:  260 Pages
ISBN: 9780991501458

BUY LINKS:  AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE 



About the book: 

Planet Terato has become a member of the assembly of the Confederated League of Allied Star Systems. The Murian Outpost Terato once commanded by His Imperial Majesty’s Lord High Chamberlain Herklo Korvo XXXIV is now Teratoan staffed and under the command of Teratoan Eklam a’Qoc.

From the uncharted reaches between galaxies, attacks of extraordinary weaponry come against Terato and the Myr worlds of the Murians. Terminus Terato’s expanded link-portals and converter power modules are virtually useless. Power loss, defenses, communications and travel are totally disrupted. High Chamberlain Korvo’s unexpected return to Terminus on a mission for His Imperial Majesty leaves him stranded on Terato. Attacks grow more massive, more unpredictable; spread across the worlds of the League, as an isolated Terminus struggles among the shattered rubble and whispering remains of an ancient Polity of star-walkers.


Family and friends are lost, empires and civilizations in disarray, Terminus and Planet Terato almost defenseless. Desperate for answers,  their worlds being overwhelmed by this remorseless aggressor, Eklam and Korvo reach across unexplored space in a despairing gamble and the last reserves of converter star-substrate, seeking one insignificant star system of gas giants and rocky inner planets for possible relics of the elusive Lantaraan Polity.


EXCERPT


Korvo’s assigned portal coordinates designating outlink Myraa City with inlink Terminus Terato were already active by the time Ek arrived at the portal terminal. A background sibilance of hisses spewed with a number of active portals, the thrums somewhere between hearing and feeling them at the same time. Brilliant pinpoints condensed in the portal fields. Between their portal frames the fields, smaller than the tip of Klara’s sewing needles, more intense than Terato’s two suns, expanded into shapeless undulating masses, growing more solid and taking shape. In adjacent cargo portals enormous crates and objects took form on antigrav platforms. Immense power supplies to several portals snapped off. Heavy-duty servmos moved bulk industrial-size crates, equipment, provisions and materiel toward the service radials and sublevel storage bays. The active portals reminded him of the slow-roll boil of the sweet, dark, ground-bark syrup in the shallow pot his mother used to make candy. Recalled other kitchen smells; oven-warm bread smeared with churned cream.


AUTHOR Bio and Links:

With postgraduate degrees and faculty appointments in several medical universities, Hawk MacKinney has taught graduate courses in both the United States and Jerusalem. In addition to professional articles and texts on chordate neuroembryology, Hawk has authored several works of fiction.

Hawk began writing mysteries for his school newspaper. His works of fiction, historical love stories, science fiction and mystery-thrillers are not genre-centered, but plot-character driven, and reflect his southwest upbringing in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. Moccasin Trace, a historical novel nominated for the prestigious Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction and the Writers Notes Book Award, details the family bloodlines of his serial protagonist in the Craige Ingram Mystery Series. Vault of Secrets, the first book in the Ingram series, was followed by Nymrod Resurrection, Blood and Gold, and The Lady of Corpsewood Manor. All have received national attention.  Walking the Pet is Hawk’s latest release in the Ingram series. The first book in another mystery-thriller series is scheduled for release in 2015. The Bleikovat Event, the first volume in The Cairns of Sainctuarie science fiction series, was released in 2012. Its sequel, The Missing Planets, has just been released.

Publisher:  www.archebooks.com  
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28 comments:

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    1. Natural BRI - Thank U for letting me brag once more about editors & graphic artists. I'll pass on your compliment...hope U enjoy the read. Thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  2. Maria/Queen of All She Reads - Thank U for hosting The Missing Planets International Book Tour, Vol-II in The Cairns of Saintuaries series with its mix of genre(s) and characters. It is much appreciated. For readers following my Sci-Fi titles, Vol-III is in the edit/galley proof stage with Vol-IV in the Saintuarie series to follow.

    Hawk MacKinney
    www.hawkmackinney.net

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  3. thank you for the excerpt, i enjoyed reading it :)

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    1. Lisa BROWN - glad U enjoyed the excerpt. Ditto my above comment to Natural Bri re: what a good team I'm fortunate to have. Hope U enjoy reading the twists & turns of the The Missing Planets, Vol-II in the Cairns series. Vol-III is in galley-edit. Thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK
      www.hawkmackinney.net

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  4. I have enjoyed learning about the book. Thanks for sharing it.

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    1. Patrick SIU - You're welcome to the share & glad U learned about The Missing Planets, Vol-II in the Cairns series. Vol-III is in galley-edit. Thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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    1. RITA - me too. With Vol-III in galley-edit it's been a fun epic to duck-tape together. Glad U liked the premise & thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  6. Great excerpt, thanks for the giveaway!!

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    1. Danielle MERKLE - You're welcome on the giveaway. Excerpt is great. Glad U liked it; hope U enjoy Vol-III in galley-edit. It's been a fun epic to put together & thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  7. Sounds like an outstanding sci fi story.

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    1. MomJANE - Thank U...it was a bunch of fun putting the Cairns epic together. Glad U liked it; hope U enjoy Vol-III in galley-edit...thanx for taking time to follow the tour, stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  8. Enjoyed the excerpt! Thanks for sharing sounds like a really good book.

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    1. Eva MILLIEN - Thank U & thank U for following the tour. Vol-III of the Cairns epic is in galley-edit it. Glad U liked the premise & thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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    1. Amy BOWENS - Thank U...hope your interest hooks U into a read...the Cairns epic was fun to write...edits beyond number...CERN particle research now moves just barely sub-light speed. Glad U liked the premise & thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  10. Terrific excerpt! Thank you for the great post!

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    1. Betty WOODRUM - thank U...& thank U for following the tour & on behalf of those that put this tour/post together. Nice seeing your comment again...glad U liked the premise & thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  11. sounds intriguing and love the hat.

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    3. PamK - Thank U - hope U enjoy the read. The Missing Planets will have to share the spotlight with the hat...so...the hat is in consideration for its own foto shoot. Other commenters have asked about the badges, etc...guess it'll be graphic-ed & posted on other tours/blasts - thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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    4. PamK - Thank U - hope U enjoy the read. The Missing Planets will have to share the spotlight with the hat...so...the hat is in consideration for its own foto shoot. Other commenters have asked about the badges, etc...guess it'll be graphic-ed & posted on other tours/blasts - thanx for taking time to stop by & commenting -

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