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This will be something we've never tried before on BookTalk.org. For our next FICTION book please look through the below Smashwords.com FREE eBooks and select the books you think look like great books for us to read and talk about as a group. You can select as many of the below books as you like so don't feel obligated to pick only one.We'll start the discussion when a winning book is obvious. The discussion period will last for 2 or 3 months.
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All of the below book choices are available 100% FREE, have over 50,000 words (40k = novel), and have great ratings on Smashwords.com
And here are the choices...
BOOK 1: The Book of Deacon
Series: Book of Deacon, Volume 1
By Joseph R. Lallo
Rated 4.78/5 based on 47 reviews
The tale of Myranda Celeste, a young woman orphaned by a century long war, and her chance discovery of a fallen soldier's priceless cargo. The find will change her life, sending her on an adventure of soldiers and rebels, wizards and warriors, and beasts both noble and monstrous. Each step will bring her closer to the truth of her potential, of the war, and of the fate of her world.
BOOK 2: Delver Magic Book I: Sanctum's Breach
Series: Delver Magic, Book 1
By Jeff Inlo
Rated 4.78/5 based on 11 reviews
A rolling tremor passes through the land of Uton signaling a return of long absent magic as well as an ancient evil that accompanies it. Ryson Acumen, purebred delver, senses the changes and begins his explorations to discover the source behind the upheaval. In his investigations, he learns that legends he considered fables hold more truth than fantasy. The delver encounters elves and learns the Sphere of Ingar, a talisman that captured all magical energies long ago, is free from its tomb in Sanctum Mountain. As violent, evil creatures return to shred the very fabric of reality, the sphere gains awareness and chooses to spew corrupted magical energies to obliterate all life.
The sphere must be destroyed, but it rests within Sanctum, a hollow mountain with a single path to its center. The way to the sphere remains defended by devices created long ago, forged by members of each race to thwart entry to the mountain's core. Those that wish to defeat the sphere must not only overcome these barriers, they must conquer the mistrust which has flourished during the long period of separation. Human, elf, dwarf, algor and delver must reunite to defeat the obstacles that now protect the sphere. Once inside Sanctum, representatives of each race face the secrets of the ages that once undone will change their lives forever.
BOOK 3: Soul Identity
By dennis batchelder
Rated 4.68/5 based on 30 reviews
What if you could bank your money for your next life?
Smart-aleck and computer security expert Scott Waverly is skeptical of his new client's claim that they've been tracking souls for almost twenty-six hundred years.
Is it a freaky cult, or a sophisticated con job?
As Scott saves Soul Identity from an insider attack, he discovers the importance of the bridges connecting people's lives.
