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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Anthem's Fall by S.L. Dunn Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway











Anthem's Fall

By

S.L. Dunn



BLURB:

Above a horrified New York City, genetics and ethics collide as the fallen emperor and a banished exile of the same herculean race ignite into battle over the city’s rooftops. In the streets below, a brilliant young scientist has discovered a technology that can defeat them both, yet might be more terrible than either.

 

Set both in modern New York City and in the technologically sophisticated yet politically savage world of Anthem, Anthem’s Fall unfurls into a plot where larger than life characters born with the prowess of gods are pitted against the shrewd brilliance of a familiar and unlikely heroine.






Excerpt



The sharp knife of apocalypse struck without warning, burying itself into the unsuspecting skies of a sun-swept afternoon.



In the northernmost continent of Anthem, the remote city of Municera abruptly reported massive and inexplicable reports of rioting and hysteria. The limited transmissions that came out of the city were fragmented and unclear. Imperial Army regiments were at once dispatched to restore order to the city of Municera, yet all troops lost radio contact within minutes of their arrival. Powerful reverberations shook through the surrounding lands, reaching miles in every direction. It felt as though the gods themselves were hammering the very world with furious impacts. From a distance, billowing black pillars of smoke could be seen reaching high into the sky above the smoldering city. When the smoke and cloud of ash dispersed in the northern winds, the glimmering skyscrapers that had long been an icon of the elegant Municera had vanished from the skyline. Their steel and glass splendor was replaced with a blanket of alarming ruin. By midafternoon, the once prominent city was nothing more than wreckage against the horizon.



Most disturbing were the spreading rumors that a number of Imperial First Class soldiers had flown into the chaos of Municera and had yet to return.



The migration out of the region—an anticipated exodus for which the Imperial Council had quickly prepared—never arrived, and as a disquieting sun set on the remaining cities of the Epsilon empire, the truth became increasingly clear. There were no survivors.







AUTHOR INFORMATION:

S.L. Dunn is the debut author of Anthem’s Fall, a novel he wrote amid the wanderings of his mid twenties. He has written while living intermittently in St. John USVI, Boston, Maine and Seattle. Raised on big screen superheroes and pop science fiction, he sought to create a novel that bridged a near-sci-fi thriller with a grand new fantasy. He currently resides in Seattle with his girlfriend Liz and their dog Lucy, and is hard at work completing the next book of the Anthem’s Fall series. Get in touch at www.sldunn.com.

 




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16 comments:

  1. Great excerpt!

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  2. I like the giveaway the best

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  3. The best part is the vivid descriptions in this excerpt..."From a distance, billowing black pillars of smoke could be seen reaching high into the sky above the smoldering city."

    I can't wait to read the whole book!

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  4. I enjoyed the excerpt, thank you.

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  5. I liked the "Blurb" the best.

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  6. The blurb is my favorite part of the post.

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  7. I like the blurb best about the article.

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    1. I hope I won't get dinged for the comments. I saw that it is a daily entry but I don't want to be accused of Spam.

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  8. This is my entry for today. I like the Blurb the best.

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  9. I am entering on 7/30/14 with my comment. I liked the blurb part the best.

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  10. This is my entry for July 31st. I like the blurb best.

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  11. My entry on August 1st, 2014. My favorite thing about the post was the blurb.

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