Author Topic: Topic : Bev Allen Giveaway and Discussion - Hurry Before It's Too Late (Read 7923 times)

Melanie · « **on:** March 07, 2013, 03:09 PM »

Hi Everyone ...... For those of you who I don't know yet - Boy are You the Lucky Ones, You get a quiet peaceful life!!

Seriously though, one of our very own Family - and yes I really do mean Family - has a giveaway of her latest novel on Amazon today.

Bev Allen who is the long suffering sister of our very own Mod Philo is generously giving away her latest novel "Jabin and the Space Pirates" free today on Amazon.

Now let me tell you ..... this is not usually my kind of book - but I really, really, really enjoyed it!!!! Enough to stay away from my thrillers and adult stuff permanently? Probably not ..... but I do have to say I couldn't put it down!!!! My animals are starving and can attest to that ......

I am putting a description of the novel below with links where you can get it free. I am also adding some of the current Amazon reviews and links for Bev's pages here on PTS so you can have a quick look see !!!!

Bev Allen - Jabin and The Space Pirates

In the space colony of New Wales, the pirate attacks are both relentless and merciless

Having lost both his parents, Jabin has been adopted by his austere and spiteful uncle and aunt who live in the space colony of New Wales which is riven with religious and political rivalry, and prey to the vicious marauding's of pirates whose cruelty and greed are beyond all imagination.

When Jabin volunteers to surrender himself to a pirate raiding party to save a friend, he does so believing that nothing can be worse than his current suffering.

However, he is soon to discover that things can always get worse when the stakes are high, the rewards are vast and slave labour is there for the taking.

When the King of New Wales is assassinated, the colony threatens to collapse into total anarchy, leaving the pirates free reign to mutilate, kill and profit as they will, but the forces of law and order sent out from Earth are getting ready to fight back, and Jabin could have a vital part to play in the ensuing war if he can only stay alive.

This is a Older YA adventure - targeting the 16-96 year old audience !!!!!!

Amazon Reviews in Brief .....

This is not a jolly pirate romp it is very much an adult / older teenage adventure story with a difference. The difference being that it is a sci-fi story of interplanetary colonists whose culture is like, but not like that of the Earth they left behind. The interest comes from the prejudices and and culture that has been handed down across the generations and across the miles of space. It may be a long way a way and in the future but the way that humanity behaves is strangely familiar. The characters are believable and vulnerable and the villains are very, very nasty.

Real characters and believable, human story lines. Jabin breaks your heart on numerous occasions, he is both fragile and strong, and shows this through his deeds for others. A beautifully crafted story set in another time and place that is close enough to our own to be totally believable. I loved this book. I need to know what happens to Mr.Eveson next...

this book is an amazing read and keeps you interested every step of the way. an amazing storyline and an engaging read, I would recommend this to anyone thinkng of buying it.

What a story! Not quite fantasy as I originally thought but a thriller mixed with such brilliant imagination!

Bev Allen shows us two worlds - the real and the fantasy, in terms of human understanding. Jabin, is a teenager boy who lives with his God fearing aunt and uncle whom, if he gets them annoyed, only gets a sample of a meal or if worse, no food at all. Jabin has no parents and no home he would like to call "home".

Amazon 14 reviews : 13 are 5 star and 1 is 4 star.
GoodReads : 21 ratings, 12 reviews, 4.24 star rating

Download your own copy at .....

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If you do not have Kindle then you can always download and covert it to EPUB or whichever program you use, by using calibre or another conversion program. Feel free to PM me if you have a problem with this ..... after all I am known on PTS for being a tech. wizard

I am open to suggestions as to whether or not we do a group read or you read it yourselves over the next couple of days and then we sit down to discuss and invite Bev to join us and hear our critique!!

I know she would be over the moon to hear your input and review of her book as the second one is in the works or so to speak. Please support one of our Family and feel free to recommend the book to your friends *even if they're not PTS members* we don't discriminate here and are always more than happy to have new members!!

I have put a couple of links below to her threads here on PTS, which you can have a look at in the meantime. Please feel free to contribute to all these discussions because without you .... they are nothing.

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I look forward to hearing from you !!!!!

WebUser · « **Reply #21 on:** March 07, 2013, 07:26 PM »

Blanking Amazon. They and Bill Gates are right up there as anti-Christ contestants for me. Google is in the running now too

Yeah I finally caught on. Oh my opinions are un-bias. Sis knows that. The wife and I read it before it was published. I have her new one on my hard drive. And a taste of her third one floating around on there too. There are advantages to being an alpha reader.

She also knows I will tell her flat out when something stinks or something is off. As I told her, if you couldn't write, I would tell you how wonderful it is you quilt and how beautiful they are and shouldn't you spend more time sewing?

Melanie · « **Reply #22 on:** March 07, 2013, 07:31 PM »