CANCELLED July 15-Aug 15: Master of Plagues TOUR (Young Adult/Fantasy)

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July 15th – August 15th

In this tour there will be: 20 stops, 1 month long

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Promo Only
Promo + Giveaway
Book Review + Promo
Author Interview + Promo
Guest Post + Promo (limited)

Giveaways: copy of Master of Plagues by D.B. Reynolds

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Master of Plagues

Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy
Pages: 257
ISBN: 9781463707880

Blurb:

Stuart Duffelmeyer is an NYU student who is targeted by eight of his egomaniacal college classmates once they learn he wants to find a beautiful date for the night. His classmates lure him to a sleazy motel where they play out a heinous prank. His night ends in utter disappointment after learning that his classmates only used him for their perverted entertainment purposes. Stuart suffered severely as a result of their callous behavior and feels he must get even with his tormentors.

A chance encounter allows him to discover a magical Hebrew talisman with indescribable powers. Stuart is taken away from Earth and into the far regions of another galaxy once the talisman is consecrated. The spirit of his one-time chief advisor, Rabbi Irwin Wedemeyer, explains to him that the talisman will grant him miraculous powers over all the creatures and elements of the Earth. Rabbi Wedemeyer insists that Stuart not abuse the powers bestowed upon him. He returns to Earth and quickly seeks out his vengeance.

Stuart’s absolute domination over Earthly creatures and elements brings plagues of unspeakable horrors into the lives of his one-time tormentors. He finds closure once his former college classmates return to offer their apologies to him. He also finds fulfillment by using his powers to intercept the transgressive acts inflicted by the immoral people of society. Go on a dazzling voyage of action, adventure, and supernatural powers like never before.

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EXCERPT:

Megan remained the only hospital employee inside the break room. She couldn’t get the phenomenal event inside the ER out of her mind. With no warning, whatsoever, the door to the break room slammed hard enough to shake the adjacent walls. Chairs from surrounding tables tumbled sideways and backwards. The vending machines shook until the sodas and snacks fell to the bottom. A strong wind blew through the cracks of the windows. An unexplainable burst of dim light spilled into the break room.

Megan jumped right out of her seat.

Slowly, she backed away towards the closest wall.

“What in the world’s going on in here!” she chattered, frightened into the coldest chills.

Tiny ants, literally thousands of them, crawled from behind the vending machines.

Through the cracks of the windows, and through the main break door, they showed up in record numbers. Up from the white tile across the floor, they made their presence known. Supernaturally, Megan watched as one particular red imported fire ant grew from a tiny insect into a large, human-sized ant. Other colony members grew to great sizes. Their instantaneous growth stunned Megan. From the midst of the now colossal-sized ants, came the supreme glowing presence of Queen Amina. The Queen fired a burst of light from her antennaes. The whole room lit up with a powerful red glow.

Megan ran over to one of the corners. She stooped down like a child in trouble with their parents. “Who are you and what do you want?”

“I have been sent by my master,” Queen Amina notified Megan.

“Your master? Who’s your master?” Megan questioned the Queen, shivering over in the corner.

“The secrets of the Universe will not permit me to reveal who my master is. He is the master who has sent me to plague you.”

“Plague me for what?”

“You, at one given point in your life, broke one of life’s most sacred laws.”

“What law?”

“Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you.”

“But, I haven’t done anything to hurt anybody.”

“Oh, but you have, Megan.”

“No, I haven’t.”

“My master has proven you otherwise. Karma has come back for you.”

“This is all one bad dream. Ants don’t glow and they don’t talk.”

“You’re wide awake, Megan.”

“Those rednecks weren’t crazy after all.”

“No, they weren’t.”

Megan picked up one of the chairs and threw it at Queen Amina. Her attempt to hurt the queen was foolish. The chair went through her like thin air. She tried running for the door. Other colony members intercepted her. The giant ants covered every inch of space inside the break room. Megan turned over several tables in attempts to barricade herself. She threw more chairs at the Queen and colony members.

“Megan, you must learn to treat your brothers and sisters kindly,” Queen Amina reminded her once again.

The Queen sent telepathic messages to her workers while she pointed over to Megan. They responded rapidly and aggressively by lifting her up by both arms. Queen Amina flapped her powerful wings and flew across the room. Firmly, she grasped both sides of Megan’s tender backside with her gripping jaws. She then injected a potent venom from her stinger. Dark red blisters the size of bubble gum surfaced across her rear. She screamed at the highest octave. No one inside the hospital heard her cries. Four other colony members inflicted their own stings over her body. White pustules formed at the site of all the stings.

Megan screamed the loudest she’d ever done. “Jesus, My Lord, I’ve been stung in my butt!”

Severe pain brought on much regret after being in the break room all by herself.

Queen Amina grabbed Megan by both arms and lifted her high in the air. “You’ve done my master wrong, now you get to see what it feels like to be done wrong. Before everything’s said and done, you will come crawling on your hands and knees to apologize to my master.”

“Please, tell me, who’s your master?” Megan inquired, straining from the severe pain she’d experienced.

“In due time, you will know who my master is.”

“Why can’t you tell me now?”

Queen Amina flapped her wings and went straight through the window. The colony followed right behind her. The break room lit back up to its normal range. It appeared that none of the vending machines ever shook. The walls and floors looked pristine. How was Megan Piccirillo-Pisano going to explain that she’d been attacked by giant-sized ants inside a Dallas hospital far away from any colony of red imported fire ants? For Stuart, it was two down and six to go.

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About the Author:

D. B. Reynolds is an author, screenwriter, computer expert, and a chartered member of the Writer’s Guild Association, the Writer’s Lab and the Writer’s Place. D. B. has published articles on various subjects in several literary magazines. In 2002, he made a guest appearance on the nationally-syndicated television show, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, to talk about his experiences in foster care and the present state of foster care. His newly published fantasy novel, Master of Plagues, was written to enlighten readers about the powerful correlation between magic and morality. D. B. currently resides in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.