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Cha'nir and the Light of Nam #author Gurd Chahal
1w ago00:16:23Tap to summarizeThe first novel in The Sufy Epic series ...One woman's battle for humanity's soulIn a darkening world teetering on the edge of collapse, a young girl is torn from tragedy and thrust into destiny. Rescued by a cosmic guardian, Cha’nir is raised on the mystical island of Lotus High — a sacred bridge between Earth and the celestial realm of Muktiland. Trained to become the GuruMentor, Earth’s fiercest spiritual warrior, at first, she rejects the path of power in search of peace. But peace is no longer an option.As the Dark Age gathers, the Klesh Nine — addicted to materialism, greed, and violence — come ever closer to summoning their banished lord, the corrupt Demi-god Kalokaya, from his imprisonment for millennia inside a Black Hole of fire. As Earth groans under the weight of rising evil, ancient battles spill into Tamo-Terra, a scorched parallel world where good and evil wage endless war.When even the might of Cha’nir and her Humanity Warriors fail, hope flickers in the arrival of one final champion: Sufy, a reluctant Super Warrior born of divine purpose, whose strength embraces the cosmic truth of Oneness.Inspired by Indian philosophies, spirituality, and folklore intertwined with universal wisdom, Cha’nir and the Light of Nam is a sweeping tale of warrior gods, spiritual warriors, dark warlords, and the eternal battle between light and darkness.To connect with Gurd ....Youtube@SufyEpicWebsite -sufyepic.comInstagram - instagram.com/sufyepic
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A Study in Sparkling: A Novel #author Jodi McAlister
1w ago00:06:35Tap to summarizeFiona Fisher thought she had it all: a loving husband, three kids, and a life far away from the suffocating expectations of her family. But when her husband reveals that he’s leaving her for his secret second family, Fiona is left devastated and humiliated.Satoshi Tsukamoto wants it all. He’s the owner of a popular wine bar, and he’s studying for the hardest test in the world: the Master Sommelier exam. There aren’t enough hours in the day for anything else—except maybe for Fiona, his favorite customer, and the woman he’s absolutely, catastrophically in love with.On paper, Fiona and Satoshi make no sense. He’s eight years younger than her and has no time for romance. She’s a single mother and doesn’t know if she’ll ever be able to trust anyone again. But how can Fiona resist when Satoshi suggests they give into their mutual attraction and let off some steam? And how can Satoshi resist when the woman he adores is finally within his grasp—even if they’ve agreed to keep things casual?Jodi McAlister is an author of romantic fiction for adults and young adults, as well as being an academic.To connext with Jodi ....https://jodimcalister.com.au/https://www.instagram.com/jodimcalister/
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For A Moment More #author G. S. Johnston
1w ago00:09:52Tap to summarizeFor A Moment More: A novel of living in the time of HIV/AIDSIt’s 1993. Chris Roberts is thirty-three, HIV-positive for eight years and working at an Oxford Street hardware shop, while funerals, fear and failing health threaten to destroy him.Then, on a balmy night in Darlinghurst, everything shifts.At a dance party in Sydney’s gay ghetto – midway through a performance of 'Something’s Coming' by a life-sized Barbra Streisand puppet – Chris has an epiphany. Effective treatments will come. And if he wants to be around when the future arrives, he has to fight for his life.Chris’s daily routine becomes an act of resilience and resistance, fuelled by a refusal to disappear quietly. He stares down his past, makes peace where he can and dares to imagine a time beyond HIV/AIDS.For a Moment More captures the sharp wit, humour and fierce tenderness of those times. It’s a story about love, farewelling friends, defiance and joy. It is about laughing in the face of fear.Author GS JOHNSTON has been writing in one form or another for as long as he can remember, beginning with music and songwriting. After completing a degree in pharmacy, a formative year in Italy rekindled his passion for the written word, leading him to complete a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Seeking a broader creative canvas, heTo connect with GS JOHNSTON ....https://gsjohnston.com/for-a-moment-more/https://gsjohnston.com/the-novels/https://www.instagram.com/gsjohnston_/Check out the Podcast show https://audioboom.com/channels/4910636-imagining-the-past
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The Medal #author David Ryan
2w ago00:09:10Tap to summarize… the strange thing that happened was I realised sport wasn’t my life. I realised that I had an abundance of sporting talent, but I took it for granted because it meant more to my fans than me.Against the backdrop of community football, the heir to a sweeping family fortune and the son of a prominent bikie gang leader forge an unlikely brotherhood. With their families locked in a long and bitter feud, the football prodigies push each other – and the game – to new heights.But in the brutal world of sporting competition, friendship and rivalry can quickly become indistinguishable.When jealousy and ambition spark a devastating on-field accident, their bond is instantly shattered. As anger and guilt take hold, the sportsmen are confronted with the truth that friendship can be forged and fractured by the same forces: ambition, pride and a desperate need for validation. It isn’t just about who’s the better footballer; it is a deeper battle against the lives their fathers have planned for them.To salvage what remains of their friendship, they must face a final test of forgiveness – one that may cost them everything.In the high-stakes world of Australian Rules Football, the price for being the best is high. When all hope seems shattered, can meaning be found again?To connect with David ....https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-ryan-author/https://hemburybooks.com.au/author-david-ryan/
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Far from Me #author Adrian McLean
2w ago00:11:44Tap to summarizeOn the 3rd of September, 1939, the lives of two young Australians are changed forever when Neville Chamberlain declares that Britain is at war with Germany.On his farm in the outback of Victoria, fifteen-year-old Keith is wide-eyed at the news and bursting to hear what his schoolmates make of it. The announcement lands differently on the west coast, where the plans of Johnny and his young bride are put on hold when life in their hometown of Perth is disrupted by a huge influx of US troops and military hardware. Johnny's loyalties are torn between devotion to his new wife and duty to his country.Three years into the conflict, the paths of Keith and Johnny converge when they meet up in Canada during training for the Australian Air Force. Both are carrying scars from unexpected loss.Their friendship survives the excesses of Montreal nightlife, a treacherous Atlantic crossing and a sobering encounter with the makeshift drabness of wartime England. During bitter fighting at the turn of 1945, they join a rookie crew under the benevolent leadership of a veteran captain and find unexpected comfort in a sleepy market town in Southern England.The crew graduate to operational missions flying Lancaster bombers. Through countless nerve-shredding moments, they discover the fine margins between survival and disaster before getting to savor the wild, euphoric release of VE Day.But fate is not finished with them yet.To connect with Adrian ....https://austinmacauleyusa.com/author/adrian-mcleanhttps://www.instagram.com/farfromme_book/
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Infernal Tramps #author Alex Grass
2w ago00:10:13Tap to summarizeAlex Grass's Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird Terror ....A boy discovers his father's oracular grotesque in a secret dungeon below their family funeral home.An antique spiked collar transforms Philadelphia into a city that worships a dead dog.A video game dominates the market for years and then disappears, except for one man's memories of its horrors.A mother with a trunkful of hungry, inhuman babies tracks down the family that abandoned them.The warden of a penal colony offers to pardon a murderer, but only if the inmate can find the antidote to the poison wine the warden gave him.A wealthy young woman receives a surgical implant that delivers more than just a shapely body.Step into a world of fleshly titillation and fresh terror, a dimension of blood and consequence. But buyer beware! Crack the spine and these dark tales are not so easily forgotten.Turn back now, if you can, or else become one of the... Infernal Tramps!Alex Grass is an American horror and dark‑fantasy author from known for works such as Black River Lantern, Dreck, A Boy’s Hammer, and the 2026 collection Infernal Tramps.To connect with Alex ....https://www.infernaltramps.com/https://www.instagram.com/infernaltramps/
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RIPPA Young Pilgram #author PJ Laverty
2w ago00:07:04Tap to summarizeJoey Rippa is one of the most naturally gifted footballers England's Second Division has ever seen. He's also one of the least interested in that fact.When Plymouth Argyle's pre-season tour brings him back to his homeland, Australia, for the first time since leaving his beloved Merri Bay, Rippa arrives late, sunburnt, and carrying an impressive holiday paunch. His long-suffering manager Bobby Noll - the man who discovered him surfing a wave in Western Australia and somehow turned him into Plymouth's Player of the Year - is not impressed.Back in England, Rippa is navigating his second season as a professional footballer with his trademark combination of natural genius and spectacular indifference. He's living in a backpackers hostel populated by 52 nationalities, moonlighting in an underground lawn bowls operation of questionable legality, and trying to hold together a Plymouth side with genuine ambitions of promotion and a maiden trip to Wembley.There's just one problem. Actually, there are several.Rolf Bonkovic, the notoriously unimpressed Australian national coach, is finally paying attention, which means Rippa needs to start performing like someone who actually wants to play international football. His sponsor, the magnificently eccentric Thurston Kwibble, has ideas about how Rippa should spend his spare time that range from the mildly unusual to the potentially criminal. And then there's Ned Buckley - younger, fitter, more dedicated, annoyingly talented, and seemingly sent from the universe specifically to make Rippa's life difficult.Buckley is everything Rippa is not: disciplined, professional, and disturbingly wholesome. He meditates. He keeps a journal. He volunteers in Kenya during the off-season. He also, infuriatingly, appears to be the better footballer.As the season builds toward a dramatic cup run against Rippa's old nemesis West Ham United, and with his international future hanging in the balance, Rippa is forced to confront the question Bobby Noll has been asking since the day they met on a beach in Western Australia: does he actually want any of this?Young Pilgrim is the second book in P.J. Laverty's RIPPA! series, a comedy about football, freedom, and a young man who would rather be anywhere else, doing almost anything else, and who is somehow brilliant at the one thing he can't escape. Set against the backdrop of early 1990s English football, with Italia 90 still fresh in the memory and the Premier League just around the corner, it captures a sport and an era on the cusp of change, filtered through the eyes of someone almost entirely unbothered by either.Funny, warm, and sharply observed, Young Pilgrim builds on the world established in the first book in the series, RIPPA! while standing fully on its own feet. New readers are welcome. Joey Rippa will eventually get around to welcoming them too, once he's finished his surf.To conenct with PJ Laverty ....https://www.instagram.com/p_j_laverty/https://www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/rippa-young-pilgrim
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Evil Goods #author Marcus Bone
2w ago00:08:50Tap to summarizeA MAGICAL WORLD. A RELUCTANT HERO. A RAGTAG TEAM.It’s already been a bad day for Richard Parry, and that’s before he’s shot. After that it just gets worse.Thrown into a surreal world, he is seen by some as the manifestation of a prophecy and bringer of doom who might need to be soundly terminated. On the positive side, the Ministry of Insecurity think he will be useful on a suicide mission.Richard and an ill-matched team now venture into the stranger, and more than a bit weirder, parts of this alternate world to discover a traitor intent on derailing the mission and that the ultimate villain is a figure from his own past...To connect with Marcus ....https://marcusbone.com/
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Made for Walking #author Richard Smith
3w ago00:10:06Tap to summarizeMade for Walking is a contemporary novel. It follows veteran television actor Syd Price, whose career is disrupted after being dropped from a long-running soap. He teams up with Chloe Anderson, a young model and social media influencer, to film riverside walks, but their partnership develops into a conflict over fame, ageing, and the changing media landscape. Described as a novel being infused with music while exploring friendship, modern life, and generational tensions.To connect with Richard ....https://richardsmithwrites.com/https://www.youtube.com/@UCMQDFyjMpN_kxdniho8gIwg https://www.instagram.com/richardsmithwriteshttps://www.tiktok.com/@richardsmithwrites
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The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves #author Sue Woolfe
3w ago00:10:36Tap to summarizeA wild girl who once climbed on rooves. A secret never spoken. A catastrophe that changed everything.Frances adored and feared her beautiful, unpredictable mother. No one ever explained the sudden rages or the silence that settled over the family.Years later, now a composer, Frances looks back, searching her memories for the truth. As fragments of the past come into focus, she begins to uncover the hidden life her mother never revealed — a childhood of freedom and defiance, and a wound that shaped everything that followed.Luminous and deeply affecting, The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves is a powerful novel from Sue Woolfe about mothers and daughters, memory and silence, and the mysterious ways creativity can emerge from experience.To connect with Sue ...https://suewoolfe.com.au/pages/the-girl-who-climbed-on-rooves/
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