Detroit Based Fantasy novel - Chapter 1 Audio Book Sample

Check out Chapter 1 of the new book The Rune finder - a sci-fi fantasy based in the city of Detroit in the year 2056:



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Detroit Based Book "The Rune Finder" free audio book

If you've been following this blog you already know there has been a book recently completed that takes place in Detroit. It's called The Rune Finder.
Here is a quick update on the book:

The Rune Finder Podcast will be coming soon. In continual efforts to "Stick it to the Man" the author has decided to do a completely FREE audio download of the entire rough draft book. Beginning in the next few weeks each chapter of The Rune Finder will be read by the author and posted for free MP3 dowload all over the world. Why? Because the author wants to break through the limitations of a restricted publishing system and give the world an entertaining story free of charge.
Go to the website at www.runefinder.blogspot.com for more details.
Also, show your support by joining the Facebook group. Simply go to the "search" bar at the top right of your home page and search for "rune finder" to locate the group and join.

Robots in Detroit

At the beginning of last year a little robot named ASIMO came to Detroit. While he was here he decided to conduct the Detroit Symphony.

Also, find out more about the upcoming book entitled The Rune Finder. It's a sci-fi fantasy story which takes place in Detroit in the near future.

Rune Finder Blog is UP

The Rune Finder official blog is finally up and running. http://www.runefinder.blogspot.com/

The first draft of the sci-fi fantasy book, based in Detroit, is now finished. Editing and re-editing are now underway.

The site needs new visitors as everyone awaits the publishing of the book. New announcements about the book will be on that site as well. It will include updates and links to go and buy the finished product.

Learn the characters, submit fan art, and post comments. Everyone is welcome.
http://www.runefinder.blogspot.com/

Rune Finder - Fan Movie

A new fan movie has been made for The Rune Finder book. Based in Detroit in the year 2056 this sci-fi fantasy thriller is still in the editing process. Although this movie doesn't depict any Orc, Elf, or Dwarf characters - they are a major part of the book. Mutations have spread throughout the world and a great war is converging in the Detroit area.

The Michigan Dogman

In 1794 a fur trader passing through the area recorded in his journal that he encountered what he called "Loup Garou". That was the first recorded sighting of the legendary Michigan Dogman.

In 1857 a letter also recorded seeing a creature in the woods that stood upright like a man but was a wolf of some kind.

Ever since these instances there have been a flood of pictures, video footage, and sightings reporting that people had seen the Dogman. Mysterious accidents have been reported where people went missing - yet the scene was surrounded by dog tracks. Vehicles have been smashed and torn open as though a massive dog ripped through them.

Teaser

Logan noticed something on the floor, several feet in front of him. It lifted off the ground. A holographic image flickered for a moment and then appeared above the spinning disk. It was a holocom device.
The figure stood almost eight feet tall. He was dressed in a long blue cloak that was pulled up over his head. Logan strained to get a good look at his face. His skin was almost luminescent with dark blue eyes set beneath the white hair of his brow. Logan felt transparent as the figure looked down at him.
“I am known as the Conductor,” he said. “I apologize for communicating through the Connex but I assure this conversation is private.”
“I understand that you lead the Wavers,” said Logan. “I don’t understand what you people do or if you can even help me, but I’m running out of options.”
“Let me enlighten you. The Connex infrastructure is an interactive digital world that exists along side our current physical reality. It was created as the new era to replace the current Internet system. Rather than looking at displays on a screen and typing upon rudimentary keyboard you are allowed to walk through the information. Their digital proxy within that world represents them. If you want to talk to a banker, you walk through the virtual representation of the bank within the Connex and talk to him. Yet, the system runs much deeper than it shows on the surface.”
“I’m not sure I follow what you’re saying. You are saying that when you plug into the Connex, or even at a virtual console, you can walk through a world that doesn’t exist?”
“My physical body is in another room at another place. It is suspended to provide the physical mind a release from the distractions of the world you now live in. What you see now when you look at me is a hologram. This holocom is able to project my representation through the Connex as though I were standing in the room. I see what you see as though I am here, but I am free from the physical constraints. I don’t feel the cold that makes you shiver. I don’t smell the things you smell.”

The First Draft

After a long journey the first rough draft of the book is finished. My goal was to write the story in less than 90,000 words and it ended up at 89.905. When I was writing the last paragraph at 11:45pm the power went out across town for a moment. I thought I might have lost half the last chapter, but recovered everything when the power came back on.

I wrote the final words at 11:55pm May 24, 2009. I can only describe the feeling as being similar to the day I graduated college. There was a sense of accomplishment combined with a feeling of not knowing exactly what to do next.

I was anticipating a good nights sleep after finishing the book. Instead I had nightmares of a room full of paperwork that needed editing. I think I have my work cut out for me.

Keeping in mind there is a lot of editing that needs done still I've decided to let everyone have a little taste of the book. Here is a short teaser for you:

"Gelmir assessed the situation. It had been yet another misjudgment on his part to engage in battle with this one. He moved by the large hole in the rooftop and could not see the Orc on the ground below. He focused his eyes into a thermal image. He could see the Orc moving through the warehouse circling the room for an exit. Gelmir could not tell if he were the hunter or the prey at this point. He grabbed his rifle and decided it was best to flee the area.

Gelmir jumped across the thirty-foot gap to the next rooftop and scaled down a drainpipe. He had to reach a safer location in the city before the shock of his wounds set in and immobilized him. His stomach was gushing blood. He could feel it running down his legs inside his tactical suit. The dried salt water on his body made the slice in his belly feel like it was searing next to a hot flame. Although he had caught the Orc with two shots, and then dropped him two stories, he knew his own stamina was no match for the beast when wounded."

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