CSFF Blog Tour-Kathyrn Mackel’s "Trackers"

Today through Wednesday, the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy blog tour is highlighting Kathyrn Mackel’s book, Trackers.

Trackers is the second book in The Birthright Project series. The first book, Outriders,
introduced the readers into a world in which science has been used to nearly obliterate the original, natural world. Introduced into this altered landscape is a select group, part of a small band dedicated to restoring their world back to its original design. They work is small bands, always under threat of discovery.

Visit other tour participants and see what they have to say about The Birthright Project, Outriders, and Trackers.

Jim Black
Jackie Castle
Valerie Comer
Frank Creed
Gene Curtis
Chris Deanne
Janey DeMeo
April Erwin
Beth Goddard
Mark Goodyear
Todd Michael Greene
Karen Hancock
Elliot Hanowski
Katie Hart
Sherrie Hibbs
Sharon Hinck
Joleen Howell
Jason Joyner
Karen and at Karen’s myspace
Oliver King
Tina Kulesa
Lost Genre Guild
Kevin Lucia and The Bookshelf Reviews 2.0 - The Compendium
Terri Main
Rachel Marks
Shannon McNear
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Caleb Newell
Eve Nielsen
John Otte
Cheryl Russel
Hannah Sandvig
Mirtika Schultz
James Somers
Stuart Stockton
Steve Trower
Speculative Faith
Chris Walley
Daniel I. Weaver

CFBA presents "Never Ceese" by Sue Dent

Now through Friday, December 8th, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is highlighting Never Ceese by Sue Dent.

From the CFBA site:
ABOUT THE BOOK:

Never Ceese takes religious fantasy to a new level, bringing an entirely new Light to a very dark side of fiction, doing a very admirable job to prove that vampire/werewolf fantasy does not have to be evil to be enjoyed.

The story starts with the classic tale of an English manor owned by Richard, the vampire who righteously is the bain of his neighbor’s existence, what with the missing goats and all!

Then enters Cecelia, better known as Ceese, the young werewolf maiden who’s arrived via invitation by Richard’s aging companion, Penelope.

Ceese and Richard would prefer to tear each other apart, literally, but they are drawn together by their mutual love for Penelope. She is dying and has one request…that the two of them love one another.

This is the overall theme throughout Dent’s interesting tale of two who were wronged but learn to work together. Meanwhile they are threatened by an evil stem cell researcher who wants the immortality and power that he thinks their blood will bring him!

Dent’s characters do differ from the stock one’s we’re all accustomed to in a very important way. They are not mindless, brutal killers. Bloodthirsty, yes, but they are constantly resisting the urge to kill, and, thus, curse another human. Feeding on rodents, goats, virtually any warm-blooded animal helps to satiate the never ending thirst for blood, but how long will they be able to resist that most delicious morsel man?

There is a chance that their curses can actually be lifted if they can find the strength within to resist their selfish natures and act selflessly toward another. Will they succeed? That same basic choice lies before us all every day…

A vampire and a werewolf, one determined to, once again, be able to acknowledge what will get her to heaven, the other no so sure he can. A spiritual fantasy designed to spark the imagination, to speak to the heart as well as entertain.