Monday, September 28, 2020

*Book Tour & Giveaway* Immortal Treachery Series by Allan Batchelder-GUEST POST


Steel, Blood & Fire
Immortal Treachery Book 1
by Allan Batchelder
Genre: Dark Fantasy 


TARMUN VYKERS


His awestruck opponents call him The Reaper, an iron-willed man with no memory of his past, a ruthless champion who has risen to the level of death incarnate.

But The Reaper has collected a legion of enemies as he cut a bloody swath through the greatest of heroes and villains. And these dogs have finally had their day, exacting a revenge both cruel and creative.

Wandering lost, horribly disfigured and unable to fight, Vykers stumbles across the bones of a half-buried skeleton that can transform his ruined body in an inconceivable way. But first he must make a devil’s pact with...

ARUNE

A secretive, ghostly sorceress with ambitions of her own. If Vykers wants to wield a sword again, he must surrender to Arune that which he holds most dear. But can he trust this ethereal enchantress to hold up her end of their dangerous bargain?

Vykers has few good choices, and he must make them quickly, for an impossibly talented and savage wizard has arisen to threaten all of humanity...

THE END OF ALL THINGS

Once an autistic boy hardly able to speak, The End has evolved into a supernatural terror bent on extinguishing all life. A fearsome and unequaled tactician, The End is the only person who doesn’t fear “The Reaper.”

To have any hope of defeating this bloodthirsty mage, Vykers must gather the strangest, most dangerous cohort of killers ever assembled. Then he must seek out the only weapon that can defeat this terrible adversary...

THE EPIC BATTLE

Behold the greatest clash of men, monsters, and Fey that the kingdom has ever known. Vykers, at the head of his outnumbered contingent, launches a desperate attack against The End, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

But The End is a creature worthy of his name. He has forged a secret weapon, a wicked and terrible instrument that will break through Vykers’ defenses and exact a devastating toll.

Only one thing is certain, this extraordinary battle will end in a way that no one could have predicted!






As Flies to Wanton Boys
Immortal Treachery Book 2 

Three years have passed since Tarmun Vykers’ victory over the mad sorcerer who called himself the End-of-All-Things. But they’ve been three long years, confined to a sick bed with a grievous wound that will not heal, cannot be healed by any means known to man. And then something unthinkable happens, and Vykers is summoned once again to save the kingdom.


This same mysterious event ensnares Long Pete and his companions, reuniting them for a mission whose consequences none can anticipate and not all will survive. Will Vykers master his wound, or will it finally end him? Can Long Pete serve both his Queen and his family? And what of the A’Shea, Aoife, who finds herself torn between her faith and her powerful attraction to the Reaper? In a world in which the gods play with the fates of men as mischievous boys torture insects, nothing but strife is certain.




Corpse Cold
Immortal Treachery Book 3 


Betrayed by his closest friend, someone who has also stolen his most precious possession, Tarmun Vykers wants revenge.


Kittins wants revenge, too, against the all-powerful Queen, who’s been manipulating and dictating his every move for far too long, to devastating effect.

Long Pete wants revenge against the slavers who murdered his wife and even now hold his only child captive.

And many others too numerous to count want revenge as well, for slights both real and imagined.

One thing is certain: punishment is coming.

Follow the Reaper again, as he fights through the worst winter in ages to deal out revenge that leaves his victims corpse cold.





The Abject God
Immortal Treachery Book 4 

Vykers once killed some of the Emperor’s soldiers; now, the Emperor has crossed the sea with all his legions to exact a revenge that will impact not only the Reaper, but Kittins, Spirk, Eoman, and even the Virgin Queen herself. Meanwhile, pieces to the puzzle of Vykers’ origins begin to fall into place, revealing people and purposes both unexpected and heretofore unimaginable. And then there is the long-suffering Long Pete, who must now contend with an utterly reshaped reality that threatens his very existence.




The End of All Things
Immortal Treachery Book 5 


Tarmun Vykers, the Reaper, has battled his way across time and two continents, toppling kingdoms and empires alike and killing untold thousands in the process. And he has never really known why.


But he’s about to find out.

And with this new knowledge must come a reckoning—with the Queen, who has manipulated Vykers every step of the way, with the Emperor, who would take what is rightfully the Reaper’s, and even with the gods themselves.

It is time for the Reaper to do what he does best.








Allan is a professional actor, educator and former stand-up comedian. In addition to Steel, Blood & Fire, he's also written plays, screenplays, online articles, dialogue for computer games, greeting card sentiments and more. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in acting from the National Theatre Conservatory and a Master's in Teaching from Seattle Pacific University. He is a huge fan of Shakespeare, Steven Erikson, Joe Abercrombie, Glen Cook, George R.R. Martin, Tad Williams, and R. Scott Bakker. Allan lives in Seattle with his wife and son, where he enjoys walks on the beach, reading in the garden and puttering around on his computer. Oh, and naps. He LOVES naps.
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GUEST POST

What’s your favourite part of the lifestyle of an Author?

Mine’s more of a “lifestyle of a jack-of-all-trades,” anything to pay the bills. The dream, of course, is to get to the point where I can support myself and my family through my writing (and acting). It would be nice to focus on telling stories full time. But, to answer the question, my favourite part is when I’m immersed in a particular day’s efforts and lose track of time.

 

What made you start writing?

I started writing as a child – I think I just liked telling stories – but was more involved in the theatre until after my son was born. Then I began to feel the clock was and is ticking, and I’d better do it.

Is there an Author that you consider your inspiration?

I suppose different authors have offered me different things. I read Steven Erikson’s Gardens of the Moon over ten years ago, and I loved both the scope of his tale and how he just dives right in, mid-story, and expects you to do your part and keep up. I love Glen Cook’s Black Company stuff for the relationships between the soldiers (something Erikson borrowed as well). Abercrombie is great, too. At least the full-on grown-up stories are. Love the Bloody Nine!

But…I also like a touch of absurdity in my stories, and for that I thank Douglas Adams, Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll et al.

 

What’s your number one tip for an aspiring Author?

Prepare to be underwhelmed…my advice is: write. Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead. It’s YOUR story, after all. You’re the only one who can tell it.

What type of book do you like to read and does this differ from the genre that you prefer to write?

I would say fantasy has been my preferred genre over my lifetime, followed closely by horror. But I also enjoy thrillers, detective novels, Dickens, humour, plays, and especially Shakespeare (This does not, however, mean that I consider myself any kind of expert on his work).

 

Which one of your characters would you most like to spend time with?

Hmmm. That’s a tough one. You might assume Tarmun Vykers (my “protagonist”), but I think maybe I’d be more comfortable around Long Pete. He’s more of a regular guy. Aoife would be interesting to chat with also.

 

Which book do you consider a must-read?

Another brutal question. Just one? That’s like saying, “What’s your favourite flavour of ice cream?” Answer: whatever’s in front of me.  I think everyone should read A Tale of Two Cities. And A Christmas CarolThe Hobbit, of course. Watership Down.  I love 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. Sorry to be so wishy-washy. Did I mention Lord of the Flies?

 

What’s been the hardest edit that you’ve had to make? Why did you want to keep the material in?

Shakespeare’s friend and rival Ben Jonson once wrote that he wished that the Bard had done a bit more editing. And I get it. I don’t cut a lot, either. If anything, I wish I had a better sense of what to add, where to elaborate. I have an astoundingly diverse and well-qualified group of beta readers, but I’m sure there’s an editor out there somewhere who’s having a seizure every time he or she reads my work. As for material I choose to keep in against others’ advice? Well, it’s me, isn’t it? My quirks are, to some extent, what define me.  I have never been someone who likes to do things by the book. If we all follow the same formula, what have we got? Formulaic, predictable nonsense.

If you could live in a book, which one would it be?

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I love thinking we’re not all there is, and that greater life forms are even sillier. Plus, you know, who doesn’t like to travel?

 

If you could pick an Author to write your biography, who would it be?

Steven King. He’s fast, he’s prolific, and he’s funny.

 

We all know the phrase “the book is always better than the film.” Which film would you like to see remade as a book?

Can I choose a TV series? I’d love to read the recently-ended Penny Dreadful as a series.

 

Can you sum up your life story in ten words or less?

Restless creative guy tries to perfect strawberry-rhubarb pie recipe.


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