Rai Aren's Blog - Posts Tagged "speculative-sci-fi"

Hi friends & fellow readers,

I was doing my dance of joy this week as Secret of the Sands kindle edition spent a couple of days on Amazon's BESTSELLER list for Historical Fiction, reaching at least #78. That is a huge honor for us & I want to pass along our sincere thanks to our readers - you're everything to us!

I'll take a moment to show off the screen shot of our super-cool bestselling standing:




Yippee!! Here is the link to the kindle edition:

Secret of the Sands kindle edition

Our readers rock!

Happy reading always my friends :)

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS

I wanted to pass along a link to my latest interview. We talk about our award-winning, bestselling adventure novel Secret of the Sands, its upcoming sequel, Destiny of the Sands, and more. I was honored to be invited as a guest on thriller author Sean Ellis' website. Sean is the author of "The Shroud of Heaven". Other authors he has featured are Kent Holloway, Nicholas Boving, Steven Savile, Paul Byers, David Wood, Barry Reese, and Craig Smith. I am delighted to be in their company. Their interviews/features are all worthy and entertaining reads. I encourage you to check them all out while you're there. Here is the link:

Sean Ellis - "Authors You Need to Read!"



I thought I would also share a link to Sean's novel, I've ordered my copy and I am looking very forward to reading it:

The Shroud of Heaven on sale on Amazon

My sincere thanks to Sean for the opportunity to be a guest author on his site! Thanks everyone for your time & happy reading always :)

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning adventure novel SECRET OF THE SANDS

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share our cool news - our award-winning mystery novel Secret of the Sands has been on the kindle BESTSELLER list for Historical Fiction for the last several weeks. We have our awesome readers to thank for that!!

Currently, we're at #75, here's a screen shot:






We are so very grateful for each & every reader. We love to entertain you!

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS

Hi there fellow readers & Goodreads peeps,

I am proud to be a member of the Goodreads group "I Love Canadian Authors" & was honored to be invited to participate in their Author Q&A. My turn is this Friday, June 25th, and I will be here to answer your questions throughout the day.

Here is the link to the group:

I Love Canadian Authors group

And here is the link to the Author Q&A thread:

Author Q&A

I am following on the heels of some very cool authors, so do stop by & check out the previous Q&A's - there's lots of interesting things being asked & shared.

Of course, like many of the other participants, I will keep an eye on my thread after my day and respond to addition questions that come in.

I am looking forward to this & thank the moderators very much for this opportunity. Talk to you soon!

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS

Yippee! Our award-winning mystery novel Secret of the Sands has been on the Historical Fiction Bestseller list for Amazon kindle for several weeks now. I am thrilled to bits, as you can imagine, so I just had to share our good news.

Thank-you so much readers for making this possible!! We wrote the book to make you happy, and give you an entertaining escape... :)

Cheers,

Rai Aren, co-author of SECRET OF THE SANDS

In the shadow of the Great Sphinx of Giza, two young archaeologists unearth extremely unusual artifacts over 12,000 years old, but the find is wrong - very wrong. The artifacts shouldn’t be there…they shouldn’t exist at all. The greatest discovery in human history may turn out to be the deadliest…

"A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands uses Egypt and her mythology as a backdrop to delve into the meanings of life and religion." -McNally Robinson

"Rai Aren and Tavius E. have crafted a fast-paced, exciting novel overflowing with mystery and intrigue. The tension is constant. The characters fully developed. And the plot gripping. Ancient history and present day relevance are so expertly intertwined, that you might forget you are reading a work of fiction." -- Thomas Phillips, author of The Molech Prophecy

Hi there,

I've been on Goodreads for sometime now, and as I've said many times, it's one of my favorite online places (Goodreads rocks!!!). During this time, I have been continuously delighted to see how many of you fine folks have taken the time to read & review our best-selling, award-winning adventure novel, Secret of the Sands, added yourselves as fans, as well as the oodles & oodles of people who have added it to their to-be-read lists. I want you to know that I sincerely appreciate it & I am grateful for each & every one of you!






As any author will tell you, having your work find interested & engaged readers is a dream come true & a big honor... :)

Read on my friends!

Your fellow book addict,

Rai Aren, co-author of Secret of the Sands
www.secretofthesands.com


For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth...

"Rai Aren and Tavius E. have crafted a fast-paced, exciting novel overflowing with mystery and intrigue. The tension is constant. The characters fully developed. And the plot gripping. Ancient history and present day relevance are so expertly intertwined, that you might forget you are reading a work of fiction." -- Thomas Phillips, author of The Molech Prophecy

"A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands uses Egypt and her mythology as a backdrop to delve into the meanings of life and religion." -McNally Robinson

Hey everyone,

I was fortunate to be invited for an author interview and feature for our award-winning archaeology adventure novel SECRET OF THE SANDS , on publisher/author/real-life CSI Kent Holloway's blog. Kent gave me a very warm & fun introduction & it was a great interview. I thoroughly enjoyed myself! I'm also honored to be in such great company, previous features have included authors Steve Perry (of Indiana Jones & Star Wars fame!), Scott Sigler, Jim Butcher, Steven Saville, Sean Ellis, David Sakmyster, Kristina Schram, Rick Chesler, Stacey Kennedy, amongst many others. My tbr pile certainly grew checking out all of these interesting features! Here's the link:

http://kenthollowayonline.blogspot.com/

I invite you to stop by & have a read. Feel free to leave a comment, too, for myself, Kent, or any of the other authors, we'd love to hear from you :)

My thanks to Kent for his hard work and efforts! Kent is the author of Primal Thirst, a "spine-chilling suspense" novel. It's on my list!

Happy reading always!

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS

Hi valued readers, friends & fans,

I wanted to share our latest happy news for our archaeology adventure novel, Secret of the Sands. Our publisher, Bristlecone Pine Press, has graciously agreed to lower the price of our Amazon kindle edition to $4.99 (from $6.99). It was very important to me to have our novel be affordable & accessible to all of our interested readers. If you have a kindle, or use the (free!!) kindle apps for PC & Mac, I hope you will consider adding our book to your virtual shelves :)



Happy reading always!!

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS

For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth...


"A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands uses Egypt and her mythology as a backdrop to delve into the meanings of life and religion." -McNally Robinson

"Rai Aren and Tavius E. have crafted a fast-paced, exciting novel overflowing with mystery and intrigue. The tension is constant. The characters fully developed. And the plot gripping. Ancient history and present day relevance are so expertly intertwined, that you might forget you are reading a work of fiction." -- Thomas Phillips, author of The Molech Prophecy

Hey book peeps,

For the last few weeks I have been working on putting together a new Second edition of our award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS. It's the same cool story, with a even cooler cover! Here it is:



The publishing process is underway to roll the book out across pretty much all online platforms. The first stop is Smashwords:

Secret of the Sands on Smashwords

Shortly, it should be included in their Premium Catalog, which will allow the book to be available in the following places in addition to the Smashwords catalog:

* Apple's iBookstore
* Barnes & Noble
* Sony
* Kobo
* Borders (powered by Kobo)
* the Diesel eBookstore
* Whitcoulls (New Zealand, powered by Kobo)

I am also working on getting it onto Amazon kindle. I will let you all know as soon as these processes are complete.

For all of our fans, who continue to write in to us to tell us how much they love the story, rest assured, we haven't changed anything there. It's just got a spanky new cover, which I think evokes the substance of the story even more. The second edition allows me to make the book available on many more platforms, and while I was considering that, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to reinvent the cover. I'm extremely excited about this, and totally thrilled with the result!

I also want to pass along my sincere thanks for the hard work & incredible talent of the two people who have been helping me put the second edition together:

* Cover: Gary Val Tenuta, one of the best graphic designers I've come across. Here's the link to his site if you would like to tap his talents:

GVTgrafix: www.bookcoversandvideos.webs.com

* eBook formatting & design: Greg Banks @ BDDesign LLC, he really knows his stuff!: www.bddesignonline.com

Both of these guys are talented, professional & fantastic to work with. Highly recommended!

I will be updating our website and all of my online profiles to reflect the new images. I will also provide links as I get them to all of the great retailers where the book can be found. I may also consider a print edition with the new cover at some point. The first edition print & eBook will remain available in all of the current places.

I hope you like the new cover! I am over the moon about it... :)

Happy reading always, my friends!

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS

Hi all,

I am very pleased to share our latest author feature on author Geri Ahearn's blog:

www.authorgeriahearnsbookreviews.blogspot.com










My sincere thanks to Geri for all of her hard work! She is a delightful lady. You can also find her on Facebook:

Geri Ahearn on Facebook

Be sure to subscribe to her blog to see all of the cool features she has.


Happy reading always!

Rai Aren, co-author of the award-winning mystery novel SECRET OF THE SANDS