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 I've had new covers made up for Forager Impersonator Specialist and Revolutionary so that they match the new cover made some time ago for Forager Impersonator Impersonator. All covers by Indie Designz.

Here's all three covers:

This cover depicts Chelsea, Ryan, Ethan and Nanako, since all four feature in this book, the final chapter in the Forager six book series.

'Girl, Kidnapped' - A Cozy Mystery 

Available Now on Amazon Kindle

To celebrate the new release of Peter R Stone's latest book, Girl, Kidnapped, it is offered at 99c for a limited time.

After disappearing six months ago on the night her best friend was found strangled in the Darebin Creek hotel toilet block, Caitlyn Hughes--daughter of millionaire Brayden Hughes--is found dumped on the side of the road just outside town. Wearing a threadbare knee-length dress and with her badly-bruised ankles encased in leg irons, she's filthy, malnourished and covered in burn scars. She has no memory of how she got there, where she has been or even who she is. A doctor's examination reveals that her memory has been deliberately erased by repeated electric shock therapy. 

Desperate to find out who did this to her and why, and displeased with the police superintendent's plodding pace, Caitlyn launches an investigation of her own. However, she is unnerved by her brother's insistence that she talk to him first when her memories start returning because he suspects that their father is the one who did this to her...

Dear Subscriber,

If you would like me to send you an advanced reader copy (ARC) of my latest book, 'Girl, Kidnapped,' which is the second book in my stand-alone 'Girl' series of novels, please pop me an email or leave a comment with your email address.

Please note that the ARC copy is not the final copy/edit, so may still have a few typos. 

All I ask in return is if you can please pop a review on the book on Amazon USA (or in the Amazon relevant to where you live) when the final version of the book is released on Amazon Kindle next week. 

And when you leave the review, please remember to mention "Disclaimer: I was given a copy of this book in return for an unbiased review."

Thanks so much!

BLURB:

After disappearing six months ago on the night her best friend was found strangled in the Darebin Creek hotel toilet block, Caitlyn Hughes--daughter of millionaire Brayden Hughes--is found dumped on the side of the road just outside town. Wearing a threadbare knee-length dress and with her badly-bruised ankles encased in leg irons, she's filthy, malnourished and covered in burn scars. She has no memory of how she got there, where she has been or even who she is. A doctor's examination reveals that her memory has been deliberately erased by repeated electric shock therapy. 

Desperate to find out who did this to her and why, and displeased with the police superintendent's plodding pace, Caitlyn launches an investigation of her own. However, she is unnerved by her brother's insistence that she talk to him first when her memories start returning because he suspects that their father is the one who did this to her...

Peter R Stone is the author of the popular post-apocalyptic 'Forager' six-book series, with over 80,000 copies of the Forager Book 1 given away/sold and with over 16,000 follow-on sales. 

'Girl, Kidnapped' - A Cozy Mystery from Peter R Stone

Due Out Soon

After having a bitter argument with her two closest friends, the daughter of Police Superintendent Zac Griffiths was found strangled in the toilet block of the Darebin Creek Hotel. Found unconscious in the adjacent toilet cubicle, Caitlyn Hughes - the daughter of millionaire Brayden Hughes - disappeared from hospital later that night.

Six months later, Caitlyn is found dumped on the side of the road just outside town with no memory of how she got there, where she has been or even who she is. Wearing a threadbare knee-length dress and with her ankles encased in leg irons, she's filthy, malnourished and covered in burn scars. A doctor's examination reveals that her memory was deliberately erased by repeated electric shock therapy. 

Driven to find who did this to her and why, she turns the town upside but is unnerved when her brother insists that she come to him first instead of the police when she starts to recover her memories because he suspects that their father is the one who did this to her...

Girl, Abandoned

Now Available on Amazon Kindle $2.99


A gripping novel full of twists and turns.

When Amber Faulkner strives to honour her dying adoptive mother's last request to be reunited with her birth mother—the universally reviled politician Joan Simmons—she has no idea of the anguish and pain that lie ahead.

What dark secrets lie behind the reason her birth mother abandoned her when she kept and raised her twin sister? Why does her mother tell her that she didn't want her then and still doesn't want her now? How far will her mother go to keep Amber's true identity secret to prevent a scandal that would destroy her political career and everything she's worked so hard to build?

Why is her mother leading a small breakaway group of senators to side with the opposition to block legislation that will put over two thousand repeat violent offenders behind bars when the city is caught in the grip of an unprecedented crime wave of aggravated burglaries, rampaging teenage gangs, rape and murder?

Why is the nameless vigilante carrying out a campaign of terror against Joan Simmons and her family? Is he trying to force her to approve the legislation or does he have darker purposes in mind? Can Liam Fielder—the young man infatuated with Amber—live up to his assertions that he can protect her from the vigilante when she is caught in the crossfire?

From Peter R Stone, the author who brought us the thrilling post-apocalyptic 'Forager' six-book series.

In the fourth Forager novel, 'Impersonator,' Chelsea visits the center of Melbourne, where she sees the famous clocks of Flinders Street Station. She also goes to Hosier Lane, a famous tourist attraction due to the amazing graffiti - government approved! - that adorns the walls. Unfortunately, the images that were on the walls at the time I wrote 'Impersonator' have since been painted over, but the new images are amazing all the same. Enjoy!

Girl, Abandoned

Now Available on Amazon Kindle $2.99

A gripping novel full of twists and turns about a city caught in the grip of an unprecedented crime wave, the girl who strives to reconcile with the mother who abandoned her, the mother who still wants nothing to do with her, the loathsome estranged twin sister; the unwanted relentless love interest and the ruthless vigilante with an unknown agenda. 

When Amber Faulkner strives to honour her dying adoptive mother's last request to be reunited with her birth mother—the universally reviled politician Joan Simmons—she has no idea of the anguish and pain that lie ahead.

What dark secrets lie behind the reason her birth mother abandoned her when she kept and raised her twin sister? Why does her mother tell her that she didn't want her then and still doesn't want her now? How far will her mother go to keep Amber's true identity secret to prevent a scandal that would destroy her political career and everything she's worked so hard to build?

Why is her mother leading a small breakaway group of senators to side with the opposition to block legislation that will put over two thousand repeat violent offenders behind bars when the city is caught in the grip of an unprecedented crime wave of aggravated burglaries, rampaging teenage gangs, rape and murder?

Why is the nameless vigilante carrying out a campaign of terror against Joan Simmons and her family? Is he trying to force her to approve the legislation or does he have darker purposes in mind? Can Liam Fielder—the young man infatuated with Amber—live up to his assertions that he can protect her from the vigilante when she is caught in the crossfire?

From Peter R Stone, the author who brought us the thrilling post-apocalyptic 'Forager' six-book series.

Forager - the Complete Six Book Series
Post-Apocalyptic Series Available on Kindle


Forager - the Complete Six Book Series - for $8.99
468,000 words.

Includes:
Forager - Infiltrator - Expatriate - Impersonator - Specialist - Revolutionary

Twenty-year-old Ethan Jones lives in a post apocalyptic, oppressive society that terminates anyone with mutations caused by nuclear radiation in an effort to keep the human race pure.

His life becomes complicated when he rescues a mysterious Japanese girl from the Skel and brings her back with him, for she breaks the town’s rigid conventions in her pursuit of him, placing their lives in jeopardy. Her odd behaviour and probing questions baffle him, as does the fact that he understands her when she speaks in Japanese.

At the same time, the Skel ramp up their attacks on the foraging teams. Is this part of a larger plan that could spell the town’s doom? And why do the Skel suddenly possess advanced technology – who is backing them, and why?

Keeping his mutation secret, uncovering the girl’s true intentions and trying to save the town all vie for Ethan’s attention. And if he fails, not only his life, but the lives of all, are at stake.

Eighteen-year-old Chelsea Thomas has spent her life living in fear of Newhome’s paramilitary Custodians, due to a prohibited rogue ability.

In the past week, her twin brother – a forager – has uncharacteristically run away from home and work after the mysterious death of a teammate. Something has also scared her normally unflappable father half to death, and their family is threatened with eviction.

However, her brother’s disappearance presents her with a long-sought after opportunity to escape Newhome, since only the foragers – all men – are allowed to leave the town. All she has to do is impersonate her brother long enough to make her escape while foraging out in the ruins.

But she never counted on the kindness of Ryan Hill, a forager new to the team. Nor did she expect the barbaric Skel to attack the team the moment she decided to run away. She has to choose between making good on her escape or saving Ryan and the others.

The Thrilling Conclusion to the Forager Impersonator and Forager Trilogies, Revolutionary, is now available on Amazon.

Revolutionary(Forager Impersonator - A Post Apocalyptic Trilogy Book 3)
The most dangerous man in Newhome, Councillor Cho, has been promoted to general. The first thing on his agenda is the complete ruination of the Japanese coastal town, Hamamachi. To achieve this, he makes the genetically engineered Specialist girls undergo an accelerated Custodian training course so he can send them off to war.

Chosen along with five of her biologically modified sisters, Chelsea Thomas is sent on the top-secret mission that will end the war with Hamamachi for good. What does General Cho care if several nearby towns suffer the same fate due to their close proximity to the Japanese town?
But what will Chelsea do when she learns that she will need to abandon her morals and go against everything she believes in to complete the mission? Will she ignore her conscience or defy Cho and go head-to-head against her sisters who are still under his mind-control?
Ethan Jones and Madison Taylor, serving in the Hamamachi Militia, are working tirelessly to rescue slaves from Skel controlled territories in an attempt to redress the Rangers shameful anti-immigration policies of the past.
At the same time, they are aware that time is running out for the biologically engineered girls imprisoned in Newhome. An opportunity arises for them to return home and rescue their kin, but a whole world of hurt is waiting for them should they decide to risk it.
Meanwhile, the chancellor moves forward the date to release the dreaded virus, sending Newhome's twin resistance movements into panic mode. If they don't act soon, theirs will be the last generation in Australia if not the world. But what chance do they have against a totalitarian regime policed by three-hundred brutal Custodians?

Revolutionary(Forager Impersonator - A Post Apocalyptic Trilogy Book 3)
Final book nearing completion
This post is just a heads-up to my readers that the final book in the six-book Forager series is finally nearing completion. I only have to write the last chapter or two, after which comes editing/revision, and sending the manuscript off to the editor.

Thanks for all of your support in joining me for this thrilling adventure.

Synopsis

A strike team of Specialists, including Chelsea Thomas and Bhagya Singhe, is sent out of Newhome to deal with Hamamachi for once and for all. What does the chancellor care if several nearby towns suffer the same fate due to their close proximity to the Japanese town?

Meanwhile, the chancellor moves forward the date to release the dreaded virus, sending Newhome's twin resistance movements into panic mode. If they don't act soon, theirs will be the last generation. But what chance do they have against a totalitarian regime policed by three-hundred brutal Custodians?

In the wasteland outside Melbourne's CBD, Ethan Jones and his Hamamachi Special Forces team run into trouble on one of their trips to liberate slaves from Skel territory. The skeleton armoured monsters are starting to wise up to their hit-and-run tactics...