Book Review of Michael's Mystery by Linze Brandon

Synopsis

It was time for the Lords of the High Council to step in when the Grandmaster of Kryane is accused of murdering his own people. They had little choice but to prevent the collapse of the whole magicians order, so they sent Michael to investigate the allegations.

The people of the desert planet were an enigma, but none more than Andesine, the healer assigned to assist Michael. Why did she report the Grandmaster? Was she involved, or was there something more sinister going on?

The more people they interrogated the more they suspected that nothing was as it seemed. Not the murders, nor the Grandmasters' motive as everyone thought.

Unable to resist the growing attraction between them, Michael and Andesine learn that they had to trust each other with their own secrets, and risking any future they might have.

Time and again the High Lords had to step in to prevent chaos on Kryane, but time was running out for Michael and Andesine. They had to get a new Grandmaster in place before the Kryane Order collapsed completely. And they had to find the who the true culprit was.

Fortunate to escape an attack from this monster once, they were risking the lives of many others in the process. Before the High Lords could formulate a plan, Michael and Andesine were captured, leaving the High Lords helpless to prevent it.

Kidnapped and imprisoned, Andesine was confronted with the realisation that if they were to survive their ordeal, it was up to her and her long suppressed powers. But as a healer she saved lives, would she be able to destroy the monster before he forces her to unleash her power to destroy the future of mankind?

Blurb

Michael went to investigate the serial murders allegedly committed by the Grandmaster of Kryane. Andesine knew she was different and had a lot more to hide than her abilities. As their attraction grew, so did their suspicions that the real reason for the murders were not as simple as people believed. They soon learned that there was a plan in place that did not only endanger their lives, but the lives of every living being in the four dimensions.

Book Review 

Michael's  Mystery is   completely a different book which I  got to read this time around because of the blog tours hosted  by  book reviews team .Michael's Mystery by Linze Brandon is all about super powers, dragons , magic , murder and investigation done to save the human beings  from being killed .

The book is all about Michael investigation with Anadesine a   pretty lady  who  has the healing powers and their love story .But before their love story begins , Michael starts interviewing the victims only to find things go  dicey with him.

All in all , I  could feel the pinch of heavenly war-fare in this book .Michael's Mystery is fun book to read . As the author has pictured the  characters , their emotions and situations very well .

Recommended Read to all 

I received the ARC copy from  the author herself via b00kr3vi3wtours.blogspot.in

Author Profile:
Teaching herself to read before she went to school, it was the start of her life long love affair with books. Trained as an engineer, Linzé has worked as an export consultant and is presently a project manager. Although she still loves to read, she also enjoys counted stitch embroidery, archery, tai chi, fly fishing, painting, her husband's medal winning photographs and watching Manchester United play.

She counts both novels and short stories to her publishing credit. Her fourth novel, Waiting for Adrian, is planned for publication early in 2016. Her story, The Vernal Equinox, was a finalist in a sci-fi flash-fiction competition in 2015.

Linzé Brandon lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her engineer husband and German Shepherds who are convinced that the world revolves only around them.

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Spotlight of Michael's Mystery

*** BOOK  TOUR ***

It was time for the Lords of the High Council to step in when the Grandmaster of Kryane is accused of murdering his own people. They had little choice but to prevent the collapse of the whole magicians order, so they sent Michael to investigate the allegations.
The people of the desert planet were an enigma, but none more than Andesine, the healer assigned to assist Michael. Why did she report the Grandmaster? Was she involved, or was there something more sinister going on?
The more people they interrogated the more they suspected that nothing was as it seemed. Not the murders, nor the Grandmasters' motive as everyone thought.
Unable to resist the growing attraction between them, Michael and Andesine learn that they had to trust each other with their own secrets, and risking any future they might have.
Time and again the High Lords had to step in to prevent chaos on Kryane, but time was running out for Michael and Andesine. They had to get a new Grandmaster in place before the Kryane Order collapsed completely. And they had to find the who the true culprit was.
Fortunate to escape an attack from this monster once, they were risking the lives of many others in the process. Before the High Lords could formulate a plan, Michael and Andesine were captured, leaving the High Lords helpless to prevent it.
Kidnapped and imprisoned, Andesine was confronted with the realisation that if they were to survive their ordeal, it was up to her and her long suppressed powers. But as a healer she saved lives, would she be able to destroy the monster before he forces her to unleash her power to destroy the future of mankind?

About the Author:

Teaching herself to read before she went to school, it was the start of her life long love affair with books. Trained as an engineer, Linzé has worked as an export consultant and is presently a project manager. Although she still loves to read, she also enjoys counted stitch embroidery, archery, tai chi, fly fishing, painting, her husband's medal winning photographs and watching Manchester United play.

She counts both novels and short stories to her publishing credit. Her fourth novel, Waiting for Adrian, is planned for publication early in 2016. Her story, The Vernal Equinox, was a finalist in a sci-fi flash-fiction competition in 2015.

Linzé Brandon lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her engineer husband and German Shepherds who are convinced that the world revolves only around them.

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Guest Post by Linze Brandon

Please put you hands for sweet and pretty Women 'Linze Brandon' who has written a different book called 'Michaels Mystery ' .
Welcome Linze to Chocalatelovinggal's chamber   .I  am happy and pleased to host you on my blog .

What kind of girl Michael loves to be with

Without giving away the details of the story: Michael is not human. Or not only human. As the lead investigator of the Lord of the High Council, he travels throughout the universe. He sees the dark side of all sentient beings and has become a little jaded over the course of his long life.

Women are drawn to his charismatic personality, not realising that it is a skill that he employs to interrogate people and get them to reveal information. The fact that he works for the High Lords, the highest authority in the universe for all sentient magic users and supernatural beings, makes him even more attractive to the opposite sex. A handsome man, with such powerful connections, is as irresistible as Ri’atian Gold whiskey. No one ever says no to him.

Of course he enjoys women, but his relationships (if you could call them that) are fleeting and physical. Focused on the moment, rather than the future. He never stays long in one place. Certainly not long enough for him get attached. But like all of his kind, he wants a mate but his chances of finding her are almost zero.

You see, Michael is seeking a mate that is both rare and exceptional. He can only be mated to a true innocent—it is the only way to satisfy both sides of his nature. Since it will be a life commitment, his expected life span is counted in millennia, he does not want to make a mistake that cannot be undone.

True innocents are beings, not necessarily human, who have either exceptional intelligence or other abilities that makes them treasures to their societies. True innocents change people’s lives just by being there, by interacting with them, by being themselves. But history have shown them to be rare, only a few are born in each millennium, and the universe was a big place. So where does one go to find the treasure of his heart? Certainly not on a desert planet where the leader is responsible for the deaths his own people?

But the woman with the red hair and the red eyes makes something inside of him sit up and take notice. A healer who risked her life to protect her people. A woman whose eyes whispered secrets he was itching to uncover. A women whose kisses turned his blood to lava, and his other half to roar in frustration at his human counterpart’s blindness. Yet here she was.

When he eventually realised that a potential mate had just crossed his path, he wasn't the kind of man to let an opportunity for a lifetime of happiness slip through his fingers.

Thanks for dropping in as my guest here .

I  hope all others also must have enjoyed reading your answer.

Till then  see ya ..... guys 

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Tales of N and V Part Nineteen

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"Look young man I  have a lot of pending work to do  and  do not have all the time in the world  to play with you , got it sonny" Vikram looking at Abhi painfully said  and left  for office .The door behind his father back slowly closes in front of his eyes .Sighing to himself , he satisfies himself by  playing  with his football all alone and by himself   but off  suddenly he over hears Preeti's voice outside the main door  and immediately opens the door making Preeti look stunned . Hey Preeti , what's up ? he queered .Err..... I am fine what about you  ?she asked him trying to sound a little  chirpy and cheerful  .But Abhi found something wrong midst  when  he sees two little legs move  behind her .

Ma ..... Abhi called out .Looks like the little monster has come here again for an dental check up .

Uff.....Abhi send her  here then beta .

'Come baby ...lets go to the dentist aunty's den ' he said by pulling her little arms  forward .'No...' she shouted and looked at her mother for help .

Abhi smiled to himself as if he achieved something  which is quiet close to him .

Chalo.....then I am going to tell Ma that this little monster ....by the way what is your name ? Abhi abruptly  questions   her with a percussing glance and without completing his statement properly  .
'Nimisha'  the little monster replied .
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. -Henry Ford. what does that mean? Nimisha enquired  mockingly with her hands on her tiny waist.

It's a quote dear  , her mother said and Abhi nodded in agreement and closes the doors in front of them by bidding his good byes to them .

Namarata who silently stood there  watching this scene  , silently weeps  but she is  caught by Abhi's fiery  glances.Seeing him staring at her like this , she immediately wiped off her tears from her eyes  and calls  Sambu  and starts barking her orders on him .

This made Abhi laugh aloud because  "he has not seen women off this sort " 

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Book Blitz of A Thousand Unspoken Words By Paulami Duttagupta

A Thousand Unspoken Words 

By 

Paulami Duttagupta 

Publisher: Readomania 

Blurb 

A hero, a person who displays great courage for the greater good, can also fall. But what happens to a fallen hero? A Thousand Unspoken Words is the unique journey of a hero who falls. 

The champion of the underdogs, the writer who uses the nom de plume Musafir is famous in Kolkata. His incisive criticism of the injustices around him earn him many enemies but he holds his ideals above all else. Scathing attacks at his books and a night of hide and seek from political goons leads Musafir unto a path he never liked, faraway from his ideals. He runs away and chooses the comforts of money over the travails of following one’s ideals. The hero falls. 

But Tilottama, passionate fan’s hopes don’t. When he comes back after many years, emotions, love and lust take charge and an affair brews. Will she bring back her hero? Will he rise again? Or will the thousand untold words, the many stories of the ideal writer be lost forever?

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Excerpt

Wahan kaun hai tera, Musafir jaayega kaha’, the retro radio show played the SD Burman classic. Tilottama looked at her radio once and tears blurred her vision.

‘O Sachin karta this song reminds me of him.’

Tilotamma quickly wiped her eyes and turned the radio off. The day had been taxing enough. She needed to unwind, get Musafir out of her mind. How crazy could some people get? He had just written a fictional piece. How could fiction humiliate a government in power with an absolute majority? Wasn’t this a democracy? How could the supporters of a faith or political party get all insecure and burn his books?

The object of Tilottama’s despair, Musafir, was a writer supposedly based out of Kolkata. He wrote books at irregular intervals, and hid behind the veil of anonymity. His pieces were mostly social commentaries and satires on the state of Bengal. They were all fictional but had come under severe criticism in the past few months. Little paperbacks in funny covers, his books were available in old, rambling, bookstores across the city. Some were also available with the book vendors on the footpaths of the city.

When the news of the pulping of Musafir’s books had reached her a couple of days ago, Tilottama hadn’t thought things would go beyond a protest or two. The people of the city wouldn’t let go of things without a sign of protest. They got agitated at trivial things like who was included in a cricket team, and burned effigies and tyres in protest. They took out processions for Vietnam and Gaza. They could protest against him; but there would also be scores who would come out for her Musafir. They did when Firaz was hounded for his paintings of Goddesses.

‘And when they come out in large numbers, these goons will realize what it feels like standing before a civil society. They just can’t stifle Musafir’, she had confidently told her friends. What she did not realize was Musafir wasn’t exactly popular with the masses. His works were mostly literary and catered to niche readers. Her admiration for him had made her assume he was more popular than he really was.

Things had happened much faster than expected and spiralled out of control. Musafir’s printing press was vandalized and set on fire. Even as she and other Musafir fans watched, his books were dumped into that raging fire; words and hopes lost. The hundred odd fans tried to put up a bravefight, sang songs of freedom and stood with placards. But nothing worked. A couple of local channels had tried to stand by them in solidarity. The protest ended as a camera was smashed by the hoodlums on the road. People started fleeing fearing more violence.

‘They would kill us if they could’, Tilottama angrily spat out. ‘We were just so outnumbered. These were organized cadres. Yes, they were. Their bosses just can’t pretend to be innocent.’

A handful of policemen stood by pretending as if nothing was happening. The printing press was in one of the dingier parts of North Kolkata. It mainly did odd jobs like printing leaflets and bills, a few little magazines etc. and would print Musafir’s books on the sly. That is where he gave shape to his voice. The place was reportedly registered in the name of a man long dead, and people were left guessing who Musafir was. Some said the owner was a refugee who was avenging years of discontent. Some said his son was murdered by members of the ruling party. Some said he was just a frustrated man using the medium to lend himself a voice. To some other the entire idea was amusing and fascinating.

Tilottama grimaced and wiped her face clean. She was cutting a very sorry picture indeed, covered in grime andtears. All she could think of was her Musafir. She fought back her tears wondering what could have happened to her hero. For the past couple of years a strong wind of incumbency was blowing and Musafir’s voice had become stronger. Everything came under Musafir’s attack; from Dhaniajhapi to the burning of monks, the ban on English in government run schools, the apathy in the use of computers and much more. However, recently he had become vocal against all forms of religious appeasement and challenged the special religious laws. He had also set the stage against land acquisition bills, mismanaged industrialization plans and pre-election harangues. Musafir wrote as many books as possible bringing the discrepancies to light. And that is what brought about his downfall.

Tilottama sat on her bed and hugged her knees to her chest and went over the events of the day. She bit back the memory of the man who had asked her to let go of her placard, but that face would just not fade. 

‘What had he called himself,’ she wondered, ‘Ayushmaan . . .no Riddhimaan.’

He was a photographer! How dispassionate could he be?He had watched the carnage, merrily taken snaps and asked her to throw away her placard. If even the press did not come out in support of Musafir, then who would? Weren’t both of them fighting to make the pen immortal? Why was the media silent now; because Musafir didn’t have international backing, or corporate sponsors? She was upset that Poltu had shamelessly praised the man. Riddhimaan and the likes of him would give importance to writers only if they had a South Block or Writers’ Building backing.

‘I wish this government goes down. They will go down. I promise you Musafir they will,’ she told herself.

The loud banging of her window pane broke her reverie. The rains had lashed Kolkata with all their fury that evening. 

‘Even Mother Nature is angry. Drown the city, drown all of us. Since we have nowhere to go and hide our shame,’ Tilottama said aloud.

She continued to rant as she shut the window. She had hurt her finger in the process. Then she walked into her bedroom looking for the first aid box. As she cleaned the cut, the antiseptic made her skin burn and her thoughts drifted to Musafir. There was no way to divert her mind. Maybe reading Musafir would help, or maybe writing. Musafir always said he wrote to look for answers. Maybe she could do that too. But nothing gave her peace; maybe she was obsessed with the writer. The gag on Musafir was beginning to become a personal loss to her.

About Paulami Duttagupta 

Paulami DuttaGupta is a novelist and screen writer. She shuttles between Kolkata and Shillong. She has worked as a radio artist, copy writer, journalist and a television analyst at various stages of her life, having been associated with AIR Shillong, The Times of India—Guwahati Shillong Plus, ETV Bangla, The Shillong Times, Akash Bangla and Sony Aath.As an author, her short stories have appeared in various anthologies and literary magazines. A Thousand Unspoken Words is her fourth book. Paulami also writes on politics, social issues and cinema. Her articles have appeared in Swarajya, The Forthright and NElive. 

Paulami is associated with cinema and her first film, Ri-Homeland of Uncertainty received the National Award for the Best Khasi Film. Her second film Onaatah—Of the Earth is at post production stage and will release in 2016. She is currently working on her third screenplay. A short film tentatively titled ‘Patjhar’ is also in the pipeline.

Paulami is a complete foodie and is almost obsessed with watching one film every day. She also loves reading—political and social commentaries are her favourite genre. Literature classics and books on cricket are also a part of her library, apart from a huge collection of romances. Jane Austen’s fictional character Mr. Darcy is her lifelong companion. She is an ardent fan of Rahul Dravid and has been following all news about him for almost twenty years now.

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Book Review of The Ruby Iyer Dairies by Lakshmi Hariharan

The Ruby Iyer Diaries

by 

Laxmi Hariharan

The Blurb

The prequel to The Many Lives of Ruby Iyer: This is a peek into the soul of an angry, young girl, who will come of age in a city on the verge of total annihilation.


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The Ruby Iyer Diaries by Lakshmi Hariharan  is excellent book to read .It is a book where every teenager can connect with Ruby's character .Her anxiousness  to save her city Bombay  from the demons and the frustrations to recognize who she really is that once had forced her to run away from her own sweet paradise (home ) is written  in an beautiful way by the author  .

Me thinks :Book is quiet a good read for all who are going  through a grave phase and to all those teenagers who  can recognize with MS RUBY IYER .


I received the ARC of this book via the author as well as TBC .
Thank you Rubina for the same .

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Meet the Author

She had an awesome time launching TV channels for MTV and NBCUniveral (Syfy) around the world, when a near death experience convinced Laxmi Hariharan that she had to get writing. A one-time journalist with The Independent, she has since published fast paced action thrillers with a dash of romance and a touch of the fantastical such as the multi award winning The Ruby Iyer Series. Featured among the top five women in media in India Today, she also blogs for the Huffington Post, has written for The Guardian and has been featured in many publications including The Times of India, The Economic Times, The Telegraph and Verve. Married to a filmmaker and fellow author, her life often resembles a dramedy of errors film script. A Bombayite by birth, she lives in London, where she writes while listening to electronica and is an avid street art photographer. She is also the proud owner of a mononym Twitter handle @laxmi

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Tales of N and V Part Eighteen

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"Namarata look hear dear at me for once I  say" Vikram said feeling bad for  the words he did utter in the party hosted by his friends  yesterday .Putting an arm around her waist  , he slides next to her ."Oh what a gorgeous body she has" He thinks  and starts playing with  her tummy which nicely tucked under the quilt.'What are going here ?' she asks  him .

'Mending fences'V  says by rolling on her .Accha I  see N says and wraps her arm around his neck .

'Take time out for the ones who are hurting 'I read it some where .

So I  am trying to put that  thing into practice now V , Namarata says and kisses his lips  tenderly .

Hmm I see ,V says and pulls her over  by kissing her lips roughly .

At this rate we are going to have a baby soon, V says 

Shut up !  she exclaims and when she  is about to get up ,the night linen  falls off the bed .This makes her a little shy and she slides down under him .Their eyes tentative met and exhaustion claimed them .

They went to sleep happy because "Their journey so far has been quiet enriching in the sense that ,though they had to  give up  hope of living happily ever after with their only son Abhi  for the sake of reuniting their sister- in -laws families , but it has been quiet satisfying task  as their son has come back to enjoy their hospitality  and have a   splendid time with them i.e. V and N(his parents ).

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