Evolved Publishing presents the Epic Fantasy, Eulogy: 'They'll stand amongst the corpses of the beloved.' That's what he said at the end, though I never considered myself one of the beloved, not at the beginning. I was simply a terrified woman then, but now... now I understand. Maybe I wish I didn't. Void take me, this is so demon-damned hard. In the beginning, he loved me. Irony, it twists and twirls like a lover's song, but this is hardly a lover's tale. It's one of blades and blood. I wish I could've seen it sooner, but that would've been too easy. I wouldn't have learned to love him. "Conklin writes with a poet's flair, using minimal words to deliver maximum dramatic impact. Visceral, shocking, and deeply imaginative, Eulogy pushes to the edge . . . and then dives right over it. An unapologetic, no-holds-barred descent into madness-yet there is method in it. Readers with the fortitude to take the plunge stand to be rewarded with what may go down as one of the most ambitious, redefining forays into epic fantasy of all time."- Eldon Thompson, author of The Divine Talisman "Some epic fantasies are straightforward tales of magic and adventure, where a band of heroes fights and defeats an evil overlord. "Eulogy" is not such a tale. Conklin's book overflows with magic and adventure, but the book is a puzzle -- a maze of secrets and wonders, implications and hidden meanings. A treat for readers who love a challenge!"-- Tom Crosshill, Nebula nominated author

Eulogy

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Conklin, D. T.

Fantasy

Evolved Publishing

Watchers can see and track a bird miles away; Listeners can hear a whisper a village away; and Knowers, extinct for 500 years, possessed telepathic powers straight out of a nightmare."The novel's world-building is stellar... renders the complex history and culture of Alesea's world with rich, evocative detail... With its deft storytelling, colorful and polished writing, and immensely likable central character, THE WATCHERS by Jo Sisk-Purvis is a captivating opening chapter of a promising new fantasy adventure series." Indie Reader, Edward Sung (4.5 STARS)16-year-old Alesea thinks her sole extraordinary trait is her musical talent. That changes when foreign Watchers invade her tiny island on the night of her professional debut. She alone escapes, unwittingly using the powers of a Knower.Alesea must now save her people, but first she must come to grips with her dangerous new identity and her pacifist beliefs... and she has only a traitor to help her."Jo Sisk-Purvis weaves a fascinating journey into the fantasy world of The Watchers. When I finish a book and instantly want to start the next in the series, I know the author has succeeded; this author has, and I can highly recommend The Watchers." Readers' Favorite Book Reviews, Grant Leishman (5 STARS)"I shivered with apprehension multiple times throughout the narrative..." Readers' Favorite Book Reviews, Cecelia Hopkins (5 STARS)"...an engaging novel. The characters were interesting and it was difficult to predict how the plot would develop." Readers' Favorite Book Reviews, Kim Anisi (5 STARS)EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the first thrilling installment in "The Trekana" series of other-world, young adult, sci-fi/fantasy adventures.

The Watchers: A YA Fantasy Adventure (The Trekana)

Teen & Young Adult

Sisk-Purvis, Jo

Literature & Fiction

A transplant patient possesses eerie knowledge of his organ donor's most intimate secret. This could change everything.
WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Literary Fiction RECOGNIZED: IndieReader's Best Reviewed Books of 2017 - Literary Fiction SILVER MEDAL: Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) - Best Cover - Fiction FINALIST: National Indie Excellence Awards - Contemporary Novel, General Fiction FINALIST: Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Religious Fiction
Doctors tend to the needs of their patients, but patients give meaning to the lives of their doctors. So it is for Cullen Brodie, a twice-divorced California nephrologist, and Ennis Willoughby, a troubled cross-dresser whose life is saved by a rare heart-and-kidney transplant.
Cullen's bitter disbelief in the afterlife is tested when Ennis begins to exhibit tastes and characteristics uncannily similar to those of his female organ donor--whose first name Ennis inexplicably knows. When Ennis becomes convinced that the donor's soul has inhabited him, Cullen sides with Ennis's psychiatrist, who tells Ennis he has subconsciously confused his emerging transgender personality with the imagined characteristics of his female donor.
While his psychiatrist coaxes forth Ennis's female side, Cullen is summoned to the South Pacific by an old lover for a reckoning of their past. On the island paradise of Rarotonga, he is forced to confront the heartrending truth about a tragedy that destroyed their college romance--a tragedy Cullen blames on religious zealotry.
Filled with resentment over what he has learned, Cullen returns to Southern California determined to shatter Ennis's delusion of ensoulment. But Ennis's eerie knowledge of his donor's greatest secret forces Cullen to consider the unimaginable: Is it possible he is witness to a verifiable incident of transmigration, tangible proof of a human soul? Or is he witness instead to the miracle of being transgender? Male and female at once, the glory of one and the glory of the other, both shining--like a parrotfish, another miracle of nature, changing gender apace, beside its glorious, ever-changing hue.
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW: "As events spiral beyond [the characters'] control, readers are introduced to a questioning process that challenges them to consider the disparate paths of personal change and the possibilities of medical and religious realms intersecting in unusual ways. All these facets, especially the winding commentary on transgender identity and evidence of a soul, could easily have become confusing, especially when given an added shot of intrigue and the elements of a medical mystery; but under Barager's pen the logic of events and the evolution of personalities and new beliefs are impeccably drawn, and fascinating."
Evolved Publishing presents a fascinating glimpse into a world where medicine and religion/philosophy intersect, in a literary novel sure to fascinate, and quite possibly to entice you to examine your own beliefs.
More Great Literary Fiction from Evolved Publishing: <ul>
<li>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky by David Litwack</li> <li>Hannah's Voice by Robb Grindstaff</li> <li>Enfold Me by Steven Greenberg</li> </ul>

The Atheist and the Parrotfish

Barager, Richard

Literary

A battleground and a rock festival... love and war in the age of aquarius.
"...Barager's dynamic, passionate, often moving exploration of the turbulent and politically divided 1960s... is striking. The cast of complicated characters adds arresting human dimensions." Booklist
David Noble is an orphan with a fondness for the novels of Walter Scott; Jackie Lundquist is a child of privilege, partial to J. D. Salinger and the importance of getting real. Their ill-fated college love affair implodes when David enlists to fight a war she opposes.
Angered by his choice--the marines instead of her--Jackie refuses to acknowledge his letters from Vietnam, where David is burrowed into the blood-red clay of Khe Sanh, one of six thousand marines entrapped by an army of North Vietnamese regulars. David survives the brutal siege, but returns home to find Jackie immersed in a counterculture world of drugs and militancy.
The two lovers find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the defining issue of their time, as the New Left and the New Right battle for a generation's political soul. To Jackie, the faltering war in Vietnam is a failure of national conscience; to David, it's a failure of national honor. But neither her rise to fame as the antiwar movement's alluring Radical Queen, nor David's defiant counter-protest activities in support of the war, can extinguish their passion for one another.
Their conflicted affair--and the Age of Aquarius itself--careen toward the mellow-yellow grass of Altamont Speedway, site of the decade's last great rock festival: Altamont, the metaphoric Death of the Sixties, where honor and shame collide and tragedy awaits redemption.
"Barager spins a compelling tale of youthful passion, both personal and political... a rich, satisfying experience. A well-written, gripping novel that expertly blends fact and fiction, love and conviction." Kirkus Indie
Evolved Publishing presents a startlingly vivid portrayal of the 1960s, as seen through the eyes of two ill-fated college lovers. The story of their generation spills across some of the era's most iconic settings: the legendary battleground of Khe Sanh; a Midwestern campus riven by dissent; and Altamont Speedway, scene of the notorious rock festival that ended the Sixties.
Books by Richard Barager: <ul>
<li>Red Clay, Yellow Grass: A Novel of the 1960s</li> <li>The Atheist and the Parrotfish</li> </ul>
More Great Historical Fiction from Evolved Publishing: <ul>
<li>The "Shining Light's Saga" Series by Ruby Standing Deer</li> <li>"Galerie" and "Enfold Me" by Steven Greenberg</li> <li>"Fresh News Straight from Heaven" by Gregg Sapp</li> <li>"Behind the Open Walls" by Lanette Kauten</li> </ul>

Red Clay, Yellow Grass: A Novel of the 1960s

Richard Barager

United States

Death is his lifeline, but is this any way to live? He's an ordinary man, but he tells an extraordinary tale.WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Medical Thriller FINALIST: Readers' Favorite Book Award - Finalist: Fiction - HorrorAn unexpected combination of experimental medication and meandering contemplation opens a door through which his disembodied soul wanders, temporarily taking residence where other souls have departed. Upon his return 'home' each time, his terminal mystery illness wanes, while his transcendent abilities increase.Yet the price is steep, and harrowing, as the treatments wear off quickly and the agonizing symptoms return. For continuing survival, and to maintain his revived health and newfound strength, he must continually find, cultivate, and court new terminal partners for his reluctant dance with death. Secrecy becomes imperative, for this special talent is one danse macabre that civilized society would abhor.NOTE FROM EDITOR: This memoir is a work of fiction. Character names have been changed to respect and honor the dead. The narrator's name has been withheld to protect the living. As to how much of the story is true, or embellished, that is for the reader to decide.EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the story of a defeated, dying man who discovers a secret, shocking talent that may help him survive, restore hope, find love, and even get tantalizing glimpses into the mysteries beyond.MORE GREAT FICTION FROM EVOLVED PUBLISHING: <ul> <li>"The Atheist and the Parrotfish" by Richard Barager</li> <li>"The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky" by David Litwack</li> <li>"Love, Loss, and Lagniappe" by Richard Robbins</li> </ul>

Memoirs of a Transferable Soul

Andrews, W Town

Evolved Publishing brings you "The Three Lost Kids & The Death of the Sugar Fairy," by award-winning author Kimberly Kinrade. (Chapter Book for kids 6-9 years old.)Join the Three Lost Kids for another adventure as they're attacked by Sugar Bugs, face their fears in Cavity Cave, and battle giant Gummy Bears, all to save a dying Sugar Fairy who holds the fate of Halloween in her hands.Can the girls learn to work together, each using their strengths to save the day, or will their fighting trap them in Sugar Land forever?Look for the original Three Lost Kids Trilogy--Lexie World, Bella World and Maddie World--if you like enchanted Dragons, Fairies, and more adventures through magical worlds with great life lessons for www.ThreeLostKids.com

The Three Lost Kids & The Death of the Sugar Fairy

Children's Books

Kinrade, Kimberly

Action & Adventure

Something evil stalks the citizens of Rose Valley--not for the first time, but hopefully for the last.
WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Horror Fiction FINALIST: Readers' Favorite Book Award - Finalist: Fiction - Paranormal
"I loved the rural setting with the town's football games and the solidity of a place where everyone knows just about everyone else, and that bucolic ordinariness makes the bizarre aspects of the story work so very well. Barnett's plot is clever and irresistible, and his book is a sheer pleasure to read. Horror, thriller and mystery fans alike will find much to their liking in this intriguing story about the unknown. The Beast of Rose Valley: Lorestalker #1 is most highly recommended." Jack Magnus, Readers' Favorite Book Reviews
After suffering through a horrific car accident, Jake Rollins struggles to survive in his tiny hometown of Rose Valley--a place to which he hoped never to return.
When a sheep is viciously mutilated on the ranch where Jake is recovering, he's dragged back into the cloying politics of small town life. While the Sheriff tries to pass off the incident as the work of coyotes, Jake turns to a local reporter and old high school flame, Shandi Mason, to search for the truth.
They discover that this creature has stalked Rose Valley before, claiming nearly a century of carnage and intrigue, all starting with a shameful secret guarded over by one of the town's most respected citizens.
As livestock mutilations escalate into deadly attacks on humans, and the Sheriff organizes a foolhardy manhunt, Jake and Shandi must race to save the town from a seemingly unstoppable evil.
"The well fleshed out characters are one of the strengths of the story. The relationships between the protagonists are deftly developed without overwhelming the intriguing pursuit of the elusive beast. The narrative is simple yet engaging and the gory scenes are not too extreme or disturbing. The pacing is good and, as the plot gradually unfolds, readers will find themselves eager to connect all the dots and make early assumptions as clues appear one after the other." Lit Amri, Readers' Favorite Book Reviews
Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the "Lorestalker" series of horror stories featuring creatures of lore and dark imagination.
"It was fun watching the characters dig through old articles and histories to connect past events to the current situation and try to understand its escalation. Intrigue, curiosity, surprises, and the depth of the plot will keep you on the edge of your seat, wondering if they will understand all they need to, and be able to use it in order to save those they care for." K.J. Simmill, Readers' Favorite Book Reviews
Books by J.P. Barnett: <ul>
<li>"The Beast of Rose Valley" (Lorestalker - Book 1)</li> <li>"The Kraken of Cape Madre" (Lorestalker - Book 2) [Coming Fall 2019]</li> </ul>
More Great Horror Fiction from Evolved Publishing: <ul>
<li>"The Possession" by A.K. Kuykendall</li> <li>"The Sundered Oath" Series by Ciara Ballintyne</li> <li>"Godsknife: Revolt" by Timothy C. Ward</li> <li>"The Zombie West Trilogy" by Angela Scott</li> </ul>

The Beast of Rose Valley: A Creature Feature Horror Suspense (Lorestalker)

Barnett, J P

Genre Fiction

Spring break will never be the same after a legendary creature rises from the depths. "This book flew by while I was reading because of its intense page-turning quality... The monsters, myths and historical aspects which Miriam uncovers are the hallmarks of any great seafaring adventure, adding lots of atmosphere as the darkness and tension of the tale builds up. Along the way, the real power of the horror novel kicks in more and more, and what might seem like a slow burner soon becomes an inferno of action, terror and frightening realities revealed." Readers' Favorite Book Reviews It's been almost two years, but the nightmares still haunt Miriam Brooks--grisly images of her brother being slaughtered. A relaxing Spring Break at the beach seems like a good way to put some distance between her and the troubling past, but paradise shatters when she saves a tourist from something lurking beneath the waves. Soon, she's on the trail of a sea creature from the legends of Vikings and Pirates. The fishermen of Cape Madre tell tales for the right price, and Miriam quickly learns of a string of disappearances all related to this mysterious monster. The cops and the coast guard are meant to handle the crimes of men, but Miriam's been trained to find the creatures of lore--creatures like this. Pulled back into the life she wants to forget, Miriam is the last line of defense between man and myth. EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the second book in the critically acclaimed "Lorestalker" series of horror stories featuring creatures of lore and dark imagination. Books by J.P. Barnett: <ul> <li>"The Beast of Rose Valley" (Lorestalker - Book 1)</li> <li>"The Kraken of Cape Madre" (Lorestalker - Book 2)</li> <li>"The Witch of Gray's Point" (Lorestalker - Book 3) [Coming December 2019]</li> </ul> More Great Horror Fiction from Evolved Publishing: <ul> <li>"The Possession" by A.K. Kuykendall</li> <li>"The Sundered Oath" Series by Ciara Ballintyne</li> <li>"Godsknife: Revolt" by Timothy C. Ward</li> <li>"The Zombie West Trilogy" by Angela Scott</li> </ul>

The Kraken of Cape Madre: A Creature Feature Horror Suspense (Lorestalker)

Beautiful young Kate has three men in her life--the aristocrat who wants to bed her, the suitor who wants to marry her, and the man who must save her.
"If you loved Downton Abbey, you'll devour Invisible by Day. Teri Fink recreates World War I era England with vivid details, but while she paints the era with love, she doesn't sentimentalize it. Instead, she captures much of the brutality, sexism and class warfare that defined the times. A detailed, sweeping novel that explores three of the most compelling facets of human life: love, war, and redemption. Readers will be marking their calendars for Teri Fink's next release." A.C. Fuller, Author of the "Alex Vane Media Thriller" Series
Born into the Scottish working class, Kate McLaren is a servant. When Lord Des McGregor, a member of the wealthy elite, woos her, she falls in love. Her life in tatters, she escapes and marries James Casey, a young man from her village. They live in London, where James' career thrives, they start a family, and Kate struggles to find her place in society.
Lord Mark St. John, owner of the shipping company where James clerks, becomes the couple's benefactor. Mark divides his time between London and his country estate, Stonebeck Hall, where his traditionalist mother, independent sister, and shy wife reside.
When Kate crosses paths with Des again, he becomes obsessed with her.
Then the Great War comes along and changes everything. As Kate struggles to make a new life for herself with James away at war, she suffers a grief too great to bear--a dark night of the soul--and stumbles upon a secret that threatens her very existence.
Evolved Publishing presents a glance into Great Britain of the early 1900s, where the lives of the working class and the wealthy elite intertwine. Vanish into this historical novel, and share the love, pain, agony, and delight of those trying to make their lives against the backdrop of the Great War. Newly Revised Second Edition.
More Great Historical Fiction from Evolved Publishing: <ul>
<li>"Behind the Open Walls" by Lanette Kauten</li> <li>"Galerie" by Steven Greenberg</li> <li>"Fresh News Straight from Heaven" by Gregg Sapp</li> <li>The "Shining Light's Saga" Series by Ruby Standing Deer</li> </ul>

Invisible by Day: A World War 1 Historical Novel

Fink, Teri

It hides in the shadows, waits in the desert, ready to pounce on any who enter its domain. To Miriam Brooks, a solo study trip to an abandoned desert ranch house sounds like the perfect respite from the world, a way to unwind and center herself after a string of unbelievable encounters with terrifying monsters. Yet the desert isn't devoid of life. Something lurks outside her window, changing its form to suit its mysterious needs. She's familiar with the stories, but legend becomes reality when she stands face-to-face with a soulless copy of herself. Another day, another monster... but before she can act, Miriam is unexpectedly flanked by the father she's been trying to avoid, along with two cocky assistants who don't understand the threat they face. She's equipped to battle the shape-shifting terror hiding in the darkness, but being forced to finally confront her father might just kill her. EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the third book in the critically acclaimed "Lorestalker" series of horror stories featuring creatures of lore and dark imagination. Books by J.P. Barnett: <ul> <li>"The Beast of Rose Valley" (Lorestalker - Book 1)</li> <li>"The Kraken of Cape Madre" (Lorestalker - Book 2)</li> <li>"The Witch of Gray's Point" (Lorestalker - Book 3)</li> </ul> More Great Horror Fiction from Evolved Publishing: <ul> <li>"The Possession" by A.K. Kuykendall</li> <li>"The Sundered Oath" Series by Ciara Ballintyne</li> <li>"Godsknife: Revolt" by Timothy C. Ward</li> <li>"The Zombie West Trilogy" by Angela Scott</li> </ul>

The Witch of Gray's Point: A Creature Feature Horror Suspense (Lorestalker)

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