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Welcome to the Wednesday’s Favorites post. In the Wednesday’s
Favorites post I will talk about a book I loved and that I think
deserves a
little more attention. I read popular books, but also many books that
aren’t so
popular (yet). In this post all sorts of books from all sorts of genre’s
will have
a chance to shine. Today’s Wednesday’s Favorites is ‘Havoc Rising’ by Brian S. Leon, a book I read in October 2015.
About the Book:
a bad day on his charter fishing boat in San Diego, but when the goddess Athena
calls on her faithful warrior for another secret mission, he’s ready. The bomb
that exploded inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art isn’t the crime American
authorities think it is. Someone also stole the Cup of Jamshid, and Diomedes
knows its fortune-telling abilities won’t be used for anything benign.
Though Diomedes recovers the Cup from a determined shaman
holed up beneath Central Park, when he finds his allies slain and the Cup taken
once more, he knows he’s up against a truly powerful enemy. Over a millennium
has passed since Diomedes last contended with Medea of Colchis, deranged wife
of Jason the Argonaut, but neither her madness nor her devotion to Hecate,
goddess of witchcraft, has waned, and she intends to use the Cup of Jamshid to
release across the world a dark brand of chaos unseen in human history.
Immortal since the Trojan War, Diomedes must once again
fight for mortals he understands less and less, against a divine evil he may
never truly defeat.
The Facts:
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Publication Date:
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June 16th, 2015
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Series:
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Genre:
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Adult Urban Fantasy
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Pages:
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250
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Formats:
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eBook, Paperback
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Available at:
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Average Goodreads Rating:
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3.98
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Average Amazon Rating:
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4.4
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Praise for ‘Havoc Rising’:
definitely a must-read. From a cool lead to the badass love interest (that ends
them in an it’s complicated relationship
status but still cute) plus impressive battalion and all the action scenes.
a book that totally blew me away! I like Greek Mythology stuff but I felt like
I was burnt out. And really I think I was maybe just reading the wrong books
because this one felt inspiring to me, like I want to read MORE. At least about
Diomedes and the characters in this book.
laugh out loud funny, and at other’s edge of your seat tense, Havoc Rising is a
must read. I loved everything about this and really want to see more from this
universe. Highly recommend!!
are many different creatures in this book like Zombiis, Golems, Witches etc.
but somehow you don’t feel like this is impossible and too much. I loved
getting to know little ins and outs about these creatures.
moments in this book. I really couldn’t stop reading this book because I just
wanted to know how it would end and if everyone would survive.
About the Author:
Brian S. Leon is truly a jack of all trades and a master
of none. He writes just to do something with all the useless degrees and skills
he’s accumulated over the years. Most of them have no practical application in civilized
society, anyway. His interests include mythology and fishing, in pursuit of
which he has explored jungles and museums, oceans and seas all over the world.
His credentials include an undergraduate degree from the
University of Miami and a master’s degree from San Diego State University, plus
extensive postgraduate work in evolutionary biology at the University of
Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied animals most people aren’t even aware
exist and theories no one really cares about anyway.
Over his varied career, Brian’s articles have been
published in academic journals and popular magazines that most normal people
would never read. They can be found in The American Society of Primatologists,
the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Proceedings of the American
Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the like.
His more mainstream work came as an editor for Marlin and
FlyFishing in Salt Waters magazines, where he published articles about fishing
and fishing techniques around the world. He won a Charlie Award in 2004 from
the Florida Magazine Association for Best Editorial, and several of his
photographs have appeared on a number of magazine covers—almost an achievement
of note, if they weren’t all fishing magazines.
Always a picky reader, Mr. Leon enjoys stories by
classical masters like Homer and Jules Verne as well as modern writers like
J.R.R. Tolkien, David Morrell and Jim Butcher. These books, in combination with
an inordinate amount of free time, inspired him to come up with tales of his own.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
