Free Kindle Books 5-23-13

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From the top 100 free list
I did not list any of them since they don't interest me much, but there are a bunch of religious oriented books on the list today that some might be interested in. Click on the link above and search through the Free List Tab if you are interested in such books.

The Blade (The Mafia Trilogy Book Two)
*Warning: Extreme and graphic violence

The Blade - Book Two of The Mafia Trilogy

The safe house where Darwin and Rosina live is attacked. Five FBI agents are dead. Darwin Kostas has nowhere to turn, no one he can trust. Darwin's phobias cause him great stress and now the media are calling him The Blade, even though he can't stand the sight of knives.

The FBI is hunting him. The Gambino Family, violent mobsters associated with Italy's La Cosa Nostra, want to know who he works for before they execute him. Darwin just wants to be left alone with his new wife so they can begin a domestic life, but that won't happen with so many people wanting him dead.

As evidence piles up against him, a half-blind FBI agent is on his tail, and a relentless mobster plans Darwin's violent end, the only thing he has left to lose is his life. Meanwhile, the Russian Mafia are moving into new territory in Toronto. They want to know who this Darwin guy is and why he is still breathing. When they show up to take possession of his body, Darwin has one surprise left for the mobsters before he dies.

The Blade is Book Two of The Mafia Trilogy, a set of psychological thrillers from Jonas Saul, the author of the Sarah Roberts Series.

The Kill, is Book One of The Mafia Trilogy.
The Scythe, is Book Three of The Mafia Trilogy.

5 star:(15)
4 star:(8)
3 star:(1)
2 star:(2)
1 star:(1)
 
 [#1.]

Unintended Consequences
"Unintended Consequences is an engrossing, well conceived legal thriller. Most enjoyable."
- Scott Turow, NY Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent & Innocent

"This one will grab you by the neck from the very first page!"
- Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award-winning author of Die A Sranger
* * *
How much would a father sacrifice for his child?

Nineteen years ago, Indiana police found the body of a young girl, burned beyond recognition and buried in the woods. They arrested George Calhoun for murdering his daughter, and his wife testified against him at the trial. The jury convicted him. Now his appeals have been exhausted, and his execution is just a few weeks away.

George said he didn’t do it. That the body isn’t his little Angelina. But that’s all he’s ever said – no other defense, no other explanation.
Dani Trumball, an attorney for the Help Innocent Prisoners Project, wants to believe him. After all, there was no forensic evidence that the body in the woods was George’s daughter. But if the girl isn’t Angelina, then who is it? And what happened to the Calhouns’ missing daughter?
For nineteen years, George Calhoun has stayed silent. But that’s about to change, and the story he tells Dani—if it’s true—changes everything.

* * *

"This one will grab you by the neck from the very first page."
- Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award winning author of Die A Stranger

"Unintended Consequences is a gripping legal thriller. A page-turning, compassionate, and thought-provoking debut."
- Sharon Potts, author of The Devil's Madonna

5 star:(102)
4 star:(65)
3 star:(7)
2 star:(3)
1 star:(4)
 
[#4. I got this for free when it was on the list back in March. Good premise. I did not get around to looking at it. BTW, it is not the "Unintended Consequences" book by Matt Bracken. ]

FURIES : An Ancient Alexandrian Thriller
THRILLER OF THE MONTH! - e-thriller.com

"Furies makes your head reel from the very beginning ... A phenomenal read."
- I Read A Book Once

The best-selling author of the riveting crime thriller CHALK VALLEY returns with another gripping tale of criminal evil.

FURIES

36 AD - The city of Alexandria is a center of Roman commerce--and a sinful playground for the pleasure-seeking rich and powerful.

For wealthy merchant Decimus Tarquitius Aculeo, however, Alexandria has become a living hell. Ruined by a string of mysterious investment disasters, abandoned by friends and family, Aculeo is desperate to recover his wealth and status.

But his search for the reasons behind his downfall draws him into a web of violence. A common slave is found murdered in the magnificent temple of the god Serapis. Days later, the brutalized body of a high-priced hetaira is discovered floating in a canal, after an evening entertaining the city's elite. The grim truth soon becomes clear: A ruthless killer is moving among Alexandria's aristocrats, commercial titans, and philosophers.

And ominous clues begin to connect those murders to Aculeo's own quest. Aided by an Egyptian mortuary attendant, a brilliant philosopher, an exotic hetaira, and his last remaining friends, Aculeo must unmask and stop a deadly murderer if he is ever to reclaim the life he has lost.

But first, he must survive...

FURIES is a highly original crime thriller that transports you into an ancient, captivating world. It weaves threads of exquisite beauty and stark brutality, phenomenal wealth and degrading poverty, clashing philosophies and colorful mythologies, into an unforgettable fabric of this lost golden age.

And it confirms D.L. Johnstone's status as one of today's most imaginative new thriller authors.

Praise for FURIES

"Ingenious ... The writing is adept and allusive."
- Leslie Gardner, e-thriller.com

"Alexandria is brought to life at all levels of society ... A strong debut into the genre."
- In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

"I loved this book ... the pungent and earthy dialogue makes it easy to feel immersed in first century life."
-Crimesquad.com

"An intelligently written thriller ... well researched."
- Crime Pieces

5 star:(5)
4 star:(9)
3 star:(2)
2 star:(2)
1 star:(1)

[#7. Caught my eye because I am a fan of historical fiction.]

Heaven 2.0 
Having been born in the 28th century, Mike Kepler never believed in the existence of Heaven or Hell. The myths of the old faiths had been abandoned and replaced with the teachings of The Church many centuries earlier. The young physicist is shocked to learn that there is an afterlife when he is recruited by the Taipei Corporation. It was created by a team of scientists rather than God.

Mike's job is to travel to the past and save people at the time of their deaths using advanced medical technology. The individuals are then brought back to the 28th century, judged on the sins they committed and sentenced to an eternity in the artificial Heaven or Hell. Mike quickly learns that the project is far less noble than it appears. He discovers that many of the people sentenced to eternal torment in Hell do not deserve their fate.

5 star:(12)
4 star:(4)
3 star:(4)
2 star:(1)
1 star:(1)

[#10. Good premise.]

Bad Radio (The Emergent Earth)
 [#35. 2nd day. I almost did not put this one up. Something about the description probably. But, it has a lot of good reviews.]

Zombie Fallout
Currently in development with Illuminandi Media
Late Fall - 2010

Reuters - Estimates say that nearly three thousand people nationwide, and fifteen thousand people worldwide have died of the H1N1 virus or Swine flu and nearly eighty thousand cases have been confirmed in hospitals and clinics across the United States and the world, the World Heath Organization reported. The influenza pandemic of 2010, while not nearly as prolific as the one that raged in 1918 still has citizens around the world in a near state of panic.

New York Post (Headlines October 31st) - Beware! Children Carry Germs! - Halloween Canceled!

New York Times - (Headlines November 3rd) - Swine flu claims latest victim - Vice President surrounded by family and friends at the end.

Boston Globe - (Headlines November 28th) - Swine Flu Vaccinations Coming!

Boston Herald - (Headlines December 6th) - Shots in Short Supply - Lines Long!

National Enquirer - (Headlines December 7th) - The Dead Walk!

There would be no more headlines.

It started in a lab at the CDC (Center for Disease Control), virologists were so relieved to finally have an effective vaccination against the virulent swine flu. Pressure to come up with something had come from the highest office in the land. In an attempt at speed the virologists had made two mistakes, first they used a live virus and second they didn't properly test for side effects. Within days hundreds of thousands of vaccinations shipped across the US and the world. People lined up for the shots, like they were waiting in line for concert tickets. Fights broke out in drugstores as fearful throngs tried their best to get one of the limited shots. Within days the CDC knew something was wrong. Between 4 and 7 hours of receiving the shot roughly 95% succumbed to the active H1N1 virus in the vaccination. More unfortunate than the death of the infected was the added side effect of reanimation, it would be a decade before scientists were able to ascertain how that happened. The panic that followed couldn't be measured. Loved ones did what loved ones always do, they tried to comfort, their kids or their spouses or their siblings, but what came back was not human not even remotely. Those people that survived their first encounter with these monstrosities usually did not come through unscathed, if bitten they had fewer than 6 hours of humanity left, the clock was ticking. During the first few hysteria ridden days of The Coming as it has become known, many thought the virus was airborne, luckily that was not the case or nobody would have survived. It was a dark time in human history. One from which we may never be able to pull ourselves out of the ashes from.

5 star:(355)
4 star:(62)
3 star:(25)
2 star:(25)
1 star:(35)

[#60. A number of the less stellar reviews indicate lots of writing problems. Not unusual for self published stuff.]

The Heidelberg Effect (The Tempus Fugitives Trilogy)
[#62. 3rd day. I like both time travel and and books about this period of time in this part of the world so despite the cover that makes it look like typical chick lit I downloaded. I am not sure how a sexy US marshall comes to be in 1620 Germany, which gives it that "sweaty thighs" type of book feel (that's what a friend of mine calls them - she is 80 and loves that kind of book).

Progeny
[#71. It was free back in December. I got it back then but never looked at it. 4th day this time around.]

The Joke, Tesla, and Lycan stuff are still free but I am not going to clutter up my posts with them anymore. You can look at my 5-12-13 post for links to them if interested.