Showing posts with label John Molik. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Molik. Show all posts

Friday, October 5, 2018

The Three Poisons by John Malik - Book Blast and Giveaway


This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. The author will be giving away a $10 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host.

It's 2025. An evil cabal known as the Horsemen are looking to colonize space with advanced technologies that have been kept hidden from humanity. A dark faction wants to destroy life as we know it. An artificially intelligent computer must learn love to save mankind, but is there enough time?

Read an excerpt:

Just then, the lights dimmed and a beautiful young woman wearing a dazzling alabaster white Kabuki mask complete with sumptuous plum-colored lips entered the room from behind Ben’s podium. On the mask were black eye holes with curving lines ascending from the corners which stylistically became the eyebrows—a solitary blue tear was painted just below the right eye. She was dressed in a stunning flesh-colored skin-tight silk flowing robe which clung to every sensuous curve of her body. She sashayed up toward the men at the table while the somber second movement of Beethoven's seventh symphony played from speakers in the back of the room. The lights in the room had dimmed further and an intense white hot spotlight lit the young woman from the front. She carried a reddish vile in the cupped palms of her hands. The vile was placed on the table in front of everyone. Slowly, a laser shone down from the ceiling and bathed the capsule in a bright white light.

Ben spoke. “Herein lies the blood of your brother, who has been rightly sacrificed.” He paused as the light shone onto the vial. “Light and darkness are deemed the world’s eternal ways. He who walketh in the former does not return; that is to say, he goes to eternal bliss, whilst he who walks in the latter comes back again in the material form and is thus destined to pass through further transmigrations until his everlasting soul is purified by the light.”

The inner circle started the chant. “Lux e tenebris. Lux e tenebris. Ignorantia ad mortem. Iter nostrum ad lumen est.” The entire room joined in as the gorgeous taffeta-sculpted mystery woman slowly walked out of the room with her arms raised and palms up facing the heavens.

About the Author: I grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and currently reside with my wife in Christchurch, New Zealand. We have two kids, Jared, 20, and Lauren, 18.

My passion for writing began when I was a student at UC Davis and worked as a feature writer for the California Aggie newspaper. Having been nominated for a Brasler Prize (National Scholastic Press Assoc., 1986) for a feature on genetic engineering, I later found the inspiration to write again. In 2013, I began outlining my first thriller, The Fiduciary Delusion, which became the first novel in the Horsemen trilogy. I love to read techno-thrillers, science fiction, and action and suspense novels. Some of my favorite authors include: Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Lawrence Sanders, Robin Cook, and Clive Cussler.

My interests include science, information technology, speculative fiction, existential philosophy, health, and both Western and Eastern holistic medicine. On many occasions, I have also been witnessed strumming guitars, tickling the ivory piano keys, and writing music. In addition, I can be regularly found at the gym lifting weights, or trudging up hills, sea kayaking, and getting out and about enjoying the beautiful, wild outdoors.

Author’s Amazon Page: https://www.amazon.com/John-Molik/e/B01DXWD5SU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WriterJOHN/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15168291.John_Molik

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Poisons-Horsemen-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B079NRX3QQ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-three-poisons-john-molik/1127869907
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/nz/en/ebook/the-three-poisons-1

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

A Step Beyond by John Malik - Blurb Blitz and Giveaway




A Step Beyond
by John Molik

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GENRE:    Thriller

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BLURB:

Dr. Brigitte Sheen, an ambitious scientist, and her colleague develop a gene therapy system to extend human life spans. Money owed by a Chinese investment conglomerate for bearer bonds taken from the shadow government known as the Horsemen never gets paid—but for good reason. The Chinese want the anti-aging system, but so do the Horsemen. In a fierce battle of East versus West, the future of mankind is at stake. Pursued by a crazed super soldier with enhanced physical abilities, Dr. Sheen, with help from her husband, Jeremy Hughes, Nikita Patel, and others, must overcome dark intentions of unseen powers... But are those intentions really that evil?


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EXCERPT

Brigitte’s face was as solemn as a mask. “How can I trust you?”

Roth lifted his chin. “What do you mean?” He laughed nervously.

“Let’s just say that I’ve personally had run-ins with certain elements within this government
that seem to be batting for the wrong team.”

“And what team is that, Dr. Sheen?”

“The one that will do anything to see the light of this world extinguished.” She paused. “For good.”

Roth snickered, then leaned forward, placing his forearms on the table. “You’ve been watching too many Allen Jones videos.” His eyes were as impregnable as Gibraltar. “I don’t know these particular elements that you allude to, but let me just say that there is a dialectic always occurring in the minds of men who want to lead us into the future. Some of the goals of those wielding power are merely opportunistic.”

She shook her head and chuckled. “And that’s what bothers me—men. Leading us into our future.” She looked out the window. “We should be all led by inspiration… a common cause. Something beyond ourselves.”

“So, you think that our progress is rudderless? If so, Dr. Sheen, I think you’re rather naive.”

“I didn’t say rudderless,” insisted Brigitte. “Of course we need strong leadership to take us into the future. But this leadership needs to be open. It needs to share. It all comes down to honesty, integrity, and noble purpose. Without inspiration it’s just a drunkard’s search. And without transparency there is little integrity… no need for noble purpose.” She hesitated, then leaned forward and placed her forearms on the table.

“Didn’t Gandhi say that truth never damages a cause that is just?”

“Oh, you can trust us, Brigitte. What I’ve told you today is as open as I can be. In fact, you’ve been brought into”—he made a hand gesture and laughed—“our little circle of trust.”

She smiled, understanding the joke. “Well, thanks, Jack Burns.”

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

John grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor's degree in economics, and has worked in numerous corporate finance and project management positions in the consumer electronics and IT industries. In 1990, he took an extended backpacking trip of the South Pacific before attending graduate school. He met his future wife in New Zealand, and they were married in 1991. They settled in Laguna Niguel, California. In 2003, John and his family (now with two kids in tow) relocated to Christchurch, New Zealand.

John's interest in writing began when he was a student at UC Davis and worked as a feature writer for the California Aggie newspaper. Possessing the desire to write again and with a goal on his bucket list to eventually try his hand at thriller novels, he took the plunge and began writing his first novel, The Fiduciary Delusion, in 2014.

John's interests also include science, existential philosophy, health, and both Western and Eastern holistic medicine. John also plays guitar, piano, sings, and writes music. In addition, a self-confessed “gym rat,” John can be regularly found lifting weights, trudging up hills, sea kayaking, and getting out and about enjoying the beautiful wild outdoors.

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
  
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