RoguesAngels: Rogue's Angels Present: One of Two by S. R. Cronin

Monday, August 5, 2019

Rogue's Angels Present: One of Two by S. R. Cronin

Please welcome S.R. Cronin author of One of Two

S.R. Cronin will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC and a kindle copy of another book from the 46. Ascending collection (winner’s choice) to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

One of Two

by S.R. Cronin

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GENRE: Sci-fi Fantasy

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BLURB:

Telepathy creates as many problems as it solves, as everyone in the secret organization x0 would admit. When new member Lola discovers another group of telepaths with a totally different approach, those problems multiply at the speed of thought.

Soon, Lola’s family and friends are in danger. Lucky for her, she’s not your average budding psychic. Each person she is close to has a special gift of their own. That’s good, because it’s going to take every power they possess to stop these others from tearing apart x0.

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EXCERPTS :

I wish I hadn’t agreed to this.

Lola squirmed in the studio chair, waiting for the interview to start. A few months ago, a popular magazine published an article of hers and it received more attention than she expected. When a news outlet in New York invited her to appear on this broadcast, she was so honored, she didn’t hesitate.

Her tongue-in-check essay about achieving world peace by encouraging people to get to know each other was based on her decades of working with different cultures in the oil business. Lola was baffled when people attacked her premise and proclaimed such naïve ideas made the world more dangerous, not less so.

The invitation for this appearance was presented as a chance to explain her side. Yet now that she was about to go on the air, every instinct told her this was a huge mistake.

She looked into the dimly lit area off stage and saw the well-dressed Latina with long black hair who’d greeted her as the producer of this show. In spite of an otherwise strong, almost regal, body, the woman walked with a cane. A small amount of underlying pain was evident in her eyes and the rest of her mind was a gauzy grey. Odd.

Lola’s misgivings were so strong she considered walking off stage, feigning illness. Then the words “on in five” blared, the stage lights grew brighter, and the chirpy host she met a few minutes ago walked to his seat. The next thing Lola knew, he was saying, “Meet today’s guest, Lola Zeitman, a quiet geophysicist from Houston who stirred people up with her little article called ‘Face Painting for World Peace.’”

As he said the words, Lola finally picked up a clear thought. This interview had no other purpose than to make her look like a fool.

Telepathy isn’t as useful as you’d think.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Sherrie Roth grew up in Western Kansas thinking there was no place in the universe more fascinating than outer space. After her mother vetoed astronaut as a career ambition, she went on to study journalism and physics in hopes of becoming a science writer.

She published her first science fiction short story and then waited a lot of tables while she looked for inspiration for the next tale. When it finally came, it declared to her it had to be a whole book, nothing less. One night, while digesting this disturbing piece of news, she drank way too many shots of ouzo with her boyfriend. She woke up thirty-one years later demanding to know what was going on.

The boyfriend, who she had apparently long since married, asked her to calm down. He explained that, in a fit of practicality, she had gone back to school and gotten a degree in geophysics and had spent the last 28 years interpreting seismic data in the oil industry. The good news, according to Mr. Cronin, was she found it at least mildly entertaining and ridiculously well-paying. The bad news was the two of them had still managed to spend almost all of the money.

Apparently she was now Mrs. Cronin, and the further good news was they had produced three wonderful children whom they loved dearly, even though to be honest that is where a lot of the money had gone. Even better news was that Mr. Cronin turned out to be a warm-hearted, encouraging sort who was happy to see her awake and ready to write. "It's about time," were his exact words.

Sherrie Cronin discovered that over the ensuing decades Sally Ride had already managed to become the first woman in space and done a fine job of it. No one, however, had written the book that had been in Sherrie's head for decades. The only problem was the book informed her it had grown into a six book collection. Sherrie decided she better start writing before it got any longer. She's been wide awake ever since, and writing away.

Author Social Media Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cinnabar01

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Number46Ascending

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5805814.Sherrie_Cronin

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sherrie-Cronin/e/B007FRMO9Q

Blogs:

46 Ascending - https://46ascending.org/

Face Painting for World Peace - http://tothepowerofzero.org/

Fire Dancing for Fun and Profit - http://ytothepowerof1.org/

Treasure Hunting for a Good Time - http://zsquaredblog.org/

Leaving the Nest to Touch the Sky - http://ctothepowerofthree.org/

Touching the Sky to Save the World - http://dtothepowerof4.org/