Rogue's Angels Present: The Crooked City by Ryan Whitwam

Please welcome Ryan Whitwam author of The Crooked City.


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THE CROOKED CITY

by Ryan Whitwam

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GENRE: Sci-fi Thriller

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BLURB:

Jonah doesn’t want to run–he has to. There’s only so much pain one man can cause before he needs to start over. Unstuck from his tainted past, he craves the anonymity he can only achieve by vanishing like a specter in the night.

Before his new life is even underway, a chance encounter leaves him in possession of a curious object–something the mysterious Keepers of The Oracle will kill to obtain, but there’s more to the Keepers than Jonah could possibly imagine. They have the ability to do much worse than kill, and now he's in their sights.

The Keepers wield power unlike anything Jonah has ever seen, and they’re closing in fast. He’s placed a new group of innocents in danger this time, and he can’t run away again.

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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT:

Jonah wandered the house, avoiding the police to reach the room at the end of the hall. He needed to see the scene, to know what had happened. There was blood, but he didn't know whose it was. Then he turned the corner and was in darkness.

Voices called out from the murky shadows engulfing him. Some were from happier times, others begged for help with hushed sobs. Regret welled up. He stared into the Dark. What he had seen—what he was about to see—was all his doing. A door opened in the distance. The pure white light pouring out illuminated his path.

Jonah walked through, only to be blinded by the luminous space within. He forced his eyes open in search of shapes amidst the blinding light. There was crying, but it was far away. He was alone now. After a time, he realized it was his own weeping he heard.

He was separated from his body, and watched himself kneel down to touch her. There was so much blood.

A far off tone invaded his ears, not unpleasant, but strange. It wavered and pulsed, oddly distorted by static and reverberation. The light was gone, and he felt the sensation of being pulled upward. Then there was the stomach churning sensation of the universe turning inside out...

Jonah stood on a desolate plain devoid of color. Everything was flat gray and unremarkable—dim, like dusk on an overcast day. No light emanated from the black canopy of sky. The ground undulated slightly as he looked out into the distance.

He swung around to check in the other direction. Something stood out against the muddy backdrop. A cliff jutted up from the landscape, forming a ridge high above him. Along its edge massive twisted pillars of stone climbed toward the ebony void.

Something important was there, but he did not know what. With sluggish, tingling feet, he trudged slowly toward the cliff, unsure what he would do when he arrived at its base. The earth had the consistency of fine sand, and it squeaked under foot as he walked.

After walking for a time, Jonah took stock of the distant pillars again. There were small pockmarks down their sides, but oddly spaced. The structures were not round or ovoid, but squared off. They appeared to have known the influence of a practiced artisan’s hands—they had been designed that way.

Not rock pillars, then, but buildings—massive skyscrapers the color of burnt charcoal. He could easily pick out the lines and angles of the towers. The divots on their sides were small windows, but the shape and tilt of the buildings was wrong. They would have set an architect’s hair on end.

Jonah walked faster, hoping to reach the crooked city before—before what?

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Ryan lives in Minnesota with his wife and dogs. He writes words like the ones in this book, as well as some very different words on the internet about technology and science. He likes smartphones, sci-fi, and people who read his book. He's not very good at describing himself.

http://ryanwhitwam.com/books/

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BUY LINKS:

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE

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