Bøger udgivet af James Pourteau

In Michael Bunker's Pennsylvania Omnibus, Jedidiah Troyer becomes the hero of TRACE's fight against the Transport Authority. But even before Jed's adventure begins, the Second War for Pennsylvanian Independence has raged for a generation. Originally published as separate stories, Tales of B-Company: The Complete Collection captures the struggle, tragedy, and heroism of a company of TRACE commandos as they wage war for the freedom of New Pennsylvania. In this collection, fans of Bunker's novel will discover cameos by some of his most-beloved characters, as well as a new appreciation for the struggle of TRACE against Transport. "Gelassenheit" tells the origin story of a fan-favorite character in the B-Company tales, recalling the conflict established in The Pennsylvania Omnibus as an Amish family tries to maintain its cultural identity under a despotic Transport Authority. In "Gettysburg," the commandos of B-Company fight to secure much-needed okcillium-the miracle mineral and power source of Transport's dominion over its citizens-to even the odds in their rebellion against the Authority. "Susquehanna" finds our heroes desperate to secure TRACE's vital food supply from the Amish Zone, and circumstances force them to make an uncomfortable alliance with The Wild Ones, the salvager-homesteaders of New Pennsylvania. And in "Columbia," an unsanctioned raid to free the captured QB, B-Company's beloved captain, becomes a race against time when Transport sets a ticking time-bomb to destroy the City. In Tales of B-Company, heroes fight and heroes fall. Loyalties are tested and friendships forged. And TRACE wages bloody battle to win freedom for an entire planet. ________________________ "Chris has populated the now more tactile and detailed Pennsylvania world with unforgettable characters who live and breathe and leap from the page-characters for whom I began to care more deeply the more I read about them... what Chris has produced here ... is on par with or better than my original Pennsylvania story. And it should be read as an expression of Chris Pourteau's own original and fantastic art-a piece of literature in its own right. I think it's that good, and I bet you will too. -Michael Bunker, author of The Pennsylvania Omnibus and Brother, Frankenstein "Pourteau handles Military SciFi with a deft literary gift for both the regular and the heroic that reminds the reader of Bernard Cornwell. Brilliant in scope, nuanced in execution. Read this and enjoy." -Nick Cole, author of The Wasteland Saga, Soda Pop Soldier, and Apocalypse Weird: The Red King "Chris Pourteau just gets better and better writing in this world. Crisp and engaging, his words bring you into the action and tension of the Pennsylvania universe with immediacy and drama. The B -Company stories are great military tales, but are also stories of humanity and relationships torn in the midst of the ongoing conflict between the Transport Authority, TRACE and the rest of the population of New Pennsylvania." -AnneHope, Amazon reviewer (5-star review of Columbia: A Third Tale of Bestimmung Company)

***winner of the 2015 eLit Book Awards Gold Medal for Literary Fiction*** David Jackson leaves a successful law practice in the big city to return to the hometown he fled long ago. At its center stands Old Suzie's house, a grand home once the elegant jewel of a bygone era. Now abandoned, the house stands decaying, simmering in the town's tortured past. David thought he'd buried his childhood nightmares along with his father in the town cemetery under six feet of dirt and thirty years of grief, but they're not finished with him just yet. His wife and daughter find themselves in real danger from the unquiet phantoms of David's past. David Jackson's childhood might just hold the key to what haunts Old Suzie's house-and his family's salvation. What Other Writers Are Saying: Chris Pourteau's Shadows Burned In turned out to be much more than I was expecting....I read a lot of books from debut authors and frankly, a lot of times it can be a chore. With SBI, Chris had me from the very beginning. This is a debut book that you really should catch....Very literary in its aspirations, an abuse story that is so much more. - Michael Bunker, author of The Pennsylvania Omnibus A great start for a new literary voice...the storytelling and uniqueness of Mr. Pourteau's voice kept me reading on. A wonderful first attempt, and a sign of great things to come. - Roberto Calas, author of the Scourge series This is that novel of childhood's end and adult's beginning. Of saying farewell to the things you love and that scare you and hello to things you're too scared to ever stop loving...written extremely well and with incredible heart. Complex. Bittersweet. It doesn't let you go. I highly recommend this haunted tale. - Nick Cole, author of The Wasteland Saga ________________________________ "The author excels at painting scenery....[the] reader can really see and feel the locations and delves into them.... * [Pourteau] provides lovely gems of description reminiscent of Sarah Addison Allen: "spirit moaned on the wind" as an example; this is excellent writing....The reader goes back over these to enjoy them again. * A sign of a well-written narrative....The different plot paths converge well at the end. Excellent plotting....Good tension throughout; author moves the pace nicely."-Judge, Writer's Digest Self-Published e-Book Awards