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Curse of the Spider King’s viral marketing
Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper have created an ingenius “tribe” system that rewards fans for blog posts, tweets, and other mentions of their new book, Curse of the Spider King.  (Maybe that is why there are so many people blogging on this book in this month’s CSFF Blog Tour??) In Allayra, the fictional world in Curse of the Spider King, there are seven elven lords of seven elven tribes.  They have names like Silvertree, Ashheart, and Oakenflower. Want t

Curse of the Spider King, Day Two of CSFF Blog Tour
This month’s blog tour of Curse of the Spider King, a middle-grade Christian fantasy book, is drawing unprecedented participation. Maybe the outstanding cover art drew in the reviewers? Or the fact that many reviewers already know and love these authors?  Below is a list a list of blog-tour links to posts on the book. What did the bloggers think? Nearly all of them really liked this book, myself included.  Some had questions. John W. Otte wonders where the Christian faith is, along with a couple of others. Jason Waguespac has a similar question. He had communicated with author Wayne Thomas Bat

Curse of the Spider King, a Review
Curse of the Spider King, a Review Book 1 of The Berinfell Prophecies by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper Published 2009 by Thomas Nelson, 361 pages Genre: Middle grade Christian fantasy This story unfolds in our own world, focusing on first one, then another of seven (yes, seven) 13-year olds. Each of these adopted teens is going through normal lif

Earth Is Not Alone by John Knapp II, a Review
Earth Is Not Alone by John Knapp II (Emryss Chronicles) Published 2009 by Ephemeron Press (self-published), 496 pages Genre: Christian sci/fi, young adult (and up) This book entwines two story threads which appear to be unrelated. But I am guessing that, in sequels, we will find out that they are in fact related. Here’s one story thread:  in a future year, an electromagnetic pulse attack from an unknown source knocks out al

Haunt of Jackals–What Others Are Saying
Other bloggers on the CSFF blog tour have actually finished Haunt of Jackals by Eric Wilson, so let’s find out what they think. Here’s some more plot summary from Karri Kompton: “Cal Nichols, one of the original Nistarim and Gina’s father, works to keep not only Gina safe, but also Dov Amit, a young boy on the side of good. One of the orphans in Gina’s care, Pavel, shows signs of being a Concealed One. They must both escape to America in order to stay under the Collectors’ radar. Throughout the book, Gina and Cal fight Collectors and banis