Midwest Book Review
MBR Bookwatch - December 2012
Klausner's Bookshelf

Sword of Queens
Joan Marie Verba
FTL Publications
P O Box 1363, Minnetonka, MN 55345-0363
www.ftlpublications.com
9781936881116, $15.95, www.amazon.com

For over five centuries, Tashtalon the overlord has ruled the
patriarchal kingdom of Somerlie with an evil iron fist. No one has
ever seen Tashtalon but everyone knows of his presence especially
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FTL Publications is pleased to announce that the Thunderbirds novel, Extreme Hazard, has won the Scribe Award in the Young Adult category. The Scribe Awards acknowledge and celebrate excellence in licensed tie-in writing—novels based on TV shows, movies, and games. The Sixth Annual Scribe Awards were given at a ceremony and panel discussion held during Comic Con International in San Diego on July 13, 2012.

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Extreme Hazard, a Thunderbirds™ novel by Joan Marie Verba, is a nominee for the Scribe Award. The Scribe Awards are from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. The awards will be given at a ceremony in July at this year's Comic-Con convention in San Diego.

Earlier this year, Extreme Hazard received the Mom's Choice Award for the best in family-friendly entertainment.

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FTL Publications is delighted to announce that on May 9, 2012, Ruth Berman was awarded first place in the Midwest Book Awards for Bradamant's Quest, her fantasy novel set at the time of Charlemagne. For more information about Bradamant's Quest, click here.



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Midwest Book Review
January 2012 Small Press Bookwatch

Bradamant's Quest
Ruth Berman
FTL Publications
PO Box 1363, Minnetonka, MN 55345-0363
9781936881024, $15.95, www.ftlpublications.com
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"Bradamant's Quest" is a youthful fantasy from Ruth Berman who
presents a story of Bradamant, who is charged in recovering her
family's magical talismans after Charlemagne's wars are over. But
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Ashes to Ashes by Mary Monica Pulver

A body is found in “Crazy Dave” Wagner’s appliance store after the store is destroyed by a fire. Detective Peter Brichter is called in because local organized crime is thought to be involved. Brichter consults arson investigator Captain Isaac (Zak) Kader, and other officers in the police department, but no matter how many suspects they interview, they seem no closer to solving ...

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Gordon Tracy, aquanaut, weapons expert, and fun-loving fourth son of Jeff Tracy, learns of a missile that can destroy an International Rescue aircraft. While working on a way to defeat that, the team discovers an even greater menace: plans for a bomb that could destroy the Earth have been lost. Unless International Rescue finds those plans, they could fall into the hands of criminals, who could build such a device and use it for their own ends. Can International Rescue retrieve the plans and save ... << MORE >>

FTL Publications is pleased to announce the publication of the mystery novel, Original Sin by Mary Monica Pulver, in ebook form. This ebook is available on Kindle and Smashwords.

When Kori Brichter took her horses to the Fourth Annual Lafite Class-A All-Arabian Horse ...

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Midwest Book Review
November 2011 Small Press Bookwatch

The Mystery/Suspense Shelf

Secret Murder
Ellen Kuhfeld
FTL Publications
PO Box 1363, Minnetonka, MN 55345-0363
9780982523285, $15.95, www.ftlpublications.com

Before forensics, the truth had to be found through determination.
"Secret Murder" is an alternative historical novel, set in a world
where the Europeans settled North America much sooner than
1492. When murder is afoot in a Minnesota trading outpost, Ellen
Kuhfeld blends ...

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