New! REDEMPTION, a Contemporary Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Romance by Linda Mooney

 New! 

REDEMPTION

A Contemporary Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Romance
by Linda Mooney
Word Count: 46.7K
$3.99 e / $10.99 p

Nurse Ivy Domberg, along with the rest of the world, watched as the Magellan spacecraft launched into space for a top-secret mission to the moon. She would miss her husband while he was gone, but he’d be back before she knew it. 

No one expected those two short weeks to turn into years.

The day the spaceship disappeared, Earth was hit with a blinding light, and life hasn’t been the same since. Every female is now sterile, human and creatures alike. Insects, reptiles, fish, and birds are becoming extinct. Same for all animals as none of them are able to reproduce. Meat, eggs, and milk, as well as grain and vegetable crops, are growing scarce. It’s only a matter of time before the world’s population is completely wiped from the face of the Earth, either from starvation, old age, or both. 

During this time, Ivy refused to believe her astronaut husband Skeet was dead. But when the Magellan inexplicably returns with its crew somehow alive, is it a coincidence alien ships are spotted on the same day? Were the aliens responsible for their disappearance, as well as the chaos on Earth?

Even as a possible interstellar war looms on the horizon, Ivy’s nurse instincts kick in when she discovers a lone creature lying near a road. A creature not from Earth. A creature who appears to have just given birth. Seeing the infant, Ivy can’t ignore the alien’s plight, no matter the species. Regardless of the devastation they may have brought to the planet, a mother’s love for her baby is universal. 

And it just might save the world.

Warning! Contains a jar of eggs, a devastating loss, plant-based meat, paying in cash, fake hot chocolate, and two people whose love and resilience gives them the hope and faith they need to survive.

Excerpt and Buy Links 

Ways I've Marked My Page in a Book -- Rated From Good to Bad

GOOD

#1/ A book mark, of course. Like many readers I have a collection of these, ranging from handmade to glossy and pretty to bookstore handouts. I need more than one because I often have more than one book on the go--and I'm always misplacing them.

 

#2/ A ribbon or string. Best are those books with built-in ribbons for marking your place but I've also used hair ribbons or bits of string.

 

#3/ The dustcover on a hardcover can be tucked in to hold one's place. I use the front for the first half of the book and then the back fold for the second half.

 

#4/ Receipt. You just bought a new book, what's handier than the receipt when you dip into it?

 

#5/ Random scrap of paper. Anything will do.

 

#6/ Memorize the page number. Alas, this only works if you have a good memory and can lead to inadvertent spoilers if you remember incorrectly. 

POOR

#7/  Another book inserted into the first one. This is only for emergencies.

 

#8/ Turning book facedown. Warning this is only acceptable with the sewn-in leaf type bindings and is apt to damage a book with stiff glue binding.

 

#9/ Pen. (Capped of course, I'm not a heathen.) This is again only used temporarily in emergencies as the pen won't stay in most books for long.

 

BAD

#10/ Dog-eared page. I don't do this anymore, I swear! But it is something I did as a child.

 

HERE BE NEWS for Monday April 7, 2025

 

 Monday April 7, 2025 

Welcome to HERE BE NEWS, where each monday we bring you all the latest from the fantasy romance authors at Here Be Magic:

Redemption 

by Linda Mooney 

 

Buy Links: https://www.lindamooney.com/Redemption.htm

 

Nurse Ivy Domberg, along with the rest of the world, watched as the Magellan spacecraft launched into space for a top-secret mission to the moon. She would miss her husband while he was gone, but he’d be back before she knew it.

 

No one expected those two short weeks to turn into years.

 

The day the spaceship disappeared, Earth was hit with a blinding light, and life hasn’t been the same since. Every female is now sterile, human and creatures alike. Insects, reptiles, fish, and birds are becoming extinct. Same for all animals as none of them are able to reproduce. Meat, eggs, and milk, as well as grain and vegetable crops, are growing scarce. It’s only a matter of time before the world’s population is completely wiped from the face of the Earth, either from starvation, old age, or both.

 

During this time, Ivy refused to believe her astronaut husband Skeet was dead. But when the Magellan inexplicably returns with its crew somehow alive, is it a coincidence alien ships are spotted on the same day? Were the aliens responsible for their disappearance, as well as the chaos on Earth?

 

Even as a possible interstellar war looms on the horizon, Ivy’s nurse instincts kick in when she discovers a lone creature lying near a road. A creature not from Earth. A creature who appears to have just given birth. Seeing the infant, Ivy can’t ignore the alien’s plight, no matter the species. Regardless of the devastation they may have brought to the planet, a mother’s love for her baby is universal.

 

And it just might save the world.

The Battle Lord Saga

by Linda Mooney

Buy Links: https://lindamooney.com/BattleLord.htm

Their love would spawn a dynasty.

Three hundred years in the future, mankind still is trying to survive the Great Collision that changed the earth forever. People live in pockets of civilization called compounds, battling the elements and the mutations which have developed over the centuries, trying to live and survive day by day.

Yulen D'Jacques is the Battle Lord of Alta Novis. His duty is to keep his compound and his people safe, which means yearly sweeps of the area to remove any mutated men and animals from encroaching.

Atrilan Ferran is Mutah, a mutant warrior and huntress trained to protect and defend her home from Cleaners, the “normals” who invade the forests to slaughter everything and everyone who gets in their way.

They never anticipated the day when their hearts would collide, challenging and changing everything they thought was the truth. Leading them to the day they would have to prove their love for each other to man and mutant alike.

Warning:  Contains intense cruelty, an avaricious mother-in-law, unbelievable hunting abilities, mutant animals, silken tents, dungeons, denial, and a love that would spawn a dynasty.

April Box Set

The BATTLE LORD Saga
(blurbs and excerpts)

Now Available! THE BATTLE LORD SAGA, Books 1 - 3 Box Set by Linda Mooney

Their love would spawn a dynasty.

Three hundred years in the future, mankind still is trying to survive the Great Collision that changed the earth forever. People live in pockets of civilization called compounds, battling the elements and the mutations which have developed over the centuries, trying to live and survive day by day.

Yulen D'Jacques is the Battle Lord of Alta Novis. His duty is to keep his compound and his people safe, which means yearly sweeps of the area to remove any mutated men and animals from encroaching.

Atrilan Ferran is Mutah, a mutant warrior and huntress trained to protect and defend her home from Cleaners, the “normals” who invade the forests to slaughter everything and everyone who gets in their way.

They never anticipated the day when their hearts would collide, challenging and changing everything they thought was the truth. Leading them to the day they would have to prove their love for each other to man and mutant alike.

Warning:  Contains intense cruelty, an avaricious mother-in-law, unbelievable hunting abilities, mutant animals, silken tents, dungeons, denial, and a love that would spawn a dynasty.

April Box Set

The BATTLE LORD Saga
(blurbs and excerpts)