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2021 Reviews and New Book Plans from Andy Zach

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2021 Reviews start right here for you!

I just finished and reviewed this book. Page-turning alternate history will please readers Reviewed in the United…

Posted by Andy Zach on Wednesday, January 13, 2021

If you don’t want to click over to Goodreads, then just read here:

This is the second book in this alternate history series, where a large ocean liner and its refueling tender have both gone back in time to 320 BCE. They arrive in the middle of Alexander the Great’s generals fighting over his empire.

The ship goes from port to port, officially neutral and promoting peace. However, they have aligned themselves with Alexander’s heir Philip and his mother Eurydice.

Naturally, aside from advancing technology to the industrial revolution, the modern ship is smack in the middle of Grecian politics. There are murders and battles, as the iron age civilization modernizes to the steam age within years.

Eric Flint and his co-authors, Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett keep the plot moving and the reader engaged with colorful characters from the 21st century and the 4th BCE.

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Let me know if you plan to read The Macedonian Hazard or if you’ve already read the first book The Alexander Inheritance . I’ll send you a copy of Zombie Turkeys.

2021 Reviews
Audiobook cover – click to listen.

2021 Reviews – My First of 2021

My Undead Mother-in-law

4.0 out of 5 stars 

Outlandish Fun

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2021

Andy Zach continues his unrelenting attack on the horror/zombie genre with outlandish humor. What will society do with the new human zombies after the havoc caused by The Turkey Zombies?!? That was a rhetorical question…so just laugh! ;-

JH & DDDH
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Finally, My Top Secret Book Plans, Revealed for You Right Here

My Life After Life Chronicles gets a new volume, Zombie Detective. Here’s a secret blog post giving you the first page.

I plan to publish Zombie Detectives in May 2021 in both paperback and ebook. If you want to be the first to know, subscribe to my newsletter here. You’ll also get all my free audiobooks.

What’s next in 2021? I plan to make Zombie Detectives an audiobook. That’ll start in June and finish by September.

Also coming along is my audiobook version of Villain’s Vacation, the second of my Secret Supers series. The audiobook may not be done, but the cover is:

What else is going on? I plan to attend PeoriaCon in October 2021, and as many book conventions as possible. I miss seeing you!

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Secret Supers Excerpt for You, Text and Audiobook

Secret Supers Excerpt for You! Get your Secret Supers excerpt right in this post, below the book cover:

“Oh no,” Dan yelled.

“What’s the matter, Dan?” Jeremy asked.

“My parents’ house is on fire!”

“Did you get a text or something?” asked Darla.

“Uh, yeah.”

“Sorry to leave you in the lurch, Darla, but we’ve got to go and help,” said Aubrey.

“What can you do?”

“More than you think.”

“I’ve already called my car,” said Jeremy.

“Your car? You’re not old enough to drive,” asked Darla.

“I made a flying car. I can summon it here. See, there it is.”

Darla’s, the cheerleaders’, Rich’s, and the football players’ mouths dropped open as Jeremy’s car came flying down the street, as fast as any other car. Jeremy and Dan had modified it so it had a rumble seat in the back for Kayla and two running boards with grips and safety lines like a fire truck, for Dan and Aubrey to stand.

“That is SO COOL,” screamed Darla.

The Secret Supers climbed into the car. Jeremy transferred carefully from his wheelchair to the driver’s seat, not using his telekinesis.

“We’ll come back if we can. Watch my electric wheelchair,” said Jeremy as they zoomed off.

“Wow, Jeremy! You’re really going fast,” said Aubrey over the rushing wind.

“I told you I was getting stronger. I think we’ll have to modify this again for full seats for you and Dan.”

From Secret Supers

Secret Supers Excerpt – Second Part

“Hurry,” said Dan. “They’re trapped in the basement!”

“Okay, let me open her up.” The car sped up, and they began passing other cars on the road.

“Fifty-five, sixty miles an hour! That seems to be my limit, now. Hey, did someone call the fire department?”

“I did before we started,” said Dan. “Oh hurry!, The smoke is getting thick! They’re lying on the basement floor with wet clothes over their faces!”

A line of cars at a red light blocked them.

“Hold on! Kayla, shields up!”

Shields up, Captain Jeremy!

The car faded into invisibility.

“No one saw that,” said Dan, holding on for dear life as they soared over the cars and traffic lights. “Please hurry! My little sister is coughing on the smoke.”

“I guess we can dispense with the roads. My GPS says if we take a twenty-degree turn—”

“Look out for the high-tension wires,” screamed Aubrey.

Six high-voltage wires blocked their path, less than twenty feet away.

“Hold on,” yelled Jeremy.

The car dropped like an elevator with its cable cut. The Secret Supers ducked, and the wires passed where their heads had been a moment before. They could feel the hairs on their heads lift up from the intense voltage a foot away.

“Look out, a tree,” shouted Aubrey.

The car swerved around and over an oak tree blocking their path.

The Elanga’s house blazed ahead, a pillar of fire and smoke rooted in the disintegrating house.

Swooping down, Jeremy brought the car to a skidding halt in front of the house. A wall of heat burned their faces. Acrid smoke assailed their noses. In the distance, fire engine sirens blared.

Oh no! Dan, are we too late?

From Secret Supers

My Inspiration For Secret Supers Flying Car

I actually watched this TV show in the 1960s as a little kid. Imagine me sitting on my living room floor in the morning, watching my black and white set. Here’s what it looks like in color and the whole first episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CIUax8IVe0

Let me know if you also watched this show and I’ll give you a free ebook of your choice!

More Zombie Turkey Tuesday Deals for You Coming Up Below

A crowd of zombie turkeys, on Thanksgiving getting Secret Supers Excerpt
A crowd of zombie turkeys, on Thanksgiving, trying to get Andy Zach’s Zombie Turkey Tuesday Deals. Just click here to get one.

If you’re in the UK you can get Secret Supers for .99. But I’m also offering My Undead Mother-in-law for .99 too. Just click here to get yours.

Just remember: these deals begin at 12 midnight Pacific Standard Time and last for 80 hours. Then they’re over for this year.

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My Undead Mother-in-law cover. Click to get yours.

What about my first book in my series, Zombie Turkeys? You can get that for free through my newsletter. Subscribe here.

Of course, I also offer all my books for a discount for autographed versions sent personally by me to you. You’ll also get free shipping. Just click here.

You’ve Got Still More Deals on Zombie Turkey Tuesday

“What more do you have, Andy?”

I’m glad you asked! I give every audiobook I have to newsletter subscribers. Get them here.

Life After Life Chronicles
Enjoy all four novels in audiobook, paperback, or Kindle format!

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Squirrels, Jet Packs, Nanobots – and Free Fiction

Squirrels, Jet Packs, and Nanobots — oh my! What am I up to today? Laughter, amazing science, and a free Zombie Turkeys excerpt for you.

Squirrels come first.

Squirrels, Jet Packs
Malabar Squirrel from India

What do squirrels have to do with Zombie Turkeys? They both appear in my book. The zombie turkeys are on the first page, the zombie squirrels at the end. Here’s your free excerpt:

He felt great, full of energy. He ate a nut from his stores.

Then he went down his tree and out to breed with some females.

He saw a really good one with a sexy, bushy tail. As he

chased her toward her tree, a hawk swooped down and killed

him. The hawk never noticed the squirrel’s red eyes.

From Zombie Turkeys

But don’t feel badly for the poor zombie squirrel. I have another excerpt from the sequel, My Undead Mother-in-law, coming up later in the blog.

Squirrels, Jet Packs – Up Next

Let’s do jet packs first, since that’s alphabetical.

I’m posting interesting science stories and videos all the time to my Facebook page. Here’s another jet pack for you.

But I’m also a sucker for cute animals, like the following squirrel.

My Undead Mother-in-law has squirrels and jet packs–can you imagine? If you can connect the two together, I’ll give you a free copy. Just write me an email here.

Are you ready for another squirrel excerpt? This one comes from My Undead Mother-in-law.

“I wonder if the zombiism causes increased violence in

people? It certainly does for turkeys and squirrels. Did you

read the story about the zombie squirrel killing a hawk?”

“No! What happened?”

“The hawk nabbed the squirrel, as hawks normally do, but

in midair, the squirrel revived, ripped open the hawk’s belly,

bit off its leg, and fell a hundred feet to the ground, where it

scampered away unharmed. It was captured on drone video.

My Undead Mother-in-law

Finally, Nanobots

Nanobots! Beloved of science fiction writers everywhere. They can do about anything you can imagine. But what about real nanobots?

Guess what? I wrote nanobots into Paranormal Privateers. Here’s the first excerpt about them.

“They sent this saucer and picked me up. They made

some biological changes to my body through nanobots, so

I have perfect health and regeneration capabilities. Then

they spent months training me to speak and represent

them to the American people.”

From Paranormal Privateers

I’ll close for now with links to the three novels I mentioned if you’re interested. Two of the links give you free audiobook samples. But you can listen to all my books are on Audible or Amazon.

Summertime Science Fiction
Listen to an audiobook excerpt by clicking here.
Hello Books My Undead Mother-in-law
My Undead Mother-in-law cover. Click to get yours.