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Metawars: The Freedom Frontier by Jeff Norton, MetaWars #4.0 The thrilling final instalment of the action-packed METAWARS series. With the Guardians and Millennials eliminated, Jonah and Sam are left to fend for themselves. When they discover their enemy, Granger, is also on his own they take the ultimate leap of faith and join forces to survive...and save humanity. The future of the world on and off-line is at stake and Jonah will not stop until he prevails. Even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice. It has been quite a ride so far in the MetaWars series and I went into Freedom Frontier with heavy reservations. From the book, Fight for the Future , Jeff Norton managed to win me over to his side. With the books that followed, The Dead are Rising and Battle of The Immortal , Jeff Norton kept up the pace and kept on improving his storyline as he went. The books never faltered for a moment. I have to say that not only I saw a great story unfolding, it also became apparent fo...

Author interview with Jeff Norton Last year I saw the first book in the series, Fight for the Future, contacted Jeff, and since than contact has been quite often. The first book blew me away, quite literally and have been urging to read the next books ever since. The MetaWars series tackles heavy subjects like escapsim, several MetaTrends, growing up and fighting for you believes. Jeff breaks it down to let the younger audience understand it as well And to celebrate this one year release which is today August 2nd, I had a chat with Jeff about the past, present and future. Author bio: Jeff Norton is a writer, filmmaker, and founder of Awesome, a creative incubator.  Jeff is the author of the award-winning MetaWars books.  Originally from Canada, Jeff lives in London, UK.   Hi Jeff, first of all welcome to The Book Plank and for taking some time out of your schedule to answer these few questions. JN: It’s a pleasure to be here, Jasper! Your blog offers such ...

Osbert the Avenger by Christopher William Hill, Tales from the Schwartzgarten #1 Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice and revenge. The villains are vicious. The settings are sinister. And good does NOT always prevail...If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to fairies...then welcome to the GRUESOMELY FUNNY Tales from Schwartzgarten. Chirstopher William Hill was one of the authors in the Books For Keeps feature on rising talents. Osbert the Avenger is his debut novel and the first book in the Tales from the Schwartzgarten series. When I first saw the front cover of the book I actually had imagined that this story would be a bit of a children’s detective book, with Osbert being a young version of Sherlock Holmes. But was I wrong. I think you are in for quite a surprise when you start in Osbert the Avenger. Osbert the Avenger takes place in the Gothic, dark town of Schwartzgarten. What y...

The Nightmare Factory by Lucy Jones Andrew and Poppy Lake thought they were safe in their own bed. They were wrong. Stolen from their dreams by an unknown force they wake up trapped in a strange world parallel to our own. There, the evil Vesuvius rules over the Nightmare Factory with his army of shadowmares, extracting fear from children to create nightmares all over the earth. But Vesuvius want more. He wants power. He wants Andrew… After finishing MetaWars 3.0 Battle of the Immortal, I saw in the back the mention of The Nightmare Factory and that it was a recommendation if you enjoyed Metawars, it’s one of my favourite series this year and lasts. Orchard Book kindly provided me with a review copy of The Nightmare Factory. The Nightmare Factory is written by 25-year-old author Lucy Jones, she has been writing since she was 12 and The Nightmare Factory is her debut children’s book. The Nightmare Factory starts of with a scene where you meet up with the main protagoni...

Time flies when your having fun. This how I best can describe the month of May. Again I have been able read a great number of books, some that were challenging and took a bit more time and for some others that were just too short. All in all I haven't encountered any books that I particularly disliked in any way. Instead by alternating the reading between the different genres, there isn't a build up of always reading the same.  Not only was reading a lot of fun to do, I was also back in the game, well starting half of May, for training again for my marathon that is planned on the 20th of October later this year. The training runs are becoming more demanding in terms of longer runs averaging between 45 min to 2 hours, 3 times a week. It will cause me to have to cut back a bit on my reading time. Hopefully not too much though. Still got a many great titles waiting in line.  I think for everyone the Review Round-ups should be known by now, but for some new readers here i...