Hallo, Tumblr; here I am schilling my wares again. Well, no time to waste words. Let’s get to the plate and swing the bat.
I’ve written a little sci-fi/horror novel called The Icarus Void, which is $.99 ebook for the Kindle over at Amazon.com. If you click the link you’ll be taken there. It’s also $.99 over at Smashwords if you have a non-Kindle ereader, but if you prefer print, Lulu.com offers the book in wonderful paper format for $8.99.
If you’re curious as to what it’s about, here’s the blurb:
The crew of the Icarus is used to high-stress situations: their ship is designed to dive into the heart of a star to collect scientific data for research. But when they discover an alien artifact hovering in low orbit of the Sun, the attempt to retrieve it pushes them to the breaking point.
Captain Gordon Markov is more than happy to oversee his final mission on board Icarus. And Doctor Stephen Straub is more than happy to be a part of the prestigious research team assigned to the ship. Testing out the Icarus’s new heatshielding is the plan, but the artifact in orbit of the Sun leads Doctor Catherine Tybalt, head of the research team, to press the captain to retrieve the object for further analysis. The interior of the artifact is hollow — a void — and should be incinerated, but it’s perfectly intact. If they can discover what makes the object naturally resilient to the radiation of the Sun, perhaps it can be used for future development in stardiving. With a risky plan in place, Captain Markov reluctantly agrees. However, the artifact emits a strange radiation that affects not just the operational systems of the ship, but also the crew itself. Once the artifact is on board, research begins, and the scientists discover the terrifying secret of the void…but when they do, the fate of the ship may have already been sealed.
I love science-fiction and I love horror. Combining them was something that felt wonderful and thrilling to actually write, and I’m absurdly proud of this book I’ve written. It’s received two five-star reviews thus far, with hopefully more reviews in the future, so please, if it pleases you, give it a look and know that every single book I sell is a small triumph for me. The reader is who I write for.
Thanks.
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ulfricshrugged reblogged this from ckburch and added:
Signal boost for brohams, seriously go check this out, just the plot blurb should be enough for anyone interested at all...
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About me
CK Burch is a novelist, poet, father of two, and assistant editor for ZED Presents...Publishing. Born in 1982 and floating somewhere between adulthood and immaturity, he writes horror fiction and love letters, balancing out a strange line that, perhaps, only a Libra or a child of the 80's could appreciate. When not writing or composing, he's spending time with his little rugrats, who also walk a fine line between adorable and deportable. They take after their father. When he's not trying desperately to write in a few more chapters and ignore those lovable children who serve to remind him not to cuss so much, he's playing video games with the volume up real loud. It drowns out the sound of neighbors yelling at him to turn it down.
