'The Four Perils' Now Available as Ebooks and on Kindle Unlimited

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The Four Perils is now available as an ebook and on Kindle Unlimited!

The process of releasing through Amazon went faster than I expected. Click here to find the book on Amazon.

The print version will take a little longer (I’m anticipating early May) because it takes longer to lay the book out and to get proof copies. I wanted to release the ebook as soon as possible because that’s the most popular format for my readers.

As with the earlier books, there will be short write-ups about a few of the topics featured in the book, such as: what are the Four Perils anyway? You’ll be able to find the write-ups on my author website, in the column on the right, in the coming days.

I hope you enjoy The Four Perils! 


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The blurb on Amazon:

Where one door closes, another opens …

Underdog geomancers Joe Tham and Junie Soong face their strangest mystery yet: why are ghosts in Washington, D.C., suddenly turning violent? And what’s reanimating the dead animals in the area?

Junie is adjusting to life without Noah and her trusty wooden sword. She trains hard at her fighting and she unlocks her latent magical abilities with help from the Golden Dragon’s journals. Just in time. The new cases will stretch her strength, skills, and ingenuity.

And as the feng shui consultants delve deeper into the problem, they find a conspiracy that may unleash an event of cataclysmic proportions not just for D.C., but for the world. To foil the plot, the two make a bargain they may come to regret.

The Four Perils is the fourth book in an urban fantasy series featuring Asian magic and mysticism, and terrifying monsters from Asian folklore and mythology.


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