Investigation_Age Of Expansion_A Kurtherian Gambit Series

by Sarah Noffke

  So the next morning, Mr. Tiger calls and we chat for the first time. I’m trying to understand what this Oriceran business is he keeps talking about. Meanwhile my ex-husband starts knocking on my door to apologize for telling me that I’ll go poor writing. I ignored him and gave my full attention to Mr. Tiger and he decided to give me a shot writing for LMBPN. Later, I remembered thinking, my old life was knocking at the door, while a new opportunity for the future was on the phone.

  As I said before, LMBPN makes my life easier and a year ago, it did it at exactly the right time. Now I get to focus on my UA, which has made all the difference.

  Anyway, I never take for granted the opportunity I’ve been given. I always appreciate the support and encouragement of those at LMBPN, Mr. Tiger’s especially.

  Also since we’re talking about safari vehicles, I want to thank Phil Dent for giving me the suggestion of using a LANDROVER Series 2A in the book. It was on a thread of suggestions readers gave me for cars that Hatch has on board Ricky Bobby. I need to run a few new threads of those soon since I’m running low on reader’s suggestions. Always feel free to message me with those ideas. I’m open to hearing them.

  Okay, story time is over for me, for the moment. But no worries, here’s Mr. Tiger to tell you a great tale, the best part is the punchline. Oh! And the monkey! Just wait until he gets to the part with the monkey.

  Without further ado, Mr. Tiger, ladies and gentlemen.

  Sarah

  Check out Sarah Noffke’s Science Friction Werewolf Thriller:

  Alpha Wolf, Olento Research Series, Book 1

  Twelve Men Went Missing

  Six months later they awake from drug-induced stupors to find themselves locked in a lab. On the night of a new moon, eleven of those men - possessing new gifts of speed, strength and inhuman powers - break out of their prison and race through the streets of Los Angeles. They disappear one by one into the night.

  Werewolves Are On The Loose

  Mika Lenna - a powerful dream traveler and head of Olento Research - wants to control the world. To do that, he must create an army of assassins. Capturing the twelve men was easy, as was experimenting on them while keeping them in drug-induced stupors. But now all hell has broken loose - wolf-like men have been spotted across the nation, leaving fatal attacks in their midst. Mike must tear every city apart until his invaluable werewolves are back under his control.

  The Race Is On

  The Lucidite Institute's main mission is to save the world from injustices. Their best agent, Adelaide Lewis, needs to find these mutated men and protect them and society, and fast. Adelaide realizes that she has to find the Alpha Wolf. Only once she's located him can she stop whoever is behind this experiment to create wild beasts out of human beings.

  Alpha Wolf has a taut storyline combined with action-packed scenes. This spellbinding YA supernatural fantasy is a must read for the young and not so young alike.

  Get Alpha Wolf here.

  Author Notes - Michael Anderle

  July 23, 2018

  First... What Monkey??? (Ok, I’m going to make shit up. I think my collaborator set me up.)

  Second, which is usually first, is THANK YOU for not only reading this story, but following us here to the back, as well!

  All right, so when Ms. Crockoshite was offering me some advice a few months ago, she offered to provide me with a pet.

  I didn’t want a pet. Hell, I didn’t need a pet, but for some reason Crockshite was absolutely, positively sure I did.

  Therefore, I did was any decent law-abiding friend does – I totally forgot about her nonsense.

  So, when I came home one day, there on my front doorstep was a box.

  Not any box. Oh no, this box was that soft whitish-yellow pine with air holes that says "quarantined" or some shit in white letters on a red background. I’ve no idea what it really said because I totally ignored the warning.

  What guy ever pays attention to the red stuff? That is absolutely going to get us to "push the red button", ‘"ignore the red tape"… you get the idea.

  So, I open this box to find a little guy inside. It had white fur with black fur around its eyes.

  An albino monkey…kinda. (Honestly, if I didn’t know better (but I do) I would have said it was a raccoon.) It looked up at me with pitiful eyes and while my lips were pressed firmly together, annoyed, the eyes cut through my hard, tough exterior and melted the little bit of tenderness I had in me.

  I picked it up and carried the little bugger inside.

  After providing some food for the white fluff tail (bananas, what else?) It got some energy and started exploring.

  And by exploring, I mean it started grabbing shit out of the cupboards and flinging them, screeching, and making an insane racket. After it busted two glasses and embedded a shot glass in my TV, I cornered it.

  Next thing I know, it raced across the floor, jumped to my leg (DAMN that hurt!) and raced up and stopped, perched on my back.

  My eyes narrowed in understanding.

  Walking with said monkey still perched, I went into the kitchen, and grabbed the four bananas and an apple (hope monkeys like apples) and went back to the front. I tossed the apple and three of the bananas into the box and then, using the last, teased it from my back into the box.

  Two seconds and a bit of cursing later, I had the monkey back in the box.

  I wrote “Rejected, Return to Sender” on that box and drove it up to the late-night mail center, sending that monkey back to Crockoshite.

  Now, you can ask HER what she did when she received the monkey back.

  That night I rested easy, knowing it wasn’t on my back.

  Ad Aeternitatem,

  Michael

  (P.S. – We have more stuff coming, including a whole new FUN series which has nothing whatsoever to do with vampires, werewolves, or magic users and will be delivering the goods fall of 2018.)

  About Sarah Noffke

  Sarah Noffke, an Amazon Best Seller, writes YA and NA sci-fi fantasy, paranormal and urban fantasy. She is the author of the Lucidites, Reverians, Ren, Vagabond Circus, Olento Research and Soul Stone Mage series. Noffke holds a Masters of Management and teaches college business courses. Most of her students have no idea that she toils away her hours crafting fictional characters. Noffke's books are top rated and best-sellers on Kindle. Currently, she has eighteen novels published. Her books are available in paperback, audio and in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. http://www.sarahnoffke.com

  Acknowledgements

  Sarah Noffke

  Thank you to the readers. Since I’ve entered the world of KGU readers, my life has seriously changed. You all are incredibly supportive, loyal, thoughtful and fun! I have the best times interacting with you and listening to your suggestions.

  Thank you to Michael Anderle for being a seriously awesome guy. People say that about other people, but I truly mean it. Michael really wants everyone to succeed and I love writing for LMBPN because of that! And many more reasons.

  Big thank you to Jurgen Moders for all the help with this series. He’s the guy responsible for the maps and also for helping me figure out ways around road blocks. Also Jurgen was the first reader and made my editor’s job a lot easier. Thanks for all the help!

  Thank you to Jen for doing the edits and keeping me sane. I know I’m supposed to know where commas go, but I seriously forget daily. Thank you to Andrew and Jeff for the cover work. You guys are awesome.

  Thank you to the JIT team for all the input. Your suggestions are really great. More than anything, you all help me to sleep at night knowing your keen eyes are catching errors. It’s wonderful having your help and expertise.

  Thanks to Craig, Steve, Jami and everyone at LMBPN who makes the books happen. It truly is a team effort.

  Thank you to my friends and family who put up with my odd hours. I can’t do this without your support and encouragement. My lovely daughter, Lydia, is my muse. I enjoy sharing with her ideas from the book and she always gives
me new ideas for stories.

  Thank you to everyone for the inspiration, thoughtfulness and love. A book truly is the accumulation of experiences, poured on to the page and there’s been so many who have been a part of that.

  Books By Sarah Noffke

  Sarah Noffke, an Amazon Best Seller, writes YA and NA sci-fi fantasy, paranormal and urban fantasy. She is the author of the Lucidites, Reverians, Ren, Vagabond Circus, Olento Research, Soul Stone Mage, Ghost Squadron and Precious Galaxy series. Noffke holds a Masters of Management and teaches college business courses. Most of her students have no idea that she toils away her hours crafting fictional characters. Noffke's books are top rated and best-sellers on Kindle. Currently, she has thirty-three novels published. Her books are available in paperback, audio and in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. http://www.sarahnoffke.com

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  Ghost Squadron:

  Formation #1:

  Kill the bad guys. Save the Galaxy. All in a hard day’s work.

  After ten years of wandering the outer rim of the galaxy, Eddie Teach is a man without a purpose. He was one of the toughest pilots in the Federation, but now he’s just a regular guy, getting into bar fights and making a difference wherever he can. It’s not the same as flying a ship and saving colonies, but it’ll have to do.

  That is, until General Lance Reynolds tracks Eddie down and offers him a job. There are bad people out there, plotting terrible things, killing innocent people, and destroying entire colonies. Someone has to stop them.

  Eddie, along with the genetically-enhanced combat pilot Julianna Fregin and her trusty E.I. named Pip, must recruit a diverse team of specialists, both human and alien. They’ll need to master their new Q-Ship, one of the most powerful strike ships ever constructed. And finally, they’ll have to stop a faceless enemy so powerful, it threatens to destroy the entire Federation.

  All in a day’s work, right?

  Experience this exciting military sci-fi saga and the latest addition to the expanded Kurtherian Gambit Universe. If you’re a fan of Mass Effect, Firefly, or Star Wars, you’ll love this riveting new space opera.

  *NOTE: If cursing is a problem, then this might not be for you.

  Check out the entire series here.

  The Soul Stone Mage Series:

  House of Enchanted #1:

  The Kingdom of Virgo has lived in peace for thousands of years…until now.

  The humans from Terran have always been real assholes to the witches of Virgo. Now a silent war is brewing, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Princess Azure will soon be crowned queen of the Kingdom of Virgo.

  In the Dark Forest a powerful potion-maker has been murdered.

  Charmsgood was the only wizard who could stop a deadly virus plaguing Virgo. He also knew about the devastation the people from Terran had done to the forest.

  Azure must protect her people. Mend the Dark Forest. Create alliances with savage beasts. No biggie, right?

  But on coronation day everything changes. Princess Azure isn’t who she thought she was and that’s a big freaking problem.

  Welcome to The Revelations of Oriceran. Check out the entire series here.

  The Lucidites Series:

  Awoken, #1:

  Around the world humans are hallucinating after sleepless nights.

  In a sterile, underground institute the forecasters keep reporting the same events.

  And in the backwoods of Texas, a sixteen-year-old girl is about to be caught up in a fierce, ethereal battle.

  Meet Roya Stark. She drowns every night in her dreams, spends her hours reading classic literature to avoid her family’s ridicule, and is prone to premonitions—which are becoming more frequent. And now her dreams are filled with strangers offering to reveal what she has always wanted to know: Who is she? That’s the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out. But will Roya live to regret learning the truth?

  Stunned, #2

  Revived, #3

  The Reverians Series:

  Defects, #1:

  In the happy, clean community of Austin Valley, everything appears to be perfect. Seventeen-year-old Em Fuller, however, fears something is askew. Em is one of the new generation of Dream Travelers. For some reason, the gods have not seen fit to gift all of them with their expected special abilities. Em is a Defect—one of the unfortunate Dream Travelers not gifted with a psychic power. Desperate to do whatever it takes to earn her gift, she endures painful daily injections along with commands from her overbearing, loveless father. One of the few bright spots in her life is the return of a friend she had thought dead—but with his return comes the knowledge of a shocking, unforgivable truth. The society Em thought was protecting her has actually been betraying her, but she has no idea how to break away from its authority without hurting everyone she loves.

  Rebels, #2

  Warriors, #3

  Vagabond Circus Series:

  Suspended, #1:

  When a stranger joins the cast of Vagabond Circus—a circus that is run by Dream Travelers and features real magic—mysterious events start happening. The once orderly grounds of the circus become riddled with hidden threats. And the ringmaster realizes not only are his circus and its magic at risk, but also his very life.

  Vagabond Circus caters to the skeptics. Without skeptics, it would close its doors. This is because Vagabond Circus runs for two reasons and only two reasons: first and foremost to provide the lost and lonely Dream Travelers a place to be illustrious. And secondly, to show the nonbelievers that there’s still magic in the world. If they believe, then they care, and if they care, then they don’t destroy. They stop the small abuse that day-by-day breaks down humanity’s spirit. If Vagabond Circus makes one skeptic believe in magic, then they halt the cycle, just a little bit. They allow a little more love into this world. That’s Dr. Dave Raydon’s mission. And that’s why this ringmaster recruits. That’s why he directs. That’s why he puts on a show that makes people question their beliefs. He wants the world to believe in magic once again.

  Paralyzed, #2

  Released, #3

  Ren Series:

  Ren: The Man Behind the Monster, #1:

  Born with the power to control minds, hypnotize others, and read thoughts, Ren Lewis, is certain of one thing: God made a mistake. No one should be born with so much power. A monster awoke in him the same year he received his gifts. At ten years old. A prepubescent boy with the ability to control others might merely abuse his powers, but Ren allowed it to corrupt him. And since he can have and do anything he wants, Ren should be happy. However, his journey teaches him that harboring so much power doesn’t bring happiness, it steals it. Once this realization sets in, Ren makes up his mind to do the one thing that can bring his tortured soul some peace. He must kill the monster.

  *Note* This book is NA and has strong language, violence and sexual references.

  Ren: God’s Little Monster, #2

  Ren: The Monster Inside the Monster, #3

  Ren: The Monster’s Adventure, #3.5

  Ren: The Monster’s Death

  Olento Research Series:

  Alpha Wolf, #1:

  Twelve men went missing. Six months later they awake from drug-induced stupors to find themselves locked in a lab. And on the night of a new moon, eleven of those men, possessed by new—and inhuman—powers, break out of their prison and race through the streets of Los Angeles until they disappear one by one into the night. Olento Research wants its experiments back. Its CEO, Mika Lenna, will tear every city apart until he has his werewolves imprisoned once again. He didn’t undertake a huge risk just to lose his would-be assassins. However, the Lucidite Institute’s main mission is to save the world from injustices. Now, it’s Adelaide’s job to find these mutated men and protect them and society, and fast. Already around the nation, wolflike men are being spotted. Attacks on innocent women are happening. And then, Adelaide realizes what her next step must be: She has to find the alpha wolf f
irst. Only once she’s located him can she stop whoever is behind this experiment to create wild beasts out of human beings.

  Lone Wolf, #2

  Rabid Wolf, #3

  Bad Wolf, #4

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