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High-Rise Diver by Julia von LucadouHigh-Rise Diver by Julia von Lucadou

Thanks to World Editions, I am giving away one print copy of ‘High-Rise Diver by Julia von Lucadou.

Description High-Rise Diver by Julia von Lucadou


Riva is a “high-rise diver,” a top athlete with millions of fans, and a perfectly functioning human on all levels. Suddenly she rebels, breaking her contract and refusing to train. Cameras are everywhere in her world, but she doesn’t know her every move is being watched by Hitomi, the psychologist tasked with reining Riva back in. Unquestionably loyal to the system, Hitomi’s own life is at stake: should she fail to deliver, she will be banned to the “peripheries,” the filthy outskirts of society.

For readers of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Circle, and Brave New World, this chilling dystopia constructs a world uncomfortably close to our own, in which performance is everything.

Praise High-Rise Diver by Julia von Lucadou

“A searing work of speculative fiction.” ―Kirkus Reviews

The High-Rise Diver is chillingly beautiful dissection of perfected capitalism. Lucadou creates a horribly convincing world where every aspect of existence has been monetised. In a taut, delicate narrative an implacable and disinterested cruelty faces the human ache for tenderness, mercy, contact and affection.” ―A.L. Kennedy

“Straightforward and cool, the author’s short, unadorned sentences reveal how the promise of salvation through greater efficiency, growth, and individual luck actually represses, stifles, and destroys the very essence of life: spontaneity, pain, dirt, emotion, poetry.” ―Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

About Julia von Lucadou

High-Rise Diver by Julia von Lucadou

(c) Maria Ursprun

Julia von Lucadou was born in Heidelberg in 1982. She studied film and theater at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and Victoria University of Wellington and earned her PhD in Film Studies in 2015. Lucadou worked as both an assistant director and a television editor prior to writing The High-Rise Diver, her debut novel, which was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize in 2018. She lives between Biel, New York, and Cologne.

About Sharmila Cohen (Translator)

Sharmila Cohen is an award-winning writer and German-to-English translator who has translated the works of several leading German-language authors. Her work has been featured in publications such as BOMB and Harpers, and her projects span from poetry and literary fiction to crime and children’s stories. Originally from New York, Cohen came to Berlin in 2011 as a Fulbright Scholar to complete an experimental translation project with local poets. She now divides her time between both cities.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SharmiCo

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Tsars Locket by Ken CzechThe Tsars Locket by Ken Czech


Publisher:  Fireship Press (April 30, 2020)
Category: Action/Adventure, Historical Romance, and Historical Thriller
Tour dates: Sept 30-Nov 25, 2020
ISBN: 978-1611792775
Available in Print and ebook, 303 pages
Tsars Locket

Description Tsars Locket by Ken Czech


When Duty, Honor, and Love Collide

Julian Blunt, a former sea captain and a despised Catholic, is stunned when Queen Elizabeth proposes that he help carry a betrothal locket to Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Moscow. It means an alliance between England and Russia is brewing, and the queen warns that should the locket fall into the hands of the Pope or his minions, it could mean war.

Julian joins the queen’s messenger, the lofty and spirited Jessandra Calcross, in a perilous voyage across the Baltic Sea and into the very heart of Russia. When a papal assassin determined to prevent the royal marriage strikes, Jess turns to Julian as the only man she can trust. Although at odds over religion and station, a slender emotional bond grows. Stalked by the relentless murderer, Julian is soon torn between abandoning his mission so he can better safeguard Jess, and fulfilling his vow to the queen. If he fails the queen he’ll never captain a ship again. But if he and Jess continue on to Moscow, they face a darker peril in the mercurial and sinister Tsar Ivan–a peril that will drive courage and dawning love to the breaking point.

My Thoughts Tsars Locket by Ken Czech


Julian Blunt was a sea captain from 16th century England. However, he converted to Catholicism to marry the love of his life. Upon his return from his last voyage he discovers his wife died and his ship and crew are taken from him because he is Catholic.  While visiting his wife’s grave a man approaches him and he is sure that he has come to arrest him. 

However, he is taken to Queen Elizabeth in a discreet location.  She asks him to perform a secret mission, bring a betrothal locket Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Moscow, to serve as an alliance between the two countries. This will also prove his loyalty to her and she promises to give his wife a better grave as well as restore his captaincy upon his return.

What could go wrong, does go wrong.  The pope gets wind of the mission and wants it stopped at all costs.  The ship Julian is sent on has a papal assassin among the crew who is trying to stop the mission at all costs. Also, on the ship, for the mission is the queen’s messenger, Jessandra Calcross who is disguised as a man to keep herself safe. Of course, it is eventually discovered that she is a woman.  Julian discovers her secret first and vows to protect her.

It is apparent the Ken Czech did a lot of research for this book.  He brought an historical event back to life with his mostly, fictional characters.  The well written characters, backdrop, and adventure brought history to life.  I felt like I was there in the thick of it all.  I just couldn’t put the book down!

I think ‘The Tsar’s Locket’ would make an excellent movie.  It not only has history and adventure but an excellent plot and of course, some romance.  I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy historical fiction with non-stop adventure!  I give it 5 out of 5!

About Ken CzechTsars Locket by Ken Czech


History has been his passion since award winning author, Ken Czech was a wee lad. After retiring from a career of teaching history at both secondary and higher education levels, He turned that passion to writing historical novels. His stories combine fiction with actual events and actors taken from the past.  He lives with his wife Mary on an abandoned granite quarry in Minnesota where they enjoy the wildlife and the changing seasons. That’s where his writing happens.

His latest book THE TSAR’S LOCKET has received Five Stars from Reader’s Favorite. His previous novels BEYOND THE RIVER OF SHAME and LAST DANCE IN KABUL have also received very favorable reviews.

Website: https://www.kennethczech.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100019397558582

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Master Class by Christina DalcherMaster Class by Christina Dalcher


Thanks to Dache J. Rogers of Berkley/ Penguin Random House, I am giving away one print copy of ‘Master Class’ by Christina Dalcher.

Description Master Class by Christina Dalcher


It’s impossible to know what you will do…

Every child’s potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). Score high enough, and attend a top tier school with a golden future. Score too low, and it’s off to a federal boarding school with limited prospects afterwards. The purpose? An improved society where education costs drop, teachers focus on the more promising students, and parents are happy.

When your child is taken from you.

Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s elite schools. When her nine-year-old daughter bombs a monthly test and her Q score drops to a disastrously low level, she is immediately forced to leave her top school for a federal institution hundreds of miles away. As a teacher, Elena thought she understood the tiered educational system, but as a mother whose child is now gone, Elena’s perspective is changed forever. She just wants her daughter back.

And she will do the unthinkable to make it happen.

Praise Master Class by Christina Dalcher


“The book’s examination of the way people will accept more and more small social changes until the system becomes something unrecognizable and horrific feels timely and urgent…top notch and keeps the reader guessing. An engaging parable of dangerous social change.”⁠—Kirkus Reviews

“Dalcher combines the pace and tension of a standout thriller with thought-provoking projections of the possible end result of ranking children based on test scores. Admirers of The Handmaid’s Tale will be appropriately unsettled.”⁠—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Dalcher’s novel reads like an expanded episode of Black Mirror; it is terrifying, haunting, and cautionary.”—Booklist

About Christina Dalcher


Master Class by Christina Dalcher

(c) Laurens Arenas

Christina Dalcher earned her doctorate in theoretical linguistics from Georgetown University. She specializes in the phonetics of sound change in Italian and British dialects and has taught at several universities.

Her short stories and flash fiction appear in more than one hundred journals worldwide. Recognition includes first place for the Bath Flash Award, nominations for the Pushcart Prize, and multiple other awards. She lives in Norfolk, Virginia, with her husband.

Website: https://christinadalcher.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CVDalcher

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