FREE TODAY! Forbidden The Stars (The Interstellar Age Book 1)

[Valmore Daniels]

FREE TODAY on AMAZON US

Forbidden The Stars The Interstellar Age Book 1 a novel by Valmore Daniels At the end of the 21st century, a catastrophic accident in the asteroid belt has left two surveyors dead. There is no trace of their young son, Alex Manez, or of the asteroid itself. On the outer edge of the solar system, the first manned mission to Pluto, led by the youngest female astronaut in NASA history, has led to an historic discovery: there is a marker left there by an alien race for humankind to find. We are not alone! While studying the alien marker, it begins to react and, four hours later, the missing asteroid appears in a Plutonian orbit, along with young Alex Manez, who has developed some alarming side-effects from his exposure to the kinetic element they call Kinemet. From the depths of a criminal empire based on Luna, an expatriate seizes the opportunity to wrest control of outer space, and takes swift action. The secret to faster-than-light speed is up for grabs, and the race for interstellar space is on!

[Sandra Edwards]

Great cover art and intriguing storyline. I am going to download sample :-)

Sandy

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[Valmore Daniels]

Thank you Ann!    Sometimes it takes Amazon a couple days to get the description up, so it's nice to have it here right away.

[Valmore Daniels]

Forbidden The Stars briefly cracked the top 100 this week in the following Amazon Bestsellers Categories:

#69 Kindle Store > Kindle Books > Science Fiction > High Tech

[Valmore Daniels]

• Forbidden The Stars was featured at Kindle Author on August 10, 2010 - http://kindle-author.blogspot.com/2010/08/interview-valmore-daniels.html for full interview.

• Spalding's Racket shined a spotlight on Forbidden The Stars on Monday, August 16, 2010 - http://spaldings-racket.blogspot.com/2010/08/forbidden-stars-by-valmore-daniels-sci.html

[Valmore Daniels]

Blog Tour Update:

• Forbidden The Stars was featured on Indie Books Blog on August 17, 2010 - http://bit.ly/9m9WZg

• Forbidden The Stars sponsored Kindle Nation Daily on August 19, 2010 - http://bit.ly/c02JbJ

• Forbidden The Stars was spotlighted on JC Phelps Blog on August 22, 2010 - http://bit.ly/bsjWXN

[Valmore Daniels]

Forbidden The Stars has been out for 1 month now, and has far exceeded my expectations for a first month. It's been a wild ride, and I appreciate the incredible support of the KB members and authors. KB seems like my new home away from home.

[M.R. Mathias]

This looks great Im getting the sample now!

[Valmore Daniels]

I hope you enjoy it!

[Valmore Daniels]

From various websites, reader comments have trickled in:

"Just what sci-fi ought to be and so often isn't!" -- reader, Jim

"It is a solid piece of science fiction and something that reminds me slightly of the Clarke and the Herbert." -- reader, Andrew

"This is extremely imaginative and well written! Perfect sci-fi!" -- reader, Liz

"...it was a very well written novel with believable, well fleshed out characters. Worth reading? Absolutely." --reader, Sabredog

[Valmore Daniels]

Busy week for Forbidden The Stars:

• Richard Jackson posted a very well-thought review on his blog. 
  http://kyrin007.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/review-forbidden-the-stars/
  

• Stuart Aken has kindly interviewed me for his blog. 
  http://stuartaken.blogspot.com/2010/09/interview-with-valmore-daniels-author.html

• Reviewer "Echoes" added a five-star review on Amazon for Forbidden The Stars.

• Forbidden The Stars will be on a Virtual Book Tour November 2010 with pumpupyourbook.com
  http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/2010/09/10/new-book-for-review-science-fiction-forbidden-the-stars-by-valmore-daniels/

[Valmore Daniels]

on Thursday, 16 September 2010 Excuse Me Miss featured an excerpt from Forbidden The Stars

http://excusememissptd.blogspot.com/p/featured-author-valmore-daniels_16.html
 
Also, Pump Up Your Book is starting to fill blog spots for the November 2010 tour. I'm glad I got in early because the November Tour is filling up fast!

http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/2010/09/10/new-book-for-review-science-fiction-forbidden-the-stars-by-valmore-daniels/

[Valmore Daniels]

Noah Mullette-Gillman has written a stellar review of Forbidden The Stars in his weekly Noahan Author series:

http://sites.google.com/site/noahkmullettegillman/home/noahan-author/noahan-author-issue-8

[Harvey]

I'm pleased to announce Valmore Daniels' Forbidden The Stars as our next KB Book of the Day.

Click the link above to sample or purchase this sci-fi thrill-ride that is already ranked in the top 1,000 Kindle bestsellers!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpJQb-L6Yo4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpJQb-L6Yo4</a>

[Ryne Douglas Pearson]

Just eGrabbed a copy.

[telracs]

okay, these ads are costing me money.  whenever i see a book i've kind of been wanting, i have to click the banner! 

[Valmore Daniels]

Thanks guys! I hope you enjoy the read.

In case you'd like to see my "Wacky" side, you can amble on over to Phillip Thomas Duck's blog and check out the Wacky Wednesday feature with me and T.L. Haddix.  After reading, please do not hit the "return ebook" button !!!

[Holly A Hook]

Congrats on doing so well with your book!

[Valmore Daniels]

Thank you, Holly! It's been an emotional day for sure.

And I'd like to send out a huge thank you to all the KB'ers who pitched in today. It's rather overwhelming.

[geoffthomas]

I picked up this book.
I already have the other book of yours.
I posted this in another thread, but I wanted to inspire any late readers to buy their copy today.

Just sayin......

[Valmore Daniels]

Thank you, Geoff!  I really appreciate the sentiment! 

[Harvey]

Great day, Valmore. It was fun to watch your hourly ranking updates. You want a job at KindleBoards?

[Valmore Daniels]

Thanks for the opportunity, Harvey.  It was certainly a roller coaster ride, and successful beyond expectations. I know everyone who signed up is going to experience some tangible results that day, and get some residual effects for a couple of days after. It was very fun!

And a special thank you to everyone who bought the book. I really hope you enjoy it.  And yes, I'm in the rough outline stage of the sequel which (I'm hoping) I can release late next summer.

[Rob Drob]

Hi Valmore Just picked up Forbidden the Stars .. Looking forward to reading it as soon as I finish up what I am reading now....  Looks very interesting  Will be sure to recommend.. 

Rob.