Sin

 Sin. A simple little word that conveys so much. It means lack of morals, the acting against that which is right and just, the suspension of good, and many other unpleasant definitions. People sin for fun, in anger, for profit, or simply on the spur of the moment without any lack of forethought or intent.

In the mind and imagination of Shaun Allan, however, Sin is a person, the hero and main character of a story by the same name as this leading man, if indeed, the term can be applied to such a one as Sin Matthews. There's a problem with Sin Matthews, though, that should be addressed early on here and it seems best to refer at this point to the third installment of The Pirates of the Carribean movies, starring Johnny Depp as one Captain Jack Sparrow. If you are one among the many who watched this particular movie you most likely were first puzzled in the beginning of it and then progressed to being bewildered, finally ending up completely confused and befuddled. At least until you reached the point in this movie where you finally realized one extremely important and salient fact - Jack Sparrow was quite insane. Once you understood that the entirety of the movie depended upon Capt. Jack's mental incapacity, then everything you had seen up to that point and indeed, everything after that as well, made perfect sense.

So is it with the main part of Shaun Allan's Sin. Much of it seems odd, if not outright perplexing, until you grasp that same fact here, that the narration of this tale is derived from the mind of Sin and Sin is "crazy as a loon". Yes. Thank you. Now it all makes perfect sense and you can continue on to read this bizarre tale of a mental patient within the confines of a mental asylum, at least until such time as Sin escapes, by means of teleportation, an ability inherent within him rooted as psychically as certain abilities within his sister, Joy, who appears to Sin variously throughgout this story, even though his sister committed suicide.

Wait. If his sister is dead, how then can she appear to Sin while he is yet alive. Is this merely another aspect of his insanity? Ahh, not exactly, but for the answers to that and many other questions certainly raised by this review you will need to opurchase a copy of Sin, by Shaun Allan. You didn't atually think this review would give away all the key points to this story, did you? Huh. You must be as crazy as Sin.

Sin, by Shaun Allan, at Smashwords and Amazon.

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Pilot by Valerie Gaumont. $2.99 from Smashwords.com
Pilot is a contemporary Sci-fi story that merges elements of military conspiracy, technology and an ancient Guild of Families who can secretly navigate channels in the oceans to cross space. They have built a secret merchant society stretching through a multitude of universes, but the world is changing and soon their secrecy will be at an end.


Frightliner by Karina Fabian. $2.99 from Smashwords.com
Karina Fabian with Colleen Drippe' When Jay Carlson has a run in with a strange, dark truck on a lonely road, his life goes south. He sees things that others don't see. He learnes things he wishes he could forget, and he is darawn into an ancient battle he wouldn't have believed in even a day in the past. This time, even country music and the open road can't save him.


Stranglehold by Jack Ketchum. $4.99 from Smashwords.com
Lydia McCloud meets Arthur Danse at a wedding party in Plymouth, N.H., and she thinks he's a man she could grow to love. Arthur sees things differently. In Lydia, he sees the sort of woman people always want to protect. He decides he's going to show her "she wouldn't always be protected."


To Tell the Truth by Faye Tollison. $4.50 from Smashwords.com
When Anna Kacey met Senator Kenneth Levall, her world soared. At least until it collapsed. Until that fateful day when the gun she held fired, and the senator fell on the floor at her feet and died. Undercover cop, John Mentz fell deeply in love with Anna. The murder of her sister and the man she loved on trial for that murder urged her to stand up and tell the truth.

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From Jacob M. Drake

 

Forever the Dark Grave
Ebook Price: $3.99 USD. 76460 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on December 23, 2010

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Free from his enslavement, the vampire known as Phoenix searches for the way to stop his former master from enslaving all mankind. He discovers powers within him not common to other vampires and meets the most ancient of all his Kind. But werewolves try to keep him from success. Then he is once more trapped by those he once served and placed in a tomb that will be for him forever the dark grave.

 

Darkness in the Light
Ebook Price: $4.99 USD. 140520 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on November 29, 2010
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Nic Draca wakes in a puddle in an alley, a tattoo etched on his face. Worst of all he finds he now has a taste for blood - human blood. As he discovers what happened to make him this way he finds himself becoming entrenched in a world of darkness he never knew existed. Both vampires and werewolves are real in the world he thought he knew. Where does he fit in? Second in the Forever Darkness Series

 

Dark Angel: Fallen
Ebook Price: $3.99 USD. 110800 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on June 1, 2010 

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What if your greatest wishes could be fulfilled? What if granting those wishes meant fighting for your life against the greatest obstacles? With one homeless orphan having his wishes granted meant saving his life and fulfilling his greatest dreams - until he learned at what cost they were granted. Now he has to use everything he has to survive. Everything comes with a price - especially happiness.

 

Superion
Ebook Price: $2.99 USD. 62900 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on March 21, 2010 

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On a world where many beings have great power Solarian is the greatest of them all - until the day an unknown super-hero fell from the sky - someone who was almost Solarian's identical twin called Superion. Who is he really and why has he come just when the greatest danger to Earth surfaces and a trio of villains runs rampant? In a new series of The Many Worlds of the Solarian challenges await.

 

Forever Undead
Ebook Price: $4.99 USD. 101610 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on March 14, 2010
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When a family man finds his less-than-perfect life turned completely upside down by his becoming a vampire everything he knows and values is called into question, especially when other vampires expect him to assist them in staging a coup that will result in the ravaging and enslavement of all humans. He must then decide what it means for him to live forever. First of the Forever Darkness series.

 

Rebirth of the Gods
Ebook Price: $4.99 USD. 164250 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on March 12, 2010
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In ancient times there were beings who were worshipped as gods. Some have wondered if these were actually divine beings or merely those with special power? On one Earth exist beings with such Power who are seen as heroes or villains. One of these villains flees to another Earth and assumes the guise of a god...and demands to be worshipped in his own way. ****Adult theme - Not for immature readers.

 

B. A. B. E. S.
Ebook Price: $2.99 USD. 75320 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on February 28, 2010
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There's a new breed of hero in town: B.A.B.E.S. The Bioenergized Alpha Beta Electrolyte Stimulation process turns willing female participants into superheroes, but not everything is at it seems. Il Divavolo lurks in the background to turn these heroines into her minions. Villains just want them for their bodies. Isn't sex what moves this society? A collection of erotic stories not in comic books. ****Adult theme - Not for immature readers.

 

S. T. U. D. S.
Ebook Price: $2.99 USD. 80710 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on March 7, 2010
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The B.A.B.E.S. operatives aren't the only super-powered beings operating out of Chicago any longer. Now they have male counterparts to contend with as well as all the others out there looking to capture them and use them for sexual purposes. Are the men of S.T.U.D.S. a force for good or evil? That's what the B.A.B.E.S. have to find out for themselves. Can they take what S.T.U.D.S. dishes out? ****Adult theme - Not for immature readers.


 
The Complete Book of B.A.B.E.S.
Ebook Price: $5.95 USD. 156030 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on May 12, 2011
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If you enjoyed reading B.A.B.E.S. or the sequel S.T.U.D.S., but wanted to read stories from each book alternately, now you can. Both B.A.B.E.S. and S.T.U.D.S. have been joined together into one HUGE volume containing all the stories from each at one low price. Start reading and enjoy. ****Sexually explicit scenes not suitable for anyone under 18.

 

Pumpkin Jack Skull and Other Tales of Terror
Ebook Price: Free! 63710 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on February 27, 2010
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A teenage boy discovers more on Halloween than he bargained for. A child realizes his mother is a powerful witch. A hero comes to understand the truth of what lies within him. Seven tales of terror fill the pages of this collection of short stories of the supernatural. Be prepared to have your spine chilled and your stomach churned. Not for the squeamish.

  

Xkalibur

Ebook Price: $2.99 USD. 68730 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on February 25, 2010 
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Patrick Riley, college student, suddenly finds himself holding two ancient swords - and his body transformed into that of a metallic warrior. Is it possible his old friend Cameron Kensington can help or have Cameron's own changes made him the enemy? The second book of The Many Worlds of the Solarian. There are too many changes coming to miss a single installment.

 

Parallels
Ebook Price: $3.99 USD. 87350 words. by Jacob M. Drake and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on February 20, 2010
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Marshall Montgomery is a young man with extraordinary powers who is completely alone with no one to share his powers with - until he discovers a parallel universe where others with meta-human abilities exist. Marshall implements a method for traversing the dimensional barrier and begins a new life. But is it all he expected it to be? Book One of a new series "The Many Worlds of the Solarian".

From Jackson Williams

 

New Life
Ebook Price: $5.99 USD. 85140 words. by Jackson Williams and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on February 4, 2011

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This is a biographical account based upon the true life story of Brooke McKellogg, a young woman who was born male and realized at an early age she was intended to be a girl. This stirring drama reveals the heartaches and joys of Brooke's life as she grew through her teen years and underwent the gender reassignment surgery necessary in order to become the real girl she was meant to be.

 

NecroTales
Ebook Price: $2.99 USD. 29240 words. by Jackson Williams and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on December 31, 2010
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Necrillia, the Mistress of Death gives a humorous take on those within the grave and other tales of death and dying, including re-animated corpses, morgues after hours, the not-yet-dead, and those about to be dead. These all give us a humorous look at life and what might lie beyond it. Must be 18 years of age or older to read this book. All characters used within are 18 or older.

 

Meri XXXMas Cherry
Ebook Price: $2.99 USD. 31210 words. by Jackson Williams and published by Crescent Suns e-Books  on December 27, 2010
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Meri Garner was raised cherishing her virginity. Until she found out how much more fun she could have being promiscuous. With the help of her best friend Meri auctions her virginity off on the internet. This and other erotic stories will titillate you for hours. All characters in this book are 18 years of age or older. Must be 18 years or older to read this book.

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