Friday, May 29, 2015

The Missing Planets Blog Tour! (+$25 Amazon GC Giveaway!)

Title: The Missing Planets
Author: Hawk MacKinney 
Series: Cairns of Sanctuarie
Pages: 260
Date Published: 2014
Publisher: Sage Words Publishing
Format: Kindle
Genre: Science Fiction
Source: Goddess Fish Blog Tours

Synopsis:
Planet Terato has become a member of the assembly of the Confederated League of Allied Star Systems. The Murian Outpost Terato once commanded by His Imperial Majesty’s Lord High Chamberlain Herklo Korvo XXXIV is now Teratoan staffed and under the command of Teratoan Eklam a’Qoc.

From the uncharted reaches between galaxies, attacks of extraordinary weaponry come against Terato and the Myr worlds of the Murians. Terminus Terato’s expanded link-portals and converter power modules are virtually useless. Power loss, defenses, communications and travel are totally disrupted. High Chamberlain Korvo’s unexpected return to Terminus on a mission for His Imperial Majesty leaves him stranded on Terato. Attacks grow more massive, more unpredictable; spread across the worlds of the League, as an isolated Terminus struggles among the shattered rubble and whispering remains of an ancient Polity of star-walkers.

Family and friends are lost, empires and civilizations in disarray, Terminus and Planet Terato almost defenseless. Desperate for answers, their worlds being overwhelmed by this remorseless aggressor, Eklam and Korvo reach across unexplored space in a despairing gamble and the last reserves of converter star-substrate, seeking one insignificant star system of gas giants and rocky inner planets for possible relics of the elusive Lantaraan Polity.
~Try an Excerpt!~
Ek never forgot the time Klara peeked over his shoulder; clutched his arm, “It was promised The Old Ones would return.”

“They don’t look like what I thought the Old Ones would look like,” he’d whispered to her. “Suppose they’re not the Old Ones. Where’d they come from? What are they?” Questions Ek had, with no idea there would be other times he’d ask the same kinds of questions—but with far more serious inferences.

The word spread. Many believed these off-worlders were the promised return of their ancients. As time passed, between chores and extra homework for his special classes there hadn’t been much chance to slip away; take the curved path to his overlook spot. Yet, when he did, boundless questions grew as Ek watched in the dusklit the off-worlders create what would become Outpost Terato.


His uncle was unbending, “Neither you nor Klara are to go anywhere near that abomination these off-worlders build out of the air,” his disapproval more severe with each passing dawnlit.
~Meet Hawk!~ 
With postgraduate degrees and faculty appointments in several medical universities, Hawk MacKinney has taught graduate courses in both the United States and Jerusalem. In addition to professional articles and texts on chordate neuroembryology, Hawk has authored several works of fiction.

Hawk began writing mysteries for his school newspaper. His works of fiction, historical love stories, science fiction and mystery-thrillers are not genre-centered, but plot-character driven, and reflect his southwest upbringing in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. Moccasin Trace, a historical novel nominated for the prestigious Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction and the Writers Notes Book Award, details the family bloodlines of his serial protagonist in the Craige Ingram Mystery Series. Vault of Secrets, the first book in the Ingram series, was followed by Nymrod Resurrection, Blood and Gold, and The Lady of Corpsewood Manor. All have received national attention.  Walking the Pet is Hawk’s latest release in the Ingram series. The first book in another mystery-thriller series is scheduled for release in 2015. The Bleikovat Event, the first volume in The Cairns of Sainctuarie science fiction series, was released in 2012. Its sequel, The Missing Planets, has just been released.
Hawk MacKinney will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. 

34 comments:

  1. I'm curious about the badges on your hat Hawk!!

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    1. Mary PRESTON - There is a whole tale behind the hat. Started out as a gone-fishin' hat…no badges. A few badges started on my climb-on-a-train, wear at bk signings, personal appearances. In Union Station(s) NY, WashDC, Chicago there’s kiosk(s) where I could pick up badges of places visited around the world. A few small rubies, diamonds, ebony, garnets in special badges given to me (if they haven't fallen off)…all attached to the fishin’ hat when the dress-up hat got full. Both hats are now so heavy it hurts to wear them. Got another hat with NO badges. It feels better. The foto session with the fishin’ hat is a whole ‘nuther saga. Thanx for following the tour & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  2. Andra LYN/Unabridged Andra - Thank U for hosting Vol-II, The Missing Planets with its mix of genre(s) and characters. It is a pleasure to again be a guest of your host-site. Your following of the International Book Tour of the Cairns of Saintuarie series is much appreciated. For readers following my Sci-Fi titles, Vol-III is in galley-edits with Vol-IV in the series to follow.

    Hawk MacKinney
    www.hawkmackinney.net

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Hawk! Always good to have you here :)

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  3. Just as your books inspire authors, what authors have inspired you to write?

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    2. Mai T. - Libraries all over the world...full of outstanding fiction, nonfiction, particle physicists, authors of all genres...more bks than I'll ever live to read...

      Hawk MacK

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    1. RITA - me too. Nice seeing U against, & thank U for following the Cairns tour & commenting on the host sites. I'll pass on your compliment to the editor of the excerpt.

      Hawk MacKinney
      www.hawkmackinney.net

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  6. What an interesting excerpt. I would enjoy reading this.

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    1. DEANNE - the excerpt was exceptional...will pass on your compliment to the editor of the excerpt. Hope U enjoy the read, & thanx for stopping my & commenting.

      Hawk MacK

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  7. I enjoyed the excerpt and the cover.

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    1. Steve WEBER - Excerpt was good; enjoyed it myself, & the cover was a great surprise to me when I rc'd it from the graphic artists. Will pass on your compliments to both. Thanx for stopping my & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  8. I enjoyed the excerpt and I always love learning about great sounding books, thanks for sharing!

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    1. Eva MILLIEN - Nice seeing you're following of Cairns Vol-II tour, & you're welcome to the sharing. Excerpt is good - will pass on your compliment. Hope U enjoy the read as much as U do the excerpt. Thanx for following & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  9. Terrific excerpt! This book has such a different storyline~it sounds great! I was curious about your hat, too, so now I know! Thank you so much for sharing!

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    1. Betty WOODRUM - Excerpt is good & on-point in the storyline twists & settings. Seems more than a few was curious about the hat. Never thought a fishin'-hat would be of such interest. Each badge has its own tale to tell. You're welcome to the share, Thank U for following Vol-II of the Cairns epic, & for your comment -

      Hawk MacK

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    2. Thank you, Hawk! It's been a great tour and I wish you well with your book and all the books to follow! Great post!

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    3. Betty WOODRUM - the HAT now has its own foto ops .jpg(s). We'll see what happens -

      HmK

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  10. Your book sounds interesting. I'm impressed with your bio too. I think my son would have fun discussing the intricacies of chordate neuroembryology, but that's way out of my intellectual league. :-)

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    1. GLENDA - Hope U find the read as interesting. Ah yes...particle physics, CERN & neuroembryology...the wanderings of curious minds take us to far-off & far-inner space(s). Am not so sure it isn't the same thing, i.e. how flower petals on a blossom & earlobes & kneecaps get/move/grow where they should. Tell your son to keeping dreaming/wondering/asking...we bumbling chordates flounder in a cosmos of sparkling particles we can hardly comprehend. No telling the awesome spectacles awaiting us...not to mention a few catastrophes we'll blunder to overcome. Thanx for stopping by & commenting -

      Hawk MacKinney
      www.hawkmackinney.net

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  11. thank you for this. love the excerpt

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    1. AMARANTH - You're welcome, & I hope U like the read & the Cairns series as much as U enjoyed the excerpt. Vol-III is in the galley-edit. Thanx for stopping by & commenting -

      Hawk MacK

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  12. Great post~thank you for sharing!

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    1. Betty WOODRUM - You're welcome & thanx again for your followup & following of the tour. The Cairns series tour AND posts are the result of attention(s) to detail of Goddess Fish, the editors of the titles AND the graphic artist(s) doing the cover layout(s). Listening to constructive opinions/criticism(s) of those trying to help always pays off. The elements of the post(s) are good. Makes me'n my hat shine, but it's their doin' -

      Hawk MacK
      www.hawkmackinney.net

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  13. Looks like an interesting book ;)

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    1. SIMON - was/is an interesting write...hope U like the read as well...

      Hawk MacK

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  14. I love the cover! My favorite genre right now is sci-fi, so I'm putting this book on my TBR shelf, thanks!

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  15. I love the cover! My favorite genre right now is sci-fi, so I'm putting this book on my TBR shelf, thanks!

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    1. Judy SCHECHTER - Join the club...I've put Vol-III at the top of the pile of galley-edits off the shelf & to get to the publ/editors on the TBD = To Be Done lists of NEXT - Thank U for stopping by...nice seeing U again -

      Hawk MacK

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    1. Felicia SIDOMA - editors did good...thanx for stopping by & commenting -

      HmK

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