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Release of In the Service of Samurai

In the Service of Samurai by Gloria Oliver

Dec.02.2011

Release of In the Service of Samurai

Gloria Oliver's "In the Service of Samurai", a Japanese YA Fantasy, has been re-released with a new cover and edit by Zumaya Publications.

Trade Paperback, Nook, and Kindle.

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PUBLISHED: Oct.31.2011

In the Service of Samurai

The choice: Serve the undead or become one of them. Toshi never expected the strange visitor who one evening stepped foot inside his master's shop. A samurai smelling of the sea, dripping on the ground, algae strung from his armor. For the first time in his life, he discovers that monsters do roam the earth. And this one has been specifically looking for him. Dragged from his home...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.06.2011

The Price of Mercy

Which is worse...the monster within or without? Wooing a new patron at the emperor's ball had been Jarrin Lestrave's only hope after being discarded by the baroness. He finds the perfect subject, but in the end doesn't follow through on his plans. Yet the next day he finds he's been marked a traitor to the realm - for defiling the emperor's daughter. Something which he did...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.23.2008

Willing Sacrifice

To save the world she must die! Or does she? For as long as she can remember, La'tiera has known her purpose, her destiny. As the Bearer of the Eye, she will wait until the appointed time then sacrifice herself to the demons so the lands will be safe. Yet as the time approaches, she is snatched from her home by strangers and is told it is for her protection. These strangers...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.01.2008

Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles

Talia didn’t want to be apprenticed, not even to the prestigious Dragon Knight’s Guild. She is taken to the school by a cross-eyed dragon and his partner, Kel. A dizzying, madcap ride leaves her less than eager to be a knight, but soon she finds out the guild has need of many types of people. Running into the dragon and squire again and again, she comes to realize the...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.19.2004

Vassal of El

Torn between two worlds, will he be able to save either of them? Torren wanted nothing more than to forget his past and endure the life it had forced upon him. One small, begrudging act of kindness, however, embarks him on a path which will bring him face to face with everything he has so heartily attempted to avoid. In so doing, events which seemed to have no bearing on his old...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.27.2002

In the Service of Samurai

The choice: Serve the undead or become one of them. Toshi never expected the strange visitor who one evening stepped foot inside his master’s shop. A samurai smelling of the sea, dripping on the ground, algae strung from his armor. For the first time in his life, he discovers that monsters do roam the earth. And this one has been specifically looking for him. Dragged from his home...

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Jul.09.2011 - 6:47 am

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Thanks! Glad I could help.

Thanks! Glad I could help. :) Love your pic!

Oct.08.2010 - 4:28 am

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Would love to know what

Would love to know what street stuff I got wrong. Have not had much experience there so any help to get it right would...

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About Gloria

Spec fic author with five young adult novels released to the wild as well as a handful of shortstories in anthologies. My aim in life is to live, imagine, and entertain. A voracious reader, I only work to feed my reading habit and squeeze some writing in...

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