Morgaine and Melody [The Morgaine Chronicles #2] [Kindle Edition]

Joe Vadalma (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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"A GREAT READ!" ~SCIFI GUY

When Melody falls in love with Michael, a psychic, he gives her an ancient manuscript to read that seems to suggest he is a centuries old former-knight who sold his soul to the demon Asmodeus for immortality. But when she asks, "Are you really a thousand-year-old sorcerer?" he evades the question, and tells her a plausible story which cannot be verified. Then, Michael implores Melody to marry him, and despite her doubts, she cannot resist his hypnotic eyes, and agrees to become his bride. For the first time Melody knows what passion can be. On Halloween night, Michel wakes Melody to go out in the woods where a second pagan marriage is performed, and they dance naked in the moonlight. A few days later, when Michael is out of town, his friend Morgaine, whose name also appeared in the manuscript, tells Melody's with Tarot cards -- and sees something in the cards that sends her screaming from the room. When Melody presses Michael for answers, he finally admits that he is the knight described in the ancient manuscript, and that the demon Asmodeus is coming to claim his soul on Halloween night (the witch's new year). He wants to renounced The pair decides to face the demon with their newfound love for each other. But, unknown to both, Morgaine, who was Michael's lover in ancient times, and is still in love with him, has conceived a diabolical plan to trick Asmodeus into taking Melody's soul instead. Here is what one reviewer had to say about Morgaine and Michael, the first book in the Morgaine chronicles, "A great read," raved Scifi Guy on Fictionwise.com. It has everything, interesting characters, high fantasy, gothic suspense, witches, sorcerers, hi-tech. A mixture of the modern with the medieval. A real page turner. I can't wait until the next book in the series comes out." The wait is over. Rated Mature. Some sexual content. Cover: Sami Hursey

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 323 KB
• Print Length: 169 pages
• Publisher: PageTurner (July 16, 2004)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000FC1SU4
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #505,348 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

I call myself Papa Joe. I've loved science fiction and fantasy from the time I learned to read. My hobbies, besides writing, are traveling, adventure game playing and do-it-yourself projects. Before I retired, I was a technical writer at a major computer manufacturer. Several short stories of mine have been published in E-zines. Two series of paranormal suspense novels of mine, called The Morgaine Chronicles and Raven Lenore, Psychic Investigator, have been published by Renaissance E Books. These novels may be purchased from Renaissance's Page Turner Editions site, at Fictionwise E-Books, at Amazon.com (Kindle edition) and other online book sellers.

Renaissance has also published collections of my short stories, The Sands of Time, Mordrake's Apprentice, and Love Among the Stars, five SF novels, Dinner With Dracula, For Love of Kumiko, Pawns of Tomorrow, Star Tower and The Bagod and a dark paranormal fantasy called The Laws of Magic. In the humorous fantasy vane, Renaissance had also published White Queen, Black Knight; Search for Prince Knight Black, Once in a Blue Moon and The Curse of Chaos.

I was born and raised in a working class neighborhood in Chicago. I believe my love of reading stems from my parents and grandparents, who were all avid readers. As a child, one of my favorite things was hanging out at the library or browsing in flea markets for books I could afford. One day my parents took me to see a most wondrous movie, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It made me a believer. From that time on, I read every Oz book I could get my hands on. I also loved comic books, especially the ones in the SF genre, Planet Comics, Superman, Captain Marvel, etc. I also liked mathematics and science, especially astronomy.

When I was twelve or so, I discovered the pulp magazines. They had garish covers and were printed on blotting paper, but the insides were marvelous. Even the letter columns were interesting. In these magazines, and the slicks and paperbacks that followed a few years later, I learned to love such writers as Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Robert Silverberg and so many others. About that time I decided I wanted to write in the genre, but never got started until many years later.

I was drafted into the army near the end of the Korean War and was sent to Germany, where I worked as a microwave repairman. Also, I married a girl who went to the same high school as I did, who I met at a party after I graduated. We've been married over fifty years now. We have four wonderful girls, ten grandchildren (who are now adults ) and one spunky
great-granddaughter.

For most of my working life, I was a technical writer for a major computer firm. I learned many things there about computers, about writing and about people and corporations. I lived the Dilbert cartoon. Because of my work, my wife and I moved to a small town in upstate New York where the manufacturing plant was located. We still live there, although the company has since closed the plant.

In 1993, I retired. That's when my fiction writing career really started. First I sold a few short stories to E-zines. (I use "sold" loosely. I seldom received a paycheck.) Then I sold a novel to a POD publisher and another to an E-book publisher. The pay is meager, but I enjoy writing so much that I'd probably do it even if they paid nothing (which is the standard with most E-zines).