The Drorgon Slayer's Choice [Kindle Edition]

Tahlia Newland (Author), Lynda Geppert (Editor)

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Product Description

Julia witnesses a dramatic battle between what should be invisible aliens and the gods that have come to earth to slay them. James, one of the gods, offers her the chance of a relationship, but the commander of the Drorgon Slayers plans to eradicate her memory unless she can convince him that she will let James leave the earth when their team has completed their mission.

This paranormal romance is the first story (6000 words) from ‘A Matter of Perception,’ a collection of urban fantasy and magical realism short stories by Tahlia Newland.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 552 KB
• Publisher: Catapult Press (October 18, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005X393TI
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,260 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Hi. I'm an author, avid reader, extremely casual high school teacher & occasional mask-maker. I write urban fantasy and magical realism for adults & young adults and like to challenge readers to look more closely at the nature of their world, their mind and their perception. After creating and performing in Visual Theatre shows for 20 years, I'm now a bone-fide expatriate of the performing arts. I've written scripts for theatre in education, short stores for children and adults, and have a novella and novel awaiting publication. I live in an Australian rainforest, am married with a teenage daughter and love cats, but I don't have one because they eat native birds.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Really Dug This, November 16, 2011

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Meltdown - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Drorgon Slayer's Choice (Kindle Edition)

It's an involving blend of humour, fantasy and romance with several nods towards some of the genuine mysteries of human prehistory and evolution. The author has a nice ear for dialogue too. Very enjoyable and well worth the read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining fantasy romance, October 23, 2011

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Mardel "book addict" (Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Drorgon Slayer's Choice (Kindle Edition)

I don't read many short stories, though I do enjoy them occasionally. I recently (just now) read The Drorgon Slayer's Choice by Tahlia Newland and found myself enjoying the fantasy/light romance.

Julia is on her break from work, hoping to get some coffee when she bumps her head after a fall. After dusting herself off, she sits down and notices that everything is brighter, she can see and hear better....and oops! Suddenly she's seeing some disturbing things. Like a giant octopus and people fighting this thing. Only no one else seems to notice.

What follows is an entertaining beginning of a romance. Julia follows the fighters to a new location and gets noticed by one of them- a handsome one. The rest is kind of a sweet beginning to a romance. And even though I'm not really into the romance formulaic style of writing, I enjoyed this, because it wasn't too heavy handed with all the romance buzzwords about how hot people are. I found Ms Newland's style of writing easy to read, and the dialog (which can be a deal breaker for me) was fitting. Of course, this being a short story - things move a bit fast, and there's an interesting fantasy twist to the heaven and hell (differing planets).

For the price of a candy bar, you can read this short story yourself, and it's less calories than candy. LOL. Give it a try - Tahlia Newland has a fine writing style and can sure write an entertaining read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An engaging read from start to finish - love, humor, & philosophy, October 28, 2011

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fallen monkey - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Drorgon Slayer's Choice (Kindle Edition)

It isn't often that I dapple in either the fantasy or romance genres, but I'm so glad I did this time. The way the human main character is essentially led by the hand into this supernatural world really ushered me into it as well. The story's pacing and relatively light tone make it a fun page-turner, and I particularly enjoyed the bite-sized bits of philosophy that it packages in such an interesting alternate reality to visualize. Overall, "The Drorgon Slayer's Choice" is an engaging read from start to finish, literally right down to its last line, which so cleverly and concisely gives it a satisfying end.