The Pocket And The Pendant Sci-fi/Fantasy Novel
Free Chapter Holiday Gift for Harry Potter Fans
No need to go to bookstore, download free book chapter and buy "fantasy" ebook from website anywhere in world.
(PRWEB) December 3, 2004 -- One in four Americans will hit the road for a holiday trip between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year according to travel researchers.
Chances are many of these travelers will be families with teens, since census figures show more than 41 million young adults in the US. Their biggest challenge along the way may be dealing with long waits at airport security gates or traffic jams on the nations highways.
To help combat inevitable holiday season boredom, author Mark Jeffrey, The Pocket and the Pendant" Lulu Press, 2004, is offering a free chapter of his new science fiction and fantasy book which Amazon.com reviewers are comparing to the famous Harry Potter series.
Collectively, the Harry Potter book series has been a boon for the publishing world, selling more than 250 million copies in 55 languages in 200 countries, but there is no new volume available for this holiday season. According to publishing sources, no date is set for the publication for volume VI of the Harry Potter series.
Print Book On Computer!
So before heading out of the door on your travels, go to www.pocketandpendant.com and download for no charge, the opening chapter of this science fiction and fantasy novel crafted for teens and adults 12 and above. Later at your destination, if post-turkey-syndrome" strikes your family with 'nothing to do you can buy and print out the whole book from websites such as www.lulu.com or www.amazon.com.
Reading is the perfect family hobby according to Jeffrey. Studies show that one of the most important ways teens acquire the reading habit is by watching adults they respect," the author notes. Thats why Jeffrey wrote his book The Pocket and the Pendant to appeal to young people and adults. The Pocket and The Pendant is also available nationally at Barnes and Noble and Borders bookstores.
Purchasing Information:
For more information or interviews with the author contact: Joyce Schwarz, 310-822-3119 or the author directly at 310-404-3645. The Pocket and the Pendant" is available on the books website http://www.pocketandpendant.com in two formats: a high quality paperback edition retailing for $13.95 and a downloadable e-book edition for $5.00. ) The website also features cover art, news and updates about the book, reviews and a blog. It is also available from print-on-demand publisher Lulu.com where it is already one of the sites all-time-best sellers". The novel is also available online at Amazon.com and at Barnesandnoble.com. Los Angeles residents can find the book at such bookstores as Book Soup, www.booksoup.com and at Borders, Santa Monica store.
ABOUT: The Pocket and The Pendant" by Mark Jeffrey -- ISBN 1-4116-1323-6
From the back cover:
Max Quick was a very strange little boy indeed...But even he didnt suspect how strange -- until time itself stops the world over. Now, he must unravel an ancient mystery drenched in magic books, the lost Sumerian civilization, a curious rogue planet in our own solar system, and a bizarre slushy nether-time called 'the Pocket".
Racing desperately now against a clock that can no longer tick, Max struggles to recover a potent artifact known only as the Pendant. Yet, the closer he and his companions come to recovering it, the more they realize that their own true identities may yet sweep them into the machinations of the very adversaries they fight against....
www.pocketandpendant.com
About Author: Mark Jeffrey has spent most of his life an entrepreneur, The Pocket and the Pendant" released in fall, 2004 is his first novel. Jeffrey has co-founded three online media companies, the most recent of which was sold to Barry Dillers IAC in 2004. His first project, The Palace was backed by Time Warner and attracted an audience of more than 10 million users and was selected as one of The Best of 1996" by Entertainment Weekly. Mark has been named as one of Hollywoods 50 Creatives to Watch" by VARIETY magazine. Mark loves riding his Harley, working out at the gym and writing about cool things. Although he grew up in the northern wildwoods of New Hampshire, he successfully escaped The Land of Ice and the Snow, and now lives near the beach in sunny, Santa Monica.
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