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Post-Apocalyptic Trucker vs Outcast Kindle Showdown Contest: Truckers For The Win!!!

Posted January 2, 2012 by Holly in Reviews | 37 Comments

It was hard for me to decide which team I wanted to bat for. In the end, it was the guns that decided me. I’m all about the guns. Plus, the Truckers are just as badass as the Outcasts, but they’re human. They don’t have any special powers. Which makes them even more badass than the Outcasts.

Check out the bios:

Team Trucker

Devi: Devi is third-generation trucker and a human citizen in good standing. Human leaders pay her well to brave demon attacks while hauling goods between cities. Outcasts pay her even more to accept off-books trade missions. She’s loyal to her people, but fully capable of throwing you to the demons if you threaten those she cares about.

Juliet: Don’t even bother, macho men of the world. Her guns are bigger than yours, and she can use them. Juliet’s never come across a firearm she couldn’t master, and she’s seen her share. As Devi’s resident weapons expert, she’s at the front of any battle–and is usually the one to end it. Okay, maybe she has a secret in her past…but what mercenary doesn’t have secrets?

Tanner: Speaking of secrets… Tanner is the original man of mystery. He came from a mysterious training outpost in the southwest. He sometimes speaks Spanish. He could kill you with dental floss, if you have enough credits to find some dental floss after the apocalypse. Ladies, he’s a flirt. Feel free to ask him his sign–just don’t ask why he’s inhumanly fast.

Cache: One bad run-in with a demon can ruin your whole day. Cache lost her access to the human world when she was declared demon-tainted, and lost her hearing when a back-alley doctor botched her network chip replacement, but she hasn’t let either setback stop her. If you get on her bad side, she might just hack your brain. She can do that, you know.

Shane: Shane might not be able to hack your brain, but he might be able to build you a new one out of wires and circuit boards. If it runs on electricity, Shane can build it, fix it or enhance. The city offered him a posh job, but a serious case of claustrophobia drove him to choose open-if-demon-infested freedom of the road over a life underground.

No joke, I kind of want to be Juliet when I grow up. For more information about The Truckers and The Outcasts, check out the Children of the Undying series by Moira Rogers.

Now for the good part – want to win a Nook Simple Touch, Kindle Touch or Kobo Touch? Of course you do. Leave a comment on this post for a chance. Make sure you include your choice of prize. For full rules, visit the contest page here.

This post is part of Moira Rogers’s Post-Apocalyptic Trucker vs Outcast Showdown. A comment on this post will enter you to win your choice of a NOOK Simple Touch, or a Kindle Touch or Kobo Touch with special offers. For rules, details on more ways to enter or information on how to pick your own side, visit the contest page at Moira Rogers’s website.


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Kindle Throwdown Contest: Vampire Lumberjack vs Werewolf Bootlegger

Posted May 31, 2010 by Holly in Giveaways | 67 Comments

When asked if I’d choose Team Vampire Lumberjack or Team Werewolf Bootlegger, I immediately chose Team Werewolf Bootlegger. I mean, come on, there’s really no contest. A sexy bootlegger with a dark and dangerous secret – man by day, wolf by night (ok, so the man/wolf thing isn’t only during the day or night, but it sounds cooler that way, so work with me here!) or a pale, reflection-less, emo creature who can only rise in the night, sucks blood and has an aversion to garlic (that last is important because I’m Italian..we live for garlic)?

Even the official definitions of each word make a Werewolf Bootlegger sound sexier…

boot·leg

<a href=”http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/B05/B0504200″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/speaker.gif” border=”0″ alt=”bootlegger pronunciation” /></a> /ˈbutˌlɛg/ Show Spelled [boot-leg] Show IPA noun, verb,-legged, -leg·ging, adjective

– verb

4.

to deal in (liquor or other goods) unlawfully. 

were·wolf

<a href=”http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/W01/W0103800″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/speaker.gif” border=”0″ alt=”werewolf pronunciation” /></a> /ˈwɛərˌwʊlf, ˈwɪər-, ˈwɜr-/ Show Spelled[wair-woolf, weer, wur] Show IPA

–noun,plural-wolves <a href=”http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/W01/W0103900″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/speaker.gif” border=”0″ alt=”werewolf pronunciation” /></a> /-ˌwʊlvz/ Show Spelled[-woolvz] Show IPA.

(in folklore and superstition) a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence.

lum·ber·jack

<a href=”http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/L04/L0422400″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/speaker.gif” border=”0″ alt=”lumberjack pronunciation” /></a> /ˈlʌmbərˌdʒæk/ Show Spelled[luhm-ber-jak] Show IPA

–noun

1.

a person who works at lumbering; logger. 

vam·pire

<a href=”http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/V00/V0022500″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/speaker.gif” border=”0″ alt=”vampire pronunciation” /></a> /ˈvæmpaɪər/ Show Spelled[vam-pahyuhr] Show IPA

–noun

1.

a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
2.

(in Eastern European folklore) a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned.

Selling liquor illegally might not sound too sexy today, but if it was happening during the depression era and he’s – sort of – reformed now, the idea takes on a whole other level of yum, right? Add in the “wolf” and  “human-intelligence” parts and..rawr. Especially when I start thinking about him in suspenders and a wide-brimmed hat. If he also happened to be kind, considerate, sensitive and willing to allow a woman to make her own choices, then fully support them, well then…I’m a fool for him.

Mmmm, sexy

Especially when you compare that to a reanimated corpse who sucks the blood of the unwitting sleepers of the world and there’s no contest. Especially if all said blood-sucker does in his free time is cut down trees. That’s not hot, man. Not hot at all.

But what if the Vampire Lumberjack in question isn’t pale and afraid of daylight, reflection-less, emo or allergic to garlic? What if he’s strong, sexy and likes pasta as much as I do? What if he doesn’t just cut down trees, but then uses the wood to build the most amazing handmade furniture?

Especially when he looks like that? 

How do I choose then?

I’ll tell you how..I don’t. Instead I chose to be on Team Vampwere Bootjack. Er..maybe Team Werevamp Lumberlegger. Team Jackwolf Lumberboot?

(…)

I’m sensing a problem here. But I bet you get the idea.

That’s right, I’m refusing to choose. I’m just going to sit right here in the middle, sandwiched between that sexy Vampire Lumberjack and the delicious Werewolf Bootlegger and boy is it good in the middle.

What about you? Care to choose? 

To find out more about each, check out Sanctuary Unbound (Samhain, June, 2010) and A Safe Harbor (Samhain, July, 2010)
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This post is a part of Moira Rogers‘ Creature Feature Kindle Throwdown Contest. By leaving a (meaningful) comment, you will be entered to win a Kindle from Amazon.com, or an alternate grand prize of $275 to spend at an online book retailer.  For a full list of rules and more ways to win, visit the contest page. Or check out the official blog post here.


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