Awesome Lavratt - a tongue-in-cheek space opera

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Beautiful Aranna Navna plans to conquer the galaxy one planet at a time. She steals the Awesome Lavratt, a mind control device, from a freighter in Horace Whistlestop's junkyard. She takes Horace, too. With the Lavratt, Aranna manipulates the thoughts and desires of everyone around her—until she gets to the Emperor of Calistania. Then things go from bad to worse for Aranna.

The Lavratt, however, has only just begun! Oh, the fun you can have from a small cube with mind control powers. Travel the galaxy with Tyrantz Lavratt. Silly science fiction at its best. All puns intended.

Read the glowing review at The Book Smugglers. They use words like "wicked sense of humor", "brilliant", "genius", "quirky", "off beat"...

"Quirky and twisted, with a surprise around every corner (for you and her characters!), Awesome Lavratt leaves you grinning--and hoping for more."
Pauline Baird Jones, The Key, Winner, Dream Realm Award

"Awesome Lavratt is a fun ride on a spaceship of fools. Great characters, wonderful humor. Can't wait to see Ann Wilkes' next venture into the outer galaxies of her imagination."
Shelley Singer, Shamus nominee and author of Blackjack (as Lee Singer)

It's "a fun romp," says Jack Skillingstead, whose works can be found in many issues of Asimov's Science Fiction.

Buy yours now through the UP or other online stores.

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Appearances for 2009

JANUARY

7 Word by Word on KRCB (FM 91) at 7PM. Stream live at KRCB online.

10 RWC presents Jumpstart, Odd Month Reading. 2-4 PM Rincon Valley library, Santa Rosa, CA.

18 Literary Cafe, noon, Coffee Catz, Sebastopol, CA

25 Awesome Lavratt book launch at Borders in Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa Ave. location) at 3PM. Download PDF flier.

FEBRUARY

12 Barnes & Nobles, Kennewick, WA, 7PM.

13-15 Radcon, Pasco, WA

MARCH

14 The March Hare's Literary Tea, Sebastopol Library, Sebastopol, CA, 2-4PM. I'll be emcee. Not reading, but books will be available.

APRIL

MAY

22-25 BayCon, Santa Clara, CA

30 Celebrate Poetry Month one month late at Redwood Writers' Odd Month Reading, Healdsburg Library, Healdsburg, CA, 2-4PM. I'm emcee. Not reading, but books will be available.

JUNE

27 With Tom Wyrsch, the man behind the Creature Features documentary, Watch Horror Films, Keep America Strong! The Comic Book Box, Rohnert Park, CA, time TBA.

JULY

2 "Exploring 'What ifs' to unleash riveting stories'" at the San Ramon library in San Ramon, CA at 7PM. Free admission.

31-8/2 SpoCon, Spokane, WA

AUGUST

1-2 Spocon, Spokane, WA

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

2-4 SiliCon 2009, San Jose, CA

24 Redwood Branch of the California Writers Club 2009 Conference, Flamingo Hotel, Santa Rosa, CA presenting "Developing Your Online Presence", 3:15 PM

29-Nov. 1 World Fantasy Convention (member or guest TBD)

 

More dates to follow (and possibly precede). When I master time travel, chronological order will be meaningless.

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