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As many of you may know from either purchasing an ebook or perusing a publisher's website that sells ebooks, the sheer number of electronic books for sale is staggering. How do you decide which book to buy from so many titles? Well, every month I plan to spotlight an ebook here at dowse, which will hopefully make your decision a little easier next time you are looking for an enjoyable, inexpensive read. This month--the very first ebook to be spotlighted--is SOUND THE RAM'S HORN by S. Joan Popek. Sound the Ram's horn is a Frankfurt Award Nominee, and is available for purchase at Hard Shell Sound
the Ram's Horn 'Sound The Ram's Horn' is the story about Joshua, a 'Golden Child' with the power to see things others cannot, to view the world in a strange but beautiful way. In the very near future, the world needs a child like Joshua. But can this golden child save the fate of human kind? This is so unlike any science fiction story I have ever read. Deeply moving, based loosely on Biblical Prophesy, it installs in you a feeling of hope and goodness for all of mankind. Not only is this a truly enjoyable book, all of the profit from the sale of SOUND THE RAM'S HORN and other S. Joan Popek's ebooks goes into a special fund for a 6 year old boy named Jacob who is in danger of losing his sight. Born with progressively bad eyesight, he is a lively, vibrant child who doesn't realize that he has a problem. Intelligent and precocious, he views the world as a strange and wonderful place. Hopefully, Jacob will maybe one day see this world that he loves so much in all of its true colors. EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS OF SOUND THE RAM'S HORN. . . "The story is one of hope and understanding as the Golden Children put their plan on saving the human race and teaching it not to hate, and to revive our feelings of empathy and compassion. Popek has written a novel full of inspiration and a hope that the future turns out better than current trends indicate. It is well written, thought provoking and very literate. This book needs to be read by as big an audience as possible. This is one of those books that make you think about the human condition and wish that this is the way it should be." ----reviewed by Barry Hunter for Baryon "...SOUND THE RAM'S HORN should be on everyone's "Gotta Have This Book List." I was going to say if you like Arthur C. Clarke or Heinlein or any of the other masters of the genre, then this book is for you, but it isn't true. This book outshines them all and is destined to be the measure for future writers in the genre. It is peerless. Enduring as yesterday, fresh as tomorrow, Joan Popek's work is excitement without peer. Strongly laced with unswerving honesty and unexpected touches of humor, irony, and pathos, her writing is a heady potion--and is addicting." ---- Patricia White, Millennium Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine "Sound the Ram's Horn" by S. Joan Popek, a prophetic new millennium book filled with the hope and the promise of humanity. Joan illuminates what it is to be human, challenging our beliefs and perceptions in a monumental endeavor along the same vein as STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, yet with a flare and originality uniquely belonging to her."----Cindy Penn, Wordweaving EXCERPT FROM SOUND THE RAM'S HORN. . . The new grandfather stood immobile and stared at the baby in his arms for a long time. Touching him gently with a thick, work hardened finger, he traced around the tiny face, across the child's broad, yellow-gold forehead to the prominent little nose, then across the exquisitely shaped neck and right shoulder. When he reached the baby's shoulder, his hand hesitated for an instant, then gently circled the dime-sized, ebony, star shape on the child's skin. Slowly his fingers traveled down the length of the baby's arm, across the tiny stomach, and down his chubby, right leg until his huge hand folded gently over the perfectly shaped foot. "His eyes are gold," he whispered, then bent his head to gently kiss his grandson's forehead with all the love of any grandfather."
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about S. Joan Popek and her books, visit her Website Bonnie Mercure, your Fiction Guide at the dowse Fiction Hub and compiler of this page, is a dark fantasy author. Visit her website
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