The Legend of Queen Agatha
by Sam Cunningham
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GENRE: erotic
fantasy/political allegory
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BLURB:
In
the mythical, medieval land of Xana, Queen Julia ruled as a typical
aristocratic monarch in a country whose great wealth was concentrated among the
privileged few. Her daughter, Princess Agatha, was the champion of
the commoners. The evil sorcerer Magi comes to Xana to kill Queen Julia
and ravage aristocrats and commoners alike. Princess Agatha alone is
spared, for she is protected by her fairy godmother. Now the beautiful
heiress has two challenges, first to rid Xana of Magi and then to lift all the
commoners from poverty into prosperity. To achieve her first goal she
must identify her handsome prince incognito in the crowd on her first
try. She won't have a second chance. To achieve her second she must
invent and use radical political schemes even if not all her people approve.
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Excerpt One:
Agatha alone Magi left untouched, for she was protected by
her fairy godmother. She came to
Agatha, saying, "I cannot alone undo what Magi has done, but I can protect
you. Magi can do you no harm. To you alone I can give the power to overcome
Magi.
"Magi has also destroyed the kingdom of Wan. The crown prince of Wan, Olaf, survives. He will come to you. When you make love to him, Magi will be
destroyed, but he cannot identify himself to you. If he does, all is lost for both Xana and
Wan. You must identify him from among
all the many young men who aspire to become your prince. If you make love to anyone else before Olaf,
Magi's evil spell will last forever."
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Sam Cunningham is a small college physics teacher. He knows from personal experience with his
pupils that through nurturing nearly all young people can become productive
citizens. It is an overwhelming tragedy
that so many poor children are not given this nurturing. Their personal loss, and the loss to their
country of their productive ability, is a catastrophe. As a scientist he understands that critical
thinking and the ability to follow where the evidence leads are the only
reliable ways to understand the real world.
Away from work he leaves the real world of hard evidence to read science
fiction and fantasy. His favorite
childhood movie was the Walt Disney 1950 cartoon of Cinderella, and he greatly
admires strong women. Sam brings
together all of these ingredients in this story of a princess who becomes a
wise and inspired queen with a personal mission to achieve productivity,
prosperity, and happiness for all of her people.
Interview:
Tell us your latest news?
When and why did you begin writing?
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
What inspired you to write your first book?
Interview:
Where are you from?
I have lived in many places in the United States, currently in
New Mexico.
Tell us your latest news?
It is exciting to promote “The Legend of Queen Agatha,” which I
have spent so many hours preparing.
When and why did you begin writing?
All my life I have had a
vivid imagination, and scenes pop into my head.
To save these scenes, I wrote them down, and have preserved many of them
in my personal archive.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
I have
considered myself a writer most of my life, but only recently seriously
considered self-publishing my writings.
What inspired you to write your first book?
About three years ago the scene of a beautiful and compassionate
princess popped into my head. To save
her people from an evil sorcerer who is ravaging her land, she must identify
her handsome prince incognito in the crowd and make love to him, and on her
first try. She won’t get a second
chance. If she succeeds, she can assert
her right to rule and become a wise and enlightened queen who seeks the
prosperity of all the commoners above the fabulously wealthy aristocrats. To this single scene I added one sentence or
paragraph at a time over many months, and when I had a full length novel (130
pages), I decided to self-publish to share my story with the world.
What would you like my readers to know?
“The Legend of Queen Agatha” is both a medieval
erotic fantasy and a political allegory.
I believe that people who admire strong women, like radical politics,
and whose sympathies are with the common people rather than the fabulously
wealthy, will find a lot to like in this story.
Queen Agatha can be a positive role model for strong women who achieve
positions of some authority and responsibility.
The book
is on sale for $0.99
Amazon:
Barnes and
Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-legend-of-queen-agatha-sam-cunningham/1120950568
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GIVEAWAY
Sam
Cunningham will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly
drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win:)
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an interesting read. Thanks for the giveaway. I hope that I win. Bernie W BWallace1980(at)hotmail(dot)com
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DeleteNice excerpt.
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed following this tour and look forward to checking out this book!
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