{"id":2303,"date":"2013-01-25T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T19:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?page_id=2303"},"modified":"2014-09-18T10:29:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T17:29:49","slug":"the-millennial-sword","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?page_id=2303","title":{"rendered":"The Millennial Sword"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  \"><span><span><span><span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8311\/8043808444_a7ff1c9060.jpg\" alt=\"cover\" width=\"313\" height=\"500\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Viveka Janssen isn&#8217;t a dragonslayer. She&#8217;s a practical Midwestern girl brought to San Francisco by the prospect of an entry-level PR job, and her greatest ambitions involve finding an apartment and making a good impression at work. But Viv&#8217;s sensible nature is shaken when she comes into possession of the legendary sword Excalibur, and finds herself thrust into the front lines of a shadow war against the immortal armies of Morgan le Fay.<\/p>\n<p>Ancient and malevolent creatures hunt the streets by night. Monsters out of fairy tales lurk in subway tunnels. Only Excalibur\u2014and Viv\u2014stand between human civilization and the forces of wild magic.<\/p>\n<p>And the dragons are hungry&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;An excellent story.&#8221; \u2014<em><a href=\"http:\/\/indiereader.com\/2014\/05\/millenial-sword\/#sthash.jfunpLPQ.dpuf\">IndieReader<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Well-told, with engaging characters, and a generous mix of humour, romance, and adventure, this is a book that I suspect will have a lot of cross-genre appeal.&#8221; \u2014<em><a href=\"http:\/\/beauty-in-ruins.blogspot.ca\/2013\/01\/the-millennial-sword-by-shannon.html\">Beauty in Ruins<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A lot of fun.&#8221; \u2014<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangsforthefantasy.com\/2012\/12\/review-millennial-sword-by-shannon.html\">Fangs for the Fantasy<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>BUYING OPTIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Millennial Sword<\/em> is on shelves at Oakland&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurelbookstore.com\/\">Laurel Book Store<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pegasusbookstore.com\/\">Pegasus Books<\/a> in Rockridge, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksinc.net\/\">Books Inc.<\/a> of Alameda. These and most other independent bookstores also sell books, and e-books, through their websites.<\/p>\n<p>Find an independent bookseller near you with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781477699805\">IndieBound<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other retailers:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B009JW9K4M\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B009JW9K4M&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=shannphill-20\">Amazon.com<\/a> (Paperback and Kindle versions)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-millennial-sword-shannon-phillips\/1113216298?ean=9781477699805\">Barnes and Noble<\/a> (Paperback and Nook versions)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/isbn9781301787821\">Apple iBooks<\/a> (for iPads and other Apple iOS devices)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kobobooks.com\/ebook\/The-Millennial-Sword\/book-UzypJl6YNke2yYScFOc3mA\/page1.html\">Kobo<\/a> (for Kobo readers and other Android devices)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Shannon_Phillips_The_Millennial_Sword?id=J-2EBAAAQBAJ&#038;hl=en\">Google Play<\/a> (for Android and iOS devices)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/278458\">Smashwords<\/a> (all e-book formats)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viveka Janssen isn&#8217;t a dragonslayer. She&#8217;s a practical Midwestern girl brought to San Francisco by the prospect of an entry-level PR job, and her greatest ambitions involve finding an apartment and making a good impression at work. But Viv&#8217;s sensible nature is shaken when she comes into possession of the legendary sword Excalibur, and finds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2303"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3196,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2303\/revisions\/3196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}