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Six Moons Before Mating
After Stan Power’s ex-wife accidentally kills their daughter, heartbroken Stan vows to do anything to change this tragedy, even if it means living the events over again. And again. And again. His weapons are alchemy, magic, and a science that won’t exist until he creates it.
One morning, Stan has to pick himself up after falling on his face. He doesn’t remember what caused the fall, but he’s not injured. So, he continues with his day, which includes the terrible idea of abducting his own daughter—he just can’t stand to be away from her any longer. But the abduction goes terribly wrong, and Stan’s ex-wife accidentally shoots and kills the girl. Horrified, Stan runs to the body, only to trip and fall on his face.
Stan picks himself up, just like he did in the beginning, and relives the same events but with important differences. This time, just before his daughter is about to be shot, he recalls what happened before. Though able to shield her body, he is shot dead himself.
Stan picks himself up, entering the same sequence of events. This time, he recalls what happened during the previous loop, and manages to save himself, and his daughter.
Stan has entered a series of time loops that differ slightly with each repeat. But a huge change soon Stan finds himself and his daughter in an ancient alternative life only because it coincides with a story that father and daughter were creating together.
A world-class expert in unique plant life, Stan eventually learns that his ability is not science, but magic, and that his daughter is imbued with the same powers. Together they try to grasp the nature of the time loops that take them to the surface of Mars, the interior of a werewolf, and a fairytale from centuries past. Beyond the obvious goal of controlling these loops in order to survive their increasingly fantastic events, Stan wants to end them and return to normal living. He wants to bring his family together the way they always should have been but never were.
One morning, Stan has to pick himself up after falling on his face. He doesn’t remember what caused the fall, but he’s not injured. So, he continues with his day, which includes the terrible idea of abducting his own daughter—he just can’t stand to be away from her any longer. But the abduction goes terribly wrong, and Stan’s ex-wife accidentally shoots and kills the girl. Horrified, Stan runs to the body, only to trip and fall on his face.
Stan picks himself up, just like he did in the beginning, and relives the same events but with important differences. This time, just before his daughter is about to be shot, he recalls what happened before. Though able to shield her body, he is shot dead himself.
Stan picks himself up, entering the same sequence of events. This time, he recalls what happened during the previous loop, and manages to save himself, and his daughter.
Stan has entered a series of time loops that differ slightly with each repeat. But a huge change soon Stan finds himself and his daughter in an ancient alternative life only because it coincides with a story that father and daughter were creating together.
A world-class expert in unique plant life, Stan eventually learns that his ability is not science, but magic, and that his daughter is imbued with the same powers. Together they try to grasp the nature of the time loops that take them to the surface of Mars, the interior of a werewolf, and a fairytale from centuries past. Beyond the obvious goal of controlling these loops in order to survive their increasingly fantastic events, Stan wants to end them and return to normal living. He wants to bring his family together the way they always should have been but never were.
281 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 20, 2018
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About the author
H.C. Turk
33 books11 followersA: This is hard.
Q: Why is making a bio so hard for you?
A: Because it's like talking. I don't like to talk; I like to write.
Q: But people want to know about authors. Reading a book requires a lot of effort.
A: Writing one ain't exactly playtime.
Q: That's better. Go ahead, tell us more. Did you have a pleasant childhood?
A: Ask my dog; he was there.
Q: Your dog is stuffed. He's not a real dog.
A: He's more real than you are. You can’t even ask a good question.
Q: Here’s one: Why should people read your books?
A: Because my puppy will be sad if they don’t.
Q: We need to get serious here. How many novels have you written?
A: 33.
Q: I’ll bet your dog can’t count that high. How long have you been writing?
A: I’ll answer if you promise not to kick my dog again (metaphorically).
Q: He wouldn’t feel it—he’s stuffed.
A: If someone kicked the stuffing out of you, I bet you wouldn’t enjoy it.
Q: Would I enjoy it more than reading one of your books? Or would it be equally painful?
A: You’re cruel to dogs AND to authors.
Q: If you answer my last question, I promise to be nice. How many years have you been writing?
A: [mumbles]
Q: That’s pathetic.
A: Why don’t you ask me about my stories?
Q: Stories are for campfires.
A: The basis of history’s greatest novels is the story: the story of nations, cultures, families, individuals. The greatest idea that can be expressed in fiction is story.
Q: Great, so tell me about your characters.
A: Dull and Dumb are not two of my characters, or characteristics.
Q: Do you ever write about animals, stuffed or not?
A: Rescued greyhounds in Heaven Again, tiny ponies in Only The Impassioned, mudfish in Resurrection Flowers, ghosts in An Atmosphere Of Angels.
Q: Ghosts aren’t animals, they’re unsettled spirits. If ghosts continue to read, what will they find in your novels?
A: They will find passion, idea, and spirited characters whose lives are a story. And puppies.
Q: Why is making a bio so hard for you?
A: Because it's like talking. I don't like to talk; I like to write.
Q: But people want to know about authors. Reading a book requires a lot of effort.
A: Writing one ain't exactly playtime.
Q: That's better. Go ahead, tell us more. Did you have a pleasant childhood?
A: Ask my dog; he was there.
Q: Your dog is stuffed. He's not a real dog.
A: He's more real than you are. You can’t even ask a good question.
Q: Here’s one: Why should people read your books?
A: Because my puppy will be sad if they don’t.
Q: We need to get serious here. How many novels have you written?
A: 33.
Q: I’ll bet your dog can’t count that high. How long have you been writing?
A: I’ll answer if you promise not to kick my dog again (metaphorically).
Q: He wouldn’t feel it—he’s stuffed.
A: If someone kicked the stuffing out of you, I bet you wouldn’t enjoy it.
Q: Would I enjoy it more than reading one of your books? Or would it be equally painful?
A: You’re cruel to dogs AND to authors.
Q: If you answer my last question, I promise to be nice. How many years have you been writing?
A: [mumbles]
Q: That’s pathetic.
A: Why don’t you ask me about my stories?
Q: Stories are for campfires.
A: The basis of history’s greatest novels is the story: the story of nations, cultures, families, individuals. The greatest idea that can be expressed in fiction is story.
Q: Great, so tell me about your characters.
A: Dull and Dumb are not two of my characters, or characteristics.
Q: Do you ever write about animals, stuffed or not?
A: Rescued greyhounds in Heaven Again, tiny ponies in Only The Impassioned, mudfish in Resurrection Flowers, ghosts in An Atmosphere Of Angels.
Q: Ghosts aren’t animals, they’re unsettled spirits. If ghosts continue to read, what will they find in your novels?
A: They will find passion, idea, and spirited characters whose lives are a story. And puppies.
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August 7, 2018
This turned out to be a torturous read for me. The repeat of each day, whenever Stan falls down – which he does repeatedly – and it’s as if it’s the start of his day all over again. He has an ex-wife Vanessa and a daughter Abigail/Abby/Baby (depending on what scene they are playing!) who he can only see at his ex’s house. He is back at his childhood home, with his father Glenn and grows strange plants in his greenhouses – not glasshouses – as they have no glass – just plastic.
The events of each day, get to repeat, repeat and repeat all the time. Stan has the idea to go and kidnap/rescue/save/get his daughter away from her evil mother, who never lets him stay for long. His daughter was unable to use her legs, something from birth, and he wants to use his plants to help her. First time he tries, his daughter is shot in the head and he falls down. Next, he gets shot in the head and falls down. He goes into his greenhouse, he falls down. He walks into the house, he falls down.
It is just too repetitive!!! You find yourself skimming over the words that you have already read so many times before, just to look for something new, but that takes a long time and just makes the story get more confusing. He is playing with alchemy in an alternative, medieval time, then he and his family are on Mars, then inside the body of a werewolf as it’s being chased by imaginary unicorns!
I liked films such as Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow, which have this live, die, repeat in the second film and both have the main character living his life over and over again each day. While the idea may transfer well into a film, it certainly didn’t do well for me in this book. A book of this length should only have taken an afternoon or so and ended up taking almost three days! I wanted to give up when only 25% of the way through, but to be able to leave a review, I thought I would try to finish it, which I did at 4am, too tired to leave a review at that time.
I would certainly not be looking to read anything else by this author is this is their idea of a good read – it was anything but for me. Pure torture and repetition, for the whole read ;-(( At least I paid no money for this book as I received an ARC copy of the book from Hidden Gems and I have given my own opinion of the book above. I would advise scrolling past this book and not putting yourself through the pain of reading it, unless that’s the type of book you like to read – everyone has their own tastes.
The events of each day, get to repeat, repeat and repeat all the time. Stan has the idea to go and kidnap/rescue/save/get his daughter away from her evil mother, who never lets him stay for long. His daughter was unable to use her legs, something from birth, and he wants to use his plants to help her. First time he tries, his daughter is shot in the head and he falls down. Next, he gets shot in the head and falls down. He goes into his greenhouse, he falls down. He walks into the house, he falls down.
It is just too repetitive!!! You find yourself skimming over the words that you have already read so many times before, just to look for something new, but that takes a long time and just makes the story get more confusing. He is playing with alchemy in an alternative, medieval time, then he and his family are on Mars, then inside the body of a werewolf as it’s being chased by imaginary unicorns!
I liked films such as Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow, which have this live, die, repeat in the second film and both have the main character living his life over and over again each day. While the idea may transfer well into a film, it certainly didn’t do well for me in this book. A book of this length should only have taken an afternoon or so and ended up taking almost three days! I wanted to give up when only 25% of the way through, but to be able to leave a review, I thought I would try to finish it, which I did at 4am, too tired to leave a review at that time.
I would certainly not be looking to read anything else by this author is this is their idea of a good read – it was anything but for me. Pure torture and repetition, for the whole read ;-(( At least I paid no money for this book as I received an ARC copy of the book from Hidden Gems and I have given my own opinion of the book above. I would advise scrolling past this book and not putting yourself through the pain of reading it, unless that’s the type of book you like to read – everyone has their own tastes.
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