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Lifeliners - Book Tour and Giveaway

8/1/2019

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Lifeliners
by Stefan Vucak
Genre: Science Fiction

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When everybody is against them, it is tough being a lifeliner, as Nash Bannon found out. Lifeliners are ordinary people…almost. They can draw energy from another person; they live longer and are smarter. Scientists claim that Western high-pressure living and growing sterility in developed countries has triggered the rise of lifeliners, and homo sapiens will replaced by homo renata within ten generations. So, what’s not to like about lifeliners? Protest marches by extremist groups, riots, attacks against lifeliners, repressive laws enacted by governments everywhere, were portents of a dark future. Young, successful, Nash Bannon did not like what was going on, but he thought he had the world at his feet and life in Australia was good, provided no one found out he was a lifeliner. A chance encounter with Cariana during a lunchbreak develops into something he considered important. The Australian government calls a snap election, and Nash stands as a Senate candidate on the Lifeliner Party ticket. Unless lifeliners rise up and fight for their rights, they can expect sterilization, incarceration, and possible extermination as democracies everywhere turn into autocracies. To survive, the Lifeliner Party must employ the same dirty tricks the government used against them, but they were not prepared for what awaited them.


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​He spotted her sitting alone at a small square table in the open part of La Asiago along the promenade and the world faded around him. Dressed in cream slacks and gray business jacket, flaxen hair spilling across her left shoulder, time stopped and he stared at this captivating woman alone in her shell, surrounded by chattering people, yet unreachable. He traced the lines of her delicate face, the fall of her hair, and a small frown creasing her forehead that made her perfect.
You don’t want to become involved again, old son!
Probably not, but he could not see any harm in an interesting lunchtime diversion compared to the alternative of a lonely bench beside the river, warm sunshine notwithstanding. It might do him good to seek out some distracting company and wash out the unpleasant taste of his IBM meeting.
With the exterior section of the restaurant packed and no empty seats, he took a deep breath and weaved between the tables toward her. If she didn’t like his approach, she could always tell him to buzz off. It had happened before. Some women just didn’t want to be bothered. Peace.
“I don’t mean to intrude, but you seem to have the only spare seat. May I?”
She glanced around, gave him an appraising look with eyes that cut and probed, and finally nodded.
“There are tables inside,” she said softly, her clear voice sending an unexpected tingle down his spine. What the hell was going on? He reminded himself that this was just lunch—diverting as it might be—not a romantic encounter.
“Yes, but it’s not the same thing, and it’s too cold and crowded in there,” he declared as he pulled back a chair.
Her eyebrows rose. “You prefer your own company?”
“Depends on the company,” he said and eased himself down. “I never take chances I don’t have to.”
“You’re taking a chance now, aren’t you?”
“Sometimes you have to.” He glanced at two David Jones store shopping bags beside her, and she smiled.
“I took advantage of a nice day to pick up a few things before returning to The Alfred,” she explained.
“You’re a doctor?”
The babble of voices around them created a shield of intimacy and a sense that time had stopped. Even the crowd strolling along the promenade faded from his view.
“Geneticist.”
“Fascinating line of work,” he said, genuinely interested.
When the waiter arrived, he ordered spiced ravioli and gnocchi and half a bottle of red Chianti. Shortly afterward, her spaghetti marinara arrived. Looking at her speculatively, he lifted the bottle. She frowned and brushed back a stray lock of golden hair.
“Is this your standard gambit when picking up women?”
She had slim, delicate fingers with a subdued red nail polish that complemented without being gaudy. He imagined fondling those hands, running his fingers over her smooth skin. Could he be getting infatuated with a woman he just met? No, this was merely an interesting meeting with someone attractive and sophisticated. Still, she had a magnetism he could feel and his soul reached out to her, warning bells clanging in his head. He clamped a lid on them, prepared to enjoy this moment.
“I don’t do casual pickups.”
She inclined her head in disbelief. “And I am…”
“A fortuitous and pleasant accident. No spare tables, remember? Besides, you looked so lonely…”
She lifted a finger. “Don’t push it.”
He grinned at her. “A peace offering, then. A glass of wine?”
“I shouldn’t—”
“It’s a very light Italian red. Won’t do anything to spoil your day.”
She bit her lower lip, then slid her glass toward him. “Only a little.”
“Great.”
He poured both of them half a glass. She lowered her fork and took a cautious sip. Her eyebrows arched and she nodded.
“Interesting flavor.”
“Glad you like it. By the way, I’m Nash Bannon.”
“Cariana Lambert, and I still think this is a pickup routine.”
Nash winced. “Now I’m hurt. I really—”
Just then, the waiter brought a bowl of steaming ravioli and gnocchi, cutting off whatever he was about to say. Nash thanked him, picked up his fork, stabbed one of the gnocchi and popped it into his mouth. It was nice and chewy the way he liked it and he relished the tangy mushroom sauce.
Cariana watched him with an amused expression. “That won’t do much for your waistline,” she remarked dryly.
“It’s my carbs day,” he explained between bites. “I usually have a mixed salad and fruit juice, but that is not always enough to keep me fueled and beat off the sharks at work.”
She glanced at her bowl. “I know what you mean. Seeing you relishing your gnocchi eases my own guilt for being weak.” She dabbed her lips with a napkin and took another sip of wine. “And what fills your days, Mr. Bannon?”
“Nash. I do systems integration for IBM.”
“Weren’t they taken over by Facebook?”
“They certainly were. IBM culture was getting stale and needed an infusion of new methodology and ideas. I have doubts that it worked, but they run some cutting edge projects.”
“And what are you working on right now?”
“I’m currently managing a major Telstra network program where everybody is giving me a hard time.”
“Poor you.”
“Your sympathy is appreciated.”
She turned serious. “I did not mean to tease you, and I do understand, finding myself in a similar position. Doing research would be fun if it weren’t for the oversight protocols, although necessary.” She finished the last of her marinara and gathered her bags. “Thank you for the wine…Nash.”
Dismayed to see her about to leave, his mind raced. He could not let it end like this. “I enjoyed meeting you and I would enjoy it even more if we could do this again, taking more time.”
Now what the hell made him say that! This was supposed to be a simple lunch without sticky romantic overtones.
She stood and laughed. “Are you always this forthright?”
“I don’t go out much, and meeting someone like you is rare,” he said quickly and rose, figuring his pickup line could use some updating. “What do you say?”




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Stefan Vucak has written eight Shadow Gods Saga sci-fi novels and six contemporary thrillers. He started writing science fiction while still in college, but didn't get published until 2001. His Cry of Eagles won the coveted Readers' Favorite silver medal award, and his All the Evils was the prestigious Eric Hoffer contest finalist and Readers' Favorite silver medal winner. Strike for Honor won the gold medal.

Stefan leveraged a successful career in the Information Technology industry, which took him to the Middle East working on cellphone systems. He applied his IT discipline to create realistic storylines for his books. Writing has been a road of discovery, helping him broaden his horizons. He also spends time as an editor and book reviewer. Stefan lives in Melbourne, Australia.



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Space is NOT cold!
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It amuses me greatly when an author waxes lyrical about ‘the cold deeps of space’! I just have to crack up. What is worse, some astronomers who should know better also shiver when talking about space.
Let’s get real, okay? Space is mostly vacuum. It is neither cold or hot…generally.
Let’s talk about temperature and what it is. Only an object can be described in terms of temperature, or kinetic energy of a body in motion, and that includes atoms if someone wants to get picky, but atoms are objects. There are only three ways that heat can be transferred: conduction, convection and radiation. Heat a pan and gradually, the entire pan will get hot. That’s conduction. A circulating liquid will over time distribute heat evenly within a given volume. That’s convection. Absorption of electromagnetic energy or subatomic particles constitutes radiation, the only mechanism where energy can be transferred in space.
That is our key! A body in space, an astronaut or spacecraft, will radiate in a temperature gradient. Simply put, unless an object in space is close to absolute zero—2.7 Kelvin, or 270.45C—it will radiate its energy into the surrounding vacuum. When an object absorbs more photons than it emits, it heats up. If it emits more photons than it absorbs, it cools down. Someone will say that space IS cold because of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation temperature of 2.73 Kelvin, the remnant of the theoretical Big Bang. Not so! What is being measured is not the temperature of space, but the energy of the omnipresent electromagnetic radiation.
The interstellar medium is mostly vacuum with an average distribution of one to six atoms per cubic meter, and they move very slowly. Why? They don’t have much energy. It has been radiated away long ago. There are regions of much hotter gas in supernova remnants that can reach temperatures of six million degrees C. However, that does not mean that space is that hot! It is a combination of photons, atoms and molecules that contain that energy which are hot—because they are objects!
If you are a writer, do yourself a favor. Don’t talk about the cold of space! Talk about cold objects. As for those cosmologists…check up your basic physics.



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34 Comments
Janet W.
8/1/2019 08:18:55 am

I like the unique cover! Sounds interesting!

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stephanie jones
8/1/2019 08:42:25 am

i like the cover

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Rita Wray
8/1/2019 12:51:22 pm

Sounds like a good read.

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Calvin
8/1/2019 02:42:31 pm

Sounds unique in this sea of sci fi !

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Bea LaRocca
8/1/2019 02:45:29 pm

Awesome cover, synopsis and excerpt. This is a must read for me. Thank you for sharing the book info and for offering a giveaway.

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wendy hutton
8/1/2019 04:41:05 pm

omg this book sounds amazing thanks

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Debbie P
8/1/2019 04:46:24 pm

This book sounds like a very cool read. Fantastic cover!

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SHERRY
8/1/2019 04:50:08 pm

Sounds like a good book.

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Marcy Meyer
8/1/2019 06:26:03 pm

The cover looks good. Thanks for sharing.

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Dale Wilken
8/1/2019 10:18:31 pm

I like the book and the cover.

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Jennifer Rote
8/2/2019 04:03:04 pm

Love the graphic art on the cover.

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Terri Quick
8/2/2019 10:00:05 pm

Very eye catching cover

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Beyond Comps
8/3/2019 04:27:09 am

Great cover!

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Kelly Nicholson
8/3/2019 04:36:35 am

What do you think of the book or the cover?

looks like a cool sci-fi cover

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Dana
8/3/2019 08:56:42 am

What an interesting idea! This story idea seems very unique.

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Sabrina Zehner
8/3/2019 06:13:22 pm

I love to learn new things about space.

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Kelly D
8/3/2019 10:00:27 pm

I like the cover, it makes me want to know more about the story.

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Kayla Harmon
8/4/2019 06:44:27 pm

love the cover

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Mood Reader
8/4/2019 09:30:44 pm

Looks great!

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Maria
8/5/2019 07:54:21 am

WOW this looks amazing, love the cover and the title.

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aaron e reck
8/5/2019 03:42:24 pm

The power could be as close as the belly of your hand. I like that a lot just sort of futuristic.

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LYNN CLAYTON
8/5/2019 08:01:02 pm

LOVE THE COVER LOOKS LIKE A GREAT READ THANK YOU

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Denise Higgins
8/5/2019 08:11:07 pm

Love the cover

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Dave Gibb
8/5/2019 09:13:03 pm

love the cover

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Serge B
8/10/2019 06:34:48 pm

Cool cover, I liked the excerpt

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Tracie Cooper
8/15/2019 07:08:52 pm

What an awesome cover!

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Mary Cloud
8/15/2019 08:42:56 pm

No questions. The cover is interesting.

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Emmaline
8/16/2019 05:28:22 am

Blah, those in power always feel threatened by the fear of the unknown. I'll be cheering for the lifeliners!

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Heather Mahley
8/19/2019 07:43:44 pm

I love the cover

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Corey Hutton
8/24/2019 02:13:29 am

Good luck with the book and Thanks for the giveaway.

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Karla R.
8/24/2019 05:58:43 pm

I wish I were a Lifeliner, sounds cool!

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Daniel M
8/29/2019 08:16:59 pm

like the cover

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Sarah L
9/1/2019 01:51:35 am

Looks like an interesting book.
Thanks for the contest. 

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Jerry Marquardt
9/1/2019 11:50:41 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including Lifeliners, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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