Silver Dagger Book Tours
  • Welcome!
  • Current Tours
    • Book Tours
  • Book a Tour
  • Open Sign Ups
  • Contact
  • About
  • Win a Book Tour!
  • Welcome!
  • Current Tours
    • Book Tours
  • Book a Tour
  • Open Sign Ups
  • Contact
  • About
  • Win a Book Tour!

The Cat Who Pawed the Cultist - Book Tour and Giveaway

4/17/2019

48 Comments

 
Picture
Picture

The Cat Who Pawed the Cultist
Sanctum Guardians Book 1
by Robert Hazelton
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy

Picture
Charlotte Barreau has tried to maintain a low key lifestyle but it isn’t easy for a young witch. As a student of the Holstrom Sanctum, she’s studied the intricacies of magic but never had to apply them to anything of importance. Her biggest concerns involve finding a movie she hasn’t seen, spending time with her friend Avery, and passing magical physics.All that changes when she meets a feisty orange cat attempting to foil the plot of a cultist opening a portal to another world. This magical beast comes to her with a calling, a duty to defend our world against denizens of a dangerous realm called the Umbra Oculus. Charlotte finds herself inextricably bound to her new friend, a partner in his crusade.As they begin to investigate, they find themselves dangerously outmatched. Their opponents are fully trained, adult wizards with serious zeal for their work. Even after enlisting the aid of two additional students, they discover they may not be cut out for the task. But with no one else working on the problem, these children and their cat must save the world, even as they risk their very lives in the effort.


Goodreads * Amazon

​

Picture
​Sometimes, things happen fast. Catastrophes and missed opportunities don’t adhere to the concept of time. They hit in seconds, coming out of nowhere like ninjas in a cheesy fantasy movie. And they can be anything from spilling a latte to a car accident to stumbling upon a demonic ritual meant to drag some horrifying monster into our world.
I didn’t drive and I preferred white chocolate mochas but as a student of the Holstrom Sanctum for Witches and Wizards, the latter supernatural event definitely applied to me. Especially with my luck. It waved at good while painting the town red with bad. Anyone at school would’ve agreed. If someone had to experience something rotten, even odds I’d be the one.
So when I took a shortcut to get back to the dormitory one afternoon only to feel the hair on the back of my neck stand up, I started seriously thinking about making a charm to ward off bad fortune.
Chanting made my ear twitch. I recognized the corrupted Latin, part the normal language mixed with ancient demonic. Arcane Linguistics for the win, I suppose. The person screamed the syllables, making it hard to distinguish all the words but the obvious ones made it clear we had a problem in Seattle.
Lord…arise…return. I didn’t need more. I’m not the bravest girl in the world. I’m probably not even in the top thirty but just then, something came over me. I had to do something. A quick glance around made it clear the Society wasn’t showing up. The fate of the entire world rested on my shoulders.
Or at least that abandoned block. But hey, evil liked to spread.
I crept closer to the sound, peeking through a broken window into the filthy room beyond. Lights flashed, making the shadows groove out like they were in a creepy dance party. The screaming intensified as if volume and zeal might rip the fabric of reality wide open at any moment.
Portals class taught me enough to know he might succeed. Even a human carried the ability to bring about horrors on the world if they truly believed. And boy was this guy expressing some belief.
I found a window with the least amount of glass and slipped through. Dust and cobwebs stuck to my plaid pants. Something tickled my ear on the shaved part of my head and I brushed at it frantically, biting my lip to keep from crying out. Spiders and I never got along so I really didn’t want a hitchhiker just then. Not when I was already scared out of my mind.
I slipped down a hall, drawing ever closer to the ritual. When I knew he had to be around the corner, I pressed myself against the wall and drew several deep breaths. The moment of truth hovered on my shoulders. I needed to see what I’d be facing, determine just how over my head I might be.
“What’re you doing here?” The high pitch voice made me jump but I clapped my hands over my mouth to keep from screaming. It came from behind me and I frantically looked around. There was no one there. “Down here!”
I directed my gaze to the floor and saw an orange tabby cat with white fur on his chest and paws. He stared at my face, his narrow golden eyes judging me. His tail flicked to the left and right, an agitated motion suggesting he was ready for mischief or a fight. His right ear twitched and he tilted his head.
“Did you…” I whispered, praying the weirdo in the other room didn’t hear me. “Did you just talk to me?”
“Who else?” asked the cat. “It wasn’t the nut job calling on the forces of darkness to deliver him from his retail job. And you didn’t answer my question, pinky! What’re you doing here?”
“I’m…” I motioned with my thumb to the other room. “I’m going to stop him.”
The cat laughed, closing his eyes as he did. I shushed him but he ignored me. “You’re funny. Seriously. What exactly are you going to do, Punky Pie Pony? Tell him the plight of your people? Stand back and let a professional handle this.”
“Excuse me!” I grabbed him before he could walk away. “In case you didn’t realize this, you’re a cat! And a not very old one either! What are you going to do?”
“I’m a guardian, missy!” He nipped at my hand and I let him go. “Watch and learn!”
“No, wait!” I cried as he dashed into the room, his ears pressed against his head. I hurried after him, pausing just inside as the scene overwhelmed me.
The man stood with his arms raised in the air. A white robe, clearly stolen from a hotel, gathered around his biceps. The front hung open, revealing a potbelly covered in black hair. Blue striped boxer shorts finished off his cultist attire. Had it not been for the obvious power I felt in the room, I would’ve written him off as a weirdo and gone home.
The cat lifted his head and hissed. He must’ve expected it to have some kind of impact because he cleared his throat a moment later. The sound drew the summoner’s attention straight to me. His dark eyes widened and he stopped shouting the incantation. Bewilderment contorted his features.
Did he think he’d summoned me?
“What…” He spoke tentatively, his speaking voice hoarse from shouting. “What’re you doing here?”
“I…” I swallowed hard. “Um…”
“She didn’t ahem,” the cat shouted. His high pitched voice sounded like a cartoon. If I hadn’t known better, I would’ve thought a ventriloquist spoke for him. “Does the Hilton know you’re using their robe for nefarious magical purposes? Pretty sure they didn’t agree to that kinda publicity!”
“You?” The man’s brows lifted. “An animal?”
“Wow.” The cat turned to me. “Man’s about to summon a monster from beyond the stars but a talking feline turns him all skeptic.” He turned back to the summoner. “Yeah, me! I’m here to stop this scheme of yours, especially since you’ve got no idea what you’re even doing! A bathrobe? Stripy shorts? What self-respecting cultist wears that?”
“Die, you little rodent!”




Picture
Picture
Robert Hazelton has been writing short fiction, novels and music his entire life. As the founding member of Deadly Nightshade Botanical Society and a long time member of the band Abney Park, he has traveled extensively and performed countless shows in exotic locales.

Robert writes in a variety of genres but keeps drifting back to modern fantasy/horror. He considers Elizabeth Moon, Frank Herbert, and Steven Pressfield to be his biggest influences.



Website * Facebook * Twitter * Amazon * Goodreads

​

Picture
Follow the tour HERE for exclusive content and a giveaway!

Apr 17
kickoff at Silver Dagger Book Tours
Laurie's Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews

Apr 18
Java John Z's
Reign of Fantasy

Apr 19
Readeropolis
3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too!

Apr 20
Character Madness and Musings
nanasbookreviews

Apr 21
A Pinch of Bookdust
Bookarella

Apr 22
2 chicks and a book
A Mama's Corner of the World

Apr 23
Literary Gold
Bedazzled By Books

Apr 24
Always Love Me Some Books Blog
Better Read Than Undead

Apr 25
Books all things paranormal and romance
books are love

Apr 26
Book Review Virginia Lee
Books, Authors, Blogs

Apr 27
Books a Plenty Book Reviews
Rambling of a Book Nerd

Apr 28
Bookish Reviews
Craving Lovely Books

Apr 29
Paranormal Romance Trance
Speculative Fiction Spot

Apr 30
All the Ups and Downs
Breanna Hayse Romance

May 1
Tome Tender
Inside the Insanity

May 2
Girl with Pen
Luv Saving Money

May 3
Dragon's Den
Midnight Book Reader

May 4
Maiden of the Pages
Paranormal Palace of Pleasures

May 5
Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read

May 6
Rita's Reading Room
Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin'

May 7
Sylv.net
T's Stuff

May 8
My Chaotic Ramblings
Tracie’s World of Books

May 9
Laurisa White Reyes, Author
Teatime and Books

May 10
SnoopyDoo's Book Reviews
The Book Dragon

May 11
Book-Lover

May 12
Scrupulous Dreams

May 13
eBook Addicts
Triquetra Reviews

May 14
Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author
Jazzy Book Reviews

May 15
Lisa Book Blog
Twisted Book Ramblings

May 16
Anna del C. Dye official page
Yearwood La Novela

May 17
JBronder Book Reviews – REVIEW
A Modern Day Fairy Tale

​
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Picture
48 Comments
Janet W.
4/17/2019 06:25:30 am

Neat cover! Sounds like an interesting read!

Reply
Robert link
4/17/2019 06:47:00 pm

Thank you very much!

Reply
Calvin
4/17/2019 12:18:06 pm

Interesting bizarre title.. very unique setting

Reply
Robert link
4/17/2019 06:47:37 pm

I read all of those 'The Girl With The' books. This was just a little homage to that :).

Reply
Rita Wray
4/17/2019 12:34:58 pm

I liked the excerpt.

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
5/18/2019 12:46:18 am

Thanks! This was a fun moment without giving away too much.

Reply
Debbie P
4/17/2019 02:26:42 pm

This book sounds like a really good read. Cool cover!

Reply
wendy hutton
4/17/2019 02:44:29 pm

very nice cover and the book sounds good thanks

Reply
Victoria
4/17/2019 03:26:22 pm

Great excerpt, thanks for sharing :)

Reply
Robert link
4/17/2019 06:46:41 pm

Thanks everyone! Very excited for this release! I appreciate it!

Reply
lynn clayton
4/17/2019 06:48:39 pm

love the cover look like a great read

Reply
Dale Wilken
4/17/2019 10:26:55 pm

Sounds really great.

Reply
James Robert
4/18/2019 12:11:56 am

I appreciate you taking the time to give us a great book description and giveaway as well. Thank you so much!

Reply
Amy F
4/18/2019 08:58:37 am

Great cover design and unique title!

Reply
Beyond Comps
4/18/2019 01:24:52 pm

Great looking cover!

Reply
heather
4/18/2019 03:53:57 pm

I love the cover of this one and it sounds like one I would really enjoy reading. Good luck on the tour.

Reply
Kelly Nicholson
4/18/2019 04:08:51 pm

What do you think of the books or the covers?

looks like a punk rock cover with a cat twist...kinky

Reply
Terri Quick
4/18/2019 11:52:06 pm

Very cool looking cover

Reply
Lavender P.
4/19/2019 09:22:10 am

'It came from behind me and I frantically looked around. There was no one there. “Down here!”'
Hahaha I don't know why I found that so funny. Do you have an orange tabby of your own? What made you want to write about this occult-attacking cat?

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
4/19/2019 10:08:41 am

lol. That's awesome.

Yes, I have an orange tabby. His name is Percy. That's his face on the cover of the book.

Here he is promoting the work.

http://www.roberthazelton.com/uploads/1/6/0/1/16016628/percy-book_1_orig.jpg

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
4/19/2019 10:10:57 am

As far as how I came to write the book, I was making a book cover for fun (not the one used for the novel). I had Percy on there with a Victorian background. The name popped into my head because I had been watching 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'.

When I finished the cover, I was like 'why am I not writing this book?'

So the story presented itself because I played with art one day :).

Allison Swain
4/20/2019 01:30:14 am

interesting sounding read and cool cover!
Thank you for the chance to win!

Reply
Mood Reader
4/21/2019 09:32:44 pm

Sounds interesting. :)

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
4/23/2019 11:01:58 am

Thanks very much! Hope you give it a try :)

Reply
Kathy Cozzarelli
4/23/2019 02:44:47 am

The characters sound delightful.

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
4/23/2019 11:02:19 am

Thanks! They've become favorites in our household.

Reply
Denise Higgins
4/24/2019 01:42:18 am

Love the cover

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
4/24/2019 08:22:43 pm

Thank you very much! It's one of my favorites.

Reply
bn100
4/27/2019 07:24:31 am

interesting

Reply
Lisa Ellison
4/27/2019 06:06:28 pm

I love the cover, can't wait to read the book. It looks really interesting.

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
4/28/2019 05:10:03 pm

Thank you very much! I can't wait for you to read it either :)

Reply
Wendy Jensen
4/27/2019 11:46:16 pm

Great looking book cover.

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
4/28/2019 05:10:20 pm

It's one of my favorites! Thanks for the compliment!

Reply
Mary Cloud
4/28/2019 08:01:54 pm

No questions - the cover is pretty nice.

Reply
Renee Collins
4/30/2019 09:26:10 pm

Really sounds interesting!

Reply
Daniella Bonagura
5/4/2019 04:37:39 am

Love the cover.

Reply
Daniel M
5/9/2019 07:27:48 pm

like the cover

Reply
Ann Fantom
5/9/2019 07:56:11 pm

I like the cover. It is very nice

Reply
Barbara Montag
5/10/2019 06:25:21 pm

Fantasy genre - I like this.
And a most intriguing cover.

Reply
Serge B
5/10/2019 08:56:28 pm

Unique premise, nice cover

Reply
Sarah L
5/11/2019 12:09:45 am

Looks like an interesting book. Thanks for the review.

Reply
Lisa F.
5/12/2019 08:48:05 pm

A cat on the cover of a book always draws me in!

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
5/18/2019 12:47:19 am

I played with 5 different covers before this one took top spot.

I hope you like the book :)

Reply
Heather
5/14/2019 11:54:09 am

I like the idea of the story.

Reply
Jerry Marquardt
5/17/2019 11:20:19 pm

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

Reply
Robert Hazelton link
5/18/2019 12:45:35 am

Thank you very much! I appreciate it :)

Reply
Jerry Marquardt
5/23/2019 03:31:26 pm

I can barely wait to read The Cat Who Pawed the Cultist! I am also so glad for the great news on winning your great book blitz...Woot-woot!!

Robert Hazelton link
5/18/2019 12:47:59 am

So many people commented on how much they loved the book cover.

Thank you all so much! I had a great time designing that one! It was awesome.

Thank you all for participating as well!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Win a FREE tour here!
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Sign up for tour updates!

    New tours. All genres. All ages. All the time.

    Thank you!

    You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

    RSS Feed

    Picture

    Categories

    All
    Action
    Activity Book
    Adventure
    African American
    Alt History
    Anthology
    Apocalyptic
    Audiobook
    Australian
    Bdsm
    Billionaire Romance
    Biography
    Chick Lit
    Childrens
    Christian
    Coloring Book
    Comedy
    Coming Of Age
    Contemporary Fiction
    Contemporaryromance
    Contemporary Romance
    Cookbook
    Cozymystery
    Cozy Mystery
    Crime
    Cyberpunk
    Dark
    Dark Romance
    Drama
    Dystopian
    Educational
    Epic Fantasy
    Eroticromance
    Erotic Romance
    Fairytale
    Fantasy
    Fantasy Romance
    Financial
    Giveaway-hop
    Gothic
    Graphic-novel
    Health And Wellness
    Historical
    Historicalromance
    Historical Romance
    Holiday
    Horror
    Humorous
    Inspirational
    Legal Thriller
    Lgbtq
    Literaryfiction
    Mafiaromance
    Mafia Romance
    Magicrealism
    Magic Realism
    Mcromance
    Mc Romance
    Memoir
    Menage
    Middlegrade
    Middle Grade
    Military
    Mystery
    Mythology
    Native American
    Newadult
    New Adult
    Nonfiction
    Paranormal
    Paranormalromance
    Paranormal Romance
    Parenting
    Pets
    Poetry
    Politics
    Postapocalyptic
    Pulp-fiction
    Reverseharemromance
    Reverse Harem Romance
    Rockstarromance
    Rockstar-romance
    Romance
    Romantasy
    Romanticcomedy
    Romantic Comedy
    Romanticsuspense
    Romantic Suspense
    Satirical
    Sciencefiction
    Science Fiction
    Scifi
    Scifiromance
    Scifi Romance
    Selfhelp
    Shortstories
    Short Stories
    Special Needs
    Special-Needs
    Speculativefiction
    Speculative Fiction
    Sportsromance
    Steampunk
    Supernatural
    Suspense
    Sweetromance
    Thriller
    Timetravel
    Time Travel
    Travel
    Urban
    Urbanfantasy
    Urban Fantasy
    Western
    Womensfiction
    Womens Fiction
    Youngadult
    Young-adult
    Youngadultya
    Young Adult Ya

    Picture

    Archives

    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016