New small press publisher Swimming Kangaroo has just released its first book, Traitor: Book One of The Turner Chronicles by Mark Eller.
According to publisher Dindy Robinson, the book is set in “Last Chance—a small town set on the edge of the far frontier. It is a place of gentle manners and common civility. After all, it should be since more than three quarters of its residents are women.
“However times change when a Talent Master runs rampant, savages threaten war, and an illegal militia from an alternate universe plans invasion and empire. A hero is needed. A Savior.
“Meet Aaron Turner, the small unassuming man who runs the Last Chance General Store. He is this town’s—this world’s—only hope. Unfortunately for the town, Aaron also happens to be a soldier and Militia spy whose job is to prepare the ground for the Militia’s invasion. To help him with this task, he has a cellar filled with advanced weaponry and the unique ability to teleport between the two worlds. But after a year of living within Last Chance, Aaron is no longer sure in which direction his loyalties lie.”
Mark Eller “has been exiled to a dank basement cavern by his wife, Daneen, because that is the only way he can ignore the distractions of family and eight parrots enough to be able to write. While trapped within his cave, in addition to writing short stories and books, he has recorded and released two audio podcasts, dark fantasy trilogy God Wars and Mercy Bend, a compilation of twisted tales. Both podcasts can be found at i-tunes.”