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Special Limited Hardcover Edition of Savage Survival

Only 500 copies of this special edition will be printed. It is available for pre-order now at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and BOOK STORES and from the publisher, Twilight times Books at www.twilighttimesbooks.com.

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Savage Survival is a coming of age story like no others and Lyda Brightner is a character you won't forget. When eleven year old Lyda is thrown into the midst of millions of undisciplined humans, with no parents or guardian to protect her as she grows up, she has only her own bravery and her belief in the innate goodness of humans to sustain her. For six years, Lyda must endue the most ghastly and brutal environments imaginable, put there by invulnerable aliens for reasons of their own. After her first horrible experience in a barren desert, she vows that come what may, she will live, even while millions die, for she is determined to find what is behind such hideous treatment by the aliens.
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ISBN: 1-933353-66-X

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The Long Way Home

    

SF from Double Dragon Publishing.

New release!

A surprise assault on an Exploration Corp starship by implacably hostile, xenophobic aliens leaves its one remaining long boat as the only option for warning the home worlds of their existence, but the starship had been a thousand light years from Earth. Theoretically, that sort of voyage in a long boat is possible but has never been attempted. In order to return they will have to stop on numerous unknown planets to renew supplies many, many times along the way. There is certain to be danger and inimical life forms, as well as the hazards of braving interstellar space in a ship meant only for travel within a solar system. And before they get anywhere close to earth they have to figure out a way to destroy a much larger and much better armed alien starship. It is shadowing their every move but must not be allowed to follow them home to Earth and its colonies. The long journey has to succeed, even as more and more of the crew fall prey to perils of the incredible journey. Humanity must be warned. There will be no second chance. Fail and the poorly armed home worlds will likely die.
Darrell's highest rated novel.
Available now at all bookstores and online from Amazon.com; Barnes & Noble
 

Bark!

    

SF from LL Publications.

New print release!

Find out what happens when Tonto, a little, ADHD affected, one-testicled weenie dog, turns out to be the only thing standing between the Earth and accidental alien invasion!
Pure comic genius from multiple award-winning author Darrell Bain. Also includes the autobiography of the real Tonto, the little dog who inspired the story!
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The Melanin Apocalypse

    

SF suspense from Twilight Times Books.

A man-made virus is killing all the blacks in the world. The African continent is devolving into complete chaos. Blacks in America begin rioting and killing Whites. Israel and the Arab states go to war again. The oil fields of the Middle East and Africa are up for grabs...  Darrell Bain's most controversial novel since "The Sex Gates."

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ISBN: 1-933353-70-8
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Alien Infection

    

SF suspense from Twilight Times Books.

When a laboratory technician on the verge of retirement accidentally infects himself with blood from an emergency room patient, he intends to report it-- until government agents swarm the hospital, confiscating every sample of blood taken from the patient--at gunpoint.
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ISBN: 1-933353-72-4

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Postwar Dinosaur Blues

Adventure/suspense from Twilight Times Books.

(Book One of the Williard Brothers series) Available for pre-order. Adventure/suspense. After the Vietnam War, the hard drinking, adventurous Williard brothers decide to go hunting for a purported dinosaur living in the Congo. Flying a beat up old plane, pursued by the Mafia, carrying a half million in drug money they don't know they have; they are shot at, shot down, almost eaten by Mokele Mbembe and finally are captured by a tribe of Pygmies. Read a chapter excerpt
ISBN: 1-933353-65-1

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Shadow Worlds

    

SF suspense from Twilight Times Books.

Shadowy monsters, alternate worlds, and a lonely scientist racing against time, make this latest offering from popular author Darrell Bain and collaborator Barbara M. Hodges a page-turning adventure that strings the suspense out to the last page."
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ISBN: 1-933353-79-1

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Strange Valley

SF suspense from Twilight Times Books.

A clerk working in the census bureau discovers a series of anomalies in the population of a small city located in the Ozark Mountains.

"An excellent SF suspense thriller that will have the reader wondering what normal really means. Tight, fast paced, fun to read. I loved it! I bet this is why some people think the way they do!" ~ Reviewed by Dinah Roseberry. Read a chapter excerpt
ISBN: 1-931201-23-4

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Books in print or available for pre-order.
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Tales from a Texas Christmas Tree Farm (Prequel). Mainstream humor. Lost pets, lost kids, bugs, snakes in trees, and learning how to stuff big trees into little cars and dozens of hilarious contretemps all go into making this a unique book. Join Darrell and Betty Bain as they move to the country and find that Christmas tree farming is a unique, demanding, frustrating, exasperating but ultimately rewarding profession.
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Life on Santa Claus Lane (Book One). Mainstream humor. If you can get through this book without laughing until your ribs are sore, you are a rare exception and haven't got a funny bone in your body.
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Laughing All the Way (Book Two). Mainstream humor. A true life tale of a stupendously funny move to a new home where everything goes wrong and many more real life stories of home life, by Darrell Bain, told in his own renowned style of humor. A book for all the seasons, for all ages, for anyone who likes to laugh at life's foibles.
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Doggie Biscuit! (Book Three). Mainstream humor. This book is dedicated to all those who have taken a pet into their home and made a people of it.
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The Pet Plague

The Pet Plague (Book One). SF. The story begins on earth with genetically engineered pets with near-human intelligence getting loose and practically overrunning the world, with perhaps the only chance for salvation a downed alien spaceship.
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Space Pets (Book Two). SF. An epic, erotic journey in search of a new home for humanity--but in the end it might turn out that earth is still the best the universe can offer, if only it can be tamed again!
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The Sex Gates

The Sex Gates (Book One). SF. KnowBetter Best Science Fiction Award Winner. What if: You could change your old body for a young one by stepping through a gate? What if: You could cure all illnesses by stepping through a gate? The catch: You change your sex, too!
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Masters of the Sex Gates (Book Two). SF. Earth is changed forever when the Sex Gates arrive. By passing through a gate, you can change your sex or cure an incurable illness--but each passage carries a price. What will the ultimate price be?
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Worlds of the Sex Gates (Book Three). SF. The exciting conclusion to The Sex Gates trilogy. The mystery of the sex gates has at last been solved, but a horrible dilemma arises. The masters of the sex gates are gone, but they have left a potential catastrophe behind.
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The Strange Valley

Strange Valley (Book One). SF suspense. A clerk working in the census bureau discovers a series of anomalies in the population of a small city located in the Ozark Mountains.
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Prion Promises (Book Two). SF suspense. A secret cabal of the National Security Agency spreads lies and deception about Masterville Valley. The happy, peaceful people of the valley are forced to fight back, and they begin their battle by secretly spreading their prions out into the world, including the halls of congress.
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The Williard Brothers

Medics Wild (Prequel). Adventure. The Willard Brothers stay busy outwitting and outfighting the bad guys, but still have time to turn the war zone into a party zone, flummoxing the high brass, chasing nurses, relieving the Army of unneeded supplies and taking Vietnam by storm.
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Postwar Dinosaur Blues (Book One) Available now. Adventure. After the Vietnam War, the hard drinking, adventurous Williard brothers decide to go hunting for a purported dinosaur living in the Congo. Flying a beat up old plane, pursued by the Mafia, carrying a half million in drug money they don't know they have; they are shot at, shot down, almost eaten by Mokele Mbembe and finally are captured by a tribe of Pygmies.
Barnes & Noble

Two other books forthcoming (Bigfoot Crazy and The Billion Dollar Caribbean Caper).

Around the Bend. Short story collection. An eclectic, erotic, fun and meaty SF, fantasy, humor and nonfiction collection, Around the Bend contains all of Darrell Bain's short fiction.
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Crazy Ships. SF/F. Earth has become a dystopia ruled by giant corporations, where the majority of the population is bonded to a company for life. Twins Jane and Steve are an exception, living an upper class life by means of their parents' stake in a new enterprise--which doesn't suit the great corporation currently governing the world.
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Circles of Displacement. SF/F. A stellar accident has thrown hundreds of small circular areas of East Texas far into the past. The displacement circles include such random spots as a roadside park, a Wal-Mart store, the streets of a small town--and the death row section of the state prison. Eventually the displaced individuals will come together in climactic battle for control of the new world.
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Hotline to Heaven. Romantic comedy. Darrell considers Hotline to Heaven one of his best books, and quite different from anything else he's ever done. Humor, chicanery, sex, betrayal and romance, along with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing until the end. It has such a fun plot that it will even have you wondering who you should be cheering for, the rascally villain Ed Tanner, or the innocent young Violet.
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The Disappearing Girls. Mystery/suspense. Girls and young women are disappearing without a trace, without a clue. No bodies are ever found. Police are stymied until a possible connection appears in the form of a young woman who has unaccountably inherited a newly built mansion from her estranged father.
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The Sex Virus. SF. It is quickly discovered that a virus capable of changing sexual attitudes is spreading over the world. While the FBI and CDC are racing to discover the originators of the virus and to create a cure or vaccine, the investigation is hampered by the fact that the agents themselves are becoming infected.
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Ultimate Suggestions. SF. A renegade chemist discovers a drug which can be given quickly and surreptitiously and which will convert anyone almost instantly to a state of mind where the merest suggestion becomes an imperative need to obey.
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They may be found at eReader.com and Fictionwise.com.

Paperback versions are available at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.

Strange Valley, the best selling ebook is now in print, and the hit Alien Infection is coming soon in trade paperback.

[Medics Wild!] "All the smells, sights and sounds of the Far East come alive in this fast paced novel. From the dreariness and boredom of every day existence to the sharp and terrifyingly sudden violence of the Tet offensive, Bain's ability to transport you there never wavers. Readers who have never been there are treated to sights seldom seen by civilians. 'Nam vets will find themselves nodding with a bittersweet smile as they turn the pages. It's all there."
Reviewed by Mike Hargraves for East Texas TODAY's.

[Strange Valley] "...A city where residents don't get married and show no religious preference? What will happen to our cherished American values? Logically, Masterville becomes an imminent threat. Whether this scenario is a parody of our present government situation, the reader will have to decide.

Definitely a good story. The first chapter is fascinating and the subsequent ones maintain a high tempo of action and suspense that will keep you curious to the end. The science is believable and intelligently written. This book also deals with issues worth pondering. Darrell Bain is a name I will keep my eye on for future reviews. Five stars.
Reviewed by Mayra Calvani for The Midwest Book Review.

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