Friday, February 16, 2018

Book Beginnings + Friday 56: Invitation (Harbingers #1-4) by Bill Myers, Frank Peretti, Angela Hunt, & Alton Gansky

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your ereader and share a non-spoilery sentence or two.

This week I'm featuring Invitation (Harbingers): Cycle One of the Harbingers Series. This is a collection of four connected stories, each written by a different author, following four different characters. It's weird and spooky and completely awesome! It's not something I'd usually read, but it's immensely compelling and hard to put down.


Book Beginning
(From Episode 1: The Call)

There's four of us. Well, five if you count the kid. We don't know each other, and we sure didn't ask for any of this. But here we are. "The probability of fate," Andi calls it.

Friday 56
(Still from Episode 1: The Call)

We're standing at the back wall of the auditorium watching the show.

About the Book

Four Bestselling Authors Team Up for Thrilling Supernatural Suspense

Gathering four stories from four bestselling author friends, Invitation is the first collection in the ongoing Harbingers series.

In "The Call" by Bill Myers, four strangers are drawn together to help a student at the mysterious Institute for Advanced Psychic Studies. His gifts are supposedly being honed to assist world leaders . . . but there are some very disturbing strings attached. Frank Peretti's "The Haunted" confronts a supernatural mystery, a case of murder, and an exploration into the darkness of the human heart, all centering around a mysterious house.

In Angela Hunt's "The Sentinels," animals around the world are mysteriously dying. What could it mean? When the tragedy begins to touch Andi's dreams, she discovers a terrifying theory. "The Girl" by Alton Gansky is a gripping tale of a young barefoot girl found holding a scroll in the snowy Oregon mountains. She is sweet, innocent--apparently not of this world--and something wants to kill her.

 What have you been reading lately?

16 comments:

  1. This looks like an interesting collection.

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    1. It's super interesting! Thanks for coming by, Breana! Have a great weekend! :)

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  2. I love the idea they're connected stories!!

    My post is here: http://bit.ly/2o5Q4b9 and I'm talking about 'The Magus' A fantasy romance, with rave reviews. I'm very excited to discover these authors! ;)

    Have a lovely weekend!

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    1. I love that too! Thanks for visiting, Sassy! Hope you have a lovely weekend too! :)

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  3. This sounds interesting! I like that they're connected. I like the beginning especially. It makes me wonder just what fate has in store for them.

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    1. The beginning definitely hooked me. I was a bit unsure about the book before I started it, but it didn't take long at all before I was flying through the pages. It's SO good! Thanks for coming by, Katherine! Happy reading! :)

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  4. Not my usual read, but there is definitely something compelling about it. Thanks for sharing...and here's mine: “THE LAST MOVE”

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    1. It's super compelling! Thanks for stopping by, Laurel-Rain! Have an awesome weekend! :)

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  5. Collaborative writing efforts always fascinate me. Sounds intriguing.

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    1. It fascinates me too! Thanks for coming by, Roberta! Have a great weekend! :)

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  6. Sounds like an interesting collection. The week I am featuring Little Girl Gone by Gerry Schmitt from my TBR mountain. Happy reading!

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    1. It's one of those books that's almost impossible to put down. Thanks for visiting, Kathy! Happy reading! :)

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  7. I'm curious for more! Happy weekend!

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    1. It's one of those books that keeps you constantly guessing. So good! Thanks for coming by, Freda! Happy weekend! :)

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  8. I'm really intrigued by there being four authors - that's a lot of people to collaborate on one story with. Thanks for sharing and giving me something to think about!

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    1. It must be so much work to collaborate like that. But the end result is fantastic! Thanks for stopping by, Anna! Happy reading! :)

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