#jay allan

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Book cover by Marc Simonetti

"Shadow of the Empire" by Jay Allan

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Art by Marc Simonetti for Far Star Trilogy by Jay Allan

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The Emperor’s fist, par Jay Allan (Harper Voyager, aout 2019)

Dernier volet de la série « Far stars » (voir tag de l’auteur) où tout est dans le titre.

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Blackhawk : Far Stars Legends I, par Jay Allan (System 7, Avril 2016)

« Prequel » de la série « Far Stars » (voir tag de l’auteur) qui raconte la première rencontre du héros avec son ami et protecteur le Général Lucerne.

Un peu en dessous de la série principale mais permet tout de même de se distraire pendant deux heures.

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Enemy in the dark, Funeral games, par Jay Allan (Harper voyager, décembre 2015 et janvier 2016)

Les deux volumes qui font suite à « Shadow of Empire », où les protagonistes continuent leur lutte contre l’Empire pour unifier leur secteur de la Galaxie.

Les mêmes défauts que dans le premier, mais avec enfin quelques surprises, et une telle énergie !

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Shadow of Empire, par Jay Allan (Eos, octobre 2015)

Une petite troupe de mercenaires, menée par un chef charismatique et « augmenté », font face à toutes sortes de dangers pour ramener au bercail la fille d’un de leurs amis.

Plaisir coupable… Objectivement c’est assez mauvais : écrit avec les pieds et visant un public ayant abandonné les études bien avant "the high school", des personnages qui auraient déjà été caricaturaux dans les années 40 du siècle précédent, quasiment aucune surprise sur le fait de savoir si les héros vont s’en sortir ou pas… Et pourtant je suis allé au bout ! Et lorsque je n’aurais plus rien à lire d’autre, je pense que je tenterai le volume deux. J’ai honte.

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Crimson Worlds Refugees: The First Trilogy - Kindle edition by Jay Allan. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Crimson Worlds Refugees: The First Trilogy.

Its only 2.99 right now. I’ve been waiting forever for this to hit. 

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Touring The Right Way

Touring The Right Way...the blog. By Ashley E. Norton Technically, there is no touring the wrong way. If you get on the road and share your craft with new people, you are right. I don't want this blog to turn into me telling you what to do, because I really have no fucking clue. But, I can tell you what I'M doing. And my band mates will tell you...I am always I'm right. Unless I'm wrong. My first tour was with my brother from another mother, Jay Allan, from our Delcoa days. We've had recent conversations and we both agree, we were touring the wrong way. We were so excited to hit the road and play for new audiences, but we were really just throwing darts with a blindfold on. We would make new fans and play new cities, but we would never follow up with them or return to the venue. I don't want to downplay this, because the memories were priceless and we earned our degree from the University of Touring. Now when I tour with Whitherward, it's well planned and methodical. We moved to the West from Nashville, because we wanted to work a regional fan base out here. We've done pretty much the same circuit about 5 times, and it's working. People are coming back, and they are bringing more of their people. And when we hit up a new city, we try to connect with other musicians in the area. They are our family! And families, like trees, will grow. How many of you musicians have an amazing local scene that you run with? Well, why limit it to just one? I will give some examples of what I mean, just from our Mini Mid May Tour alone. I'm sitting in Aromas Coffeehouse right now in Omaha, Nebraska. We came this way because we've been connecting online with the wonderful people at musicpage.com and they told us how great the music scene is here. They told us where to play and now we're crashing on one of their writers couches, Erik Jarvis, who will also be joining us on the bill tonight at Barley Sreet Tavern. Boom, Omaha music family. When we were looking for a show in Kansas City, I contacted a venue that was already booked to see if we could open up for one of their local legends, Billy Beale. Billy has been very kind to us and we're joinging him at Harling's Upstairs tomorrow night. Not to mention, re-connecting with one of our favorite bands, MBird when we're there. Boom, Kansas City music family. And as for last night in Grand Island, we watched our audience tripple in size throughout the night, simply because our new friends kept texting their friends while they were sitting there. (See best/worst wave video on our Facebook page...I told ya'll would make the blog!) Boom, Grand Island family. We took down email addresses or social media contacts, and we will be following up with them and returning to these cities within a few months. This, makes it all worth it. Touring is hard! Those of you who do it know that it sounds way more glamorous than it is. We are sleeping on couches, eating peanut butter and honey sandwiches, and driving long hours. But for Whitherward, the rewards outweigh the struggles. We'll keep doing it until it's not fun anymore. So all that being said...am I right, or am I right?