{"id":452,"date":"2018-09-23T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T07:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=452"},"modified":"2018-09-20T08:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T15:00:48","slug":"read-lights-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/23\/read-lights-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Not your usual ghost story &#8211; Kayelle Allen&#8217;s Lights Out  #SpaceOpera #SciFi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Kayelle Allen!!<\/p>\n<h2>What if today was &#8220;lights out?&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayelleallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kallen-teu4-3d200.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-37216 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayelleallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kallen-teu4-3d200.png?resize=200%2C324&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Read Lights Out in The Expanding Universe #SpaceOpera #NewRelease by @KayelleAllen\" width=\"200\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a>If you knew this was your last day to live, what would you do? Would you face the end with a clear conscience? Would you fight for one more day?<br \/>\nLook for that person you wronged and make it right? Run away? Turn and fight? What would you do?<\/p>\n<p>In Lights Out by Kayelle Allen, the hero knows his end is near. Instead of running, Tornahdo makes a choice. He will face death with a clear conscience and the knowledge that his death will serve mankind. He will join&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>GHOST CORPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>He can save mankind. <em>After<\/em> he does one important thing. Die.<\/p>\n<p>Join the Ghost Corps, they said. You&#8217;ll live forever, they said. You&#8217;ll save mankind, they said. They didn&#8217;t say that to do it, first he had to die.<\/p>\n<p>When Tornahdo signs on the dotted line, he puts his life into the steady hands of the mighty Ghost Corps. Three grisly deaths and three agonizing resurrections later, he&#8217;s assigned duty on Enderium Six.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s facing his most dangerous mission yet, the very reason the corps exists.<\/p>\n<p>Do they expect him to win? Fat chance. Tornahdo and his team are already dead and this mission is codenamed &#8220;Lights Out.&#8221; No, there&#8217;s more to this than he can see.<\/p>\n<p>To discover the truth, he must face an unbeatable, unkillable enemy, and this time&#8211;somehow&#8211;find a way to keep himself alive&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Excerpt, Lights Out by Kayelle Allen<\/h1>\n<p>The air reeked of antiseptic and starch stiffened the pillowcase. If only the mind-numbing jabbering would stop.<\/p>\n<p>Tornahdo pried open his eyes. The flattened blood bag above him, stenciled equipment and gray walls screamed military hospital.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;d died. Again.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish curses slipped out. His <em>abuela<\/em> would&#8217;ve taken a switch to him. He made the sign of the cross and kissed his fingertips.<\/p>\n<p>After yanking the tube out of his arm, he pressed a thumb over the entry point. Thankfully, this time, he wasn&#8217;t writhing on the floor in agony. Well, not yet.<\/p>\n<p>A faceless android in a Ghost Corps uniform loomed over a bank of equipment displaying Tornahdo&#8217;s name and vitals. First impression was right. Military hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The weapons-grade yapping continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you hear?&#8221; a youthful voice bragged. &#8220;He killed six of &#8217;em last night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, but they don&#8217;t stay dead. They never do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Ultras didn&#8217;t come back to life, their plasma wouldn&#8217;t bring our own people back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The transfusion of enemy blood healed the hole in Tornahdo&#8217;s arm in seconds. He thumbed off the red smear and rolled over on the gurney.<\/p>\n<p>An open door led to a sink and toilet built to let gravity do its work. Which meant this was a planet. You hadn&#8217;t lived until you were in space, floating in zero gravity while your body&#8217;s final twitches sent your corpse spinning.<\/p>\n<p>Notices on the wall confirmed this was San Xavier in the Colonies of Man. Same place he&#8217;d bought it the first time.<\/p>\n<p>This was getting old.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Lights Out<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\npart of the Science Fiction\/Space Opera anthology<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2QxKBGB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Expanding Universe Vol 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Craig-Martelle\/e\/B01AQVF3ZY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craig Martelle<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable Sept 17, 2018<br \/>\n<em>Exclusively on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kayelleallen.com\/lights-out-save-mankind\/\">https:\/\/kayelleallen.com\/lights-out-save-mankind\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Peek Inside Lights Out<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Go behind the scenes with the world and characters of Lights Out with an exclusive illustrated PDF book. Nothing to sign for or opt in to get. Just click and read:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/peek-lights-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/peek-lights-out<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayelleallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/teu4-bnr-lo450.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37333 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayelleallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/teu4-bnr-lo450.png?resize=450%2C113&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Read Lights Out in The Expanding Universe #SpaceOpera #NewRelease by @KayelleAllen\" width=\"450\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">About Kayelle Allen<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kayelle Allen writes Sci Fi and Space Opera with misbehaving robots, mythic heroes, role playing immortal gamers, and warriors who purr. She&#8217;s a US Navy veteran who&#8217;s been married so long she&#8217;s tenured. She is the author of seven books, three novellas, and multiple short stories.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Kayelle&#8217;s Contact Information<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Website <a href=\"http:\/\/kayelleallen.com\/\">https:\/\/kayelleallen.com<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/kayelleallen.author\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/kayelleallen.author<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kayelleallen\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/kayelleallen<\/a><br \/>\nPinterest <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/kayelleallen\/\">http:\/\/pinterest.com\/kayelleallen\/<\/a><br \/>\nAmazon Author page <a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/kayelleallen\">http:\/\/amazon.com\/author\/kayelleallen<\/a><br \/>\nJoin one of Kayelle&#8217;s reader groups and get four free books right away <a href=\"https:\/\/kayelleallen.com\/reader-groups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/kayelleallen.com\/reader-groups<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Kayelle Allen!! What if today was &#8220;lights out?&#8221; If you knew this was your last day to live, what would you do? Would you face the end with a clear conscience? Would you fight for one more day? Look for that person you wronged and make it right? Run away? Turn and fight? 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