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am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE ANCESTOR by Lee Matthew Goldberg Blog
Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the
giveaway!
About
The Book:
Author: Lee Matthew
Goldberg
Pub. Date: August
21, 2020
Publisher: All Due
Respect
Formats: Paperback,
eBook
Pages: 348
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
A man wakes up in present-day Alaskan
wilderness with no idea who he is, nothing on him save an empty journal with
the date 1898 and a mirror. He sees another man hunting nearby, astounded that
they look exactly alike. After following this other man home, he witnesses a
wife and child that brings forth a rush of memories of his own wife and child,
except he's certain they do not exist in modern times-but from his life in the
late 1800s. After recalling his name is Wyatt, he worms his way into his
doppelganger Travis Barlow's life. Memories become unearthed the more time he
spends, making him believe that he'd been frozen after coming to Alaska during
the Gold Rush and that Travis is his great-great grandson. Wyatt is certain
gold still exists in the area and finding it with Travis will ingratiate
himself to the family, especially with Travis's wife Callie, once Wyatt falls
in love. This turns into a dangerous obsession affecting the Barlows and
everyone in their small town, since Wyatt can't be tamed until he also
discovers the meaning of why he was able to be preserved on ice for over a
century.
A meditation on love lost and unfulfilled
dreams, The Ancestor is a thrilling page-turner in present day Alaska and a
historical adventure about the perilous Gold Rush expeditions where prospectors
left behind their lives for the promise of hope and a better future. The
question remains whether it was all worth the sacrifice….
Praise for THE ANCESTOR:
“A story that blends the familiar and the
supernatural in a manner that calls Stephen King’s work to mind. That said,
Goldberg’s book possesses a flavor all its own—a distinctive mélange of the
sincere and the strange.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Lee Matthew Goldberg is an animal—there is no
other way to say it. His prose is heavyweight ambitious, as visceral as a
sweaty-toothed dog at your throat. He evokes Robert Louis Stevenson as much as
he does a modern thriller novelist. And I’ll be honest: I expected a crime
novel, but I got a spell-binding epic, an epistolary revelation, a tale as rich
as a paying gold mine. The Ancestor is more than a novel. It’s an ode to the
rich tradition of adventure storytelling…seasoned with ample spice of love and
violence and greed.” —Matt Phillips, author of Countdown and Know Me from
Smoke
“In The Ancestor, Lee Matthew Goldberg
masterfully weaves together a story involving family and violence set against
the backdrop of an unforgiving Alaska of both past and present.” —Andrew
Davie, author of Pavement and Ouroboros
“From the icy opening battle of man vs. wolf,
you feel yourself in the hands of a master storyteller and that feeling never
lets up.” —SJ Rozan, bestselling author of Paper Son
“This thrilling novel is rich in descriptions
of the vast, snowy, and deadly wilderness of Alaska; it ably captures the type
of person who chases gold.” —Foreword Reviews
“Beautifully written, and capturing the
unforgiving grit of Gold Rush Alaska, Lee Matthew Goldberg’s The Ancestor is a
thrilling page-turner with an ache in its heart. I’m a huge fan.” —Roz Nay,
author of Hurry Home and Our Little Secret
“A suspenseful historical thriller.” —Indie
Reader
“One of the year’s best thrillers. Blake
Crouch fans will love Goldberg’s Alaskan opus.” —BestThrillers
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About Lee:
Lee Matthew Goldberg is the
author of the novels THE ANCESTOR, THE MENTOR, THE DESIRE CARD and SLOW DOWN.
He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for the Prix du
Polar. His first YA series RUNAWAY TRAIN is forthcoming in 2021 along with a
sci-fi novel ORANGE CITY. After graduating with an MFA from the New School, his
writing has also appeared in The Millions, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, LitReactor,
Monkeybicycle, Fiction Writers Review, Cagibi, Necessary Fiction, the anthology
Dirty Boulevard, The Montreal Review, The Adirondack Review, The New Plains
Review, Underwood Press and others. He is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of
Fringe, dedicated to publishing fiction that’s outside-of-the-box. His pilots
and screenplays have been finalists in Script Pipeline, Book Pipeline, Stage
32, We Screenplay, the New York Screenplay, Screencraft, and the Hollywood
Screenplay contests. He is the co-curator of The Guerrilla Lit Reading Series
and lives in New York City. Follow him at LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Goodreads | Amazon
Giveaway
Details:
3 lucky winners will receive an eBook of THE ANCESTOR, International.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
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12/28/2020 |
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12/28/2020 |
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12/29/2020 |
Interview |
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12/29/2020 |
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12/30/2020 |
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12/31/2020 |
Excerpt |
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12/31/2020 |
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1/1/2021 |
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1/1/2021 |
Excerpt |
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1/4/2021 |
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1/5/2021 |
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1/5/2021 |
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1/6/2021 |
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1/7/2021 |
Review |
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1/7/2021 |
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1/8/2021 |
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