The Diamond and the Rough
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Meet Jean
...a fiery, headstrong, redheaded ghost chaser that co-leads PASS, the Paranormal and Supernatural Society, in Shadow Valley, a winter resort town in the Northwest USA. Life there is like any other that caters to the seasonal whims of skiers during the winter and tourists off-season.
Despite spending their time creeping through the dark nooks and deep shadows of the 100+ year-ol...
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson was raised in Southern California before moving to Utah to attend high school. While a teenager, he conceived and began writing his teen adventure series, "The Starriders Saga". Never one to let grass grow under his feet, he continued exploring different story concepts and struck upon what has become the "SoulChaser Universe". Besides being a father and writer, his passions include theater production, fast cars, off-roading, rock'n roll, and is a Harley-Davidson enthusiast.
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The Diamond and the Rough - Jason Anderson
Praise for SoulChaser
With an intriguing premise and bloody good action scenes, SoulChaser takes us on a paranormal adventure where death hunts among us, even as we don’t realize it....
- Chris Marie Green
Author of VAMPIRE BABYLON
A fast moving tale of Kiah, a SoulChaser going after a rogue soul from the Abyss, both of them jumping from human to human in the pursuit. And in the bloody chaos that follows, Kiah’s lady-love suddenly disappears without warning or explanation. Read on.
- James C. Glass
Author of VIPER OF PORTELLO
Just finished SoulChaser and I loved it! It hits the ground running and doesn’t let up until the final page. It all added up to some epic story-telling and I honestly can’t wait for the next installment.
- Keith Knapp
Author of MOONLIGHT
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The Starriders Saga
(as J.A. Anderson)
Dragon Fire
Rebels Without A Clue
P/U (Pranksters United)*
The SoulChaser Universe
Earthbound Trilogy:
Earthbound
Heaven’s Eyes*
Flight of Angels*
The Jean Archer Quartet:
The Diamond and the Rough
Interlude #1: Sticks & Stones
All Fall Down*
(*forthcoming)
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This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, places and reference materials portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or used fictitiously. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental and are a product of the author’s imagination.
Jean Archer: Sticks & Stones
jeanarcher.net
SoulChaser Universe
soulchaser-universe.com
Published by arrangement with the author.
SoulChaser
logo designed by Juan Maestas
Cover design by the author
Author photo by Amelia Binkerhoff
Copyright © 2015 by Jason A. Anderson
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the author, except for inclusion of brief quotations in a review.
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First Digital Edition: September, 2015
JAQ - Sticks and Stones - Title Page.jpgThe day was overcast, the sky was a heavy gray that looked ready to douse Grantham, England’s streets with rain when she found the book. It rested unnoticed in a stack of ancient leather bound and hard-backed tomes, tucked away in a nowhere book exchange called Tabitha’s.
Monique had been searching for something interesting to read when the back of her fingers brushed across its worn cover and an electrical charge surged up her hand to radiate instantly through her whole body. She shivered, then moved the upper part of the stack and uncovered the book itself. The rough, much abused, brown leather cover didn’t have a title stamped on it or on the book’s spine, which she found curious. She had expected some sort of embossing or impression in the leather based on how aged it looked; after picking it up and looking over its exterior, she finally had to open it.
The first few pages were blank...old...aged to the color of yellowed parchment. Feeling a little deflated, the teenage girl continued to turn the brittle pages and finally exposed one with curious, black writing in the center.
Scripted in a foreign tongue, she couldn’t read the title, but she found the flowing, ancient calligraphy intriguing. Her fingers seemed to tingle where she touched it. After a few minutes of holding the grimoire, she decided not only did she have to have it, but the