Blog Tour Stop including Excerpt, Author Interview & Giveaway – Battle Stations by Chris T. Kat

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Author Name: Chris T. Kat

Book Name: Battle Stations

Series: Alliances

Book: Two

True series – should be read in order

Release Date: October 12, 2015

Blurb:
The fight to eradicate the Tash’Ba breeding stations continues, with spunky Commander Berit Turner and his Nadisc mate, Tom, in the thick of things. Sometimes it seems as though they’ll never locate and destroy them all. And there’s always the fear that the Tash’Ba have something else, something worse—if that’s even possible—lurking ahead.

As if things aren’t bad enough, Berit’s less than stellar past is threatening to bite him in the ass, and they’ve received alarming new information. The Tash’Ba Queen needs to use Earth as a place to hatch the egg of her successor. And if what she says is true, the new Queen will be even more voracious and cruel than her predecessor.

Berit, along with his team—Tom, Carson, Niyara, and Fleur—must do everything in their power to stop her. If they fail, Earth will be lost forever.

Categories: M/M Romance, Science Fiction

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Excerpt:

Veering to the left, I allowed myself a quick glance over my shoulder. Not that I saw any chance of the elgoth having lost interest in me, because those fucking beasts never lost interest once they’d set their sights on prey, but sometimes a new prey might attract them more, which I’d have welcomed right then.

My lungs burned and my leg muscles smarted like hell from running like a rabbit through thick brushes and overgrown ferns. I even zigzagged around. Too bad I couldn’t find a rabbit’s hole to hide in.

I had no idea where Tom, Carson, and the rest of the team were, either.

We’d been separated before—it happened when gigantic Tash’Ba war beasts decided we looked good enough to eat—but I’ve never liked it. No, scratch that. Every time it happened, it put the fear of God in me. A gust of warm breath, mingled with some spittle, sprayed my neck. I squeaked and swerved to the right, vaulting over a stunted tree trunk. Seconds later, wood splinters sped past my head, and I lost my footing on the vibrating ground.

I sprawled facedown in the mud, panic sending bolts of confusing messages through my body. Maybe… maybe if I kept completely still, the elgoth wouldn’t touch me? The first time I’d made the acquaintance of one of these towering forty-foot-tall creatures, Tom had instructed me not to move, because they wouldn’t be able to locate us.

It had worked on Ligador and a couple of other breeding stations, but last time a team member tried this approach, the elgoth had roared and ripped him apart. All Tash’Ba war beasts seemed to be altering their tactics, making them even more unpredictable than before.

The mud around me sloshed, almost causing me to inhale some of it. I suppressed the urge to cough and kept my mouth shut as tight as I’d ever done, even though a whimper threatened to spill over my lips any second.

Another gust of foul breath struck my neck. My hair stood on end, my muscles locked in some kind of rigid stupor. That was it. I’d end my life as a morsel for an elgoth.

A blast echoed from the south, and the beast’s breath vanished from my neck. Gunfire followed the blast, and voices filtered through my terrified haze. They’d run right into the elgoth if I didn’t warn them. But… if I moved, or raised my voice, the elgoth would bite my head off. Literally.

 

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qaToday I’m very lucky to be interviewing Chris T. Kat author of Battle Stations (Alliances, Book 2).

Hi Chris, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself, your background, and your current book.

Q:  What genres do you enjoy writing in?

A:  My main genre is M/M, but within that genre I’m all over the place. I’ve written in the genres contemporary, light BDSM, suspense/thriller, paranormal (mainly shape-shifters), fantasy, and science fiction. I enjoy writing in all these genres. The same goes for reading. It depends on my mood. I’ve had times all I wanted to do was to write a cute shape-shifter guy / animal. Other times I wanted a good old-fashioned love story between two guys, and other times I needed the adrenaline kick of writing lots of action. J

Q: What was the hardest part about writing this book?

A:  Battle Stations, like Breeding Stations, was easy to write. Both books flowed. Berit, one of the main characters, kept nattering at me and everything went smoothly. The only part that I’d view as hard were some of the action scenes, especially in Breeding Stations, since not all of Berit’s team made it.

Q:  What did you enjoy most about writing your book?

A:  I fell in love with Berit right away. Tom wasn’t far behind. Then there’s Carson, Berit’s best friend, and at the end of Breeding Stations you’re introduced to Fleur, a special little someone. I really enjoyed bringing these characters to life, to see how they reacted to each other, what silly thing would come out of Berit’s mouth and the protective ways of Tom. All in all, it was an absolute joy to write Battle Stations.

Q:  What cultural value do you see in writing?

A:  For me, the value in writing is to lose myself in a fantasy world, to forget everything around me and relax completely. There’s also the technical aspect of improving my writing skills, to know how to pull a reader into a story or evoke a certain emotional response, but mainly it’s fun for me to build my very own worlds. On a side-note: Writing in English helps me to improve my language skills since English is not my native language.

Q:  What is your favorite positive saying?

A:  Okay, this saying originates from a Disney movie but it’s still my favorite: If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.

 

Meet Chris T. Kat:

Chris T. Kat lives in the middle of Europe, where she shares a house with her husband of many years and their two children. She stumbled upon the M/M genre by luck and was swiftly drawn into it. She divides her time between work, her family—which includes chasing after escaping horses and lugging around huge instruments such as a harp—and writing. She enjoys a variety of genres, such as mystery/suspense, paranormal, and romance. If there’s any spare time, she happily reads for hours, listens to audiobooks or does cross stitch.

Where to find Chris T. Kat:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChrisTKat

Twitter: http://twitter.com/christi_kat

GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/ChrisTKat

Blog: http://christikat.blogspot.com

Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Chris-T.-Kat/e/B008FQQH2Q

 

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26453391-battle-stations

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

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Cover Artist: Anne Cain

 

 

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Tour Dates & Stops:

13-Oct Bayou Book Junkie, Carly’s Book Reviews, Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews, Joyfully Jay

14-Oct Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Jessie G. Books, Kimi-Chan

15-Oct BFD Book Blog, Love Bytes, Havan Fellows

16-Oct MM Good Book Reviews, Molly Lolly, Prism Book Alliance, Hearts on Fire

19-Oct Inked Rainbow Reads, Full Moon Dreaming, The Blogger Girls

 

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