NBtM Virtual Tour and Giveaway: Song of the King's Heart by Nicole Sallak Anderson

Welcome to my stop on the NBtM virtual tour for the Song of the King's Heart trilogy by Nicole Sallak Anderson. This tour was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I'm focusing on the first book in the trilogy with an excerpt from that book as well as a great guest post from the author. There's also the tour wide giveaway for a chance to win a $50 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. Be sure to visit the other stops on the tour for more content and more info about each book in the series. Enjoy!

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Title: Origins

Series: Song of the King's Heart #1

Author: Nicole Sallak Anderson

Publisher: Literary Wanderlust

Publication Date: October 1st 2019

Print Length: 233 pages

Genre: Historical Fantasy Romance

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This is the lost story of Lord Ankhwenefer, known to the Greeks as Chaonnophris the Rebel, the last native Egyptian Pharaoh. The brilliance and heartache of his rebellion weave a tale that history has forgotten.

Until now.

In the year 205 B.C., after centuries of Persian and Macedonian occupation, a rebel king rises from the south to take ancient Egypt back unto native hands. He will battle the Ptolemy line for twenty years, and rule almost eighty percent of Egypt, yet in the end, history will never mention his name.

Born Prince Ankhmakis, the last in a line of native Egyptian kings, he is raised with one purpose—to help his father reclaim Egypt from the Macedonian occupiers and return their country to dynastic greatness. Fate, however, has its own plans. For lies and deceit live in the hearts of all involved, from his family to the priesthood, and the Greeks aren’t the only ones who seek to destroy him.

Natasa is in training to become the High Priestess of the temple of Isis. Her task is to strengthen the royal family with the magic of the goddess through love and pleasure. She never thought the connection between her and Ankhmakis could be so strong, or carry a power coveted by those lurking in the shadows. Nor did she know that the child they would create would have her own great destiny to fulfill.

Together, Ankhmakis and Natasa must defend the potential of their love from those who would seek to use it for their own gain. Theirs is a world of magic, power, riches, and lust, and there are those within the court who would do anything to keep Ankhmakis and Natasa apart. Between mystical forces, murder, and illicit schemes--only the gods know if they’ll survive.

**All the eBooks in the trilogy are only $0.99 each!**

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EXCERPT:

Before sunrise on the final morning of their journey, Natasa woke to the sound of gentle music. She slipped away from her snoring father, who was, of course, sleeping beside her and made her way up to the deck. There she found Iu-Amon standing in the shadows. He was watching Ankhmakis, who stood at the bow playing his pandura, unaware he had an audience. Natasa smiled at how beautiful and noble the prince looked, singing to the rising Sun God, Ra.

“What’s he doing?” she asked Iu-Amon.

“He’s played this song every morning since Alexandria,” Iu-Amon whispered.

“It’s beautiful,” she sighed.

The sky turned purple, and streaks of pink and gold paled the horizon.

“Why does he do it?”

“Well,” Iu-Amon said, smiling as bright as Ra himself, “it’s been my experience that only one thing compels a young man to sing to the sunrise.”

“What?” she asked.

“I think the prince is in love.”

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Nicole Sallak Anderson is Computer Science graduate from Purdue University, and former CTO for a small Silicon Valley startup, turned novelist, speaker, and blogger, focusing on the intersection of technology and consciousness. Her essays range from AI and Zen to direct democracy to the loneliness of modern parenting — featured as a top twenty story on Medium. In addition, her work on Universal Basic Income has been included on 2020 presidential candidate, Andrew Yang’s, website.

Her latest project, The Song of the King’s Heart Trilogy, is a series about the last native Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt and his quest to take back his ancestral kingdom from the Ptolemaic Empire. The first two installments, Origins and Blood and Chaos, are available on Amazon. The last novel in the series, Civilization’s End, will be released October 2021. You can keep up with all her latest writing on her website or by following on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,  and Medium. Feel free to contact her, she almost always answers to any query or comment!

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GUEST POST:

Ten Things Most People Don’t Know About Me
by Nicole Sallak Anderson

I feel like I’m an open book to anyone who knows me, but there are some things even my best friends might not know about me.

1) I don’t know which direction is north. It’s impossible for me to navigate anywhere. I know which way is up and as a former gymnast my position relative to the earth is quite clear; I can twist and flip my way to my feet under most conditions. But I can’t tell you how to get out of a forest, ever.

2) I don’t know how fast an object is coming toward me. This is a problem when driving, I know. It means I’m that person who waits forever to turn left across traffic. I also hate playing all ball sports for the same reason.

3) I don’t like the feel of dirt on my fingers and toes. Especially mud. Not because I don’t like the soil, but because I’m afraid of the yucky bugs and leeches that live in the dirt.

4) My fingers constantly dance on the steering wheel when I’m listening to music while driving. Life is one big choreography to me.

5) I have a crush on the Witcher. And Denis Morton, my favorite Peloton instructor.

6) I don’t consider myself a romantic, but every novel I’ve written is a love story, albeit tragic ones.

7) I’ve always wanted to be an old woman and am so happy to be approaching the age of fifty. I still feel like I’m too young, but it’s closer than I’ve ever been.

8) I have to wear heels when I write. Beautiful shoes are my fetish.

9) I’m afraid of deep water where I can’t see the bottom. I know there are monsters down there, and you know I’m right.

10) My favorite ballroom dance is the tango. I’ve even written a novel in its honor.

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GIVEAWAY:

Nicole Sallak Anderson will be awarding a $50 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter. Good luck!

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