Title: Terminal Core
Author: Lynn Steigleder
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Release Date: 18th April 2020
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Aon, a solid core planet made from the priceless and most dense element in the galaxy, caladium, is under silent attack. Plans are made by off-worlders to dissolve the unbreakable core using crude oil obtained from 19th century earth. Once the oil is refined, the byproduct, gasoline, will soften the caladium, allowing it to be collected. It is soon discovered the core is made from living beings created from caladium itself. The off-worlders employ a band of corrupt inhabitants to carry on this work. They find themselves in a constant struggle with a small coalition of Aonians bent on saving their home world. Both factions clash with the indestructible core creatures. With horrendous beasts one step behind and deadly pitfalls ahead, the coalition struggles to finish its journey, hoping to insure their races’ survival.
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Title: Rising Tide
Series: Edens Wake
Author: Lynn Steigleder
Genre: Sci Fi, Fantasy
Release Date: 17th June 2015
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Rising Tide depicts a world in which land is at a premium due to the advancing sea, where man’s attempt to adapt has led to a decay of morals into survival of the fittest. In the midst of the ocean, a crew of racketeers rescues a stranded diver, Ben Adams. Is the rescue just a fortunate coincidence for Ben, or has he been led to this rendezvous with fate for a common goal? A mysterious island inhabited by a primitive yet advanced race of people. A devious ship captain’s metamorphosis into the essence of evil and a ship’s container discovered by itself in a billion square miles of ocean all play a role in this tale of rebirth for a world corrupted by the collapse of morality.
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Series: Edens Wake
Author: Lynn Steigleder
Genre: Sci Fi, Fantasy
Release Date: 1st May 2015
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Ben’s best friend is killed in an underwater implosion on a dying world. Living to die again, the two men reunite and battle for an ancient artifact, a relic which will ensure this planet’s survival. Ben crosses a threshold. The world he leaves—doomed; the world he enters—reborn. His wife, Eve, and their bumbling charge, Eleazor, follow Ben through the doorway and blindly into the void.
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Series: Edens Wake
Author: Lynn Steigleder
Genre: Sci Fi, Fantasy
Release Date: 12th March 2017
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In this, the third book in the Eden’s Wake Series, Ben, Eve and Pete continue to push through this new Earth as the world sinks deeper into corruption. They gain new allies, including an intellectual animal equipped with the gift of speech. They are forced to battle six aberrations (beasts and riders) deemed nearly indestructible. The environment has manifested into a frigid terrain with the sun lost in the ice filled cloud cover. Swords forged specially for the riders by the riders offer another layer of defense to an already superior force. The humans have deduced that water may possibly be a weapon, but a weapon that even now is freezing at an accelerated rate.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW
What
is your name and where do you call home?
Lynn
Steigleder, King William, VA
Do
you listen to music or have something else that you use whilst writing?
Yes,
I enjoy background noise such as the television when I write.
What
or Who inspired you to start writing?
I’ve
always enjoyed writing short stories but never for any reason other than
enjoyment. After a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and two months later my
department for a pharmaceutical company dissolved, I needed to deal with loss
of work and mobility challenges. On a father/son fishing trip to Hatteras, NC
my son suggested writing as an alternate vocation. And how long have you been
writing? About 15 years.
Do
you prefer e-books, paperbacks, hardcovers or audiobooks?
From
a reader’s point of view.
Paperback.
I prefer to hold a book in my hands when
I read.
From
an author’s point of view.
It
doesn’t matter
Have
you ever read a book more than once?
Yes,
three times
And
if so, what was it?
Stephen
King’s “The Dark Tower” series
Where
do you get your inspiration to write your books?
Most
of my ideas come from within. When I begin a new manuscript, I stare at my
virtual paper, all the while stirring my brain. An idea will soon blossom. Once
it takes root, I fly by the seat of my pants til the first draft is complete.
What
is the name of your most recent book and if you had to sum it up in 20 or less
words, what would you say?
Terminal
Core, a sci-fi novel featuring Aon a world with ties to 19th century
earth and malevolence fighting to cover the solid core planet
How
did you come up with the cover?
I
worked with my publisher on the initial design.
Who
designs the cover of your book(s)?
A
firm in New York is about all I know.
Do
you enjoy reading?
Yes,
but not as much as I did in the past. When younger, if I was awake I had a book
in my hands, now writing monopolizes the majority of my time.
What
is your favourite film based on a book?
“Jaws”
What
is your favourite book genre at the moment?
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
What’s
the best advice that you have been given when it comes to writing?
A
quote by Mike Artell, “If you want to write, then write.”
What
advice would you give other writers?
The
quote by Mike Artell, “If you want to write, then write.”
How
do you come up with the title(s) for your book(s)?
Once
the book is complete, I meld the title into the manuscript with appropriate
words that read as the novel.
What
genre would you place you book into?
I
write in a mixture of genres throughout each book, usually Science Fiction,
Fantasy, Dystopian, Action-Adventure, and Christian Fiction.
Do
you have plans for a new book?
Yes,
it’s a sci-fi/action-adventure/Christian Fiction/Dystopian, mixed into time
travel with everyone invited. “Dalon Con— The Essence of Time,” was sent to my
publisher several weeks ago. Other than that, I am nearing the halfway point of
the fourth book in the “Rising Tide” series. Is this book part of a series? No,
standalone
Which
is your favourite cover of all the books you have written?
“Rising
Tide”
Are
there any book covers you would change?
“Eden’s
Wake”
Do
you have a play-list’s for any of your other books? No
If
you had to choose to be a character from Terminal Core, which would you be and
why?
Clay.
He’s smart, resourceful, proficient with exotic weapons and not the kind of man
you would talk down too.
Who
is your favourite character from Terminal Core and why?
Taggert
Lee comes with a persona that wouldn’t rival an idiot. He’s extremely short,
shabbily dressed and speaks with the refinement of a mud toad. You must watch
this one called Gert, for short closely, for he is as cunning, kind, and
deadly, as any who trod the surface of this planet.
Do
you have a favourite book out of the ones you have wrote?
It’s
close but I would have to say “Deadly Reign” And why is it your favourite? It
shows the characters in a different light and in different whens as the small
furry creature dimensionally travels back and forth between dire situations.
Do
you ever base book characters on people you know?
Not
consciously, But I think it’s inevitable that some characters will have traits
of acquaintances and more so of myself.
On
average how long did it take you to write Terminal Core?
The
first draft about 5 months
Is Rising
Tide the beginning of a series?
Yes
How
many books will be in the series?
There are 3 so far with a 4th in
the works. As long as they continue to write easily and remain fun I’ll
continue the series.
What
genre would you personally put Rising Tide in?
Christian
and Science Fiction.
Is
this a genre you will be writing more of?
Yes
How
did you get your ideas for Rising Tide?
Rising
water has always intrigued me so I decided to pen a novel to that end. Once I
got passed the initial storyline, I shifted into wing it mode as I normally do
until the manuscript was complete. My best writing comes about when I relax and
allow the story to write itself.
Did
you have to any specific research for Rising Tide? If so what/how did you do
it?
I
had to familiarize myself with saturation diving, which is divers living deep
underwater to prevent having to go through decompression cycles more than once
over a several week period.
How
long did it take you to write Rising Tide?
4
months for a first draft.
Where
can your readers follow you?
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