Pump Up Your Book Presents The Moreva of Astoreth Virtual Book Publicity Tour

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Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Roxanne Bland’s THE MOREVA OF ASTORETH virtual book tour December 1st – January 29th!

Inside the Book

The Moreva of Astoreth

Title: THE MOREVA OF ASTORETH
Author: Roxanne Bland
Publisher: Blackrose Press
Pages: 607
Genre: Science Fiction

Moreva Tehi, scientist, healer, priestess of the Goddess of Love and three-quarters god, is a bigot. She hates the hakoi who are the Temple’s slaves. When she misses an important ritual because the enslaved hakoi are participants, her grandmother, the Goddess Astoreth, punishes her by exiling her for a year from her beloved southern desert home to the far north village of Mjor in the Syren Perritory, (where the hakoi are free) to steward Astoreth’s landing beacon. But Astoreth forbids her from taking with her scientific research on red fever, a devastating scourge that afflicts the hakoi. She does so, anyway.

The first Mjoran she meets is Laerd Teger, the hakoi chief of the village, who appears to hate her. She also meets Hyme, the hakoi village healer, and much to Moreva Tehi’s surprise, they form a fast friendship. This friendship forces her to set upon a spiritual journey to confront her bigotry. While doing so, she falls in love with Laerd Teger, who returns her love. She eventually has a revelation about the meaning of love, and rids herself of her bigotry. And she develops a cure for red fever, and is the first healer to do so.

But there is a price for her love for Laerd Teger, and that is her certain execution by the Goddess Astoreth upon her return home because she has broken her sacred vows. But then, through Laerd Teger, she learns a terrible secret about her gods, that they are not gods at all, but aliens, and rather than being part god, she is part alien. Her world destroyed, she turns on Laerd Teger for showing her the truth. They eventually reconcile. But there is still the problem about her love for Laerd Teger. Astoreth will know what she has done and will execute her. She formulates a plan, involving the erasure of her memory, in which she will bargain for her life by giving Astoreth the formula for red fever. Astoreth agrees. For breaking her vows and disobeying a direct order not to take her red fever research to Mjor, Astoreth strips her of her morevic status and exiles her again to Mjor. Back in Mjor, she recovers her memory and sends the red fever formula to Astoreth. Now freed from the constraints of being a Moreva, Tehi and Teger embark on a new life together.

For More Information

  • The Moreva of Astoreth is available at Amazon.
  • Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads.

Meet the Author

Roxanne Bland

Roxanne Bland grew up in Washington, D.C., where she discovered strange and wonderful new worlds through her local public library and bookstores. These and other life experiences have convinced her that reality is highly overrated. Ms. Bland lives in Rosedale, Maryland with her Great Dane, Daisy Mae.

Her latest book is the science fiction novel, The Moreva of Astoreth.

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Tour Schedule

Tuesday, December 1 – First Chapter Reveal & Tour Kick Off at Pump Up Your Book!

Wednesday, December 2 – Interview at PUYB Virtual Book Club

Thursday, December 3 – Guest Blogging at The Story Behind the Book

Friday, December 4 – Interview at As the Page Turns

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Monday, December 7 – First Chapter Reveal at The Dark Phantom

Tuesday, December 8 – Interview at I‘m Shelf-ish

Wednesday, December 9 – Guest Blogging at The Writer’s Life

Thursday, December 10 – Character Interview at Pimp That Character!

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Monday, December 14 – Interview at The Literary Nook

Tuesday, December 15 – First Chapter Reveal at Literal Exposure

Wednesday, December 16 – Book Feature at 3 Partners in Shopping

Thursday, December 17 – Book Feature at Bound 2 Escape

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Monday, December 21 – Book Feature at My Bookish Pleasures

Wednesday, December 23 – Guest Blogging at Lori’s Reading Corner

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Tuesday, December 29 – Book Feature at Ali-The Dragon Slayer

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Monday, January 4 – Interview at Examiner

Tuesday, January 5 – Interview at The Writer’s Life

Wednesday, January 6 – Guest Blogging at Confessions of an Eccentric Bookaholic

Thursday, January 7 – First Chapter Reveal at Read My First Chapter

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Monday, January 11 – Book Feature at Write and Take Flight

Tuesday, January 12 – Interview at Literarily Speaking

Thursday, January 14 – Book Review at Mary’s Cup of Tea

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Monday, January 18 – Book Feature at Crystal’s Chaotic Confessions

Monday, January 18 – Book Feature at Booklover Sue

Tuesday, January 19 – Book Feature at Archaeolibrarian – I Dig Good Books!

Wednesday, January 20 – Interview at Beyond the Books

Thursday, January 21 – Interview at The Dark Phantom

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Monday, January 25 – Book Review at Ashley’s Bookshelf

Tuesday, January 26 – Book Review at Books, Food and Me

Wednesday, January 27 – Interview at SheWrites

Friday, January 29 – Book Review at Deal Sharing Aunt

 

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