Category Archives: Mark Carey

Dream Traveler: new time travel mystery

Hi all,

Mark and I have finished the time travel we’ve been working on for a year.  It was so complicated! Back and forth from 2015 to 2026, with things changing, Alex and Jenna uncovering new clues, Alex exhausted from the time travel and living two days on one night’s sleep.

I guess I should give you clue of the story, huh?

Here is a rough cover, not finalized….

The back cover blurb:

Jenna McCowan has learned to live with her precognitive visions. Most she brushes aside, but one will not be ignored: a handwritten list of seven names. One belongs to her friend Daniel Bridges, who has just died.

Then a man appears in her vision.

Alex Burgess is a Boston journalist who practices lucid dreaming. One night, he dreams he is standing in a park, watching a woman hide something behind a loose brick in a wall. When he wakes and goes into that park, he finds a list of seven names, exactly where she tucked it.

The following night, it happens again. He finds himself in the park, but his time he meets Jenna, and they discover an impossible truth: she is living in 2015. He is living in 2026. Alex has somehow traveled eleven years into the past.

Then Alex discovers something even more disturbing. In 2026, five of the seven men on Jenna’s list are dead. They died within two weeks of one another. In 2015.

Jenna and Alex only have a few days to identify the men and prevent their deaths. Their first attempt succeeds. Then Alex wakes in 2026 to learn that the man they saved from an accident died anyway—stabbed later that same day.

As Jenna and Alex work to save the remaining men, they discover that the victims share a secret someone is desperate to keep hidden. The closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous their interference becomes.

Then their investigation puts Jenna in the sights of the killer.

STAY TUNED! 

Carrie K’s Book Reviews gives “The Ravenstone” 5 stars!

Raventsone coverCarrie K’s Book Reviews

Many thanks to Carrie Kurtz of Carrie K’s Book Reviews for her wonderful review! So glad she loved it.


Book Reviews: REVIEW EXCERPT:

“There were honestly so many interesting things in this book!  It kept me wanting to read and I found myself trying to sneak in extra times to read a chapter or two.  As a matter of fact, I “went to bed” early so that I could finish it last night!

I will certainly be recommending this book!  Not just to children or middle graders, but to anyone who enjoys reading science fiction, fantasy, action, magical type genres.”  

READ ON!Carrie K's Book Reviews

Top 1% Reviewer on Goodreads give The Twain 5 stars!

Top 1% Goodreads reviewer gives a wonderful 5-star review of “The Ravenstone: The Twain,” (part 2 of our Ravenstone series).

REVIEW: “Younger readers, this one’s for you! (But don’t be surprised if the rest of the family wants to read it, too!)

Diane Solomon and Mark Carey have teamed up to pen another middlegrade fantasy that will rocket readers into the world of time travel, evil villains and a desperate attempt by twins Aidan and Nadia to keep their mother safe. Armed with a magical stone and their own special powers, these two young heroes must depend on each other through danger, adventure and slipping in and out of different eras, all while not changing the future a little too much, all while risking being trapped in the past with no way to get home.

THE RAVENSTONE: PART 2: THE TWAIN is written for younger readers to enjoy, understand and relate to, because, really, just how cool would it be to travel through time? Fuel for the imagination created in a rapid-fire pace without getting bogged down in too many details, positive role models, dilemmas to solve and even some socially conscious topics to wrestle with, delightful reading for the entire family to share and discuss!

I received a complimentary copy from Diane Solomon! This is my honest and voluntary review.”

Many thanks to lovely Dianne Bylo!

Dianne’s website/blog: https://tometender.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-ravenstone-part-2-twain-by-diane.html

Dianne’s Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/TomeTender

The Ravenstone: The Twain is available from Amazon, promotional price of 99c for the eBook!    AMAZON LINK

 

Another great review for “The Twain!”

Another wonderful review for “The Ravenstone Part 2: The Twain.”

We are so thrilled! Such a wonderful review on Amazon.

5 STARS: “What a great story!

“I was hooked from the first page and had a hard time stepping away as I followed the continuing adventures of Aiden and Nadia from present day England into past and future New York, and times and places unknown. The underlying goodness of the main characters and their determination to use their brains and gifts to create a better world is so refreshing in contrast to the often disappointing trends in today’s world.

In “The Twain”, the story of the Ravenstone continues and grows from the seeds planted in “The Secret of Ninham Mountain”, the first book of the Ravenstone series. Rarely does a sequel live up to the excitement and satisfaction experienced in the origin story, but “The Twain” does just that, and more.

While this book stands on it’s own, I recommend reading it’s prequel. In fact, I’m sure you will be itching to read it if you haven’t already. And if you have read it, then like me, you will be pulling it off the bookshelf to re-read just to remain in the world of the Ravenstone for a bit longer.

There are clearly more adventures to be had and I will be looking forward to what’s next in the lives of Nadia and Aidan.”

Great review for The Ravenstone Part 2: The Twain

Such a great review tonight on Amazon for our newly published sequel to The Ravenstone.  Part 2: The Twain

5 STARS  Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2020 Verified Purchase

The Ravenstone Part 2 is published! “The Twain”

The Ravenstone Part 2: The Twain is published! 

The Ravenstone Part 2: The Twain, by Diane Solomon and Mark Carey

The eBook is 99c on promotion for the next two weeks. 

AMAZON TO PURCHASE: https://www.amazon.com/Ravenstone-Twain-Diane-Solomon-ebook/dp/B08CG7MV4F

Middle school/Young adult fantasy novel series about 13-yer-old time-travelling twins

A little about the book:

In the much anticipated sequel to The Ravenstone: The Secret of Ninham Mountain, Aidan and Nadia experience a terrifyingly real vision of a massive earthquake which threatens their mother’s life. The mission to save her grows in scope as they investigate, and their subsequent trips across time and space force them to face unimaginable dangers. They must rely on their growing skills plus all the powerful magic of the Ravenstone in their urgent need to stop the disaster facing the earth. Will they succeed? And at what cost?

REVIEW: “Solomon and Carey’s imaginative storytelling sweeps you into a fascinating tale of mystery and adventure. Young twins Nadia and Aidan stumble upon an ancient power that could help their family in the future, or trap them in the past forever. Highly recommended!”   ~ Linda Zimmermann, successful author of 30 books about the paranormal and mysterious stone sites.

The Ravenstone Part 2: The Twain. To be published next week…

The Ravenstone Part 2: The Twain, by Diane Solomon and Mark Carey

Hi All!

At last Mark and I have finished the sequel,  Part 2, of The Ravenstone, and it will be available next week. As a birthday present to myself!

Thanks to so many of you for writing to us requesting another adventure for Aidan and Nadia, or reviewing the book so kindly for us.

Here is a little about the next book, The Twain.

In the much anticipated sequel to “The Secret of Ninham Mountain,” Aidan and Nadia experience a terrifyingly real vision of a massive earthquake which threatens their mother’s life. The mission to save her grows in scope as they investigate, and their subsequent trips across time and space force them to face unimaginable dangers.They must rely on their growing skills and all the powerful magic of the Ravenstone in their urgent need to stop the disaster facing the earth.

Will they succeed? And at what cost?