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  Because the horse rescue agencies work in an uneasy alliance with the auction houses, rather than name names, I will encourage you to sponsor a slaughter-bound horse by checking out this list of worthy non-profit horse rescue agencies. It doesn't take much, just a few dollars a month to help them save a life.

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  http://www.horse-protection.org/horse-protection-organizations.php

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  "We don't set up dog and cat slaughterhouses because we have some homeless companion animals, and then ship the meat to some outlier foreign country. We shouldn't adopt that practice for horses, either."

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  (Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States)

  Do you run a non-profit horse advocacy program?

  If you run a non-profit equine advocacy program, I will create (for free) a special standalone edition of The Auction with up to a 10-page bio (with pictures) about YOUR rescue operation at the end (immediately following 'About the Real-Life Luna') and a link directly to your agency which you can host at your website and give away for free for a specified period of time to your supporters. I will happily word it to ask people to support your program or take a desired action to improve the fate of horses.

  I don't want your email addresses or any money or strings. My hope is that your supporters will share your free special edition of The Auction with friends of friends, well-meaning people who aren't aware of what happens to unwanted horses, but would be willing to help if they understood their plight.

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  Email me at: [email protected]

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  Please put: HORSE ADVOCACY in the header

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  About Anna Erishkigal

  Anna Erishkigal is an attorney who writes fantasy fiction as an alternative to coming home from court and cross-examining her children. She writes under a pen-name so her colleagues don't question whether her legal pleadings are fantasy fiction as well. Much of law, it turns out, -is- fantasy fiction. Lawyers just prefer to call it 'zealously representing your client.'

  Seeing the dark underbelly of life makes for some interesting fictional characters. In fiction, you can fudge facts without worrying too much about the truth. In legal pleadings, if your client lies to you, you look stupid in front of the judge.

  At least in fiction, if a character becomes troublesome, you can always kill them off…

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  Other Books by Anna Erishkigal

  Sword of the Gods Saga

  (epic fantasy/space opera/a bit of romance)

  Heroes of Old: Episode 1x01

  * The Chosen One

  Prince of Tyre

  ** Agents of Ki

  The Dark Lord's Vessel

  The Fairy General (coming soon)

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  * CAPE COD TIMES Book Scene - 2013 Spring Reading Pick!

  ** WINNER - Best High Fantasy Novel of 2015

  eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards

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  Children of the Fallen Series

  (paranormal fantasy)

  Angel of Death: A Love Story

  *** A Gothic Christmas Angel

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  ***WINNER - Best Novella of 2014

  eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards

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  Other Books

  The Watchmaker: A Novelette

  The Auction: A Romance

  The Caliphate: A Post-Apocalyptic Suspense Novel

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  Screenplays

  The Caliphate

  Sword of the Gods: Episode 1x01- Heroes of Old (pilot)

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  www.Anna-Erishkigal.com

  Preview: The Watchmaker

  —Ask how you can win an hour in time—

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  Get it HERE: http://eepurl.com/bg-H4X

  Marae O’Conaire has much bigger problems than the fact her watch stopped at 3:57 p.m. When she brings her watch to a kindly repairman, she learns she has won a peculiar prize, a chance to re-live a single hour of her life. But Fate has strict rules about poking into the past, including the warning she can’t create a time-paradox. Can Marae make peace with the mistake she regrets most in this world?

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  "A poignant short read around a theme from Norse mythology. Time is a gift, and sometimes, a last chance…" —Dale Amidei, author

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  "A very moving and dramatic story… if we had a chance to change our past, would we?" —Reader review

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  "Getting a do-over on your deepest regret is a one in a million opportunity!" —Reader review

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  What if you could do it over again?

  Preview: Heroes of Old

  Get it HERE: http://eepurl.com/bg-H4X

  Angelic Special Forces Colonel Mikhail Mannuki'ili awakens, mortally wounded, in his crashed ship. The woman who saves his life has an uncanny ability to heal. But who shot Mikhail down? And why?

  Ninsianna has always had a special relationship with the goddess. She comes from a long line of shamans and healers. When she flees into the desert to escape forced marriage to the Chief's overbearing son, the last thing she expects is a winged man to fall from the sky!

  Meanwhile, in heaven, Prime Minister Lucifer, the Eternal Emperor's adopted son, hatches a plan to override his immortal father's wishes.

  It's life or death in this first installment of the epic sci-fantasy retelling of the myth of fallen angels, Sword of the Gods.

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  This book is NOT religious fiction!

  Preview: The Caliphate

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  Eisa McCarthy lives in Caliphate City under the control of the radical Islamic group, the Ghuraba. Seven years ago General Mohammad bin-Rasulullah defeated the United States in a ruthless betrayal and set up their worldwide Caliphate in the ruins of Washington, D.C. The Ghuraba's supreme holy leader, the Abu al-Ghuraba, claims Eisa's father gave him control of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, a claim bolstered by the smoldering ashes of many cities and her Syrian-born mother's testimony. But after her mother is accused of apostasy, she learns her father may not be the 'martyr' the Ghuraba claim.

  Do the Ghuraba really possess the launch codes for the ICBM missiles? Or did her father 'lock them out' as Colonel Everhart, the rebel commander, wants her to tell the world? If she fights, the Ghuraba will kill her little sister, but if she doesn't, eventually the Ghuraba will hack in and nuke them all. All Eisa has are a string of Muslim prayer beads and a pre-Islamic myth her father
told her the night he disappeared.

  The fate of the world, and her little sister's life, hang in the balance as Eisa sorts through ancient myth, her Muslim faith, and what really happened the night the Ghuraba seized control.

  "The parallels the author draws between the current landscape in Syria and Iraq and a future United States are unsettling, as they portray present-day atrocities with unflinching accuracy…"

  —Dale Amidei, Jon's Trilogy

  Preview: A Gothic Christmas Angel

  Winner of the eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards - Best Novella of 2014

  The Ghosts of Old Miseries are never far behind…

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  Dumped by her boyfriend on Christmas Eve, Cassie Baruch thought her pain would end when she aimed her car at an ancient beech tree. But when a gorgeous black-winged angel appears and tells her "this ain’t no stinking paranormal romance, kid," she realizes death hasn’t solved her problems. Can Jeremiel help her exorcise the ghosts of problems past and find a little closure?

  This modern paranormal spin on the myth of guardian angels blends A Christmas Carol with It's A Wonderful Life to give people hope they can come to grips with the past and overcome.

  “Very few books move me to tears but this one did in the most glorious fashion. There is a message here, told with humor and grace. Wonderful!” —Reader review

  “She made me care. And she made me cry. And I’m very, very thankful for the ending.” —Reader review

  "A book that touched me like no other book has!" —Reader review

  "Once again Anna spins words into gold. The gothic twist to this modern Christmas Carol is terrific..." —Reader review

  "If I could, I'd give this story an infinity amount of stars! This book/story gave me chills." —Reader review

  Preview: Angel of Death: A Love Story

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  Azrael Thanatos wants nothing more than to follow in the footsteps of his scientist mother. Sent to study humans on a wager between the Eternal Emperor and Shay'tan, he has no idea that Earth is gateway to a fiery prison. Far from home, he is befriended by Elissar, a precocious child with silver eyes. When Moloch instigates the invasion of Carthage to escape, Azrael sacrifices his life to snatch his friend from the Devourer of Children's maw.

  Saved by a mysterious goddess, Azrael is given a new mission. Watchman. Roaming the Earth without shape or form, he searches for those who would help Moloch escape and drags them to a prison where only Lucifer holds the key. It's a hellish immortality, for who wants to serve alongside the Fallen or exist when no living creature can survive your touch. Haunted by Elissar's death, he despairs of never finding love or friendship as time grinds civilizations into dust. For who would love Death?

  Then one day a child takes his hand and lives…

  Life for Elisabeth is not easy. The Angel of Death took her entire family the night a drunk driver plowed through a stop sign and left her in a wheel chair. Azrael is forbidden to interfere as she bounces through foster homes, hardship and grueling rehabilitation. Then one day he is forced to reveal he is not a figment of her imagination. Oh, how she hates this angel who has taken everyone she has ever loved! The invasion of Iraq inspires her to join the Army as a trauma nurse, unaware that Death has fallen in love with the woman who can defeat him.

  Will she take his hand a second time?

  Copyright

  The Auction: A Romance. Copyright © 2014 by Anna Erishkigal. All rights reserved. Registered in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

  This is a work of adult fiction. All of the characters, places and events portrayed in this novel are products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to any real person or place is purely coincidental.

  Published by Seraphim Press, P.O. Box 440, East Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts 02537-0440.

  www.seraphim-press.com

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  Electronic Edition:

  eISBN-13: 9780985489670

  eISBN-10: 0-9854896-7-7

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  Paperback Edition:

  ISBN-13: 978-1502969392

  ISBN-10: 1502969394

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  Cover art and sigils: Copyright 2014 by Anna Erishkigal. Compiled from stock images purchased from DepositPhotos, 11284139, 4779919, 48814725. A complete list of images can be provided upon request.