Hello, one and all My name is Shane Porteous and I am a first time published author. My book Rasciss tells the story of Hollowawk a man who literally defied death and now must face the wrath of petty gods.

Rasciss is available on numerous online sites including:

www.amazon.com
www.barnesandnoble.com
www.fishpond.com.au

Just to name a few.

I joined this site for a number of reasons. The first is I know how difficult it is to get a book published in the first place. The only thing harder is getting people to know about your books once they have been published. I joined smashwords for a very simple reason and that was to help support independent authors and their works. So everytime I want to read something new I buy it from here to ensure that my money is going towards helping the independant authors who help to keep creativity alive!.

Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVyMMONqrko

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• She on June 30, 2011
  
  Put simply this is the best urban fantasy story that I have ever read period. From word one I was hooked into this tale, possessed by it if you will. I found myself more than once looking over my shoulder convinced that someone or rather something was watching me waiting for its opportunity to enter my world. You feel haunted as you are reading the pages of “She” like something just isn’t right, like you are entering a world that you really don’t want to enter. In other words, you feel exactly how the main character feels. “She” is written with a pace that makes you feel every single word combined with hauntingly beautiful descriptions to forge a story that is anything but forgettable. That is the mark of a truly talented writer, someone who tells a story that you feel as opposed to reading words on a cold piece of paper. One of the greatest attributes of “She” (One of many I might add) is how mysterious everything is within its pages. Considering that this story is done in the real world that is quite an accomplishment. I could continue on with many more praises and compliments but I think I have gotten my point across. “She” is a tale that will entice from the very first word right to the very last.
  
• Mathion: Book One of the Mavonduri Trilogy on July 16, 2011
  
  The debut novel of Jeff Shanley, Mathion is truly a great read that returns to the more traditional golden age way of writing. Mathion the first book in the Mavonduri trilogy tells the story of Mathion the Wolven prince and his white wolf companion Elekan as they journey to the black city the capital of the werewolf kingdom. This is a great book that pays homage to the Lord of the Rings without being a knock off. There are no elves or dwarves in Mathion and the fact that the author has taken the time to write his own detailed and complex history of all the men, Wolven and werewolves in Mathion really shows in his story telling. The fact he took the time to give everybody their own history really helps get the reader invested in both the good guys and the bad guys, with the werewolves especially. As you are reading Mathion you get drawn into the world and see many layers to the werewolves as opposed to the stereo typical mindless monsters that many other authors seem to rely upon when writing about the werewolf. The hero of the piece Mathion is also another character that is rather quite memorial along with Elekan the legendary white wolf that is almost always by his side.
  
• HRÉOKAI: THE RISE OF AZGHARÁTH on Aug. 14, 2011
  
  This FREE novella serves as a prequel of sorts to [book:Mathion: Book One of the Mavonduri Trilogy|10145053] detailing the rise of AZGHARATH the betrayer, the series main antagonist. It is written as a kind of journal entry, spoken from a first person point of view beginning with the origins of the Kanin (werewolves) and the reasons behind why AZGHARATH went to war with his own family. This Novella offers insight into the mind of the betrayer and embellishes his character allowing the fans of the Mavonduri trilogy a better insight to the events that shaped him into the werewolf king. While the fan in me really wanted to see more of a real-time story, the sheer vastness of Mavonduri's rich history would have forced this to become a novel all of its own and hey, there is a reason why it is called the Mavonduri Trilogy. Never the less though for fans of the series, this novella serves as a fun bonus while at the same times allows an incentive to non-fans to give Mathion a read.