Posts Tagged ‘The Staff of Rahgorra’

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Mark Oetjens

Mark Oetjens was born in 1971. He grew up in suburban Chicago. As a child he was diagnosed with Dystonia, a debilitating neuromuscular disorder. Though there is no cure for Dystonia, surgeries and rehabilitation allowed him to walk with only a slight limp by the time he started high school. He received a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Anthropology, both from Northern Illinois University. As an adult a brain tumor, completely unrelated to his Dystonia, threatened to disable him a second time. Thanks to radiation therapy the tumor has disappeared.  Mark currently lives in Phoenix, AZ. Mark’s latest book is the science fiction novel, The Staff of
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The Staff of Rahgorra Virtual Book Tour November ’10

Join Mark Oetjens, author of the science f iction novel, The Staff of Rahgorra (Conquer Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – 26‘10 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Mark Oetjens Mark Oetjens was born in 1971. He grew up in suburban Chicago. As a child he was diagnosed with Dystonia, a debilitating neuromuscular disorder. Though there is no cure for Dystonia, surgeries and rehabilitation allowed him to walk with only a slight limp by the time he started high school. He received a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Anthropology, both from Northern Illinois University. As an adult
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New Book for Review: Science Fiction ‘The Staff of Rahgorra’ by Mark Oetjens

Mark Oetjens will be touring in November ’10 with his science fiction novel, The Staff of Rahgorra. Another time, another galaxy. The mysterious crime lord Thrull has aspirations beyond controlling the underworld in a single corner of the galaxy.  Thrull wants to bring the galaxy under one rule and build a legitimate Galactic Empire.  For years he has been training an army of his followers and building his own private Armada.  But he knows he must also find the Staff of Rahgorra, a weapon of mythic power. To keep Thrull from finding the Staff the Galactic Security Bureau, peacekeepers of the galaxy, has pressed back into service a banished
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