Book Tour : Tribal Affairs by Matt Dallmann.

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Book Details:

Book Title: Tribal Affairs by Matt Dallmann
Category: YA Fiction, 277 pages
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Matt Dallmann
Release date: July 2017
Tour dates: August 6 to 24, 2018
Content Rating: G (No bad language or sex)

Book Description:

Dahlia, a centuries-old genie, lies hopelessly trapped in a damaged golden locket charm attached to an ankle bracelet. Its owner, sixteen-year-old Liana, wears it for the first time during her father Jamison’s opening night illusion spectacular. Not only does its presence cause Jamison to folly his performance, but it also starts a chain of bizarre events that lead to a showdown with Dahlia’s mortal enemy, Stefan, and an unsuspecting romance between Liana and his son.

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Matt Dallmann has a background in acting and holds a BFA from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. His films and screenplays have been featured at film festivals across the United States including Cinequest, Big Apple Film Festival, Seattle’s True Independent Film Festival, DragonCon and Zero Independent Film Festival. His piano compositions have been published for commercial use and he is a member of ASCAP. Matt is also the Co-Founder and Vice President of the boutique medical billing firm VGA Billing Services, Inc. in New York City. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two daughters.

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Book Review : Tribal Affairs by Matt Dallmann.

“A huge shoutout to the author for sending a paperback all the way from US in exchange for a honest and unbiased review. The Book was all intact and alive with its glossy softy cover.

This review is done as part of the book review program of Ireadbooktours.

Thanks again.”

– Vithya.

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Tribal affairs is a tale of centuries old dispute between two ancient tribes of djinn or genies, Marid and Ifrit. Marid’s being the most powerful among the 5 tribes of genie, they are genies who like humans whereas Ifrit are the shrewd types who manipulate humans and outwardly hate them.

As The Blurb goes….

‘Dahlia, a centuries old genie, lies hopelessly trapped in a damaged golden locket charm attached to an ankle bracelet. Its owner, sixteen-year-old Liana, wears it for the first time during her father Jamison’s opening night illusion spectacular. Not only does its presence cause Jamison to folly his performance, but it also starts a chain of bizarre events that lead to a showdown with Dahlia’s mortal enemy, Stefan, and an unsuspecting romance between Liana and his son’.

Main Characters :

Dahlia, Liana, Taffi, Stefan, Jamison and Amon.

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To simply put it, Dahlia is a centuries old MARID genie trapped in a golden locket and the locket belongs to liana’s late mother which now she’s wearing as an anklet bracelet. The wearing of the locket starts a chain of bizarre events in liana’s life. As the story progresses she finds herself in a different magical world, not just that, she realises that her arrival was awaited from centuries where now she is prepared for a showdown with Dahlia’s mortal enemy Stefan. With this, there is another main character Taffi, Stefan’s son, who plays  an important role in this genie conflict tale.

I loved the book’s different and fresh take on magical fantasy choosing a plot around genies as we all have a childhood fantasy of genies who turns our wishes into reality with just a command. The narration was indeed good and the language as easy as it could be. Though initially i couldn’t get myself to start reading it as I didn’t know what to expect from a story of genies. But once i was on it, it didn’t feel even once like it was overdone or too much or clichéd. The story was modern unlike what you would expect from a genie story as the plot starts with the main protagonist 16 year old liana, a college goer staying with an aged father, who is a professional magician, trying to make a living out of it.

It was only a few chapters down the line, i found myself hooked to the story and i mean completely hooked and also i had difficulty recognizing dahlia’s and liana’s dialogues apart. There were times i thought it was liana thinking when it was actually dahlia and vice versa, as both their character’s and pasts had many similarities.

I loved all the magical sequence in the story. The love story of Dahlia and Alexander was as beautiful as liana’s and Taffi. There were quite a few lines i found catchy and one of them being, Through all our travels and tragedies, we had seen both the dark and the light in each other’s eyes and still chose to stay” which perfectly sums up their love for each other.

Final verdict :

If you are fan of magical fantasy in a dire need of fresh air, This one is highly recommended!

Love – O – Meter : 4.5🌟

Publisher : Matt Dallmann.

Publication Date : 17 May 2017.

Book length : 278.

Buy :  Amazon India

Price : Rs 927.

Interview with Author Abhinav Singh.

 

Grateful to the Author for taking out time and responding to my email. I had many queries while reading the book and i had put down all in front of the author, few questions are from google and i am glad all were answered however queer they might be. Thanks so much, it was nice to know you as an author. All the more success for your future books.

– Vithya.

Book Review of The Last Attractor of Chaos.

Full Interview 

Tell us all about your book? from where did you get inspiration? what prompted you to become a writer? Describe your journey as a writer?

My book : The Last Attractor of Chaos is about a smart and fiery R&AW agent Shruti Rathore, the circumstances that lead to her entrapment and some unanswered questions on life and death which have been dealt with, in a different light.

The inspiration was to find a way out of the working hours and to have some time for my own. ( it is yet to be achieved).

Writing this book was a painful, monotonous, year long experience. Each chapter took about three days to come out and next four days were spent on rewriting and editing. My weekly offs were spent in front of a local chaiwala, ordering cups of tea as I wrote the book on my phone.
Writing at home was out of question, all credits to my son, who was just over eighteen months when I started the book.

What is physics for you?

The answer to all holographic reality, as we perceive it to be. It’s not any self help book or guru, but a simple electron that has taught me this: Your reality is limited to your imagination.

How long did it took to write this book? how many rejection before your book got published? How did it feel when your first book got published?

Honestly I never went to any traditional publishing house so that I would never have to face rejection. It wasn’t the fear of rejection as much as, it was the fear of wasting time. So I opted for self publishing from the start with a confidence that I can make this work.

How do you manage teaching and writing book?

Teaching in the coaching industry is a very straining experience, especially if students prefer to study from a teacher/s. I took time out from the slots in which there were no classes. I must mention here that it wasn’t my professional life but my personal life that suffered in the writing process.
There is none other than my wife who held the strings tight in the tough times.

What was your hardest scene to write?

Making a pregnant woman escape, all on her own, from the custody of Army Police was the hardest one to write.

Which is your favourite character in the book and why?

Can’t say which one. I tried to do justice to every character and let every character build itself.

If you are an avid reader, which is your favorite book and why? who are your favorite authors?
Which is your favorite physics book and why?

Dan Brown and Mario Puzo books are my favourite in fiction. I love Robert Kiyosaki and Robert Green books on self help. In physics I love the way Stephen Hawking has explained the laws in the most simplistic way possible but I read everything; from Einstein’s original text to current journals, as much as I can get my hands on.
Adding to that I read books to write books. For example I read The Kaoboys Of R&AW by B Raman ( an ex- spy) to understand how R&AW works.

If you could have been the original author of any book, what would it have been and why?

The Godfather. I can’t explain why but that book struck on my nerves for a very long time.

Your bio says you are a physics teacher. how did your students react to your book?. Did you ask them for any feedback?

I am very conservative in that aspect. I think my students should be studying their course books rather than my own, which will bring them no immediate benefit. So I refrained from talking about my books to them but I definitely discussed about it to some ex-students of mine who loved the book ( or may be they said so out of courtesy, I’ll never know..)

Reading the book i feel you must have referred to standard physics books? which physics books did you use for reference?

It was a lifetime of accumulated and processed information. It wasn’t any one or two books.

When is the sequel coming?

The sequel is probably going to be my third book. I want to do it as fast as I can but there is a dope idea for a new story that I just can’t let go.

Do you read your book reviews? How do you deal with bad or good ones? What do you expect from a book reviewer?.

Yes I read my reviews and love to thank the people who take time out to read books from a nobody. Irrespective of the reviews they have, I’ll always respect them for turning me into somebody from a nobody.

Any advice you would like to give to aspiring writers?

Writing is not the Sword of Zeus for his favourite sons and daughters to have but its a craft that than be mastered by any body who is willing to work hard and to give its due. I’ve read books like Stein On Writing and lot like this to understand how writing works even before I started to write. Maybe I’m not as good today or people don’t know me but someday it is going to happen if I continue to better myself.

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