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New GOLD TRAIN Paperback Cover and Other Updates

19 Thursday Apr 2012

Posted by Lada Ray in BOOK: GOLD TRAIN, My Updates

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action adventure, Asia, blog tour, E-book, Gold Train, historic mystery, Jade Snow, Jade Snow International Adventure Series, Jade Snow Russia Adventure, List of Russian rulers, May Day, paperback, Russia, Russian Civil War, Soviet Union, thriller

Hello, dear friends!

As promised, below is a preview of the new GOLD TRAIN paperback cover. The front cover is slightly modified compared to the ebook version.

Paperback Cover Spread:

Front cover:

Spine:

Back Cover:

This is a large paperback – 9X6 inches, 232 pages, printed on quality cream paper. Nice, large text, easy to read. This edition includes a sneak peek synopsis and exclusive excerpt from DRAGON GATE, the next Jade Snow Adventure set in Asia.

During the paperback launch and Gold Train Blog Tour all my books will be on sale.

For a limited time, paperback will be $9.99 on Amazon (4/23-5/6). 

Gold Train ebook will also be on sale on Amazon for $0.99. Stepford, USA ebook will be $0.99 as well. Green Desert will be FREE. Own all 3 Jade Snow Adventures for only $1.98!

During the blog tour we are also planning 3 exciting  giveaways of both Gold Train paperback and ebook editions. In total, 8 copies will be given away.

Don’t forget to check out the exciting blog stops and features of this unusual blog tour, including: JADE SNOW: SAVIOR OR SEDUCTRESS; FACT AND FICTION IN GOLD TRAIN; and exclusive discussion with Jason Sullivan of DIFFERENT OUTCOMES about  the implications of the Russian Civil War, what happened to the Russian royalty, how May 1 (May Day) was celebrated in the USSR, and what it was like growing up in the Soviet Union (with rare photos).

Check out all up-to-date info about the GOLD TRAIN launch, blog tour, promos and giveaways here: https://ladaray.wordpress.com/blog-tours/

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GOLD TRAIN, Second Edition

12 Monday Mar 2012

Posted by Lada Ray in BOOK: GOLD TRAIN

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Amazon, Barnes & Noble Nook, CULTURE: Russia, E-book, geopolitical thriller, Gold Reserve of the Russian Empire, Gold Train, historic mystery, Jade Snow Russia Adventure, Jade Snow Series, Lada Ray, Moscow, mystery thriller, Saint Petersburg, Smashwords

The exciting Second Edition of GOLD TRAIN is now on Amazon and Smashwords digital shelves!

Check it out:

Amazon US

Amazon UK   DE   FR   ES   IT 

Smashwords 

Coming to all other Ebook retailers soon!

GOLD TRAIN Paperback launch: April 25, 2012

GOLD TRAIN Paperback Launch Blog Tour: April 25 – May 6

Check out http://www.LadaRay.com for all updates.

Watch new dramatic GOLD TRAIN book trailer

See you on pages of my books!

Lada Ray

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GOLD TRAIN: Amazing Russian Metro

22 Sunday Jan 2012

Posted by Lada Ray in BOOK: GOLD TRAIN, CULTURE: Russia, CULTURE: World

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Accidental Spy Series, action adventure, Author Lada Ray, Gold Train, Jade Snow Russia Adventure, Moscow, Moscow Metro, mystery thriller, New York City, Russian culture, Russian Metro, Saint Petersburg Metro, Soviet art, Soviet Union, St Petersburg

Above: Komsomolskaya Metro Station, Moscow

If you are used to the gloomy, dungeon-like New York Subway (sorry, dear New Yorkers,) as I am, absolutely nothing can prepare you for the gorgeous Russian Metro! Don’t get me wrong – I love New York, and it is my second home, but the City’s unbelievably ugly and outdated subway is a different story all together.

When I complain about it, my husband – a consummate New Yorker – just shrugs his shoulders: “It gets you from point A to point B!”

Yeah, right… Point A to point B. But what about beauty? Style? Aesthetics?

Well, in all truth, even if you come from Paris, London, or Vienna, with their much nicer underground transportation systems, you’ll still be amazed at the Russian Metro!

One of Moscow’s most popular tours is “A Day in the Moscow Metro.” I am not kidding! They actually take you on a day-long tour to ride from station to station, during which time they tell you all about the history and art featured in each. And the day, spent doing that, is likely to become one of the major highlights of your Russian trip!

Can you imagine doing something like this in New York? Ouch! Not a chance! The best I can do, if I have absolutely no choice but to take subway, is to try and get in and out as soon as possible. And I’d gladly ride it with my eyes closed, if it wasn’t too risky to walk up and down the stairs without looking.

In GOLD TRAIN, Jade Snow also samples the sumptuous Moscow Metro on the day of her arrival. But it is the St. Petersburg Metro that has special significance in the book.

Without further ado, presenting The Magnificent Russian Metro! 

Moscow Metro (Moskovsky Metropoliten) first opened in 1935. It is the second busiest metro system in the world after Tokyo’s Twin Cities subway. Length, 305 kilometers, 185 stations. Moscow Metro carries 7 million people per day!

Are you listening, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York Mayor and City Council?! Not only they get 7 million people from point A to point B each and every day, but also do it on time, in style and much more affordably, than New Yorkers could ever dream of! How do they do it? And why can’t you?

Above: Arbatskaya Metro Station, Moscow. As on this picture, tourists happily snap pictures of beautiful statures, chandeliers, frescoes and paintings.

Above: Kievskaya Metro Station, Moscow. One of the original stations, built in the 1930s. As in this mosaic, exquisitely performed Soviet art dominates some of the historic stations.

One of the absolutely amazing facts about the Russian Metro is that during WWII, it doubled as a giant bomb shelter – by far the most luxurious, comfortable and spacious bomb shelter in the world.

Above: Another historic Moscow Metro Station, complete with beautiful marble paneling and bronze statues. Take a look on the right! See the famous statue of the “good luck dog?” Notice his nose? It’s almost white. That’s because everyone who passes by this dog, rubs his nose for good luck. 🙂

More magnificent classic stations:

Below: several newer Moscow Metro Stations.

Below: One of the Museum Metro cars, complete with art decking its walls. No cattle car here!

And now, the beautiful St. Petersburg Metro!

Rivaling Moscow Metro in its splendor, and mainly built in the 1950s, it’s the 5th busiest metro system in the world. In addition, it is also the deepest underground system in the world, with some stations placed well beneath the Neva River bed.

Above: Pushkinskaya Station, St. Petersburg. Monument to the Russian writer, Alexander Pushkin.

Above and below: more palacial St. Petersburg Metro Stations.

One of GOLD TRAIN’s most dramatic and crucial episodes takes place at  Sportivnaya Station. “Sportivnaya” translates as “Sports,” and the theme is that of the Ancient Greek Olympic Games.

I chose Sportivnaya Station for a reason. I don’t want to give away the plot for those, who haven’t read the book yet, so I’ll just remind everyone that by law, all wars stopped during the Greek Olympic Games. This fact has a special significance in the book.

Below: Sportivnaya Station with its Ancient Greek theme.

More Sportivnaya Station mosaics.

  The incredibly deep Metro escalator reaching all the way under the Neva River bed, much like the one Jade Snow boarded in GOLD TRAIN.

One of the St. Petersburg Metro entrances, much like in the dramatic GOLD TRAIN episode.

Companion posts:

GOLD TRAIN Magical Setting: Moscow, Russia

GOLD TRAIN: the World of Russian Trains and My Childhood Memories

GOLD TRAIN: Meet Jade Snow, heroine of the Accidental Spy Series

GOLD TRAIN: Who is this mysterious Alexei?

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Buy GOLD TRAIN (Accidental Spy Russia Adventure) ebook & paperback:

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Jason Bourne & Outlander fusion with a vodka twist… 

Begin your secret love affair with Russia! GOLD TRAIN is a fast-paced romantic mystery/thriller based on true historical events!
Experience Moscow and St. Petersburg like you’ve never imagined them before; travel through Russia’s turbulent history and ever-changing present; immerse yourself in a world filled with oligarchs, hidden treasure, ultimate royal glamour, state secrets and FSB spies. It’s the world guided by destiny’s hand and spiced up with passionate love affair that could only happen where stakes are deadly and every day may be your last!

1918 Civil War: the entire Gold Reserve of the Russian Empire vanishes without a trace. But what if it’s about to resurface?

Today: flaming hair, striking blue-green eyes, relentless optimism & burning desire to uncover the truth… Jade Snow, sexy international journalist turned stay-at-home mom, turned spy extraordinaire, thinks she has seen it all – until she gets a fateful call from Russia. Jade travels to Moscow to investigate tantalizing mystery of the Gold Train and reconnect with the land of her ancestors; instead, she lands in the middle of a high-stakes international conspiracy threatening to change the fate of one of the world’s most powerful nations. Refusing to be a pawn in the game of forces beyond her control, Jade must choose between her worst friends and best enemies…and the future just might depend on her choice!
 

For readers 16+ due to a couple of very steamy (but tasteful) romantic scenes. Spectacular setting and tons of invaluable information about history & Russia.

Top rated!

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The Earth Shifter is a rich and prophetic 5-star metaphysical thriller set on Sacred Lake Baikal in Siberia, Moscow & New York. It is filled with a stand-out cast of characters, punctuated with dramatic action, and wrapped in a fabric of profound revelations. Recommended for most ages, early teen through adult.

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