A Review of To Be A King by Gunner Lindbloom

 

I just finished Gunner Lindbloom’s To Be A King, vol I. OMG! Every page just oozed authenticity and realism. I like when an author writes what he knows, and it is obvious that Lindbloom knows this genre very intimately. The story chronicles the rise and fall of a Detroit mafioso and the extended family around him. T also showed the real side of the characters, hw they justified their chosen business and how they led very normal lives. I never thought about the fact that police arrests of some made-men creates opportunities for expansion for his associates and for his rivals. It is such a fluid, fragile, world. I rather liked King the main character. He wasn’t all bad and just trying to do the best he could in the world he was born into. There is so much story yet to tell. I have already bought my copy of To Be A King, vol. II. If this was a tv mini-series, I would binge-watch it. Excellent read and five stars for Gunner Lindbloom and for ToBe A King (both volumes). JAB, author of the conspiracy thriller Not On MyWatch.

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Larry Rodness - Crystal Vision - The Back Story

 

Horor Paranormal author Larry Rodness's Crystal Vision

The Back Story

I just finished reading Crystal Vision by Larry Rodness, Excellent read, by the way. I'm always intrigued by the some of the little stories that the authors in my network haver about their books. I was talking to Larry and here’s the story he told me .... ‘When my boys were teens I took them to a shop downtown called “Games Workshop” – a franchise popular all over the world. We purchased miniature fantasy figures – warriors, demons and such and spent hours painting them and finishing them off. Some of the older customers built entire armies and waged wars against each other on giant game boards. My writing muse took over and considered what if the owner of the shop might be embroiled in a battle of her own and that the store enthusiasts might be dragged into it. Who was she, really?  Who was her nemesis and why? And what if not only her life was endangered but the whole city and what if…’

Cool creation story by a true, full-time author. So, when you’re reading Crystal Vision, and you enter the Gaming Store, imagine there in the back of the room, in the shadows sits author Larry Rodness watching his sons play on the tables, as the demon emerges and his minions disperse. Yeah, I love a good back story.

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The Live Radio interview of Jeff Bailey on Gunner Detroit Radio

 

Good morning, all. The Our Thing Detroit radio interview went off flawlessly. I tried to let as many network members know about the interview as possible before the show. I just didn’t have a lot of time. I am posting a link to the FaceBook version below. Gunner Lindbloom and his staff sure made it easy for me. I also appreciate all the follow-up communications that I received after the show. It was fun, seemed to go by in just a couple of minutes, and seemed to be remarkable wide-reaching.

Here's the link to the recording of the live show. I'm not the first guest, so you will have to fast forward about ninety minutes to find my segment:

https://lnkd.in/gw_n29Xb

Here’s a link to Gunner Lindbloom:

https://lnkd.in/gMdY6QiE

He has quite a colorful public persona, but I found him to be absolutely delightful. One of the aspects of being an author that I most enjoy is meeting new and interesting people, finding undiscovered (by me, at least) authors and reading some top-quality, imaginative books. Gunner helps that process. I enjoy hearing his guests tell their back stories. Thanks Gunner.

And, of course, here are the links to the books that started the whole process:

https://lnkd.in/gz9JRk-8

https://lnkd.in/gcZfDu3T

Tune in. Enjoy the show. Contact me and let me know what you think of the interview, good, bad, humorous. 

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Tim Schuelers - 22 Dutch Road - The Back Story

 

Tim Schueler's Horror Novel - 22 Dutch Road - The Back Story

I was intrigued by 22 Dutch Road when I read it. Elements of the story line were surprising to me and that is not an easy reaction I asked Tim about the characters Stan and Peebles and here's what he said, 'The general idea of an estranged son returning to his father's estate and encountering mysterious statues was something which stayed on course, more or less, through the end of the writing. I didn't realize, however, how important some of the supporting characters, like Stan the neighbor and his dog, Peebles, would be, since I "discovered" them while writing. It turns out that these two are often my readers' favorite characters, more so than the protagonist, Billy.'

As an author, I understand how sometimes a character can seem to take over and drive the story line. When you read 22 Dutch Road, pay special tribute Wilson and Peebles   And... that's The Back Story.

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Jack O'Halloran's Crime Thriller Family Legacy; the Back Story

Jack O'Halloran's The Family Legacy; The Back Story

 

 

I just finished Jack O’Halloran’s crime family thriller, The Family Legacy. I was so taken with the atmosphere of authenticity that I had to ask Jack what the inspiration was for the story.

 Here’s what he wrote me, “My father was Albert Anastasia, the head of Murder INC after my father's death the Anastasia Family became the Gambino family. The character in my book Jack Pagano was me as a young man.”

It took a few seconds for me to pull my lower jaw back up where it belongs. Yes, that explains the superb authenticity and why the release of the network min-series is pending. When you read The Family Legacy, think of Jack as a child. Now, you know The Family Legacy back story.

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A Review of G. Wayne Hacker's The Azteca Stone

 

The Azteca Stone is a fascinating mix of Aztec history, folklore, character studies, romance and horror. The keeper of the underground, a dark angel called Abaddon, helps liberate the seven-hundred-year-old spirit of Moctezuma III. The demon wants to bring an end to the reign of mankind on the earth. Human blood must flow on the sacrificial alter, the Azteca stone. Ordinary people, Alejandra Santiago, detective Free Varner, and rookie officer Francine Guilbeau are selected by fate to stop him, hopefully.
I especially liked the full character development. Knowing the background of the hero's brought an interesting depth to how they acted and reacted throughout the story. I read for pleasure and The Azteca Stone was definitely a pleasure to read. I might liken it to a ‘warm-afternoon-by-the-pool-with-a-mojito’ kind of read. I highly recommend The Azteca Stone. Jeff Bailey, author of the conspiracy thriller Not On My Watch.

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T.C. Schueler's Review of The Defect

 

The Defect by Jeff Bailey is a nuclear energy thriller based somewhere in Southern California. The story unfolds through the point of view of a handful of powerplant workers—security staff, plant operators, managers—who, through their thoughts and interactions, allow us to understand from the bottom up how a nuclear power plant works, what the safeguards are, the good work that goes into the design and maintenance and yes, the potential faults which can be taken advantage of. The goal of nuclear power is providing carbon free, reliable electricity, and all engineering, management and maintenance efforts are meant to keep the reactor fully functional, with adequate water at controlled temperatures to spin turbines and generate power. There are small-scale accident potentials, then there are real-deal disasters that would require an automated reactor shutdown, colloquially called a scram, to keep everyone and the environment safe. But what happens if clever terrorists find a way to bypass the automatic shutdown?

The terrorists are a tight group of seemingly well-organized ne’er-do-wells who have taken great pains to acclimatize to American society or at least appear to do so. The plan for infiltration is months in the making. Obvious (and not so obvious defense) weaknesses of a free society are taken advantage of, such as studying publicly available records, to assault the plant. Even so, the plan to ruin a large chunk of Southern California through environmental devastation involves several steps, from intrusion and door code tampering to knowing which electronics to modify, steps that must be performed quickly and precisely by non-engineers and non-native speakers—no small feat. Without giving too much away, the reader feels the stress of whether the intruders will be discovered in time, if they will be completely successful, or if they will end up botching the job (yet still destroy the plant anyway).

Once I start a book, the basic bar I use to judge it is how much I want to finish it. The Defect was a book I found myself reading quickly, wanting to know how it turned out as there was a large element of “Oh crap, that doesn’t sound safe at all” to it. I was pleased with the ending, which was concrete but left a few details purposefully unresolved (nothing in real life is totally resolved).

The story detail was exceptional (obviously written by an expect) but at some points repetitive. There were a few characters and a scattering of typos typical to indie books, but these observations were not deal-breakers, just enough to keep my rating just short of four stars.

The bottom line is if you want to read a nuclear thriller which also teaches you a great deal about the nuts and bolts (and containment chambers) of a real world nuclear power plant, presented by someone with obvious deep, firsthand knowledge, this book is for you, and you will want to know how it turns out as nuclear damage is essentially forever and that is terrifying.—T. C. Schueler, author of 22 Dutch Road.

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