Hi,

My novels “Field Piece, Book I: Tehran” and “Death on Delivery” are both FREE on Amazon Kindle from Saturday December 20 through Christmas Eve. Take advantage of this special pricing if you haven’t read these novels.

Field Piece, Book I: Tehran — When a CIA agent is murdered in Tehran, the White House wants someone on the scene to determine what the agent discovered that led to his death, and who is responsible. The agent is supposed to remain low-profile — just get in, find out what the hell is going on, and get out. No women, no trouble, no killing.  Well, Steve Walker goes in, but he finds a hot woman, gets into a lot of trouble, and kills a bad guy.  You know, sometimes you just can’t play by the rules.

Death on Delivery — When former Montgomery County, MD police detective John Bent finally gets out of prison, he lands a job working as a computer programmer on a high-profile NASA project.  But he finds his new job is more dangerous than his stint as a cop when someone starts killing the other members of the development team.  Is someone setting him up?  There’s a healthy amount of flirting, sex, violence, horses, and even comedy in this novel.  (And no, I have never been to prison and I don’t live with a prostitute!)

Click on the links below to get these FREE books on Amazon Kindle. 

Field Piece, Book I: Tehran

Death on Delivery: A John Bent Mystery

Enjoy the books and Happy Holidays!

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Hi,

Check out my new blog JHOMF (just helping out my friends) that is dedicated to helping Kindle authors (like myself) promote and market their books. It’s what is called a “media” site because in addition to the posts that I write, you’ll find the most interesting, related articles that I’ve discovered on the web, plus guest posts by authors who have successfully marketed their books.

The toughest part about being an author is not writing the book. It’s selling that book. Now maybe some authors are just satisfied with getting their books published and don’t care whether anyone reads them. I’m not that kind of author, and the other authors I know aren’t like that. We want people to read our books for enjoyment, distraction, to learn about new places and cultures, to make a point about societal change, whatever, and incidentally to make a few bucks.

While jhomf.com has book promotional ideas, it also has some unusual articles you won’t see just anywhere, like George Orwell (who wrote ‘1984’) reviewing Hitler’s Mein Kampf, or a book that chronicled the causes and results of the first race riot in Washington, D.C. during Andrew Jackson’s presidency, with Francis Scott Key as the D.C. prosecutor. That one surprised me!

If you sign up for the email list at jhomf.com, you’ll also get access to a free iPhone/Android/browser app that calculates earned royalties based on Kindle Store rank, book price, and the royalty level. You’re probably only interested in that if you’re a Kindle author, but it’s a cool app that I had fun coding. (For you programmers out there, I coded the app using jQuery Mobile.)

Anyway, check out jhomf.com!

Thanks!
Dan

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Hi,

Field Piece, The Complete Series will have special pricing of $1.99 in the U.S. Kindle Store and £1.99 in the UK Kindle Store from November 11 through November 17.

Field Piece, The Complete Series includes Field Piece, Book I: Tehran and Field Piece, Book II: Azerbaijan.

Book I takes place in 1995 in and around Tehran, Iran, and Book II takes place two years later, when Walker returns to Iran and Azerbaijan on another mission. Many of the characters appearing in Book I are also in Book II, including, of course, our hero, Steve Walker. Walker’s friend from graduate school, Pasdaran Colonel Kamal Taleb, shows up again, along with his brash younger brother, Massoud, and the femme fatale Jilah, who became much more than Walker’s friend in Book I.

Predictably, Walker’s nemesis, his half-brother Azrak, villain of Book I, once again is creating havoc in Book II, this time in Azerbaijan, where he is head of the Azeri secret police.

Russian mercenaries, Muslim freedom fighters, war — Walker’s stepped into it this time . . .

Field Piece, The Complete Series in the US Kindle Store

Field Piece, The Complete Series in the UK Kindle Store

Thanks!

Dan

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Hi,

My novels “Field Piece, The Complete Series” and “Death on Delivery” are both on sale on Amazon Kindle from Thursday August 21 through Midnight on Wednesday August 27 for only 99¢ each.  Take advantage of this special pricing if you haven’t read these novels.

Field Piece, The Complete Series includes both Field Piece, Book I: Tehran and Field Piece, Book II: Azerbaijan.

In Book I of this series, a CIA agent is murdered in Tehran, and the White House wants someone on the scene to determine what the agent discovered that led to his death, and who is responsible. The agent is supposed to remain low-profile — just get in, find out what the hell is going on, and get out. No women, no trouble, no killing. The U.S. State Department sends agent Steve Walker. That might have been a bad choice …

In Book II of this series, Walker returns to Iran on another assignment: to staunch the flow of black market American weapons to rebels in Azerbaijan. His boss says Walker has a tendency to overachieve and is sometimes a loose cannon. Truer words were never spoken …

Death on Delivery: For those of you who prefer a mystery — When former Montgomery County, MD police detective John Bent finally gets out of prison, he lands a job working as a computer programmer on a high-profile NASA project.  But he finds his new job is more dangerous than his stint as a cop when someone starts killing the other members of the development team. There’s a healthy amount of flirting, sex, violence, horses, and even comedy in this novel.  

And no, I have never been to prison and I don’t live with a prostitute! However, I have been on too many software projects where the manager claimed “we’re all going to die if we don’t finish this project on time.” Right.

Click on the images below to buy these books on Amazon Kindle. 

Thanks!

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