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From April 6-8, you can get the Kindle version of my three novels FREE on Amazon.com and download them to your Kindle Reader.

Beatrice is an adult fantasy/mystery novel that takes place in Scotland. Rooms is an adult science fiction novel and the first book in the Rooms' series. The Chosen is my latest novel and the second book in the Rooms' series. Rooms and The Chosen can be read independently of each other, but The Chosen's plot does follow where Rooms left off.

To learn more about each of these books go to the BOB'S BOOKS link at the top of this blog, and after you've read one of my books, if you could write a review on Amazon, I would really appreciate it.

THE CHOSEN IS PUBLISHED & AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!

NEW BOOK!

Cover Art By Greg Opalinski

THE CHOSEN IS PUBLISHED ON AMAZON! 

It is an adult science fiction novel and is the second book of the Room's Series. It can be read without reading Rooms, but the plot definitely continues from where Rooms left off.

The book has been about a seven month project and is my longest book to date - about 88,000 words.

To learn more about The Chosen, you can see a list of the chapter titles, a description of the book, or be able to read an excerpt from chapter's 1-2 by clicking on the BOB'S BOOKS tab at the top of my blog. 

If you want to purchase The Chosen, you can get either the Kindle Version or Paperback online. To download the ebook go to the Amazon.com site or the Amazon site that is located in your country. If you want the paperback, you can get it from Amazon in the U. S., the UK site, or from other Amazon sites across Europe. Just go to the one closest to your country.

I'm really happy with the book and am looking forward to hearing your thoughts about it. Please write a review on Amazon or send me a message through my blog to let me know.

Also, you can take a look at the other books that I've written by going to the BOB'S BOOKS tab above.

WOW! THE CHOSEN COVER IS DONE!

THE CHOSEN cover is finished. I'm very pleased. Greg Opalinski did a fantastic job, as always.

If you click on the image above, you can see a larger version of the cover. 

I still have a bit of editing that I have to do, but the book should be published on Amazon in America, all over Europe and parts of Asia soon.

To see the chapter titles, a description of the book, and be able to read an excerpt of chapter's 1-2 click on the BOB'S BOOKS tab at the top of my blog.

THE CHOSEN: Book Description

THE CHOSEN

The editing for The Chosen will be completed within the next two days, and Greg Opalinski is working hard on the cover. He should be done in a couple of weeks. I hope to have The Chosen published on Amazon by the middle of March.

In this entry, I am including the first Description of the book, which is below. It won't be long now, and it will be ready to publish!

Book Description

In the future, the Earth is dying and is abandoned by The Chosen, an elite and powerful, corporate upper-class. Most of their descendants have settled in lifeglobes on various rocks throughout the galaxy, and their original society and culture has been lost and forgotten.

That is, on every outpost except M-78. On that rock-strewn, resource-laden planet, The Chosen’s way of life has remained in tact for over five centuries, and Harlequin has been their leader ever since leaving Earth.

But now, Harlequin is determined to locate another Earth-like planet to inhabit and exploit. She succeeds, and not only does she learn about a magnificent planet called Loon, but at the same time, discovers that Earth has reset itself. The Chosen may be able to reinhabit their ancestral home.

This sets up a struggle between two extremely divergent cultures: one where reason, science, and social awareness have created a society in tune with their world and with each other; and that of The Chosen, whose main philosophy is centered on the acquisition of wealth and power at any cost.

In The Chosen, these two societies and the unique individuals who inhabit them, tell a story of two worlds on a collision course, with the result being a galactic conflict whose outcome will impact the human race for eons to come.

THE CHOSEN: First Cover Sketches & Two Chapter Quotes

THE CHOSEN

I've almost completed the fourth and final draft of my new adult science fiction novel, The Chosen, and Greg Opalinski has started sending me the first sketches of the cover. I'm really pleased. As usual, Greg is doing a wonderful job. It will be fun to see the cover develop as the process moves along.

On October 21, 2014, I gave a preview of the first paragraph of each the first five chapters of The Chosen. If you'd like to read that entry, Click Here. In this entry, I'm going to give you the first two paragraphs of Chapter 23, which I've provided below. There are 26 chapters in the book.

You can also read a complete excerpt of the first two chapters by clicking on the the Bob's Books' tab above.


THE CHOSEN: First Two Paragraphs of Chapter 23

    "Bodo’s living space was warm with the lights dimly lit but comfortable. The early morning sun on M-78 had just touched the horizon, setting off a golden glow in the distance and casting the soft light of morning onto the lifeglobe surrounding The City.
   Bodo had been the first to open his eyes and sit up on one elbow. He blinked away the sleepiness, yawned, slowly inched his body out from under his soft blanket, and gazed at his three compatriots. Each of them was still asleep, curled up and breathing quietly. He thought about how vitally important today was, yet there was a part of him that didn’t want to alter this calm, serene moment – a part of him that wanted to go back to sleep."

Latest Review of BEATRICE From Amazon

Below is the latest review of Beatrice from Amazon.

5 Stars

Quite a good read

Quite a good read. Twists and turns and expertly told.

Books I've read, Disappointments, and the Future

I've been reading books for the last two years with a different eye than ever before. Being a working author, I see and read them with a much more concentrated fervor. I look at the plot, characters, setting, phrasing, words, and many other aspects of a book in much more detail.

Also, I've chosen the books that I'm reading much more carefully. I've read more Stephen King, Tom Robbins, Ian Rankin, Suzanne Collins, Tana French, Hugh Howey, Sheri S. Tepper, Margaret Atwood, Patrick Rothfuss, George R. R. Martin, Lois Lowry, Mary Stewart, Brian Jacques, and I just finished The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings again by Tolkien as well as several others. They all do things much differently and have varying strengths that I can learn from.

I was particularly excited to read Tolkien again. It had been a long time, and I also read more about his thoughts behind the book, which were very enlightening.

A great disappointment recently was that Amazon decided to discontinue their Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest. They didn't publicize that they were going to discontinue it, and I know that many thousands of writers, including myself, had spent a lot of time preparing only to find out very late that it would not happen.

However, Amazon has started something new that they call Amazon Scout. It looks like a promising venue for indy writers, and I'm going to look into it after I finish The Chosen.

Also, after I get The Chosen published, I will be looking at some other contests, contact more agents, and pursue some other promotional avenues for my works. I will need some time off from writing, as I've been working 6-10 hours, five days a week or more, since April of 2013.

The next project that I will work on will be a sequel to Beatrice. I already have a lot of it planned and ready, but the chance to do something else for a while will be good for me. I would also like to write some poetry again. It's been too long!

To all those who have been reading my blog, I again want to say thank you, and watch for The Chosen. It will be completed and published in March!