A Great Stocking Stuffer—Try For Free

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time here with our son and grandsons. They traded the city life of San Diego for our little homestead for several days and really enjoyed it.

The Green Beret Pocket Sized Survival Guide is free on kindle today through the 4th of December. Download it and take a look and then decide if you want to order print copies as stocking stuffers in plenty of time for Xmas.

As usual, lots of free and discounted books on my Freebies page.

Right now, I’m watching a massive shutdown of an Interstate in New York due to a snowstorm. Please be prepared any time you travel in your vehicle, even if its just a quick run to the store. Here’s more info: https://www.slideshare.net/CoolGus/what-you-need-to-have-in-your-car-or-truck-to-be-prepared

Stay safe!

Bob

The Day After JFK Mistress was killed, Khrushchev resigned

FREE today and through the weekend: The Kennedy Endeavor. A thriller based on facts.

Below is Mary Meyer, whose husband was in the CIA. She was also Kennedy’s lover while he was president.

“Today, every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable. Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear Sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.” John F. Kennedy

For 13 days in October 1962 the world came the closest to nuclear Armageddon. On 22 November 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated. On the 25th of November, as Kennedy’s body lay in state at the Rotunda in Washington, Anastas Mikyoan, Khrushchev’s top adviser, presented the Premier’s condolences to Jacqueline Kennedy. She took Mikoyan’s hand in both hers and told him: “I am sure that Chairman Khrushchev and my husband could have been successful in the search for peace, and they were really striving for that. Now the Chairman must continue the agreed upon endeavor and bring it to completion.”

On 12 October 1964, a Washington socialite named Mary Meyer was shot in the back of the head and through the heart at point-blank range. She had been married to a high-ranking CIA agent. More importantly, she had been carrying on an affair with President John F. Kennedy and was one of his most trusted friends, at his side through the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

On 13 October 1964, the day after Mary Meyer’s murder, the Soviet Politburo forced Nikita Khrushchev to resign from power and put him under house arrest.

Today, Paul Ducharme and Evie Tolliver unveil a Fail Safe type scenario brokered by President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev and race against time before the archaic Sword of Damocles initiates World War III.

Bad Sisters: A Review. Not Sure What It Is, But It’s Great

The series Bad Sisters is funny at times. But it’s also shocking. And sad.

I really can’t pigeonhole this series, which I really like. I love it when something defies genre. That’s something I’ve done my entire writing career and what we see with my current collaborations with Jennifer Crusie. They tend to get slotted in romance, but they’re also thrillers, but they’re also about community, yada yada.

Back to this series set in Ireland (it’s based on a Belgian series The Clan). Five sisters. One of whom is married to a malignant narcissist. Who essentially is destroying everyone and everything around. Talk about a timely topic. This series doesn’t sugarcoat it either. It’s not a spoiler to say the series is about the other sisters trying to kill him. And failing. Over and over. Often in agonizing and horrendous ways.

The scenes bounce back and forth from after he’s dead to before and back.

It’s obvious, given recent events, that many, many people don’t know how horrible a malignant narcissist is. And how badly they can destroy the people around them. In this case, while the wife bears the brunt of his pathology, every sister carries the scars, some physical, of his sickness. Every time your cringe at something horrible he does—and gets away with—he tops that with something ever worse. Don’t let that put you off. It’s worth watching.

Highly recommended.

Winter Is Coming: Be Ready

I served in the Special Forces Group oriented to mountain and cold weather operations. In my first six months commanding an A-Team I went to International Mountain Climbing School and my team went through Winter Warfare Training in the Rocky Mountains.

I learned a few things.

With winter approaching there are things we should all know. I’ve got two free slideshows. One on cold weather. The other on what you should have in your car.

I base these not just on personal experience but from extensive study of other people’s experiences. For cold weather, staying dry and layering is key.

Here is the rest: https://www.slideshare.net/CoolGus/what-you-need-to-know-for-cold-weather-preparation-and-survival-254276021

One small tidbit—always have boots or shoes you can walk in packed in your car. Because you never know when you might have to hoof it. Always keep a sleeping bag or at least blankets in the car too.

Here is more potentially life-saving information: https://www.slideshare.net/CoolGus/what-you-need-to-have-in-your-car-or-truck-to-be-prepared

On other fronts, the preorder for The Honey Pot Plot is now live here: https://books2read.com/u/b5KBo1

I’ve got a zoom call tomorrow discuss the status of Area 51 for a streaming service. It’s a long slow process, but we’re heading in the right direction for a potential Area 51 series.

Nothing but good times ahead.

Stay safe!

Bob

The PreOrder of The Honey Pot Plot is now live

The Honey Pot Plot

Due to popular demand, we’ve made the pre-order live on all eBook platforms. The date listed is in May, but we plan on having it published much earlier than that, hopefully by the end of January. We just want to cut ourselves some slack because we’re too old and too tired to put ourselves under a tight deadline.

Nothing but good times ahead!

Veterans Day. First Area 51 book on sale all month.

50% off. The screenplay has been written by one of the originators of Alien franchise. AREA 51.

Our history isn’t what we believe. I keep the events of history the same in this series; but the reasons WHY things happened are much different.

I’ve continued this series beyond the original nine books with 4 news one and am currently working on Area 51: Genesis.

I hope everyone takes this holiday to remember those who’ve served.

All the best.

Area 51: Invasion is free

This was a fun book to write. I’ve always believed that if aliens did invade, we’re pretty much screwed since they have the technology get here and we haven’t even been able to get people back to the moon for a very long time.

I also like plumbing our collective subconscious and wondering where these creatures of legends came from: our distant past. Because this is not the first time the Swarm reaped our planet.

Even though it’s part of a series, you can read this one on its own.

Area 51: Invasion

Free today, 11/9 and tomorrow. 11/10.

Lavender’s Blue is only .99 today. Area 51 is 50% off

Lavender’s Blue the first book in our bestselling Liz Danger series, is only .99 today; Area 51 the first book in the three million copy selling series is 50% off

Area 51: Invasion, which can be read as a standalone, is free. It’s about an alien invasion by a species called the Swarm that manifests itself as creatures of legend—because they’ve been here before. Dragons, Naga, Cthulhu, Kraken and more swarm over the planet. And the fate of humans they encounter is worse than death.

Rocky Start and Very Nice Funerals continue to be our best reader reviewed books ever.

Surprise, Kill Vanish: A review

Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins

The author uses recently declassified material and extensive interviews to delve into the history of our country’s covert operations. Having served in Special Operations I knew a lot of this history and some of the people involved.

Nevertheless there were surprises. Behind the lines operations during the Korean conflict were eye-opening. Worse, how those who ran flawed operations were promoted to try the same thing over and over. It was depressing to see how badly many operations were planned and conducted. On the flip side, though, we have to accept that the alternative to cover operations is often all out war; a bargain with the devil.

A must read for anyone who wants to understand the history.

Publication Day: Very Nice Funerals

I think Very Nice Funerals is my 90th book published give or take a few. Given the success of the first book in this series, Rocky Start, which still boasts five stars, we’re very excited about it.

Also, discounted for the first time ever, One in Vermillion is only .99 or Kindle Unlimited.

As usual there are several other titles free and discounted on my freebies page.

Given recent events, I think we all see the need to do a better job preparing for possible emergencies. My Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide is designed for regular people, not preppers. If you follow the tasks inside, step by step, you will be much, much better prepared for possible disasters.

This past week I biked the Shiloh battlefield. This is a great way to experience the battlefield, especially taking old roads that are closed to vehicles. One day I hope to continue my Duty, Honor, Country series which goes from West Point in 1842 through the first night of the battle of Shiloh. The first book in that series, Duty, is always free on all ebook platforms.

Nothing but good times ahead!