Remember the good old days when I'd have a book release party and we'd all get together to drink wine and celebrate? Yes, that was pre-COVID-19. And I was younger. And we could all still drive at night.
BUT... Today I'm celebrating my 71st birthday with the release of two new books! And if you were a fan of Dag Hamar in For Money or Mayhem and For Blood or Money, this is a very good day for you!
Introducing For Mayhem or Madness, a Dag Hamar cyber mystery. Dag is one to carry a grudge and has planned revenge for Andi's murder for five years now. But when he brings down the entire fraudulent charitable foundation site that the insane game developer John Patterson founded, another hacker takes the credit and makes Dag's revenge even more complete by erasing the digital identity of people involved.I'm also releasing Devon Layne's genre-breaking do-over story, Not This Time. What would you do if you were sent back in time to relive your life, but arrived on the day AFTER you made the biggest mistake of your life? You know how you dealt with it the first time. Can you do better this time?
There is a common trope for do-over stories that has been repeated time and time again.
- A man (always a man) of sixty or seventy years or more
- is shot, electrocuted, caught in a wormhole, abducted by aliens, finds a mysterious gem, has a heart attack,
- and is sent back to relive his life from the time he turned fourteen.
- He has wikipedic knowledge of everything that has happened in the years he already lived.
- He is able to bet on obscure sporting events, invest in the right stocks, invent something revolutionary before the real inventor gets to it, or otherwise become fabulously wealthy by being in the right place at the right time.
- He uses his vast knowledge and understanding of women, acquired in his former life, to woo and bed many women from age fourteen up (because he's really only fourteen, right?)
- He uses his great understanding of the future to become a world leader and bring peace and prosperity to everyone.
Sounds perfect, right? Well, Not This Time.
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