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Comment by Candy O'Donnell on October 31, 2009 at 8:24pm

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Comment by Anthony S. Policastro on October 7, 2009 at 9:18pm

DARK END OF THE SPECTRUM and ABSENCE OF FAITH, both mystery/thrillers, were written out of fear, universal fears that I believe all of us consider at one time or another.

DARK END OF THE SPECTRUM is about Dan Riker, a computer security expert whose family is kidnapped by digital terrorists who take over the power grid and cell phone network and hold the United States hostage. Dan is the only one with the know-how to stop them, but the hackers have his family and he must decide to save his family or save millions of people.

While I wrote this book the fear of losing my own family pervaded my thoughts and I wrapped a plot around this fear using the latest wireless technologies and a lot of imagination. I still have my family and the thought of losing them is unimaginable. This was the fuel for DARK END OF THE SPECTRUM.

Dan's life is well planned, predicted and uneventful like most of our lives and I wanted to see how Dan would react when all of that is shattered in an instant when his family disappears.

Does Dan have the courage to save his family or will he just give up because he never had to face such insurmountable odds? Will he save millions of people whose lives are threatened by the terrorists or will he save his family? The book is not just about technology.

These are some of the questions I addressed in the book and when or if you read the book you may ask yourself these same questions and maybe better understand your own capabilities.

ABSENCE OF FAITH also addresses universal fears when residents in a highly-religious small town have horrible near-death experiences and wake up with burnt skin. They believe they went to hell and that God has abandoned them. Matters get worse when a local Satanic cult emerges and wins over many residents.
My fears of losing all hope and all faith in the face of a downturn in life is what spawned ABSENCE OF FAITH. Again, I was interested in how people would react if you stripped them of all hope and faith. Would they pick themselves up and continue their lives? What would they do when this great fear overtakes them.

These are the questions I address in ABSENCE OF FAITH.

Bestselling author and psychic Sylvia Browne writes in her book, Prophecy, that, "...our beliefs are the driving force behind our behavior, our opinions, our actions. Without faith, without our beliefs, we're lost."

I have always been interested in religion and why and how it has such a powerful hold on all of us and what would happen if it were taken away.

I not only wanted my books to entertain, but I also wanted them to inspire, educate and leave readers with something to think about after they put the book down for the last time. I wanted the books to be relevant to people's lives today and some of the problems we all face in the journey of life. I hope my books are that and more.

Both DARK END OF THE SPECTRUM and ABSENCE OF FAITH are available as paperbacks from Outer Banks Publishing Group, Amazon.com and as ebooks from Smashwords.com and the Amazon Kindle.

Both books will soon appear on Barnes and Noble's new ebook site.

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Review of Absence of Faith by Shannon Yarbrough

If Tim LeHaye and Michael Crichton had ever gotten together to write a book, it would probably end up being something like Anthony Policastro’s Absence of Faith. It’s part medical mystery and part religious thriller all rolled up in a plot of Christianity, Unexplained Phenomenon, New Age Beliefs, and Satanic Occults. It’s a white-knuckle read that would probably drive a Baptist preacher to an early death, and probably have Stephen King saying, “Now why didn’t I think of that?”

Comment by Elise Crawford on October 6, 2009 at 8:24pm

About the Book

In this memoir, Elise Crawford reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of the senseless murder of her beloved—a Seattle Metro Transit driver—tragically shot and killed in the line of duty on the Aurora Bridge the day after Thanksgiving 1998.

With a series of chronological photographs—alive with supernatural testimonies that guide her writing process—Elise shares her story in vivid detail, recalling ten years of their life together prior to the tragedy, and journals her spiraling descent into the abyss of grief. Elise tells how—with courage, fortitude, and faith and holding fast to her beloved’s memory and his promise that she and the children would always be loved and cared for—she eventually finds her way home to be with her loved ones once again.

In A Promise Kept, the author reaches out to other survivors of tragic loss in hopes that, by reliving her experiences, they will relive their own yet come away with the strength and courage needed to face, to accept, and to begin their own grief journey regardless of the nature of their loss. Most importantly, A Promise Kept is about learning to live again with acceptance.

“A Promise Kept has everything you'd ever want to read in one book; tragedy, mystery, murder, a fairy tale love story, grief, loss, adversity, hopelessness, faith, hope renewed, triumph, a hero, and a happy ever after. I couldn't put it down. Great Read !!!” A. Clarence Spokane WA

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Comment by Elise Crawford on October 6, 2009 at 8:22pm

Comment by Pamela Griffiths on September 3, 2009 at 4:55pm

I have had a new poetry book published called 'Expressions of Life' it is a collection of various poems all different subjects some sad some happy. They are rhyming poems and hopefully they are easy to read and understand for everyone not just people who like poetry. Extracts from my book are available from the website:

If you get the chance please check it out and let me know what you think. Comments appreciated. Thank you.

Comment by Susan Culp on September 3, 2009 at 10:42am

How do I go about promoting my book here?

Comment by Joe Perrone Jr. on September 2, 2009 at 5:17pm

If you like a good thriller, check out "As the Twig is Bent." This is a real page-turner that pits NYPD homicide detective, Matt Davis, against a serial killer roaming Internet sex chat rooms, looking for his next victim. Available in paperback from CreateSpace, and as a Kindle on Amazon.com.

Comment by Joe Perrone Jr. on September 2, 2009 at 5:13pm

Comment by John Kelly on August 19, 2009 at 4:14pm

Hiroshima Sunset by John Kelly

In 2007, self-publishing author, Amanda Blackburn accepts an assignment in Japan
to help exonerate the name of a former soldier who served in the post-war
Australian occupation army in 1946. The soldier’s damning exploits are revealed in
a journal written by an unidentified veteran. On arrival in Japan however, Amanda
soon discovers that things are not quite as they seemed.
A tender love story set against the background of the all-but-forgotten Australian
military contingent, which made up the bulk of the British Commonwealth
Occupation Force, sent to Japan in February 1946 following Japan's surrender at
the end of WW2. Assigned responsibility for the Hiroshima prefecture by General
Douglas MacArthur, thousands of Australian soldiers disarmed the Japanese war
machine, and helped repatriate Japanese soldiers returning home. They were
ensconced into an area devastated by a nuclear bomb, where civilians were
suffering serious physical and psychological trauma. Inevitably, some of the
soldiers fell in love. This is one such story.
HIROSHIMA SUNSET is much more than a novel. It's a love story woven within a riveting factual
account and told by way of a mysterious journal that keeps the reader guessing until the end. Cleverly
written, easily understood and shocking, it exposes some little known truths about the decision to drop
the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945; that Japan wanted to surrender and overtures to the west
were ignored.
Little known also, is the fact that thousands of Australian soldiers served in the post-war occupation
and worked to re-establish some normality in a devastated country.
Even if you are not into war stories, this is an educational must-read. Fascinating, descriptive,
informative; a page turner. Fiona Cottingham

Comment by John Kelly on August 19, 2009 at 6:01am

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