Running With Roselle by Michael Hingson

How a Blind Boy and a Puppy Grew Up, Became Best Friends, and Together Survived One of America’s Darkest Days

A dedication like no other between a Man and his Dog as told by New York Times Bestseller, Michael Hingson

Released by Roselle’s Dream Publishing
The book is available worldwide in digital and print format

A puppy who became a true American hero. The blind boy who let nothing stop him. When they finally grew up and met, it was magic. On September 11, 2001, a blind man escaped the World Trade Center by walking down 78 flights of stairs with his guide dog. Days later, America fell in love with Mike and Roselle, and the special bond that helped them survive. Mike shared his story in the New York Times bestselling book, Thunder Dog.

Now, in Running With Roselle, kids can follow Roselle as she grows from an energetic yellow Lab prone to stealing her puppy raiser’s slippers to a confident guide dog who passes the ultimate test when her partner needs her most. Meet Mike, a boy blind from birth who excels in public school, shocks the neighbors by riding his bicycle through the streets of Palmdale, CA, drives a car around his college campus, and uses his relationship of trust and teamwork with Roselle to help others on a day that changed America forever.

MORE FROM MICHAEL HINGSON:

Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero by [Michael Hingson, Susy Flory, Larry King]

An instant New York Times bestseller, Thunder Dog tells the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the life-changing power of faith and trust in the face of terror.

When one of four hijacked planes flew into the World Trade Center’s North Tower on September 11, 2001, Michael Hingson, a district sales manager for a data protection and network security systems company, was sitting down for a meeting. His guide dog, Roselle, was at his feet.

Blind from birth, Michael could hear the sounds of shattering glass, falling debris, and terrified people flooding all around him. But Roselle sat calmly beside him. In that moment, Michael chose to trust Roselle’s judgment and not to panic. They were a team.

As you relive that fateful day in September 2001 alongside Michael and Roselle, you’ll learn:

  • The ways that grief and loss can lead the way for change
  • How the rare trust between a man and his guide dog can inspire your own unshakeable faith
  • The healing power of telling your own story

Praise for Thunder Dog:

“Chapter by chapter of this intriguing work will keep you spellbound. Thunder Dog celebrates the power of the human and animal bond. We all can learn life lessons from this incredible story.”

-Larry King, Emmy award-winning broadcaster and longtime host of Larry King Live

About Michael Hingson

Michael Hingson wrote the runaway bestseller, Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero. He lives on the water in Novato, California with his wife, Karen, his guide dog, Africa, and Africa’s mother Fantasia. When he isn’t traveling the world with Africa speaking and teaching, he enjoys playing with his dogs, cooking, and helping Karen with her quilting business. Mike’s favorite things include Harry Potter books, nachos with cheese only, talking with people on his ham radio set, and listening to vintage radio shows. Visit Mike’s website: michaelhingson.com.
To request additional review copies or an interview with Michael Hingson, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.    We look forward to the coverage!
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May 2022 Free eBooks – 16th to 31st

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Book Review: Mine: (A Deadly Sins Novel Book 3) Rachael Tamayo

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 


What happens in Vegas just might kill you.


When divorcee Justin Gray wakes up next to a beautiful stranger in Vegas on his birthday weekend, he assumes it’s just a drunken mistake. When he discovers that he’s married to said stranger in her early twenties, he insists on an annulment and assumes his life will return to normal once he gets back home.

He assumes wrong.


As the shapely blonde refuses to give him an annulment and insists the marriage continue, what was a wild weekend turns into a deadly mistake.


Murder is only the beginning.


Get ready for a tale of greed so twisted you won’t know what’s on the next page or who anyone really is until the…
very…
last…
page.

The Deadly Sins novels can be read in any order and do not share worlds.

 

MY REVIEW: 

This is the first book I’ve read by Rachael Tamayo and what a ride.  Such dark, twisted, psychotic fun. Made me think of Fatal Attraction with the mentality of  Mad Max. 

I have to admit, it took a few pages for me to get used to the writing style.  Once I did, though, Quicksand.  Man, I got sucked in so fast and I couldn’t wait to see what happened next.  Every revelation was a shock to my system.  How can people be so devious?  So greedy?  So uncaring? 

There’s a lot of backstabbing in the story so I can’t go into too much detail about the individual characters.  Suffice it to say, villains come in many different flavors.  Poor Abbey. 

As I raced through the story and hit Part 3, on went the brakes.  Here I found timeline inconsistencies, actions and deeds done prior that were now walked back to get another character into line. It all felt too pat.  Too contrived.  Problems that could have been fixed with a developmental editor.

This should have been a 5-star rating, but instead, I’m downgrading to 4-stars.  Still, I highly recommend the book for people who can’t get enough of psychological thrillers and a roller-coaster of a ride.  

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Featured Book: The Resurrection Job (The Chronicles of Jason Rokku Book 1) by Shane Shepherd

Jason should know better than take an assassin job offer that’s too good to be true…

Freelance assassin Jason “Key” Rokku earns a comfortable living as a reliable “Handyman” for the Vocational Guild VokGuild. The guild disguises their true nature by claiming to employ tradesmen—but this is just a front for a galaxy-wide group of Assassins and Mercenaries.

Key’s new assignment won’t be easy or clean—he’s been tasked with killing the infamous Ricky Barbazzura.

The only way to get close to the most dangerous individual in their sector of space is for Key to become his right-hand man. Cleaning up the messes of a ruthless and influential monster seems simple enough… until Barbazzura puts a hit on a cop that knows too much. A hit that Key must carry out… or jeopardize everything he’s fought to accomplish. Failure means forfeiting his job, endangering his guild, and potentially losing his own life. But killing a cop might cost him everything as well—Key’s next move will change the course of his life forever.

 

OTHER BOOKS IN SERIES:

The Exorcism Job (The Chronicles of Jason Rokku Book 2) by [Shane Shepherd]    The Underworld Job (The Chronicles of Jason Rokku Book 3) by [Shane Shepherd]

 

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LUCID HOUSE PUBLISHING HAS MULTIPLE WINNERS AND FINALISTS IN THE 2022 BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARDS!

Lucid House Publishing, based in Marietta, Georgia, was recently notified that six of its authors’ books were named either a winner or finalist out of thousands of entrants in the 2022 Book Excellence Awards, an international competition for independent publishers and authors. In addition, Echo Montgomery Garrett, CEO and co-founder of Lucid House Publishing, won for Best Autobiography for a book she’d written under the banner of another publisher. Here are the winners and finalists that reflect the diverse interests of Garrett, a 40+ year journalist and the author of 22 non-fiction books.

 

Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic

Authors: Connor Judson Garrett and Kevin N. Garrett

Category: Book Cover Design

Money Plain & Simple: What the Institutions and the Elite Don’t  Want You to Know

Author: Stephen J. Spence

Category: Finances

Paradise Road: A Memoir

Author: Marilyn Kriete

Category: Adventure Non-Fiction

A Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts

Author: Gregory Erich Phillips

Category: Performing Arts (Film, Theatre, Dance, Music)

Fractals: The Invisible World of Fractals Made Visible through Theater and Dance

Author: Kimberley Cetron

Category: Performing Arts (Film, Theatre, Dance, Music)

Knock! Knock!: Lessons Learned and Stories Shared

Authors: Douglas Thompson and Echo Montgomery Garrett

Category: Business 

Here is Echo Montgomery Garrett’s other winner, under her co-author’s publishing company:

Big Lucky: Serial Entrepreneur Jim Markham’s Secret Formula for Success

Authors: Jim Markham and Echo Montgomery Garrett

Category: Autobiography

To request review copies of Lucid House Publishing books or an interview with any of the winners or finalists, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925

We look forward to the coverage!

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Pre-Order: Kwelengsen Dawn: Logan’s World, Book Two by David M. Kelly 

The critically acclaimed series continues by author,

David M. Kelly

Released and published by Nemesis Press!

The book is available worldwide in digital formats

 

When you lose everything you love, the whole world becomes the enemy.

After his planet was invaded by ruthless Corporate forces, engineer Logan Twofeathers is trapped on Earth by the authorities, who are more afraid of starting a war than helping their people. He may be safe, but many others are still missing.

When security tries to arrest him on trumped-up charges, he must find his own way to return to Kwelengsen. His only option is to seek out someone from his past–a borderline psychotic, who might just be crazy enough to help.
Now, he must draw on all his strength and resilience as he undertakes a precarious and violent journey into the unknown, with enemies lurking in every shadow. The outlook is bleak, and all he has is his grit and sense of honor. Will that be enough?

The battle is over. But the war is about to begin.

Book One of the Logan’s World Series

Kwelengsen Storm: Logan's World, Book One by [David M. Kelly]

You can turn your back on war, but sometimes it refuses to let you go.

When Logan Twofeathers takes on the job of head of engineering on Kwelengsen, the first habitable planet discovered by Earth, he thinks he’s leaving conflict far behind. But when he investigates the loss of a deep-space communications relay, his ship is attacked and crash-lands back on the planet.

With his new home destroyed by the invaders, Logan is stranded deep in the frozen mountains with an injured sergeant who hates him almost as much as the enemy. Against the ever-present threat of capture, he must battle his way through icy surroundings in a treacherous attempt to find his wife.

And when he’s forced to ally himself with a disparate group of soldiers and their uncompromising captain, Logan must face the reality that he may have lost everything—and everyone—he loves. Will he choose to fight? And what will it cost him?

Kwelengsen Storm is the first in a gripping, new sci-fi thriller series from the author of the Joe Ballen novels.

That’s all changed with the Internet and digital publishing; and David Kelley is an excellent example of gifted, knowledgeable writers, producing first rate fiction. This series combines good old space opera with a light touch humour. Well plotted, well paced and with central characters you start to root for. Just superb writing.” – London Citizen

 I really enjoyed Mathematics of Eternity. The main character is far from perfect (physically) and through no fault of his own is dragged into an event that could change the lives of those still living on a partially-drowned Earth. The worldbuilding was amazing, the science plausible, and the story engaging. I would highly recommend it.” – Indie Sci-Fi Fantasy

ABOUT DAVID:

David M. Kelly writes fast-paced, near-future sci-fi thrillers with engaging characters, cynical humor, and plausible science. He is the author of the Joe Ballen series, Logan’s World series, and the Hyperia Jones series, and has been published in Canadian SF magazine Neo-opsis.
David’s interest in science and technology began early. At the age of six his parents allowed him to stay up late into the night to watch the television broadcast of Neil Armstrong stepping on to the surface of the moon. From that day he was hooked on everything related to science and space.
An avid reader, he worked his way through the contents of the mobile library that visited his street, progressing through YA titles (or ‘juveniles’ as they were known back then) on to the classics of Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Harry Harrison.
David worked for many years in project management and software development. Along the way his interests have included IPSC combat (target) pistol shooting, crew chief on a drag racing team, and several years as bass player/vocalist in a heavy rock band. He also managed to fit in some real work in manual jobs from digging ditches and assembly lines jobs to loading trucks in a haulage company.
Originally from the wild and woolly region of Yorkshire, England, David emigrated to Canada in 2005 and settled in Northern Ontario with his patient and supportive wife, Hilary. Foot surgery in 2014 temporarily curtailed many of his favorite activities – hiking, camping, piloting his own personal starfighter (otherwise known as a 1991 Corvette ZR-1). But on the plus side, it meant a transition from the world of IT into life as a full-time writer—an opportunity he grasped enthusiastically.
David is passionate about science, especially astronomy and physics, and is a rabid science news follower. Never short of an opinion, David writes about science and technology on his blog davidmkelly.net. He has supported various charity projects such as the Smithsonian’s Reboot The Suit and the Lowell Observatory Pluto Telescope Restoration. He also contributes to citizen science projects such as SETI@home.

 

To request additional review copies or an interview with David M. Kelly, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

We look forward to the coverage!

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New Release: Galen’s Blade: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure  by Richard Paolinelli

The Journey continues!!!!!

By Dragon Award Finalist, Richard Paolinelli

Released and published by Tuscany Bay Books!
The book is available digitally in all platforms!

 

The journey of Galen Dwyn continues in the second book of the Starquest 4th Age series.

While Dwyn lies in stasis, recovering from his injuries in his stand against Harmool’s fleet, Rhea has assumed the title of Regent of Salacia while leading the search for her missing father, King Iodocus. She is also helping repair the damage done to the Alliance in her Uncle’s and Mother’s mad quest to launch a new Empire. A shocking assassination attempt is thwarted at the last second by Dwyn, who seems to be a changed man now that he has exited stasis to save his love.

The King’s location is ascertained and a rescue mission mounted to retrieve him from the Wilds, a lawless area of space. An ambush splits their forces and Dwyn leads the ambushers away so that Rhea and her father can escape. Before Dwyn can find a way back to Alliance territory, an old enemy returns from the grave, and hold Rhea and the King hostage, while triggering a massive insurrection that overthrows the Alliance and installs a new Emperor.

Dwyn must now mount a second rescue while finding a way to rally a rebellion against this threat to peace in the Hominids’ corner of the Andromeda Galaxy.

Galen’s Way!  The stunning debut of the series!!!

Galen's Way: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure by [Richard Paolinelli]

Millions of years in the future, humanity has been driven out of the Milky Way and now calls the Andromeda Galaxy home. Lost in their murky past are the tales of great knights that held the line against the invasion of a dark force until the rest of humanity could escape their doom. The last and greatest of these knights was Galen Underwood.

Long after that heroic stand, a mercenary by the name of Galen Dwyn has been hired to rescue a kidnapped princess. Enticed by a healthy down payment and a chance to settle an old score, Galen accepts the job, only to find out it’s a lot more than he bargained for.

Soon Galen finds himself weaving and dodging through a web of political intrigue as the very forces that chase him have set in motion plans that will throw the galactic alliance into civil war.

To his surprise, he also finds that the rescued princess might not be quite the spoiled brat he rescued from the clutches of her keeper.

Accompanied by the princess, his former mentor, and a snarky AI, Galen sets out to find a way to outsmart entire kingdoms, keep the princess alive, and avert the deaths of millions.

Of course, he’ll also learn the reasons behind his namesake’s chosen path, as he realizes that the only way to win is Galen’s way.

From a ReadersFavorite.com 5-star review by Steve Robson:

Galen’s Way: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure by Richard Paolinelli is a paradigm shift to a galaxy as distant in the future as it is in space: Andromeda, a place Captain Galen Dwyn calls home. As a mercenary in charge of the space ship Tempest, Galen finds himself drawn into intrigue by the lure of wealth beyond his imagination; a convoluted web of deceit, treachery, political plots, and galactic forces that will not only threaten his life but the lives of those he loves and the peace of all hominids. How Galen negotiates the challenges which are thrown at him will reveal his character and worth as an individual and will have implications that reverberate throughout the worlds of Andromeda, and into a future of uncertainty. Only the climactic end of this fast-paced action-adventure tale will determine the destiny of Galen’s Way; a revelation unexpected and shocking in its possibilities.

 ABOUT RICHARD:

Richard began his writing journey as a freelance writer in 1984 and gained his first fiction credit serving as the lead writer for the first two issues of the Elite Comics sci-fi/fantasy series, Seadragon. In 2010, Richard retired as a sportswriter and returned to his fiction writing roots. Since then he has written several award-winning novels, two non-fiction sports books, and has appeared in several anthologies including eight of the 11-book Tuscany Bay Books’ Planetary Anthology Series and five Sherlock Holmes collections. He also writes a weekly Star Trek fan fiction series, The Calling, on his website, www.scifiscribe.com.
He has multiple novels planned for release this year including the upcoming novel, Galen’s Way, a space opera set in award-winning author John C. Wright’s Starquest Universe and it is due out in just a few weeks. Galen’s Way is the first of six planned novels connected to Starquest that Richard will be writing and releasing over the next two years. He also has three other standalone novels planned for release over the next year.
He also occasionally fills in as a guest co-host here on The Writer’s Block whenever Jim Christina’s horse runs off and leaves him stranded in the middle of the desert.  

To request additional review copies or an interview with Richard Paolinelli, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

We look forward to the coverage!

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Book Review: Bad Deal for America by David D Schein

DESCRIPTION: 

Bad Deal for America explores the high-stakes game U. S. politicians are playing with the taxpayers’ money. The major players, themselves like a deck of cards, have shown us in their own words that the political system is broken. Readers can follow the money to see how some have lived high on the hog while masquerading as public servants. Told in an entertaining and unique way, this book is a call to arms to fulfill the ideals of the founding fathers by holding the political class responsible.

 

MY REVIEW: 

At 63 years-old, I’ve seen the changes in our political environment and the massive rift that’s developed between the two parties.  I went into this book expecting the narration to be slanted toward one side or the other.  I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t.  I’m sure left leaning Liberals would say it is, but that’s because the truth hurts.  However, the finger of shame points both ways. 

The majority of this book are quotes from selected party members from both the Republicans and Democrats.  Some are hilarious but the majority made me realize how stupid and worthless our politicians are.  They all pretend to be so smart and looking out for your best interest, but it’s their own pockets they care about.  They all have their own political agenda and will do everything in their power to advance it.  Which means cheating, lying, and stealing from the American people. 

To prove that point, David listed the Members who’ve made the most money while in some form of office.  Of course, Biden leads the top with all the money he’s squandered over the years and positions of power he’s created for his family and friends.  Yeah, no hiding from the truth there.

I’m really not sure what the purpose of the book is, as it doesn’t solve any issues, but it does point out the problems we have with our government.  If you like non-fiction, political recourse, with some tongue-in-cheek humor, you’ll enjoy this book.  I give it 4 stars. 

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