DRAGON'S FURY BOOK SERIES
A Series on the Coming Third World War
Posted on 07/03/2002 9:25:54 PM PDT by Jeff Head
Here is the latest review of "DRAGON'S FURY - BREATH OF FIRE" by FReeper Jeff Head, the first volume in a five part series about how current events lead to World War III. The review was written by Freeper okchemyst
Got it ... Read it ... Hooked!OK, this book (and I usually don't like political intrigue/thrillers), has got me hooked. The only thing more addictive is Krispy Kreme Doughnuts! I'm ordering #2 as quickly as it is available.
I devoured book 1, despite being interrupted by work, kids, etc. The only thing I would have liked (if I didn't notice it, bear with me) would have been a glossary of terms, especially the abbreviations/acronyms, where I could just look for a particular one.
Now, for the effect: this book scared the hell out of me. The scenario is very plausible. I've worried for a long time about the "Aztlan contingency", some nation like China capitalizing on the unrest among Hispanics and offering them the bone of getting their old territories back if they help out.
I look forward to reading all of the series. SOON.
okchemyst in Oklahoma City
Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire continues to sell well for a "self-published" work available in print as a "print on demand" book on AMAZON.COM and as either an Adobe Ebook, or a Microsoft Reader Ebook.
Of the 1.4 million printed books available on Amazon, the book ranks consitantly in the 20,000 range, and occassionally has climbed into the 10,000 range.
As an eBook (much smaller maket) the book is consistantly ranking in the top five for both the Adobe Reader "Mysteries and Thriller" section and in the Microsoft Reader "Mysteries and Thrillers" section.
STATUS OF VOLUME II
Volume II of the series, Dragon's Fury - Trodden Under is now complete as an intital draft! All chapters are finished and the work is being edited/reviewed by the editing team (see acknowledgements). I expect to have those edits back this week and to have the book in a condition to submit to the distributor, LighningSource sometime next week. I have to add the edits, add maps, diagrams, illustrations and then reformat the manuscript for printing in order to do that.
This means the book should be available for purchase on Amazon as a printed, trade paperback format and as an ebook by the end of July (I hope). I intend to run all sales through Amazon for this volume and future volumes, unless and until the work is picked up by a large publisher.
I believe readers will find Volume II even more exciting, more intrigueing and more compelling than Volume I ... at least I hope and trust it is so ... I sure think it is!
Thank you to everyone who is waiting for VOlume II for your patience, and to SO many others for your encouragement, kind words and faith.
Please let me know what you think when you do, and please consider a short review on FR, Amazon and Barnes & Nobles if you are so inclined.
Have a safe and glorious Independence Day.
And equally, may the good Lord bless you and yours over the 4th and always! Thank you so much, as always for your faith, encouragement and support.
Prayers for your daughter's new and happy marriage...and good luck with book #2.
Mike
Seriously though. Thanks for the prayers.
If they can both hold onto it, prayers and faith will get them through, no matter what is dealt up to them.
Book Two will be available soon. It's done, just being tidied and prettied up.
Take care bro ... hang tough over there your way.
I have a special bank account with the Royal Bank of Scotland that lets me order books, cds and dvds at a significant discount to Amazon plus FREE shipping. Hard to beat that. But the rub is, you have to do it over the telephone and read off all the ISBN numbers to see if they have the item or not, so we usually compile a big list of titles we want and do it all in one go. We have a pretty good list at the moment and your book is on it- we'll see if they have it or not and go from there.
Anyway, what I'm getting at is, if I were to get that book here to save myself some money at the moment, is there a way I could ship the book to you at a later date when I have some disposable cash and have you autograph it (assuming you'd want to autograph it)? I'd pay to have it shipped round trip of course. I don't know when this would be, but on down the road a piece for sure. At least a few months.
I look forward to reading it very much. I used to be a big Clancy fan but for some reason have skipped his later ones after I read Net Force (I liked the idea, but I thought he could've done more with it). I was also a big Stephen King fan but for the last few years I haven't had that fire to read whatever he wrote. It's like that sometimes, you get "author fatigue" I guess. But I've been wanting some new ideas in the war/techno thriller dep't to read and your book sounds like a great candidate. Can't wait to read it and when I do, I will give you some feedback!
After the fireworks tonight I will be starting your book. Also I do recommend the cat shrink book by Stephen Budiansky; he make cats more fascinating that ever.
Volume II will be available on Amazon in a few weeks and in the UK too.
With regards to your proposal ... yes. I have had several people already go that route for a John Henry since I stopped publically selling them. No problem, though I still hate messing up a perfectly good novel with my scribbling. LOL!
Just got my first comment on the guestbook at the main site form another individual in the UK who bought and read the book. It was my first comment from the UK. The comment before that was one from New Zealand!
Eagles Up!
If you get a chance, go to the range and cook off a few!
I intend to do just that this afternoon.
BUMP ... and BANG!
Please let me know what you think. If you are so inclined, please consider a short revie and placing it here on FR, on Amazon and on Barnes & Nobles.
Volume II will be available on Amazon soon.
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