John Schettler's Blog, page 11

May 17, 2013

Kirov Saga: 9 Days Falling

May 15
The Writing shop has released the fifth volume in the popular Kirov Series, entitled 9 Days Falling.

The war foreshadowed in Kirov’s long voyage to the past has now begun and will escalate over 9 days as humanity begins its descent into oblivion. Now the officers and crew of Kirov hold the last straw of hope in the bottom of Pandora’s jar as they struggle to prevent the war from ever happening.
Join Admiral Leonid Volsky, Captain Vladimir Karpov and Anton Fedorov, each one holding one piece of the confounding puzzle that might save the world from imminent destruction. As Karpov confronts the US 7th Fleet in the Pacific, Fedorov leads a daring mission to the past to search for Gennadi Orlov. Meanwhile Admiral Volsky is embroiled deeper in the web of mystery surrounding Rod-25, and forges an unexpected alliance with a powerful figure in the Russian Government.
As the war begins, a British company struggles to secure vital oil reserves and is led into the midst of the mystery of Kirov’s disappearance. Fedorov’s mission makes two startling discoveries, and Karpov finds much more than he bargained for when the Red Banner Pacific Fleet engages the Americans. The story takes an dramatic turn when catastrophe erupts amid the fury of all out conventional war at sea.
Don’t miss this stunning continuation of the popular Kirov Series novels by John Schettler!  AVAILABLE NOW - Exclusively on Amazon! More info here





 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on May 17, 2013 08:17

April 11, 2013

Writing Shop Announces Kirov Saga to Extend to 7 Books!


~ April 11 The Writing Shop announced today that the popular Kirov series novels by John Schettler will now extend to a seven book series. Since its release in March of 2012, the breakthrough novel Kirov has attracted an audience of dedicated naval fiction readers in the Men’s Military Adventure genre. The first sequel was released in December of 2012 as Kirov II: Cauldron of Fire, which took the ship from the North Atlantic to the Mediterranean of WWII. It was followed soon after by Kirov III: Pacific Stormas the Russian Battlecruiser squared off against the Imperial Japanese Navy and the battleship Yamato. The fourth book, Men Of War was released on the first anniversary of the series, March 15 of 2013, and it tells the story of what happened to the ship and crew after they returned safely to Vladivostok. At the end of that book the author penned a brief preview of the next volume, to be entitled 9 Days Falling, promising it to be a depiction of the outbreak of the Great War over its first nine days in 2021.
Yet the story has expanded dramatically in Men Of War and the author has now determined that he cannot adequately depict the entirety of what he had planned, particularly the combat sequences, in just one volume. The author explains the new structure for the series in this brief interview:
“I have so many plot lines running now that it is just not possible to conclude the series in book five,” said Schettler. “This is the war that was darkly foreshadowed throughout the first three books in the series, and it has extensive sequences of air/sea combat that just need time and space to tell the story adequately.” It was therefore decided to release 9 Days Falling as a trilogy, with each volume covering three days of the nine day war.
 “I wrote Men of War to tackle the many unanswered questions that arose in the story, particularly in regards to the fate of Gennadi Orlov and how this ties into the Great War in 2021. The fuse was lit in the conflict over the Diaoyutai / Senkaku Islands, but the war actually begins to get serious in 9 Days Falling. As the story unfolds I had a lot of irons in the fire in Men Of War: the Orlov plot line and Haselden’s effort to capture him in 1942; the investigation over what happened to Kirov conducted by Kapustin and Volkov, Fedorov’s mission launched from 2021 with Troyak and Zykov, and then the outbreak of the war itself at the end of that novel as Karpov takes Kirov out to sea with the Red Banner Pacific Fleet and China prepares to strike Taiwan.”
What’s in store for us in 9 Days Falling?
“There will be some BIG surprises in the next book, particularly during Fedorov’s mission and the mystery of Rod-25. There’s a lot of new material that expands the war to the Persian Gulf, the Caspian oil region and the Black Sea as well. The British Royal Navy of 2021 gets involved in some fast paced naval action in one of the new story branches, while the US Navy has three Carrier battlegroups engaged in the Pacific. There’s submarine action, air duels, intense naval combat that needs to be done right.  So the way I conceive this now, the Kirov Series formed a very satisfying trilogy in the first three volumes. Men Of War is then the bridge book that leads you into the final trilogy: 9 Days Falling. The combat sequences just get more and more intense as the war plays out, and behind them all is the intrigue and action of the plot lines in 1942, desperately trying to find a way to prevent the war from ever happening.”
The next volume in the series, Kirov Saga: 9 Days Falling covers the first three days of the war and is presently scheduled for release in May, 2013. It will be followed by two more books to complete the seven book series, which is now collectively entitled “The Kirov Saga.”
Check back again for the final release date for 9 Days Falling, which should be announced by May 1. And our thanks to all the readers out there who have helped make Kirov the great epic saga it has become!
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on April 11, 2013 11:49

March 5, 2013

Kirov Saga: Men Of War


 The Kirov Saga continues...
Kirov returns home to a changed world in the year 2021, and as the Russian Naval Inspectorate probes the mystery of the ship’s disappearance, Anton Fedorov begins to unravel yet another dilemma—the secret of Rod 25. The world is again steering a dangerous course toward the great war that blackened the shores of a distant future glimpsed by the officers and crew. Fedorov has come to believe that time is waiting on the resolution of one crucial unresolved element from their journey to the past—the fate of Gennadi Orlov.
  
Join Admiral Leonid Volsky, Captain Vladimir Karpov and Anton Fedorov as they sleuth the mystery of Orlov’s fate and launch a mission to the past to find him before the world explodes in the terror and fury of a great air and  naval conflict in the Pacific. It is a war that will span the globe from the Gulf of Mexico to the Middle East and through the oil rich heart of Central Asia to the wide Pacific, but somehow one man’s life holds the key to its prevention. Yet other men are aware of Orlov’s identity as a crewman from the dread raider they came to call Geronimo, and they too set their minds on finding him first…in 1942! Men of war from the future and past now join in the hunt while the military forces of Russia, China and the West maneuver to the great chessboard of impending conflict.

Men Of War is John Schettler’s next installment in the popular Kirov Series, a mix of intrigue, special operations, and fast paced combat on land, sea, and air as the long feared World War III finally begins...  The novel was released in the Amazon Kindle store on March 14, and is also available on the Writing Shop website as a trade paperback.

 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on March 05, 2013 11:13

JUST RELEASED! Kirov Saga: Men Of War


 The Kirov Saga continues...
Kirov returns home to a changed world in the year 2021, and as the Russian Naval Inspectorate probes the mystery of the ship’s disappearance, Anton Fedorov begins to unravel yet another dilemma—the secret of Rod 25. The world is again steering a dangerous course toward the great war that blackened the shores of a distant future glimpsed by the officers and crew. Fedorov has come to believe that time is waiting on the resolution of one crucial unresolved element from their journey to the past—the fate of Gennadi Orlov.
  
Join Admiral Leonid Volsky, Captain Vladimir Karpov and Anton Fedorov as they sleuth the mystery of Orlov’s fate and launch a mission to the past to find him before the world explodes in the terror and fury of a great air and  naval conflict in the Pacific. It is a war that will span the globe from the Gulf of Mexico to the Middle East and through the oil rich heart of Central Asia to the wide Pacific, but somehow one man’s life holds the key to its prevention. Yet other men are aware of Orlov’s identity as a crewman from the dread raider they came to call Geronimo, and they too set their minds on finding him first…in 1942! Men of war from the future and past now join in the hunt while the military forces of Russia, China and the West maneuver to the great chessboard of impending conflict.

Men Of War is John Schettler’s next installment in the popular Kirov Series, a mix of intrigue, special operations, and fast paced combat on land, sea and air as the long feared World War III finally begins...  The novel was released in the Amazon Kindle store on March 14, and will be available on the Writing Shop website as a trade paperback within days.

 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on March 05, 2013 11:13

COMING SOON! Kirov Saga: Men Of War

The Kirov Saga continues...
Kirov returns home to a changed world in the year 2021, and as the Russian Naval Inspectorate probes the mystery of the ship’s disappearance, Anton Fedorov begins to unravel yet another dilemma—the secret of Rod 25. The world is again steering a dangerous course toward the great war that blackened the shores of a distant future glimpsed by the officers and crew. Fedorov has come to believe that time is waiting on the resolution of one crucial unresolved element from their journey to the past—the fate of Gennadi Orlov.
  
Join Admiral Leonid Volsky, Captain Vladimir Karpov and Anton Fedorov as they sleuth the mystery of Orlov’s fate and launch a mission to the past to find him before the world explodes in the terror and fury of a great air and  naval conflict in the Pacific. It is a war that will span the globe from the Gulf of Mexico to the Middle East and through the oil rich heart of Central Asia to the wide Pacific, but somehow one man’s life holds the key to its prevention. Yet other men are aware of Orlov’s identity as a crewman from the dread raider they came to call Geronimo, and they too set their minds on finding him first…in 1942! Men of war from the future and past now join in the hunt while the military forces of Russia, China and the West maneuver to the great chessboard of impending conflict.

Men Of War is John Schettler’s next installment in the popular Kirov Series, a mix of intrigue, special operations, and fast paced combat on land, sea and air as the long feared World War III finally begins...  The novel is now in production and publication is just weeks away. Check back for final publication announcement.

 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on March 05, 2013 11:13

January 29, 2013

Kirov III-Pacific Storm Sets Sail

The Saga Continues...
ANNOUNCING... Kirov III - Pacific Storm


The Writing Shop Press is pleased to announce that a Volume III in the popular Kirov series novels by John Schettler is now available as an eBook in the Amazon Kindle store, and a trade paperback at our CreateSpace store.

 www.amazon.com/dp/B00B92RPEW
Since it first appeared in March of 2012, Kirov has been well received by a large audience of naval fiction enthusiasts with its unusual twist in placing the world’s most powerful battlecruiser in the cauldron of WWII. The second volume, entitled Kirov II - Cauldron Of Fire continued the saga as the ship found itself in mysterious circumstances that lead it into a gauntlet of intense naval combat in the Mediterranean. Beginning exactly where Volume II ended, Kirov III opens with an extended scene where Admiral Tovey has a long and revealing conversation with Intelligence Guru Alan Turing at Bletchley Park.
Kirov
has again moved in time, this time spotted in the Pacific on the eve of a major Japanese offensive operation...that never should have happened. Now acting Captain Anton Fedorov discovers the true cause of the great variation in time that has led to a devastated world in the future as the ship struggles to escape the dangerous waters of the Coral Sea in late 1942. She is found and pursued by a powerful Japanese task force led by the largest battleship ever designed, Yamato, and an Admiral determined to sink this mysterious enemy ship, or die trying. In this amazing conclusion to the popular Kirov trilogy, the most powerful ships ever conceived by two different eras clash in a titanic final battle that will decide the fate of nations and the world itself.
Kirov III - Pacific Storm
334 Pages with Prologue, 33 Chapters, Extended Epilogue and a sneak preview of the next volume in the continuing Kirov Saga entitled  Men Of War.

eBook: $4.99 for Amazon Kindle, and any other cell phone or pad device with the free Amazon Kindle App.

Trade Paperback: $19.99 from CreateSpace

 Produced and published by: The Writing Shop Press 
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on January 29, 2013 11:07

Kirov II-Pacific Storm Sets Sail

The Saga Continues...
ANNOUNCING... Kirov III - Pacific Storm


The Writing Shop Press is pleased to announce that a Volume III in the popular Kirov series novels by John Schettler is now available as an eBook in the Amazon Kindle store, and a trade paperback at our CreateSpace store.

Since it first appeared in March of 2012, Kirov has been well received by a large audience of naval fiction enthusiasts with its unusual twist in placing the world’s most powerful battlecruiser in the cauldron of WWII. The second volume, entitled Kirov II - Cauldron Of Fire continued the saga as the ship found itself in mysterious circumstances that lead it into a gauntlet of intense naval combat in the Mediterranean. Beginning exactly where Volume II ended, Kirov III opens with an extended scene where Admiral Tovey has a long and revealing conversation with Intelligence Guru Alan Turing at Bletchley Park.
Kirov
has again moved in time, this time spotted in the Pacific on the eve of a major Japanese offensive operation...that never should have happened. Now acting Captain Anton Fedorov discovers the true cause of the great variation in time that has led to a devastated world in the future as the ship struggles to escape the dangerous waters of the Coral Sea in late 1942. She is found and pursued by a powerful Japanese task force led by the largest battleship ever designed, Yamato, and an Admiral determined to sink this mysterious enemy ship, or die trying. In this amazing conclusion to the popular Kirov trilogy, the most powerful ships ever conceived by two different eras clash in a titanic final battle that will decide the fate of nations and the world itself.
Kirov III - Pacific Storm
334 Pages with Prologue, 33 Chapters, Extended Epilogue and a sneak preview of the next volume in the continuing Kirov Saga entitled  Men Of War.

eBook: $4.99 for Amazon Kindle, and any other cell phone or pad device with the free Amazon Kindle App.

Trade Paperback: $19.99 from CreateSpace

 Produced and published by: The Writing Shop Press 
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on January 29, 2013 11:07

Kirov III Ready To Set Sail

The Saga Continues...
ANNOUNCING... Kirov III - Pacific Storm


The Writing Shop Press is pleased to announce that a Volume III in the popular Kirov series novels by John Schettler is now in production and will be available February 2013 as an eBook in the Amazon Kindle store, and a trade paperback at our CreateSpace store.
Since it first appeared in March of 2012, Kirov has been well received by a large audience of naval fiction enthusiasts with its unusual twist in placing the world’s most powerful battlecruiser in the cauldron of WWII. The second volume, entitled Kirov II - Cauldron Of Fire continued the saga as the ship found itself in mysterious circumstances that lead it into a gauntlet of intense naval combat in the Mediterranean. Beginning exactly where Volume II ended, Kirov III opens with an extended scene where Admiral Tovey has a long and revealing conversation with Intelligence Guru Alan Turing at Bletchley Park.
Kirov
has again moved in time, this time spotted in the Pacific on the eve of a major Japanese offensive operation...that never should have happened. Now acting Captain Anton Fedorov discovers the true cause of the great variation in time that has led to a devastated world in the future as the ship struggles to escape the dangerous waters of the Coral Sea in late 1942. She is found and pursued by a powerful Japanese task force led by the largest battleship ever designed, Yamato, and an Admiral determined to sink this mysterious enemy ship, or die trying. In this amazing conclusion to the popular Kirov trilogy, the most powerful ships ever conceived by two different eras clash in a titanic final battle that will decide the fate of nations and the world itself.
Kirov III - Pacific Storm
334 Pages with Prologue, 33 Chapters, Extended Epilogue and a sneak preview of the next volume in the continuing Kirov Saga entitled  Men Of War.

eBook: $4.99 for Amazon Kindle, and any other cell phone or pad device with the free Amazon Kindle App.

Trade Paperback: $19.99 from CreateSpace

 Produced and published by: The Writing Shop Press 
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on January 29, 2013 11:07

December 6, 2012

Kirov II Sets Sail for Amazon


The saga continues…
Days after the shocking discovery of Halifax Harbor, battlecruiser Kirov heads east into the Atlantic, a lost ship in a forsaken and devastated world. Twelve days later they have entered the Mediterranean Sea finding nothing but blackened destruction on every shore. Disheartened and stricken with remorse, the ship and crew turns west for the long voyage back to the Straits of Gibraltar when a sudden and unexpected attack leads them to the astounding conclusion that they have once again moved in time, not forward but back, returning to the cauldron of fire of the Second World War. Only this time a full year has passed and they now find themselves sailing the dangerous waters of the year 1942.
As the Royal Navy prepares for one of the largest naval operations of the war, Kirov becomes a renegade ship, trapped in the restricted waters of an inland sea with only three ways out. With enemies on every side, the one question her beleaguered captains and crew must now answer has been reduced to the simplest possible terms—survival!
At this crucial turning point in the war, forces on every side slowly begin to unravel the  mystery of this phantom raider they have now come to call Geronimo.
Naval combat rages in this exciting and fast paced sequel to the breakthrough military fiction novel Kirov, by John Schettler

cBook: $4.99 - Amazon ExclusivePaperback: $19.99 - CreateSpace 5.5" x 8.5"340 Pages114,500 words
Also available in the KDP Select Lending Library for Amazon Prime customers.
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on December 06, 2012 18:52

November 3, 2012

Sequel to Kirov Coming this Winter

ANNOUNCING...
Kirov II - Cauldron Of Fire

Nov 1, 2012 - The Writing Shop Press is pleased to announce that a sequel to the fast selling novel Kirov, by John Schettler is now in the works and tentatively scheduled for release this Winter. Since it first appeared in March of 2012, Kirov has been well received by a large audience of naval fiction enthusiasts with its unusual twist in placing the world’s most powerful battlecruiser in the cauldron of WWII. The second volume, entitled Kirov II - Cauldron Of Fire will continue and extend the saga as the ship again finds itself in mysterious circumstances that lead it into a gauntlet of intense naval combat. 
Please check back in the weeks ahead for updates on the final publication date.

 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on November 03, 2012 22:08