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February 8, 2017
Our First Pro Audiobook Review!
Many thanks to Charla White at the Audiobook Reviewer for our first professional audiobook review!
Here’s an excerpt:
“The narrator, also the author Mark Hosack, does his novel justice as the listener is treated to a passionate performance and the smooth flow of a narrator connecting to the story…His passion, excitement, doubt, fear, pain and more are portrayed in a riveting performance.”
The audiobook for The Good Spy Dies Twice is available now at: Audible Amazon or iTunes – check it out!
And be sure to check out the Audiobook Reviewer’s full review here:
January 28, 2017
The Good Spy Dies Twice Is Nominated…!
RT Book Reviews has nominated The Good Spy Dies Twice for its 2016 RT Review Source Award, very exciting news! We are thrilled to be among the nominees (and it’s quite the nice review – be sure to click on the image above to check it out).
In case you missed it, the audiobook for The Good Spy Dies Twice was released last week at Audible, iTunes and Amazon. It’s also available as an eBook, paperback and hardback at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and iTunes.
January 27, 2017
The Audiobook For The Good Spy Dies Twice Is Out!
December 3, 2016
The Diomedes – Where You Really CAN See Russia From Your Backyard
Those big landmasses labeled Russia and United States look pretty menacing to those two little islands, don’t they? As a guy working on a book that draws heavily from the Cold War… how could I pass this up?
A mysterious painting plays a big part in the plot of The Good Spy Dies Twice, but I also mention an ivory tusk, carved in the shape of the Diomede Islands.
The Diomedes are unusual for a few reasons:
1) Way back when anthropologists believe the Diomedes were a stopping point for the first humans who crossed the Bering Straight.
2) The International Dateline runs right between them, so one island is nearly an entire day ahead of the other.
3) The big Diomede island belongs to Russia, the small one to America, and they’re only separated by two miles of water.
4) During the winter, the water between them freezes…
That’s right. During the Cold War, if you were a soldier stationed at one of the then-heavily militarized islands, you could pour yourself a cup of coffee, find your favorite walking stick, and take a morning stroll from America to Russia, sparking World War III along the way.
In my book, an old author named Mel Perkins tells a story about two men, one a wealthy Soviet, the other a wealthy American, who, at the height of the Cold War, ran a telephone line between the Diomedes. At the time, it was the only means of near-instantaneous communication that existed between the two Super Powers. This secret back channel helped to avert nuclear war. It also made these wealthy “Diomede Men” indispensable, and more powerful than their sitting presidents.
The Diomede Men held the fate of the world in their hands, and though long dead, their relationship still lives. A relationship that transcends politics and borders. A relationship that spawned the Carousel, an international network of billionaires and CEOs and military men who secretly collude to promote both the common good and global objectives.
No matter the cost.
No matter who dies.
The Diomedes are backstory in The Good Spy Dies Twice, but what happened between those two islands spin the larger plot of the Bullseye series, a plot that only Jake Boxer, an investigative journalist and host of the conspiratorial news show, Bullseye, can unravel.
Through December 8th, you can get the first book in the Bullseye Series, The Good Spy Dies Twice, on Amazon for just .99 cents. Just click HERE. The book is also available in paperback and hardcover from all major retailers.
Called “an undeniably spry and rousing espionage thriller” by Kirkus Reviews and given 4 1/2 Stars and made a Top Pick by RT Book Reviews, The Good Spy Dies Twice is this winter’s most exciting new thriller.
Watch the book trailer HERE.
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September 8, 2016
Pre-Order / Launch Sale!
Well, the book is out Tuesday – which means we are running a crazy cheap launch sale – just .99 cents (listed at $4.99) for the ebook and $8.95 (listed at 15.95) for the paperback. We want everyone to read it! If you’re interested, pick it up while it’s on sale by clicking HERE.
September 5, 2016
August 20, 2016
Goodreads Giveaway Til Aug 31st!
Well, it’s that time of the season…
Goodreads Giveaway! You can now win a free and AUTOGRAPHED copy of my book, The Good Spy Dies Twice. Check it out – it’s free to enter – and Goodreads is awesome! (content warning: this thriller is not safe for work or preteens – but it would fit in nicely at HBO – use your own discretion!)
Just click HERE!
June 22, 2016
New Website – New Book!
Well, I suppose a new site means a new book on the horizon!
The book is a thriller titled, THE GOOD SPY DIES TWICE – I like to think of it as a bit of James Bond in a Stephen King novel.
I can’t wait to share it with everyone. Below is a short synopsis. Please sign up for my newsletter (even if you already did with the last book, IDENTITY – yes, I lost my old list) and be the first to hear about release dates, cover reveals, promos and other good stuff.
Oh yes, and a big shout out to Oren Goldman and the good folk at WOWMI for the fancy new headshot. It takes a lot to get a guy like me looking this thriller-y (including a jacket-loaner).
Hope everyone is having a good one—
Mark
“THE GOOD SPY DIES TWICE.”
These are the final cryptic words from a convicted murderer – a man who claimed he’d killed for the CIA – moments before his execution. The words haunt Jake Boxer, anchor of the cable news show Bullseye, currently honeymooning in Blind River, a posh ski resort in the rugged Alaskan mountains.
But Blind River wasn’t always a quaint ski town. It was once part of White Alice, a massive telecommunication network that had been used as an early warning system for Soviet nukes during the Cold War — a military installation long dismantled.
Or so Jake thought.
Soon after arriving in Blind River, Jake is drawn into a complex and deadly conspiracy involving his newlywed wife, the owner of the ski resort, and the hundred or so “guests” at the hotel. The plot threatens not only national security but his new wife’s life as well.
Described as James Bond in a Stephen King novel, THE GOOD SPY DIES TWICE is rich with atmosphere, complex and fast-paced. It’s part spy thriller, part whodunit and introduces an exciting new hero, the intrepid, conspiratorial journalist, Jake Boxer.
June 6, 2016
Hello world!
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January 2, 2015
Happy New Year!
Hi – yes, we are under construction here – out with the old, in with the new! In the meantime, if you want to get in touch with me, you can drop me an email at: mhosack@gmail.com. Unless, of course, you’re a spambot.
Mark Hosack is a novelist and filmmaker. Please check out his first book, Identity, and if you’re interested, you can also watch the trailers to his films Give ‘em Hell, Malone and Pale Blue Moon. He also wrote a bunch of words on the recent Sony Crackle series Sequestered.
