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Johnny And The Preacher Pre-Sale Ends Soon!

You won’t want to chance missing the latest volume in the “Johnny Alias” western series from R Lawson Gamble, “Johnny And The Preacher“.

Escape your anxieties in pure fiction, a novel written in the true Western spirit imbued with a little danger, a little romance, a lot of mesquite and cattle, and a great gunfight.

Advance copyreader and seasoned newspaper columnist Pamela Dozois writes, “I know how hard it is to write in the first person, but because of your excellent wordsmanship, I was in Johnny’s head, in his heart, and standing next to him with my own (imaginary) Colt 45. I just finished your book, and I LOVED LOVED LOVED it! I couldn’t put it down. I just loved all the characters – they were so well constructed. I felt like I was right there with them every inch of the way. Surprises at the ending. You are a great storyteller.”

JOHNNY AND THE PREACHER is in the last week of presale at Amazon, at the lowest price allowable for wide distribution, $2.99. We encourage you to grab your copy now at Amazon.com.

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And then relax and enjoy!

Lost Oasis Goes Audio

We are excited to have found just the right narrator for LOST OASIS! Louis B. Jack, actor, singer, and voiceover artist has agreed to narrate and produce the audio version of Zack Tolliver, FBI, Book # 8.

With 3 feature films, 6 television episodes, 11 short films, and 9 VoiceOver projects, including a game and six audiobooks, on his resume, Louis and his production staff are just the right team to bring Zack and Eagle Feather to life between the covers of this popular novel.

LOST OASIS has garnered 51 Amazon ratings since its publication in June with an average of 4.6 out of 5, and very strong reviews. We looked hard for just the right voice out of the many auditions over a busy week of listening and we believe you will agree with our choice.

The audiobook is due to be completed in the second week of December and will go on sale at ACX shortly thereafter. What a great holiday present for the western mystery lover on your list!

First Time Free!

For the first time since its publication in June, the ebook LOST OASIS, book #8 in the Zack Tolliver, FBI, Western mystery series will be FREE.

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This Indigenous Day surprise is in recognition of a special holiday for Eagle Feather fans and Zack Tolliver followers everywhere. ONE DAY ONLY.

Published in June 2020, LOST OASIS has already garnered 45 ratings resulting in a 4.6 out of 5.0 average at Amazon with excellent reviews. When first released, LOST OASIS held the #1 New Release position in New & Hot in the Native American Literature category for over a week.

LOST OASIS is currently in production to become an audiobook with recognized narrator Louis B. Jack, due mid-December.

Modern science and high technology come up against deeply rooted Native American cultures and ancient rituals in this Zack Tolliver, FBI, mystery from author R Lawson Gamble.

Johnny And The Preacher, Now!

The sequel to “Johnny And The Kid” is now available to purchase on pre-sale at Amazon.com with an expected release date of November 1.

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With over 300 copies of “Johnny And The Kid” flying off the shelves so far on FREE JOHNNY weekend, those who are doing their homework (thank you!) will be ready for a new town, a new foe, and a new adventure. Don’t chance forgetting! Grab it now!

Johnny’s on the run, not from the law, but from the gunslingers who want to try their skills against him. He needs a place to lie low. Where better than the idyllic town of Hebron where everybody attends church and the Preacher is the highest authority? But the Preacher shoots first and asks questions later…and has a lovely daughter.

“Johnny And The Preacher” is available for just $2.99 for repurchase on Amazon. Make sure you have your copy on hand when you need it! You won’t want to miss it!

Free Johnny This Weekend

“Johnny And The Kid” will be free this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 2, 3, and 4 on Amazon.com, and if you like a good-old-fashioned western like those Elmore Leonard or Louis L’Amour or T.T. Flynn used to write with action from the first page, you’re gonna love this one.

We’re putting “Johnny” up for free because it’s the first in a series and the second book, “Johnny And The Preacher” is on the horizon, so you’ll want to get in on the excitement at the start!

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Johnny is a gunfighter, not because he wanted to be but because of how things worked out, and he’s the best. The day he isn’t, I guess the series will end. Unlike other gunfighters, Johnny has a strong sense of justice and an impetuousness that just keeps getting him into trouble. Damsels in distress and all that.

So yawl enjoy the story of how it all started and stay in your saddle and hang on to your hat because there’s a lot more to come.

And don’t come cryin’ to me if the bullets come too close!

Payu’s Journey Free – At Last

PAYU’S JOURNEY has never been offered as a free book before. This gentle story is of a journey both spiritual and physical undertaken by a dingo named Payu in search of a legendary land of plentiful food and water where wisdom and kindness prevail. A place to raise the baby human fallen into her hands…uh, paws…for whom she feels growing responsibility and love.

Perhaps the things we all seek now.

On her journey from the harsh unrelenting environment of Australia’s Great Sandy Desert, she encounters other animals, lonely or lost, who are themselves in search of meaning and purpose and enroll themselves in Payu’s quest. Her companions, a diverse group of unlikely Australian animals, name themselves the Motley Band and together face the dangers of the Australian Outback–– the Death Adder, the Panka, wildfire, and deep river crossings.

We are pleased to offer PAYU’S JOURNEY free on Labor Day, September 7th, at Amazon.com, perhaps as a means to reflect upon our own personal hopes and desires for a new world of love and peace.

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Free Book Bonus

This weekend, it’s a twofer. The exciting (scary!) ebook MESTACLOCAN will be free two days in a row, Saturday August 15 and Sunday August 16 so you can’t miss. Something predatory, something horrible stalks the green spaces of San Francisco. It strikes every nine days. Time is running out for Zack Tolliver, FBI, and Eagle Feather. And when did it start hunting them?

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Available at Amazon.com.

Canaan’s Secret Exposed

Thanks to James Eflin, prolific review writer on Amazon. Does he seek a future in reviewing books? If so, he certainly deserves a shot! Read on.

“Gamble stays in the American Southwest with this story, which centers on Kanab, Utah, and pits FBI Agent Zack Tolliver against the historical might and deeds of the Latter Day Saints. Is there a conspiracy afoot? It seems like a tall order for Gamble to take on an organized religious group as the adversary. He walks a high-wire by not painting Mormons overall as bad guys. Just a few of them seem to meet that description: high-ranking and influential Church leaders – although Tolliver and his allies can never be sure who is in the conspiracy that unfolds.

“Hunters discover the body of a high school boy, impaled on a sharply carved stick thrusting up from a table-like slab of sandstone at the bottom of a cliff on Canaan Mountain. Nearby is a cave, and it holds dark secrets. After law enforcement personnel arrive at the scene of the gruesome murder, the cave is found to be littered with a lot of bones that appear to be from humans. Whose are they? Something, or someone, doesn’t want the cave entered by officers of the law or anthropologists who are commissioned to study the bones. An injunction from the Governor puts the crime scene and the cave off-limits, further expanding the conspiratorial tone of the plot.

“Although Tolliver retired early from the FBI to spend more time with his wife and son in Arizona, he is invited to Kanab after parallels are made with the current murder and his past cases. Soon after, two more people are found dead and suspicions arise as to whether they are connected with the impaled boy. Tolliver is officially summoned out of retirement, but his side-kick Eagle Feather of the Navajo Reservation is told to keep a low profile – in essence, be nonexistent. He nevertheless uncovers key information that helps keep the investigation moving along. Many angles are pursued to investigate the suspicious deaths, and the number of suspects increases seemingly as fast as the bodies are found. Who’s on whose side in these events? Even agents within the FBI can’t be ruled out as playing some roles in the unfolding conspiracy. It takes Tolliver and his trusted (?) associates much action and intrigue to lead them up the ladder to find out who is responsible for the killings – and for those bones.

“Some linkages back to the history of White settlement in Utah, exploration of the Colorado Plateau, and the expansion of Mormon culture on the scene in the 19th century are intertwined with contemporary events to give weight to the unfolding plot. In fact, that history is the plot. This is one of the longer books in the series, which gives Gamble room to develop subplots quite well. We learn more about Tolliver’s relationship with Libby, his wife; Eagle Feather develops a romantic interest and chews peyote buttons with a local shaman; local law enforcement officers drink a lot of coffee and eat a lot of huevos rancheros in quaint, small-town cafes; and landscapes of southwestern Utah are vividly described. There are so many sub-characters that it is somewhat difficult to keep them all sorted out. But, the reader is treated to the smell of arid vegetation and feels the heat of the sun as Gamble takes us through the passages of diurnal cycles and the complications of loyalty to the Church – either the mainstream LDS or the smaller, and highly local, Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). Tensions among their adherents, and uncertainties about either of them by Tolliver and his associates, keep us intrigued to the very end.

“‘Canaan’s Secret’ ends in a typical Gamble dramatic style, written almost as if it were meant to be a cinematic extravaganza. Certainly, cinematographers would appreciate the vivid colors of the atmosphere and landscapes with which they could work, and they would not be overly constrained by city sets; while some of the action takes place in towns in southern Utah, most of it is in the arid landscape that is dominated by the dry, red sandstone. That is where Tolliver and Eagle Feather are at home. And so are we.”

Thanks and Gamble Ace to James Eflin.

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A Weekend & Free Book Coming!

Continuing the theme of offering our more popular reads for free to counter bad news with good, you will find CANAAN’S SECRET, the award-winning novel and sixth book in the Zack Tolliver, FBI series priced $0.00 this Saturday, July 18 all day.

This intricate tale twists its way through murder, rancher activists, Mormon fundamentalists, Southern Paiute tribal members, assassins, archaeological remains, and much more in Southern Utah. The book took third in the Mystery & Suspense category at the 2019 Readers Favorite book awards.

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CANAAN’S SECRET will be free this Saturday in ebook format. If you must be home and sequestered, as many of us are, you might as well enjoy a good read!

Free For the Fourth

We are offering JOHNNY AND THE KID the ebook for free over the Fourth Weekend, Saturday, July 4, and Sunday, July 5 at Amazon.com. JOHNNY is pure old Western-style entertainment, homespun fun.

“It was just Johnny and his ma until Ike Sanders came to Deep Water. He invested in the town, started a newspaper, and hired young Johnny as an apprentice. Now ma could quit work at the Lucky 7 Saloon. Then the Kid came to town. A long-ago secret connected Ike and the feared gunfighter, a secret that would change Johnny’s life forever.”

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“The character development is so well done that it’s as if Johnny was sitting in my living room telling the story. The plots and subplots are wonderful. I love The who’s who that kept the suspense heightened. It’s the best book I’ve read this year. Well done!” Fiona – Editor for Readers’ Favorite