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March 19, 2024
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Test Post 1
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January 4, 2015
Gold Medal-Winning Author Robert Cook Sends Protagonist Cooch Back to the Middle East
St. Helena, CA (PRWeb) December 15, 2014 – Robert Cook, vintner at cult wine producer Dancing Hares Vineyard in St Helena, CA has released the third in the Cooch series of national security thrillers, entitled Pulse. Cook is a gold medal award-winning author, cited for “illuminating digital publishing excellence” in the mystery/thriller category. BUY HERE ON AMAZON. http://www.amazon.com/Pulse-robert-cook/dp/0984315586/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418250608&sr=8-1&keywords=pulse+cook
In Pulse, Iran has developed a nuclear weapon and is about to use it against Israel. The US decides to preemptively attack Iran. Alejandro Cuchulain, Cooch, and his team are sent to convince the Iranians that it’s time to make nice with the world’s military hegemon. In a cover comment, former Deputy Director of Homeland Security and Commandant of the US Coast Guard, says, “Move over Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, Cooch has taken over the helm! Cook’s best work yet … the ride is manic moments of fear, blended with sheer inspiration.”
Pulse plays out with Cooch debating the morality of the attack with the President and his staff, while he and his team try to fix mass education in the Middle East.
Team member and female protagonist, Dr. Caitlin O’Connor, is the smartest person in the room, any room, and so convinces the President. It is her data system that has predicted Iran’s nuke completion and her systems that provide effective education for the masses.
Pulse swirls through Tangier, Washington, Camp David and Tehran in an exciting blend of dynamic writing and believable plot.
About Robert Cook
Robert Cook is a shooter, soldier, entrepreneur, philanthropist, venture capitalist, vintner and now author. A United States Army Vietnam veteran, he attained the rank of Major and holds the parachutists badge, Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.
Mr. Cook is an active philanthropist. He endowed the Robert E. Cook Honors College of Indiana University of Pennsylvania that was recently covered in Donald Asher’s book, “Cool Colleges for the Hyper Intelligent, Late Blooming and Just Plain Different.” www.iup.edu/honors. He is currently active in its support, particularly for Achievement Funds used for assistance in study abroad and supporting low-paying, but valuable, internships.
Cook was named the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Metropolitan Washington, DC Region in 1987.
Originally of Altoona, Pennsylvania, Cook holds a BS in Mathematics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the George Washington University.
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June 6, 2011
Elit National Gold Medal Award Goes To Cooch Thriller From Author Robert Cook
Hot-selling thriller, Cooch, has won a national eLit gold medal in the mystery/suspense/thriller category, an honor citing the author for “illuminating digital publishing excellence.” In the fast-paced novel, authored by Robert Cook (http://www.robertcooknovels.com) and published by Royal Wulff Publishing, protagonist Alec Cuchulain, “Cooch,” features a hero with one leg in finance and the other in a top-secret role in the U.S. Government.
Direct link: Buy Cooch Kindle or at http://www.smashwords.com in various ebook formats.
Cooch has emerged as one of the most unusual killers, with a bent towards both Wall Street and special ops warfare in this national security thriller.
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February 7, 2011
Protagonist Killer Cooch Warms Kindle Readers Hearts This Valentine’s Day With Discount To $4.99
St. Helena, CA (PRWeb) February 7, 2011
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, author Robert Cook today announced that his new thriller novel, Cooch, has been discounted to $4.99 for the Kindle Edition, through February 14, 2011. Cooch Kindle Edition at discount pricing is immediately available on Amazon.com. Direct link: Buy Cooch Kindle.
Cooch has emerged as one of the most unusual killers, with a bent towards both Wall Street and special ops warfare in this national security thriller. Offered from Royal Wulff Publishing and Robert Cook Novels, the novel features protagonist Alec Cuchulain.
Cook develops Alec Cuchulain both as a hedge fund manager and a CIA-sponsored special-ops warrior. Cooch moves from a Marine at 16, to a noted CIA warrior at age 25 and finally as a hedge fund manager, with stops at Oxford and Morocco. The drug cartel has decided to trade cocaine for defense secrets; Cooch and company are sent to crimp their plans. His allies include a Rhodes Scholar former Seal, a former Marine sniper and a foul-mouthed, scary smart, female CEO of a software company.
The protagonist is a violent killer with a unique set of learned qualities. His father is a wheelchair-bound former Marine and Medal of Honor winner who gives his son advice as to how to survive in a violent world. His mother is the daughter of a Bedouin sheikh who sends her young son off during many of his summer breaks to experience and learn the Bedouin life. The combination of a very young start in learning the art and craft of violence, combined with a thirst for knowledge drives him to become both a noted designer and user of explosives and an expert in Islamic affairs.
Violent, yet thoughtful, Cooch represents the best in fast-moving, popular thrillers.
About Robert Cook
Robert Cook is a shooter, soldier, entrepreneur, philanthropist, venture capitalist, vintner and now author. A United States Army Vietnam veteran, he attained the rank of Major and holds the parachutists badge, Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.
Mr. Cook is an active philanthropist. He endowed the Robert E. Cook Honors College of Indiana University of Pennsylvania that was recently covered in Donald Asher’s book, “Cool Colleges for the Hyper Intelligent, Late Blooming and Just Plain Different”. www.iup.edu/honors. He is currently active in its support, particularly for Achievement Funds used for assistance in study abroad and supporting low-paying, but valuable, internships. Cook was named the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Metropolitan Washington, DC Region in 1987.
Originally of Altoona, Pennsylvania, Cook holds a BS in Mathematics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the George Washington University.
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January 28, 2011
The Follow Up To Cooch
I’ve been told that there were enough subplots in Cooch for six books, rather than one. I’m consolidating those a bit with the second book. I originally named the second book A Patriot and an Assassin, but then the current hot thriller writer, Vince Flynn, came out last month with American Assassin, so I may have to change the title. That new thriller was interesting to me, since Flynn chose to talk about the development from youth of his protagonist, Mitch Rapp. I did that, up front, in Cooch, at the price of a slow start I suppose.
The story line in book two is that Cooch has inherited his grandfather’s large commerce business based in Tangier, Morocco, which covers the Middle East and southern Europe and has several thousand employees. He and his Rhodes scholar buddy, Elliot, decide the apply a few of the lessons of the Enlightenment to the current situation in the Middle East, mostly rule of law and the social contract stuff, by offering child care, education and basic medical services within the envelope of the company employees. They get the support of the US by building the mother of all intelligence networks – ground up, eager to enable and consolidate gossip from the masses. Or at least the Sunni masses — the Shi’a won’t make out as well. Cooch and company kill (execute/murder) Arabs who get in the way of their plans, often with US help and US deniability. There is some Tab A and C discussion.
A story line that hasn’t been used is the one that looks at the influence of the Enlightenment on Western Society and attempts to use those lessons to begin to remake the Arab world. That’s what Cooch and his bunch are trying to do. It’s fun to try to describe that goal and to discuss how to get there. The Enlightenment was an intellectual force that overcame many of the constraints of organized, politicized religion (that’s probably redundant). It took a while. So far, I mostly discuss the social contract and the rule of law – Sharia law in this case. I focus on Rousseau, Adam Smith and Ben Franklin.
Stay tuned…
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January 27, 2011
THE FOLLOW UP TO COOCH
I’ve been told that there were enough subplots in Cooch for six books, rather than one. I’m consolidating those a bit with the second book. I originally named the second book A Patriot and an Assassin, but then the current hot thriller writer, Vince Flynn, came out last month with American Assassin, so I may have to change the title. That new thriller was interesting to me, since Flynn chose to talk about the development from youth of his protagonist, Mitch Rapp. I did that, up front, in Cooch, at the price of a slow start I suppose.
The story line in book two is that Cooch has inherited his grandfather’s large commerce business based in Tangier, Morocco, which covers the Middle East and southern Europe and has several thousand employees. He and his Rhodes scholar buddy, Elliot, decide the apply a few of the lessons of the Enlightenment to the current situation in the Middle East, mostly rule of law and the social contract stuff, by offering child care, education and basic medical services within the envelope of the company employees. They get the support of the US by building the mother of all intelligence networks – ground up, eager to enable and consolidate gossip from the masses. Or at least the Sunni masses — the Shi’a won’t make out as well. Cooch and company kill (execute/murder) Arabs who get in the way of their plans, often with US help and US deniability. There is some Tab A and C discussion.
A story line that hasn’t been used is the one that looks at the influence of the Enlightenment on Western Society and attempts to use those lessons to begin to remake the Arab world. That’s what Cooch and his bunch are trying to do. It’s fun to try to describe that goal and to discuss how to get there. The Enlightenment was an intellectual force that overcame many of the constraints of organized, politicized religion (that’s probably redundant). It took a while. So far, I mostly discuss the social contract and the rule of law – Sharia law in this case. I focus on Rousseau, Adam Smith and Ben Franklin.
Stay tuned…
January 25, 2011
So Why Did I Write A Thriller?
Some of you may be curious about why I chose to write a thriller and where I’m going with it, if anywhere. This is a cut at answering that question, with the answer framed with some of the stuff that interests me from Core, the basic course set at the honors college at IUP, where I am involved. www.iup.edu/honors
I decided to write a thriller, both because I read and like them and for the broad readership of the genre. For me, the trick is to provide the thriller’s requisite sex and violence with an interesting and different perspective, while setting up the story line that I want to pursue over time. I found that I knew little about how to write fiction, no surprise, but much was written on that topic. I consequently read a lot. The title, Cooch, was to represent a nickname used for the protagonist, Alejandro Mohammed Cuchulain. I found out late in the publishing process that there was popular slang with a different meaning. I chose not to change it at that point. The Cuchulain name is taken from Irish folklore, where Cuchulain is a legendary warrior. Several of you picked up on that.
I find that I prefer to write dialogue first, then fill in exposition along the way. Some readers thus far object to the violence and others to the sex scenes. Others say the speeches from the father and the Brit are too long. Someone once said that writing about sex is dressing up with action adverbs, adjectives, et al, a situation where Tab A goes into Slots B, C or D. I did that, and had fun with it, trying to keep the characters where they belonged and to leave room for them to develop in the future.
I know a little about violence and quite a bit about guns and tactics. And Shazzam, along came a book or two. Cooch is decidedly not literature, but it moves right along.
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SO WHY DID I WRITE A THRILLER?
Some of you may be curious about why I chose to write a thriller and where I’m going with it, if anywhere. This is a cut at answering that question, with the answer framed with some of the stuff that interests me from Core, the basic course set at the honors college at IUP, where I am involved. www.iup.edu/honors
I decided to write a thriller, both because I read and like them and for the broad readership of the genre. For me, the trick is to provide the thriller’s requisite sex and violence with an interesting and different perspective, while setting up the story line that I want to pursue over time. I found that I knew little about how to write fiction, no surprise, but much was written on that topic. I consequently read a lot. The title, Cooch, was to represent a nickname used for the protagonist, Alejandro Mohammed Cuchulain. I found out late in the publishing process that there was popular slang with a different meaning. I chose not to change it at that point. The Cuchulain name is taken from Irish folklore, where Cuchulain is a legendary warrior. Several of you picked up on that.
I find that I prefer to write dialogue first, then fill in exposition along the way. Some readers thus far object to the violence and others to the sex scenes. Others say the speeches from the father and the Brit are too long. Someone once said that writing about sex is dressing up with action adverbs, adjectives, et al, a situation where Tab A goes into Slots B, C or D. I did that, and had fun with it, trying to keep the characters where they belonged and to leave room for them to develop in the future.
I know a little about violence and quite a bit about guns and tactics. And Shazzam, along came a book or two. Cooch is decidedly not literature, but it moves right along.
