Great Support from Fellow Authors!

The free promotion of Voyage of the Dead was a great success. It wasn't the most copies I had ever given away and the book didn't make it to the Top 100, but the response from those who have read it and the support from other authors was truly inspiring.

Special thanks to Hugh Howey (author of the blockbusting Wool series) who took the time to Tweet my promotion to his fans in the same week he was signing with Random House and Twentieth Century Fox. And many thanks again to Paul Jones (author of Extinction Point and Towards Yesterday) who has Tweeted all of my Freebies to his fans. Several other authors sent tweets and made posts to spread the word, including Nathan Yocum (author of The Zona), Barry James (author of Dreams of Darkness), Edwin Stark (author of Eco Station One), and Linell Jeppsen (author of Story Time), not to mention MountainMama (promoter of M.O.D.). They all deserve my thanks and I hope you will check out their books too.

The promotion ends at midnight PDT tonight and it looks like Voyage of the Dead will hang onto a slot in the top 10 of Free Sci Fi Adventure to the bitter end. Better yet was a review that came in this morning from someone in Barbados who downloaded the book yesterday, read it, then bought the sequel and read it all night. Then they posted the following review on Amazon:

"May 23, 2012
By
Purusha Nsadi "phyrephoxed" (Christ Church Barbados) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Voyage of the Dead - Book One Sovereign Spirit Saga (Kindle Edition)
So I was faffing around on Twitter scoping for new authors and books to read when I came across a tweet that pointed me in the direction of this book and since it mentioned that it was free I figured I'd check it out. After all, if its free and it sucks then no harm, no foul, eh?

Well, if you want a damn good apocalyptic/zombie/survival read, Mr. Forsyth has started the engines on an amped-up, turbo-charged thrill ride with Voyage of the Dead. I haven't blown through a book like that since Hugh Howey's Wool Saga, and I purchased the second book, Flotilla of the Dead, as well and read both overnight. Its got zombies, survivors, guns, a swordswoman, and enough gore and action to satisfy any zombie apocalypse fan.

I like that Mr. Forsyth presents logical, plausible solutions for the fixes his characters get into and that he is obviously building this story with a goal in mind. You can feel the outlines of where he is headed with this story and I for one am quite chuffed to be along for the ride. It promises to be a blast!

Oh, and if Carl could post the design plans for the Suburban......:)"

I call that a successful promotion!
DPF