Blog Tour: THE POSEIDON PROJECT by E. William Podojil
THE POSEIDON PROJECT
E. William Podojil
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GENRE:
Suspense,Thriller, Mystery
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BLURB:
ThePoseidon Project is an international suspense thriller and the first book inThe Herb Society Mysteries series
MollyHalloran and her friends have a secret past. Their bucolic retirement is suddenly upended when Molly’s husband isabducted and held for a steep ransom. Now she, her friends, her tech executive son, Lukas and his Air Forcepilot boyfriend must race against the clock and travel halfway around the worldto meet the kidnappers’ demands. Butwhen they learn why her husband has been abducted, they realize how high thestakes truly are. Molly and her friendsnow must face their past in order to save the future. But not only their futures; the world’s.
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ExcerptThree:
“There’s just nothing like airplane sweaty body, Ma. Ipromise I won’t tell anyone you complained about your private jet.” Lukasjoked.
“You know, Lukas, I know it’s your romantic life, and youdon’t need your mother meddling in your affairs, but Taylor is quite a catch ifyou ask me. You two look so natural together, like you’ve known each otherforever.”
“I hope you mean that in a good way, Ma.” Lukas blushed abit. His mother could see right through him. “I’m waiting ’til he reveals he’sa psychotic serial killer. That’s usually how my relationships go, well, notthe serial killer part, but definitely the psychotic part.”
“I think you should go for it, for what it’s worth. And whyare you so negative about relationships?” his mother asked.
“Mom, I’ve known him for a week and during one of the mostawful, chaotic weeks in my life. I’d like to see how we get along in a normalsetting, like normal, boring life. Watching Netflix, making popcorn, foldingclothes, you know? Simple life stuff. That’s when you know whether you’re withthe right person or not.”
“You haven’t changed much, Lukas,” his mom pointed out. “Youlook at everything with logic,
precision, follow the rules, and with as little variation aspossible. You’ve been that way since you were little, and I love that aboutyou, but you have to let yourself feel emotions. Allow yourself to bevulnerable and take a leap of faith. You’re not a Klingon, for God’s sake.
a leap of faith. You’re not a Klingon, for God’s sake.”
Lukas held back a laugh. “I think you mean a Vulcan, Mom.”
“Let me ask you something, Lukas. How do you feel whenyou’re around Taylor?”
Lukas pondered. “That’s easy, Ma. I feel like I’m rightwhere I want to be. I feel joy, fear, happiness, then scared and vulnerable.Panicked and terrified he’s going to walk away.”
“Like Drew, you mean?”
Lukas paused. “Yeah, Ma, like Drew.”
“You live once, honey. You’re almost forty, and before youknow it you will be my age. It’s best to share a life with someone, not runprobability formulas to predict success or failure. Sometimes, you just have tojump and know, that no matter what happens, you’ll be okay.”
“What did you and Dad do before I was born?” Lukas quicklychanged the subject.
Molly was taken aback. “Um, well, we had a lot ofadventures, that’s for sure. Not much money, so we both worked a lot, but wehad fun.”
“Mom, how did you meet your friends, you know, Linda, Betty,and Donna?”
“We worked together.”
“Teaching? Lukas asked.
“Not teaching. We worked together at Argonne NationalLaboratory before teaching.”
“What did you guys do there?”
Molly thought about a response. “Lots of stuff.”
“Mom, can you tell me more than that?”
Molly let out a sigh. “Not every story is my story alone totell. I have to get the ladies to explain some things. It’s a long story, solet’s go get them so we can tell it together.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
E. William Podojil has worked as a writer, advisor and international business executive while livingin the Netherlands and the United States. He studied screenwriting at UCLA. Hisfirst novel, The Tenth Man, was published in 2004, by Haworth Press. His latest novel, The Poseidon Project, willbe published by Wild Rose Press in August, 2024 as the first book in the HerbSociety Mysteries series.
Podojil currently resides in Northeast Ohio with his husband andthree sons. He travels extensively and writes about his experiences on hiswebsite www.ewpodojil.com
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