Spotlight on Of Knight & Devil by Frederick H. Crook


It is July, 2130,less than a year after the destruction of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport, thelast of its kind in America. Major Reginald Mattersly of the British Army’s SRRhas been slowly making his way to the west coast, where he wishes to find ahome on the beach and live out the remainder of his life.
These plans are cut short whenhe is ambushed in Nevada by a mysterious trio of armed men. To his rescue comesa man of the 82nd Airborne who calls himself Elias Mulhaney. The twoof them continue on to a town called Lovelock, currently embattled with theirneighbors in Reno.
The mayor of Lovelock, JazzHernandez, is the prime target of her former lover, Gillespie, the mayor ofReno. His mentality: If he can’t have her, no one can.
Mattersly and Mulhaney bandtogether to infiltrate the city of Reno to rescue her kidnapped niece, Nora,and destroy the factory that provides Gillespie’s military power.
In a post-Great Exodus Earthwhere there is no law and no national government, can there still be justice?

Reviews:
"Frederick H. Crook is a masterful storyteller. He pits good against evil with a way different from most writers in the genre. The dialog is crisp and believable." ~ Frank Scozzari
"The entire book takes place over the course of a few days and honestly, I was bummed when it ended. You will never get bored reading this book." ~ Melissa Massey-Maroni
"I loved each page of this tale of hope. Anyone who still believes in the magic of heroism, should definitely have Of Knight & Devil in their bookcase." ~ Susan Lynn Solomon
Just check out this excerpt!



            “Ihave to reload here,” Mulhaney said. “Both belts are about out.”            “Do it. Quickly,” Reginald replied.
            Just as he finished speaking, anexplosion rocked the parking garage.
            “What the hell was that?” Eliaswondered aloud and froze. “Artillery?”
            “Just reload, now!” Reginaldordered. Seeing no one beyond his driver’s window, the major dared open hisdriver’s hatch to listen.
            Another explosion rocked thebuilding, this time more violently. Angel opened the infantry hatch and took alook behind them. Bits of concrete and dust filled the air around the twomachines. Just as she was ducking back inside, a third explosion struck thebuilding, directly above them. The outer hull was struck with falling concretefrom the ceiling.
            “Mortars!” Reginald shouted into themicrophone for the benefit of their new ally, Sergeant Schamski. He slammed thedriver’s hatch, locked it, and extracted himself from the seat, leaving the helmetbehind. “Angel, get into the driver’s position and move if I tell you. We arebeing shelled!” With that order given, the major snatched up his Dragunov and loweredthe rear ramp.
            “Major, I don’t know how to drivethis thing!” she protested.
            “Just do it! Shut the door when Iget clear!” he shouted as the next mortar round struck against the side of the parkingstructure, this time on their floor. Mattersly was shielded by flying bits ofconcrete by Necromancer, which wasimmediately covered in dust.
            Reginald used the dust as cover forhis run to the southwest corner of the building. He had judged from thetrajectory of the first three rounds that whoever was launching the mortarswould be found in that direction. He crouched low as he met with the wall,pulled his beret from his tunic’s breast pocket and placed it on his head. Theaction was more out of necessity than pride, for the gray surface of the capwould not reflect the sunlight.
            Another mortar round struck nearlythe same place as before, only one floor below. Wasting no time, he took a peekover the top of the waist-high wall, where his eyes found another large hotelacross the street. Having adjusted his eyes for distance, he immediatelylocated the mortar crew, which had taken a room on a floor slightly below thelevel of the garage on which Necromancerand Wolfhunter were trapped.
            He quickly reset his eyesight tonormal and brought up his Dragunov, being careful to remain in the shadows.Reginald watched as the crew fired a sixth round. In seconds, it was clear thatthis one was going to be rather close. He lay flat and covered his head as theround struck just left of his position, taking out the short wall and theleading edge of the pavement. Mattersly felt several bits of concrete strikehim and was covered by dust.
            His ears rang despite the audiodevices’ cancellation attempts and his eyes burned from the dust. Reginald notedthat Necromancer had again openedfire on targets trying to come up to their level. Without further thought, themajor rose upon one knee, lifted his rifle to his shoulder and located atarget. It was the mercenary attending or perhaps firing the mortar.
            Reginald squeezed the trigger anddropped him. Training told him to move to another location, but he had foundRenoite militia to be undertrained and inexperienced. He found a second target.This one was another militiaman which came to the aid of the man Reginald hadjust brought down. With another squeeze of the trigger, the second man wasfelled.
            This time, Mattersly did drop to thefloor to crawl to another location. It was none too soon, as the place where hehad just fired from was struck with a smattering of assault weapon rounds,returned from the militiamen supporting the mortar. As the two Stryker’s firedat targets that he could not see, the major lifted his body onto his knee andprepared to take another look. Just then, the seventh round struck the parkinggarage, close enough to knock him flat.
Available now in paperback or for your kindle, this fast-paced, dystopian adventure will keep you planted and reading!
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This is Author Frederick H. Crook's fourth novel, his third publication with Solstice Publishing, for which he also is employed as an editor.
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Also, coming in early 2016, Campanelli: Siege of the Nighthunter