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Hello and good day, Mark! Your book sounds amazing and I know I'm going to love it. Also, August 15th is my birthday and I have a big post for my blog coming up where I plan to feature books released in August and I would love love love to add your book to the list! I also have a background in Law and this is definitely the type of political maneuvering I want to be reading when school isn't in session!
Preye wrote: "Hello and good day, Mark! Your book sounds amazing and I know I'm going to love it. Also, August 15th is my birthday and I have a big post for my blog coming up where I plan to feature books releas..."Hi Preye. Thank you so much! You are the first one to offer on goodreads. I've sent a friend request. Please accept, and I'll send you the details. Alternatively, I've set my email account to accept all messages, so just email me. Happy reading!
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Mark
I’m approaching the end of a self-publishing pilgrimage five years in the making (think Homer’s Odyssey, but add the surname ‘Simpson’). Two jobs, one manuscript appraisal, a beta read, a copy-edit, twelve revisions and a largely intact marriage later, I’m done (literally, figuratively and if there’s another relevant word ending in ‘ly,’ that too).
The Smallest War will be published on Amazon on 15 August 2022 in ebook and paperback.
My hope is that members of the goodreads community would join my advanced reader team and provide a review on Amazon when The Smallest War is published.
The Smallest War is unashamedly action-adventure with generous dashes of the legal, political and military thriller genres (with a twist in the latter that would cripple a nipple). But beware: if you join team The Smallest War and you’re asthmatic like me, have your inhaler handy because you’ll be breathless. The novel will appeal to anyone that enjoys books in the style of I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes, particularly readers that appreciate well plotted, unrelenting cat-and-mouse, rapid-fire action and characters pushed to their limits. The blurb for The Smallest War is at the bottom of this post. It will provide a better indication if the book is for you.
If you want to join team The Smallest War and you are a member of BookSirens, copies in PDF and EPUB are available from https://booksirens.com. If you are not a member of BookSirens and want to join team The Smallest War, direct message me via my goodreads profile. I will send you a link that will provide access to the book on BookSirens. In the vain hope there are more offers than places, I apologise if you want to join and can’t (a good problem from my perspective).
If you prefer paperbacks and are in Perth, Australia, there is a third choice. I have a very limited number of ‘not for resale’ copies of The Smallest War in paperback that were used for the final review. Some copies of the paperback have the mad scribbles of an unpublished author on them (in case there is doubt, that is me). The scribbles won’t detract from the read, and they’ll identify with great precision the typographical errors in the penultimate draft. Imagine not having to find them yourself—nice!
Thank you for reading my post. I hope to hear from you via BookSirens or direct message.
Blurb of The Smallest War
A bad idea brilliantly executed
Small War is the United Nations’ best keep secret: an alternative to conventional war. For the United States’ military and arms industry, Small War is bad for business, so they bury it.
A change in the world order
Oil—enough to build a superpower—is discovered by the United States, only for the Russian Federation to lay claim. The United States threatens war, but a resurgent Russia ruthlessly executes a play years in the making. Dominos fall: a fire the size of England, a bloody naval skirmish, breath-taking political manipulation. Small War will decide who exploits the oil.
If you can catch a breath, it’s not Small War
Unprepared, the United States exhumes its Small War capability and staggers into the contest: five relentless rounds of pursuit by any means necessary, winner takes all.
Press-ganged into the fray, Danny “The Beef” Wellington reluctantly joins his teammates, Kimimela Thunderhawk and Matt Balthazar, planning to do just enough to stay alive. But there’s a hitch in Danny’s plan: a traitor lurks, and only he can tip the balance to give the United States a fighting chance.
In the other corner, the Russian Federation—born ready. The perfectly malevolent Major Regina Volkov leads her dealers of death, Senior Warrant Officer Alexei Kozlov and Senior Sergeant Gleb Romanov.
And while the Russians chase the Americans across two continents, their intelligence agencies—Kovet and the NSA—grapple, willing to do anything to give their side the upper hand.
The Smallest War: thrilling action-adventure at its nail biting best.