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Jon de Silva

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Jon de Silva is a New Orleans native who earned his B.S. and M.B.A. at the University of New Orleans. In 2010, he wrote his first novel The Curse and the early short stories from The Acts of 1, which he published in 2012. In 2013, he published his first novel, The Curse, a novelette, The Hunted, and the novella, Rickshaw, New Mexico. In 2020, he published Justice: A Joel Brent Mystery and Second Chance in 2022. He now resides in the Greater New Orleans area.

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Yup. In my last post, I said I was wrong about using the existing cover of Second Chance and decided to replace it with another design. Well, I've been convinced to keep the original cover. It best reflects what's in the story. My possible replacements only reflect the time travel element, not the characters, which are the most important part of the story. Also, the person who convinced me is

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