My Apologies to Vortex Readers
 

My apologies to Vortex readers. With the rude intrusion of a publisher who has made me divert time from this forum, by making me work on a book that will be released in June 2008. This, and a bit of GWX :oops: have prevented me from posting new Vortex episodes.

Kingmaker is an espionage thriller and here's the cover art. :D

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/fsscr991.jpg

Shameless self advertising :nope: :D

Still the cover looks promising. Diamonds, blood and I'm assuming U-Boats. If the main character turns out to be called Balz I'll cry though. If it ever appears in my local bookshop I'll buy it :up:

Definetely shameless.
Actually, this one does not include U-boats. Here's the blurb:

Powerful transnational commercial interests manipulate the War on Terror and news media. Cynical former CIA operative John Trager’s search for the truth leads him to Africa and the mysterious anthropologist Simone Loriot. Her passionate quest to save her adopted Central African country from looters of natural resources, draw Trager into a violent whirlwind of mercenaries, tribal rivalries and a traitor in The White House. Facing disaster, Trager finds his true self and reason for self-sacrifice.

Wow Brag, I knew about Vortex, but did not realize you had other stuff as well, just checked out your Website, some impressive looking stuff there.


RDP

Jeepers, Brag! So you finally admit you're a writer! :lol: I can dig it -- sometimes it's better to operate covertly.

I like your site; good advice to wannabes there. I used to have a bottom-feeder Hollywood agent who charged an annual fee -- what a waste! I'm done with Hollywood in general; next time they'll have to come to me, I ain't chasing after them.

Mach's gut, dude! :up:

Yeah, if anyone asks for money from a writer it's a scam!

June 2008, and you already know the cover art?? :o

That's unusual.

Brag has the talent of a writer and I should know ..
I'm getting an autographed copy of the first Book he get's published :yep:

Right, Cpt Munson. I owe you that one. :D

Brag,
if you're really a good sport you would give all your buddies here at subsim a free book.............Whata ya say Herr Balz..........:yep::yep:

Sorry, Herr Balz would never approve, nor would my starving orphans to be. :88)

Not so unusual, as they use the cover art to advertize upcoming releases. You can check them out at:

http://lightswordpublishing.com/