It's been a while since I've updated the blog and in the
intervening years I've started a new venture. In addition to my day job, I'm
narrating audiobooks.
So today, I thought I'd give a quick rundown of a few of the
titles I now have available on Audible, Amazon and iTunes.
Mick Murphy is a mostly retired journalist living in peace
in the quiet, tropical paradise of Key West. Only he has a habit of wandering
into the middle of federal drug stings and cartel wars.
Both of these books start with Mick quickly catapulted from
another normal day into the chaos of another unwanted adventure. Before he
knows what's happening, his journalistic curiosity sucks him deeper into the
danger and intrigue. The story unfolds from Mick's point of view in a
"noir" style that was really fun to do. I enjoyed bringing Mick to
life along with his "black bag" friend Norm, Police Chief Richard
Dowley, a burned out Jesuit missionary and Tita (Mick's on again, off again
girlfriend).
If you've ever been to Key West, you'll recognize lots of
the local haunts and landmarks mentioned throughout the books. Both were fun
stories with a couple of twists along the way.
There is some pretty salty language (I just read 'em, I
don't write 'em) so be aware of that if you choose to take a trip to Key West
with Mick and his friends.
I really enjoyed this book.
As the story begins, we meet Daniel Peterson. Daniel has
life all figured out. He's about to marry a smart, beautiful girl and step into
a well paying job at her dad's company. As the two of them are getting ready to
start the day, a news report catches his attention. A beloved children's author
has passed away. He and his fiancé reminisce about their favorite stories by Professor
Poppyseed.
Then, Dan gets the phone call that derails his perfectly
planned existence. A Lawyer calls to inform him that his father has died and he
is the sole heir to a substantial fortune. It's a confusing call, since Dan
thought his father had died years before. As it turns out, the father his mom
kept him from had been providing for him from afar and was none other than Professor
Poppyseed. Dan is about to be a very rich young man. There's just one catch.
Dan has to travel to the west coast, retrieve his father's ashes and scatter
them. Thus begins Dan's journey through his father's life. Along the way he
gets to know the man he never met and his well planned life is changed in ways
he could never have seen coming.
The story is fun, emotional, heart-warming and hopeful and I
enjoyed each of the characters Dan meets on his life-changing journey.
(The first book in the
Dragon's Blade Trilogy)
If you enjoy Epic Fantasy, like The Hobbit, The Lord of the
Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia or The Shanara Chronicles, you will enjoy this
story.
Darnuir, the Prince of Dragons is mortally wounded as an
army of demons overruns the capital of Aurisha. This king is killed during the
battle and Brackendon, the last of the wizards, finds Darnuir near the point of
death and whisks him halfway around the world. As the only heir, Darnuir is now
King and rightful bearer of the Dragon's Blade - a powerful enchanted sword.
But if he dies, there will be no one to wield the blade and Dragon's humanity and
Faeries will be doomed.
To save the life of the new king, Brackendon "reverts
time" on him. The spell effectively "heals" Darnuir by
destroying his body and remaking him as an infant. Brackendon leaves the young
king in the care of humans. He is unaware of who or what he is until he once
again becomes of age. The young Dragon King, just finding out who he is, must now
lead a combined army of the three races against the evil wizard Castallan, the
Dark Lord, Rectar and his demon horde.
I got to use a number of accents from the UK and had a blast
telling this story. It's my best seller to date and I've just started
pre-production on book two in the series. I hope to have it available by July.
If any of these sound like something you'd like to hear, click the link and it will take you straight to the Audible page for the book. Then, I'd love it if you'd leave a review.
