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Times of Trouble a Christian fiction End Times novel
Times of Trouble is my latest novel. It has been nominated for the 2012 Global Ebooks Awards.
Thirty years in the future, the U.S. government has turned into a tyranny as the government agencies known as the EPA and TSA grow with ever more power, taking away freedoms that many Americans had known for over two hundred years.
Told in first person point of view, Brian Atwood, our main character, is a field agent for the FBI in Omaha. His work involves mostly cyber terrorism and actual cases of potential real world terrorism. Eventually, his wife gives birth to their third child, who has Down's Syndrome, which does not please the U.S. Health Administration because there are rules and regulations set-up in cases like these to prevent "genetic freaks" as they like to call them, from sucking up a lot of Health Admin money. Because the Atwoods are born again Christians, they never considered aborting the baby, so now the Health people have to take him away to deal with the problem later.
Meanwhile, the Secret Service decides to recruit Brian to be the personal agent of POTUS due to his great work involving a case that dealt with terrorism that would've involved Offutt Air Force Base. Brian's faith is tested every day as he deals with a man that has no morals from what Brian can see, and is tested even more when his wife finds out that she's dying from a fast growing form of breast cancer. Trouble in the rest of the world occurs as Iran attempts to nuke Israel, which fails spectacularly, so Israel takes care of the problem. This brings condemnation from everyone, including the US, which takes the side of Iran.
When the re-election of POTUS doesn't turn out the way he wanted it, he and his people declare the election nullified because of supposed "irregularities" with the ballots. POTUS claims that the new President-elect may take the seat sometime in the middle of next year, if everything looks to be sorted out. POTUS purges his staff of what he considers unloyal people, including Brian. At the same time, he loses his wife, but regains the son he thought he had lost.
Brian moves back to his family home in Nebraska, where we follow what happens as the country slowly falls apart. Events play out as Brian and his family sees the End Times approach.
ISBN-13: 978-1469964799
ISBN-10: 1469964791
BISAC: Fiction / Christian / General
Kindle ASIN: B0075CNFFI
Paperback for $8.99
Ebook for $2.99
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Permalink Reply by michael n. marcus on
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Sorry to "rain on your parade," but you need help.
"Times of Trouble a Christian fiction End Times novel" If it's a novel, it's fiction. You don't have to say both, ESPECIALLY on the cover. It screams "AMATEUR."
"It has been nominated for the 2012 Global Ebooks Awards." That's not impressive. Pretty much any book that's not kiddie porn can be nominated if the author or publisher pays $79.
"the government agencies known as the EPA and TSA" You don't have to explain that they're government agencies.
"many Americans had known for over two hundred years." Huh? How many Americans live for more than 200 years?
"Told in first person point of view, Brian Atwood, our main character, is . . ." Brian is not told in first-person, the book is.
"His work involves mostly cyber terrorism . . . . That sounds like he is a terrorist."
"rules and regulations" There is no need to say both.
"POTUS purges his staff of what he considers unloyal people, including Brian. At the same time, he loses his wife, but regains the son he thought he had lost." Are you talking about the POTUS, or Brian?
Some people may not know what "POTUS" means, and it has several meanings other than the one you intend. Maybe you should also explain what End Times means -- or do you assume that every potential reader of your book knows what it means?.
Also, there is inconsistent spelling (e.g., "US" and "U.S."), there are lots of grammar errors (e.g., "man that" instead of "man who") and the writing is awkward.
I hope the book is better edited than this promo, and I strongly urge you to re-do the promo before you circulate it further.
Sorry.
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