Zombie detectives, that is!  As we shamble toward the release date of SLIMY UNDERBELLY, the fourth Dan Shamble Zombie PI novel, Kensington is doing a big promo push for the series.  Right now, you can get the Kindle version of the first novel, DEATH WARMED OVER,  for *free*.  Download your free Kindle copy here. If that's not enough fresh brains for you, Kensington has also dropped the price of the next two novels to only $2.99. UNNATURAL ACTS and HAIR RAISING      Still not enough undead cases? Three Dan Shamble solo adventures are available for 99¢ - $2.99.  STAKEOUT...
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It’s summer blockbuster movie season, and we’re ready for the biggest movies of the year. Gigantic budgets, incredible special effects, 3D IMAX, fantastic colors, amazing images, explosions, monsters, super heroes. The studios promise to show you things that you’ve never seen before. But, I have. In my imagination, as I develop my stories and write my novels. I’ve seen things that no filmmaker could ever put on screen. With words, you see, I’ve got an unlimited special effects budget. Years ago, when I was writing my first X-files novels, I asked Chris Carter, the show’s creator, what kind of story...
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On August 12, Tor Books will release HELLHOLE INFERNO, the grand finale of my science fiction epic trilogy with Brian Herbert.  To whet your appetite, here's a sneak preview. The planet HELLHOLE, devastated by an ancient asteroid impact, is inhabited by only the hardiest and most desperate colonists.  It is one of 54 remote frontier worlds forced to pay tribute to the corrupt Constellation, which is ruled by decadent nobles.  An exiled rebel general, Tiber Adolphus, was tough enough to keep his colony alive on Hellhole, and he has now mounted a second rebellion against the Constellation, much larger than...
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Truly Epic may be overused, but at least that’s what it felt like to me. Last week I made a trip with brother-in-law Tim to northern Colorado where we stayed in the ski and spa town of Steamboat Springs. I love Steamboat and have been there many times, but this was Tim's first visit. We planned to do a legendary 20-mile loop hike out in the Flattops Wilderness, circumnavigating and ascending a huge mesa and then crossing a unique and nail-biting geological feature called the Devil's Causeway.  (With all our hikes, considering all the landmarks named after the Devil, he...
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