Blowback: Chapter 3

Here is the next chapter in my upcoming new Finder novel. Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Vince went very still, his dark eyes narrowing. There were only a couple of reasons that he could think of why this particular detective from Zone 3’s Station Authority Precinct 1 would be calling him—and none of them were good.

“Commosky.” He risked a quick glance at his comlink display. “Looks like you’re not calling from an official comlink, so talk away.”

“Not now. Later.”

Vince inhaled through his nose, barely registering the smell of aloe vera still filling the office. He took exception to the peremptory way Commosky treated people sometimes. “Detective, you’re not the only one around here who—”

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Blowback: Chapter 2

Here is the next chapter in my upcoming new Finder novel. Enjoy!

Chapter 2

Vince usually set both of his holoscreens to cycle through stunning planetary or space holos when he wasn’t watching anything or using them as giant secondary screens. The one on the wall to his right currently displayed a gorgeous view of sunlight glinting off a lake at sunset with blue-gray mountains in the distance, while the other displayed an incredible shot of a pink, purple, and blue nebula from somewhere on the other side of the galaxy.

Swiping his palm over the right-hand corner of his jade green desk, Vince triggered a pop-up holographic panel and touched a translucent silvery button. The nebula on the holoscreen to his left dissolved into the round, dark-skinned face of one of the Station’s most popular newscasters.

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Blowback: Chapter 1

Welcome to Blowback, the fifth novel in my Finder space opera detective series! I’m posting the first three chapters as a preview. The book won’t be officially released until the fall, but the Kickstarter campaign for an early copy of the ebook and trade paperback launches tomorrow!

Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

The lights died in Finder Vince Grable’s small office right in the middle of a conversation he was having with an increasingly hysterical middle-aged woman about a missing family heirloom. Conversations like this weren’t unusual. Vince’s job was to find missing people and things and he was pretty good at it.

The power cutting out on Zyga Space Station, on the other hand? That was unusual.

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Blowback Kickstarter Launches Tomorrow!

I am really excited to announce that a Kickstarter campaign for Blowback, the brand-new fifth book in my Finder series, launches tomorrow afternoon!!!

The goal is to get Blowback out to readers months before it officially releases in the fall.

Rewards

In this campaign you’ll be able to pick up an early release ebook of Blowback or a trade paperback. You’ll also be able to pick up all five books in the series for a discount. (Also in either ebook form or trade paperback.)

One of the rewards I am most excited about for this campaign is extra-special and limited to only two people:

Name a Victim/Villain in next Finder Novel!

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April Writing Update

Greetings! I hope spring has sprung in your neck of the woods. We had a lovely stretch of warm weather and then everything got cold again. I enjoyed a wonderful couple of days sitting out on the back porch and writing and now I’m back inside looking at the sunshine and green leaves from behind glass.

The weather is driving my children crazy–they just want it to get warm and stay warm. I can relate. LOL.

Ah, well. If there’s one thing you can count on about spring, it’s the fact that it’s an unpredictable season. It’ll get warm (and stay warm) eventually.

Finder Series Update

I have some exciting news to share on the Finder series front. In January (after I sent out the January newsletter) I finished Blowback, the 5th book in the Finder series! Got it off to my beta reader, got it back, and I’m nearly finished with the final draft.

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Release News: ‘Omnibus #1’!

Happy Saturday!

I’m a little behind announcing this, but I have some exciting news to share: the very first omnibus in the Finder series released this week!

Finder series Omnibus #1 contains the first three Finder Vince Grable novels. If you haven’t had a chance to check out this series yet, now’s your chance. (And for a bargain! *grin*)

The ebook edition of Finder Omnibus #1 is available globally here at your preferred store. The trade paperback is available here.

Here’s the back cover copy:

Welcome to the Finder Series! Dive into the first three books in this exciting space opera mystery series set on a space station.

Finder Series Omnibus #1 contains the following three novels:

Head Case

Tall, personable, and brilliant, Vince Grable occupies a hole-in-the-wall office in an unobtrusive corner of the Zyga Space Station. His office boasts plenty of tea, a private airscrubber…and a current shortage of clients.

A Finder by trade, Vince makes his living tracking down missing people and things. Mostly, he locates gamers who lose touch with reality and disappear into the Station’s Core with other people’s money. That changes when a drop-dead gorgeous woman strolls through his door—and promptly falls flat on her face.

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