Featured Author of the Week – George Wier

George Weir - Featured Author the week of 11/30/2014

George Wier – Featured Author the week of 11/30/2014

George Wier in his own Words

I was born in East Texas and spent most of my life there, principally around the Bryan and College Station area. I moved to Austin, Texas, in 2002 andshortlythereafter began writing The Bill Travis Mystery series.Icurrently live in Austin with my lovely wife, Sallie, along with two cats and two dogs.Writing is both my avocation and my vocation, but to add to these I play both classical violin and country fiddle, and I dabble in art (mostly drawing and painting), photography, and book cover design.I began writing in earnest in 1986, although I have been creatively writing far longer than that, practically since I could read (at a very formative age.) I find that I have far more ideas than I could ever write down, and so I pick and choose only the best story ideas. I write what I, myself, like to read, and nothing more.

I am always happy to talk to a reader and would dearly love to hear your comments. Please visit my website at http://www.georgewier.com or my series website at http://www.billtravismysteries.com. There you will find free short stories, anecdotes, and links to other books and writers.

Thanks for reading!

Best,

George Wier

***Recent PUBLISHERS WEEKLY review of LONG FALL FROM HEAVEN:

“This pleasingly moody noir from Wier (Longnecks & Twisted Hearts) and Burton (These Mortal Remains) introduces a promising duo with C.C. “Cueball” Boland and Micah Lanscomb, owner and employee, respectively, of NiteWise Security in 1987 Galveston, Tex. After one of the company’s guards is beaten to death at a warehouse owned by the “Old Island Money” DeMour family, the duo, not trusting headstrong investigating detective Lt. Leland Morgan, try to determine if more motivated the crime than simple robbery. Cueball suspects a recently paroled sociopath, Harrison Lynch, he encountered years before as a rookie Dallas cop. Flashbacks, meanwhile, trace the crime back to 1943, when a serial killer linked to the Manhattan Project arrived in the raucous port town…
Readers should welcome future outings for the appealingly world-weary Boland and Lanscomb from Wier (Burton died in 2011).”***

Nothing Like a good book on a snowy night…and here’s a good one for you.

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Jehovah and Hades: Federal Case [Kindle Edition]

Randall Morris

The third book in the Jehovah and Hades series.

The federal government asks for help from the brothers when they fail to bring in a Hyde monster. Jehovah is too sick for field work so he remains behind to remotely provide tech support. Can Hades bring down the elusive Black Hawk on his own? Hades also wonders what role the feds will play if he is successful…

Free, I tell Ya IT’s FREE!

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Eaters [Kindle Edition]

Stephen P. Scott

Something, or someone, is eating the citizens of Springfield. But Rick Randall and Johnnie Birdsong, Springfield Police Department night shift detectives are on the case–if they don’t get eaten themselves. Meanwhile, a couple of ne’er-do-well hackers working on a government research grant to listen for radio transmissions from outer space have hit the jackpot. Then there’s the ill-advised 20 year mission to a nearby star system which may or may not blow up in the mission director’s face. It’s like a made for TV disaster movie in book form, only better.

Saxon Andrew…do I really need to say more!

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Joshua’s Walls: Sequel to Mike’s War [Kindle Edition]

Saxon Andrew

From the International Bestselling Author, Saxon Andrew, comes Joshua’s Walls, the Sequel to Mike’s War. Sparta has overthrown the corrupt government on Earth and replaced it with leaders intent on bringing Earth up to the technological level of the Alliance. The Alliance Engineers are installing machines that provide free food and clothing for all of Earth’s Citizens. However, they are being attacked by rebels claiming that Sparta is intent on conquering and ruling Earth. The rebellion is spreading and Jesse is forced to fight the rebels with weapons and volunteers from Earth. Sparta will defend the Alliance Installations but to use Spartan Warriors and weapons to put down the rebellion would only prove the rebels are right in their assertions of Spartan Rule.
To make matters worse, Sparta can’t go to fight with the Gracken against the Weg until the rebellion is ended. The war with the Weg is not going well and the Gracken are counting on Sparta to join them in the defense of planets that are infested with Weg Queens. Jesse calls on Joshua Adams to form an Elite Unit to take on the rebels and, though he doesn’t think the young officer can make an immediate difference, he gives Joshua and Pricilla the tools they’ll need to face their enemy.
The action is continuous from fighting the Rebels on Earth to facing off against millions of charging Weg. The Weg are winning and Joshua will have to build the walls needed to hold them back.

Excerpt from Joshua’s Walls: Cliff looked up at the huge Gracken standing next to him, “We’re sorta trapped here, aren’t we?”
Rumel shook his head, “Not really, the Weg can only come at us from one direction.” He pointed at the opening of the valley directly ahead of them and said, “It would take too long for them to dig through the rocks. They’ll be coming from the valley’s entrance.”
“Are you sure they’re coming?”
Rumel chuckled, “We’re here on the ground aren’t we?”
Cliff shook his head. He had been sent by Commandant Dunlov to watch a battle between the Gracken and Weg in order to bring back intelligence on what human warriors would need to know to fight against them. After years of delay, Earth was finally under control and the Alliance had begun arming their former enemies with their most advanced weapons. The Gracken provided recordings of earlier fights but Commandant Dunlov needed to see how the new Alliance weapons were performing in close combat. Clifford was there to find out. Cliff knew the Weg would be coming in large numbers…but…he used his amplified helmet scanner and didn’t see anything for miles around the valley. He looked up at the sky and saw hundreds of military transports that had dropped the Gracken Division in the valley. They were hovering a thousand feet above in the event the Gracken warriors had to jump to escape. He turned to Rumel, “Are you sure they’re coming?” Rumel raised his shoulder launcher and started firing. Cliff turned and in the moment he looked away from the valley’s entrance to ask the question, it was now choked with an onrushing wave of green and orange colored creatures charging forward at an incredible speed. Cliff’s mouth fell open and after a moment he raised his sliver rifle and began firing it on full auto.

This review is from: Mike’s War: Sequel to Jesse’s Starship
Andrew does it again! A great read with a fun twist. Saxon Andrew pitched another fun non-stop read in the world of Jesse’s Starship. Mike’s War takes a interesting look at the Earth 17 years post alien intervention…and how good old earth common sense can save a galaxy. well worth the cost. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the Jesse’s Starship Saga. I do hope there are a couple more books on the works around these characters, it’s an exciting fun universe he has written.

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Didn’t get you scare for halloween…this will definitely cure that!

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Dead Harvest: A Collection of Dark Tales (Volume 1) Paperback – October 28, 2014