The release date will be mid-April rather than our original March date. COVID-19 has disrupted everything including my planned release date of the new Mark Rollins adventure, Beyond Visual Range. That does mean that the opportunity to pre-release order the book at its 50% discount remains open for a couple of more weeks. To order a sign hardcover edition for the pre-rlease price of $15.00 go to https://www.tomcollinsauthor.com/books/beyond-visual-range-prerelease.
Here is a little teaser for what is coming. The excerpt below is from Chapter 10. Mark Rollins is talking to Sam, aka Major Samantha Miller, the heroine of the story Beyond Visual Range.
“What would you think if I told you that there are more than three hundred US flag officers within a thirty-five-mile radius of the WH Club? I should add, in quotation marks, ‘retired’ flag officers. I am talking about officers from across all branches—army, air force, Marine, and navy. These are all men and women entitled to wear one or more stars on their uniforms. One neighborhood alone in Williamson County has more than sixty with two or more stars. I checked my own neighborhood. Turns out, we have a navy admiral just three houses away. He was in the Pentagon when it was hit by the plane on 9/11. Suffered some pretty serious injuries, I understand.”
Rollins stopped talking, waiting for me to respond.
When I didn’t, he said, “Doesn’t that seem strange to you?”
“Why?”
“Sam, this isn’t San Diego’s Coronado Bay area. It isn’t Newport, Virginia Beach, or San Antonio. Other than Clarksville and Huntsville, there is no military affiliation or history with the Nashville area. Surely, it isn’t our music or Southern cooking that is attracting these people. We are talking about generals and admirals. Men and women who wore stars on their uniforms and who sent others into battle. They are some of the brightest and bravest people in the world. People who traveled the globe. Plotted strategy for defeating the enemy, and who may have actually had their finger on the damned button!”
“You believe there is something sinister about Middle Tennessee becoming a retirement choice for our military leadership?”
“Retirement, my ass!” said Mark. “People who retire from the military are not doddering old men, or women, for that matter. We’re talking about people who have put in only twenty-five or thirty years. They are in the prime of their lives. They are at their most productive. You think they are going to sit in a rocking chair with a pocketknife and block of wood? Hell, no! They are doing something. Something important. You can count on it. I just don’t know what it is. …That really bothers me.”
I hope that little teaser has whet your appetite for this sixth Mark Rollins adventure. It is only a couple of weeks away. And you still have time to take advantage of the pre-release discount by going to https://www.tomcollinsauthor.com/books/beyond-visual-range-prerelease.
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