Just signed a contract with Solaris Books for a novel called BURNING
SKY. It's about an O.S.T. or Operational Support Team. OST is the
movement security detail for VIPs within Afghanistan. Comprised of
active duty military, civilians, and contractors, all veterans of
military police, security services, special operations units, and other
combat agencies, these men and women spend seasons in hell to, not only
try and fix what’s broken in each of them, but also to make enough bank
to change their futures. They are stress junkies and the world is
better for it. But seven months after their last mission, safely back on
American soil, Land of the Big PX, they feel like they've left something
undone... like maybe even they've left something or someone behind. And
the feeling is driving them crazy. One by one they come together, and
discover that they've all been having the same dream... a dream of a
woman, a goat, and a sky that won't stop burning.
I orginally wrote this pitch in the fall of 2013. Several other houses looked at it and it wasn't until Solaris looked at it that it found a home. Thank you Solaris. I think I've made an impression there. The fine men and women who work at Solaris know I do a quality job and get the work in on time. From Grunt Life to Grunt Traitor to Grunt Hero, and then back to Blood Ocean and Empire of Salt. Although the latter two were with Abaddon Books, I'm working with the same editors, so this will make six books with them. Natch!
What's interesting about the pitch, is I never name any of the characters. Instead, I labeled them by their archetype (e.g. Boy Scout, Preacher's Daughter, Narco, etc). Now I get the fun of naming them.
The book is scheduled for release sometime between Fall 2017 and Summer 2018. It will be published in the UK in trade paperback and in the US in mass market paperback.
I orginally wrote this pitch in the fall of 2013. Several other houses looked at it and it wasn't until Solaris looked at it that it found a home. Thank you Solaris. I think I've made an impression there. The fine men and women who work at Solaris know I do a quality job and get the work in on time. From Grunt Life to Grunt Traitor to Grunt Hero, and then back to Blood Ocean and Empire of Salt. Although the latter two were with Abaddon Books, I'm working with the same editors, so this will make six books with them. Natch!
What's interesting about the pitch, is I never name any of the characters. Instead, I labeled them by their archetype (e.g. Boy Scout, Preacher's Daughter, Narco, etc). Now I get the fun of naming them.
The book is scheduled for release sometime between Fall 2017 and Summer 2018. It will be published in the UK in trade paperback and in the US in mass market paperback.
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