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New book release: ‘I, Alien: Memoirs of a UFO Spy’ by Tony Topping

‘I, Alien: Memoirs of a UFO Spy’ is Tony Topping’s new book. Photo: Tony Topping, used with permission.

Tony Topping is a veteran UFO researcher and Close Encounter Experiencer. He has appeared in ITV This Morning, The One Show, Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC 2, Sky Arts, Sony Pictures, E4 Tattoo Fixers, when producers gave him a tattoo for the unusual life he has led, BBC Regional & National News, and various radio show across the globe. He writes for the Australian Paranormal Magazine Oddities, Outer Limits, and French magazine OVNI and is a regular contributor to national station talkRADIO. His new book “I, Alien: Memoirs of a UFO Spy” is his astounding biography that takes readers on a journey of close encounters. (Tony Topping, 2022)

“I, Alien: Memoirs of a UFO Spy” – They chose him, but why? Tony Topping shares his own unique UFO diaries, portraying a deep involvement in a complex intelligence operation between humans and alien visitors called SCOVS. Abused when young, this is the testimony of a survivor who fought back from extreme adversity over his 40+ year involvement with the UFO phenomena. Full of illustrations inspired by his alien contact makes his testimony a unique literary art form. “I, Alien: Memoirs of a UFO Spy” portrays Tony Topping’s journey from boy to man; an asset who witnesses the clash of biblical and alien forces in the skies above. It is truly a read that will take your breath away and have you in tears. The Chronicle element of the book details from 2001 to present his continual involvement in an operation called SCOVS or Special Contact Operation Very See and the shocking saga of contact with ET that led to the establishment of an alien/human information highway.

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New book release: ‘Win’ by Harlan Coben

‘Win’ is Harlan Coben’s new novel. Photo: amazon

Harlan Coben is a #1 bestselling author and one of the world’s leading storytellers. His suspense novels are published in forty-five languages and have been number one bestsellers in more than a dozen countries, with seventy-five million books in print worldwide. His Myron Bolitar series has earned the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, and many of his books have been developed into Netflix series, including his adaptation of “The Stranger,” headlined by Richard Armitage, and “The Woods.” His new book “Win” is a thrilling story that shows what happens when a dead man’s secrets fall into the hands of a vigilante antihero—drawing him down a dangerous road. (amazon, 2021)

“Win” revolves around heiress Patricia Lockwood who over twenty years ago was abducted during a robbery of her family’s estate then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors and the items stolen from her family were never recovered. Until now. On the Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two objects of note: a stolen Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. For the first time in years, the authorities have a lead — not only on Patricia’s kidnapping, but also on another FBI cold case — with the suitcase and painting both pointing them toward one man. Windsor Horne Lockwood III — or Win, as his few friends call him — does not know how his suitcase and his family’s stolen painting ended up with a dead man. But his interest is piqued, especially when the FBI tells him that the man who kidnapped his cousin was also behind an act of domestic terrorism — and that the conspirators may still be at large. The two cases have baffled the FBI for decades, but Win has three things the FBI does not: a personal connection to the case; an ungodly fortune; and his own unique brand of justice.

Upcoming new book release: ‘The Other Emily’ by Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz’ new suspense novel ‘The Other Emily’ will be out March 23, 2021. Photo: amazon

International bestselling author Dean Koontz was only a senior in college when he won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition. He has never stopped writing since. Koontz is the author of fourteen number one The New York Times bestsellers, including “One Door Away from Heaven,” “From the Corner of His Eye,” “Midnight,” “Cold Fire,” “The Bad Place,” “Hideaway,” “Dragon Tears,” and “Intensity.” His books have been published in thirty-eight languages and have sold over five hundred million copies worldwide. In his new book “The Other Emily,” he takes readers on a twisting journey of lost love, impossible second chances, and terrifying promises. It will be released on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (amazon, 2021)

In “The Other Emily,” a decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. She was presumed to be one of serial killer Ronny Lee Jessup’s victims and her remains were never found. Writer David Thorne still has not recovered from losing the love of his life, or from the guilt of not being there to save her. Since then, he has sought closure any way he can. He even visits regularly with Jessup in prison, desperate for answers about Emily’s final hours so he may finally lay her body to rest. Then David meets Maddison Sutton, beguiling, playful, and keenly aware of all David has lost. But what really takes his breath away is that everything about Maddison, down to her kisses, is just like Emily. As the fantastic becomes credible, David’s obsession grows, Maddison’s mysterious past deepens―and terror escalates. Is she Emily? Or an irresistible dead ringer? Either way, the ultimate question is the same: What game is she playing? Whatever the risk in finding out, David’s willing to take it for this precious second chance. It has been ten years since he has felt this inspired, this hopeful, this much in love and he is afraid.

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Upcoming book release: ’13 Days to Die’ by Matt Miksa

’13 Days to Die’ by Matt Miksa will be released on March 9, 2021.

Matt Miksa is a former FBI intelligence analyst who helped prevent foreign spies from stealing America’s secrets. Today, he writes espionage thrillers that blend history, politics, and science. Matt holds a graduate degree in China Studies from Columbia University and has spent time living in Beijing. His debut novel, “13 Days to Die: A Novel” is a mixture of Red Sparrow and Inferno and electrifies a Cold War spirit with fresh, modern-day expertise as the Olen Grave and Dr. Zhou Weilin wrestle society’s darkest nightmares. It is scheduled for released on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (amazon, 2021)

In “13 Days to Die,” in a far-flung Tibetan village, prayer flags flap against whitewashed houses and a majestic monastery stretches to heaven. It is Shangri-La, an earthly paradise, until a stranger staggers out of the forest and collapses into a bloody, lifeless mass. He is the first victim of a crippling epidemic, but he is no ordinary man. Olen Grave, an American intelligence officer, heads directly into the hot zone to investigate. Posing as a journalist, he joins the Chinese research team, led by a headstrong female virus hunter, Dr. Zhou Weilin. Together, the unlikely allies discover that Patient Zero was a spy who deliberately infected himself. But they do not know why or who he worked for. As Olen and Dr. Zhou rush to uncover the shocking truth behind the epidemic, they unravel a twisted conspiracy that reaches from Beijing’s great halls to Washington’s corridors of power. With the superpowers now at the brink of war, the fate of the world will rest on the duo’s shoulders.

New book release: ‘A Stranger in Town’ by Kelley Armstrong

‘A Stranger in Town’ by Kelley Armstrong is the novel in the Rockton series. Photo: amazon

Kelley Armstrong graduated with a degree in psychology and then studied computer programming. Now she is a full-time writer and parent and lives with her husband and three children in rural Ontario, Canada. She is the author of the Rockton mystery series featuring Detective Casey Duncan, which begins with “City of the Lost,” and the novel “Wherever She Goes.” She is the editor of the young adult anthology Life Is Short and Then You Die. In “A Stranger In Town: A Rockton Novel,” the next riveting thriller from #1 The New York Times’ bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, the paranoia increases, along with the stakes, as the town of Rockton tries to solve the latest mystery at their door. (amazon, 2021)

In “A Stranger In Town,” Detective Casey Duncan has noticed fewer and fewer residents coming to the hidden town of Rockton, and no extensions being granted. Her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, presumes it is the natural flux of things, but Casey’s not so sure. It seems like something bigger is happening in the small town they call home. It is all hands on deck when an injured hiker stumbles from the woods, someone who seems to have come to the Yukon for a wilderness vacation but instead is now fighting for her life. What – or who – attacked this woman, and why? With the woman unconscious, and no leads, Casey and Eric do not know where the threat is coming from. Plus, the residents of their deeply secretive town are uneasy with this stranger in their midst. Everyone in Rockton wants this mystery solved – and fast. Excerpt available here.

New book release: ‘Prodigal Son’ by Gregg Hurwitz

‘Prodigal Son’ by Gregg Hurwitz is book 6 of 6 in the Orphan X series. Photo: amazon

Gregg Hurwitz is The New York Times’ bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including the #1 international bestseller “Orphan X,” the first in a series of thrillers featuring Evan Smoak. He has also written young adult novels: “The Rains” and its sequel, “The Last Chance.” Hurwitz’s books have been shortlisted for numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been translated into twenty-eight languages. Hurwitz is also a bestselling comic book writer, having penned stories for Marvel (Wolverine, The Punisher) and DC (Batman). He has written screenplays for many major studios and written, developed, and produced television for various networks. His new book “Prodigal Son” is book 6 of 6 in the Orphan X series. Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he did not even suspect existed. (amazon, 2021)

As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name, The Nowhere Man, and a new mission, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer. In exchange for an unofficial pardon, he must stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man. Now Evan must do the one thing he is least equipped to do: live a normal life. In “Prodigal Son,” Evan gets a call for help from the one person he never expected. A woman who claims to have given him up for adoption, a woman he never knew. Her unlikely request: help Andrew Duran, a man whose life has gone off the rails, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, bringing him to the deadly attention of powerful figures. Now a brutal brother and sister assassination team are after him and with no one to turn to, and no safe place to hide, Evan is Duran’s only option. When the hidden cabal catches on to what Evan is doing, everything he has fought for is on the line, including his own life.

New book release: ‘Charlie Chaplin and A Woman of Paris’ by Wes D. Gehring

‘Charlie Chaplin and A Woman of Paris’ by Wes D. Gehring. Photo: google

Wes D. Gehring is a distinguished professor of film at Ball State University and associate media editor for USA Today magazine, for which he also writes the column “Reel World.” He is the author of 40 film books, including biographies of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Steve McQueen, Robert Wise, Red Skelton, and Charlie Chaplin. His new book, “Charlie Chaplin and A Woman of Paris: The Genesis of a Misunderstood Masterpiece” is now available from McFarland Books. (CWPR, 2021)

Charlie Chaplin’s A Woman of Paris (1923) was a groundbreaking film which was neither a simple recycling of Peggy Hopkins Joyce’s story, nor quickly forgotten. Through heavily documented “period research,” this book lands several bombshells, including Paris is deeply rooted in Chaplin’s previous films and his relationship with Edna Purviance; Paris was not rejected by heartland America; Chaplin did “romantic research” (especially with Pola Negri); and Paris’ many ongoing influences have never been fully appreciated. These are just a few of the mistakes about Paris. The Foreword is by Anthony Slide, arguably America’s greatest living film historian.

New book release: ‘Factor-7’ by J.D. May

‘Factor-7’ is JD May’s new suspense thriller. Photo: amazon

J.D. May is a third generation Texan from the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Palm tree-lined roads, natural waterways, and roaming wild animals including alligators, deer, wild hogs, and birds of every color make Bayview a perfect place for a writer and painter. She shows her paintings at The Laguna Madre Art Gallery in Port Isabel, Texas. J.D. May attended Sam Houston State University, San Miguel de Allende Instituto, and Rice University where she studied drama, art, creative writing and Spanish. She worked in advertising for most of her career. Her new book, “Factor-7” presents a terrifying scenario that centers around the life of Dr. Sam Hawkins, the head trauma surgeon at Galveston’s St. Peter’s Memorial Hospital. His life is changed forever by the cryptic words of his dying friend, Dr. Bill Roberts, and a string of murders and blatant cover-ups that follow his demise. (amazon, 2021)

In “Factor-7,” Sam reluctantly teams up with Dr. Rainee Arienzo, an Italian infectious disease specialist, and together they uncover the terrifying truth about Factor-7, a bioweapon with a 98% mortality rate. Dr. Roberts’ journal tips them off about a clandestine plot by a secret society, the Keepers Collegium. The Collegium, an international group of rogue intelligence agents, ex-military, and government officials, has a demonic plan to use the pathogen to destroy anyone who threatens their twisted ideology. Sam and Rainee soon realize that public exposure of the plot would be as dangerous to the world’s security as the bioweapon itself and they must not only shut down the plans of the Collegium, but also keep the top-secret information from ever being revealed. As they work to stop them, Sam and Rainee are kidnapped by the largest Mexican drug cartel. The kingpin, who financed much of the Collegium’s plot, wants Dr. Roberts’s journal because it lists the names of the major players in the Collegium who double-crossed him. To survive, Sam and Rainee have no choice; they must play with one of two devils or be burned by both.

New book release: ‘Spin’ by Patricia Cornwell

‘Spin’ is the new Patricia Cornwell Captain Chase novel. Photo: amazon

Patricia Cornwell is an author whose first novel, “Postmortem,” went on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity Awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize—the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. Her Scarpetta series won Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author, the Gold Dagger Award, the RBA Thriller Award, and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development. Cornwell’s novels and iconic characters are known around the world. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written the definitive nonfiction account of Jack the Ripper’s identity, cookbooks, a children’s book, a biography of Ruth Graham, and two other fictional series based on the characters Win Garano and Andy Brazil. Her new thriller, “Spin,” is book two of the Captain Chase series and has her racing against time to stop a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. (amazon, 2021)

In “Spin,” in the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister and the startling truth of who they really are. A top-secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between the sabotaged rocket launch and her predetermined destiny – a search that someone else seems extremely interested in stopping. From NASA to the Chase family farm, to the White House to distant orbits of space, Calli plays a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek with a cunning and ruthless adversary. One wrong move will unleash cataclysmic consequences reaching far beyond the boundaries of Earth.

Upcoming book release: ‘A Bright Ray of Darkness’ by Ethan Hawke

‘A Bright Ray of Darkness’ by Ethan Hawke will be out on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Photo: amazon.

A four-time Academy Award nominee, twice for writing and twice for acting, Ethan Hawke has starred in the films Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites, Gattaca, and Training Day, as well as Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise trilogy and Boyhood. He is the author of “Rules for a Knight,” “The Hottest State,” and “Ash Wednesday.” His new book, “A Bright Ray of Darkness: A novel,” which will be released on Tuesday, February 2, is the blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes—an utterly transfixing book about art and love, fame, and heartbreak from the acclaimed actor/writer/director. (amazon, 2021)

“A Bright Ray of Darkness” is Hawke’s first novel in nearly twenty years and is a bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art. It is a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair; and a passionate love letter to the world of theater. Read an excerpt here.

The narrator is a young man in torment, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage and still half-hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself and move on. What saves him is theater: in particular, the challenge of performing the role of Hotspur in a production of Henry IV under the leadership of a brilliant director, helmed by one of the most electrifying–and narcissistic–Falstaff’s of all time. Searing and raw, “A Bright Ray of Darkness” is a novel about shame, beauty, and faith as well and the moral power of art.