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My first novel is set to be out on Amazon within the next day or so--it is in the approval process now. It started with an idea that I had way back in 1982 and sat dormant until 2012 when I "re-discovered" the skeleton of a manuscript while cleaning out some old files. I had just completed my MSCIS at Boston University and I needed a new challenge, so I decided to complete it. There were many lessons to be learned along the way and it turns out that writing the novel (for the most part) was easy as compared to finding a good graphic artist, editor, photographer, and book formatter. In the end, I was fortunate enough to find all of them. The initial offering will be Kindle, followed by paperback, and eventually (provided it does well) hardback. I hope it is good enough to be picked up by a commercial publisher at some point.
Thoughts and comments are welcome!
Tagline:
The year is 1815 and pirate Jean Lafitte is offered a deal to either fight alongside Andrew Jackson to defend New Orleans against the British or face the gallows and certain death. Lafitte chooses to fight, but shortly after the war, he is summoned to France by none other than Napoleon Bonaparte to provide passage for exile to the United States. Ten million in French gold coins and personal effects are loaded into Lafitte's ships, but Bonaparte is subsequently trapped behind enemy lines and the ships set sail for America without him.
Lafitte then meets his final fate in 1823 and the location of gold remains unknown. Fast forward 150 years to the aftermath of a hurricane when a young boy catches a fish with a gold coin inside which has the initials "JL" engraved into it. A decade later, a new storm passes through and another fish is caught with an identical coin inside. Convinced the two coins are not a coincidence and eager to unravel the ancient legend, Rex Rhineheart searches to discover clues and solve the mystery of the whereabouts of the gold. It is a race against time as he begins one of the grandest adventures of all—the unearthing of Jean Lafitte's buried pirate treasure.
Front Cover:
Rear Cover:
My first novel is set to be out on Amazon within the next day or so--it is in the approval process now. It started with an idea that I had way back in 1982 and sat dormant until 2012 when I "re-discovered" the skeleton of a manuscript while cleaning out some old files. I had just completed my MSCIS at Boston University and I needed a new challenge, so I decided to complete it. There were many lessons to be learned along the way and it turns out that writing the novel (for the most part) was easy as compared to finding a good graphic artist, editor, photographer, and book formatter. In the end, I was fortunate enough to find all of them. The initial offering will be Kindle, followed by paperback, and eventually (provided it does well) hardback. I hope it is good enough to be picked up by a commercial publisher at some point.
Thoughts and comments are welcome!
Tagline:
The year is 1815 and pirate Jean Lafitte is offered a deal to either fight alongside Andrew Jackson to defend New Orleans against the British or face the gallows and certain death. Lafitte chooses to fight, but shortly after the war, he is summoned to France by none other than Napoleon Bonaparte to provide passage for exile to the United States. Ten million in French gold coins and personal effects are loaded into Lafitte's ships, but Bonaparte is subsequently trapped behind enemy lines and the ships set sail for America without him.
Lafitte then meets his final fate in 1823 and the location of gold remains unknown. Fast forward 150 years to the aftermath of a hurricane when a young boy catches a fish with a gold coin inside which has the initials "JL" engraved into it. A decade later, a new storm passes through and another fish is caught with an identical coin inside. Convinced the two coins are not a coincidence and eager to unravel the ancient legend, Rex Rhineheart searches to discover clues and solve the mystery of the whereabouts of the gold. It is a race against time as he begins one of the grandest adventures of all—the unearthing of Jean Lafitte's buried pirate treasure.
Front Cover:
Rear Cover: