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   Want to read a political thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat this coming weekend? The first in a series that has ten 4-5 star reviews? A novel that has reviewers saying:

Perfect summer blockbuster in novel format, Zackary Richards is very good at ratcheting up the tension and crafting compelling cliffhangers that just force you to read one more page... one more page...

Five stars!

By

Nandini

Full throttle thrills!, Will Dr. Noon's appearance once again offer salvation that battered humanity so desperately craves, or bring more destruction than ever imagined? Find out in this intense, action packed thriller by the incredibly talented Zackary Richards.

Five stars!

By

Ashley Fontainne Author of the bestselling ‘Eviscerating the Snake’ series

Couldn't put it down!, I stayed up way, way past an old man's bed time reading this story.
Grabs you and never lets go.
Great, great story. Five stars

By

Tom

A view of the future?, A page turner, a cliff hanger, political thriller? All of these and more! Mr Richards combines all of this with a twist bordering on science fiction. A view of post apocalyptic New York City and a very plausible scenario make this book hard to put down. Fast moving without all the political mumbo jumbo and characters that are easy to love and hate 5 stars

By

Elizabeth A. Galterio

Super heros... or villains?, "Noon’s Rise to Power" is a fast paced, compelling story set in a future America that has fallen apart. It's people are a mixture of the downtrodden, the drug addicted, and the power crazed. There are cybermen and psychics and enough technological goodies to make James Bond drool. Read the book before it becomes a movie. 4 stars

By

Winifred Elze Author of the best selling contemporary novels ‘Tilde’ and ‘If Only’

Download your copy of Noon’s Rise to Power for FREE for a limited time here: http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-In-America-Noons-Power-ebook/dp/B004EBTGZG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

   Here’s the book jacket blurb:

   In an America where the government is at the mercy of multinational corporations, where drug gangs terrorize entire cities, where only the wealthy receive police protection, and where political protests are dealt with by bank account seizures, IRS liens and electronically altered personal histories that feature felony convictions of capital crimes that were never committed…     

   One man comes forward.

   And with the help of a media wizard, a genetic engineer, a renegade computer hacker and a deeply troubled military genius, incites a revolution that propels him into the national spotlight and changes the face of America forever.
That man’s name? Dr. Alexander Noon!

Download it FREE for a limited time here: http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-In-America-Noons-Power-ebook/dp/B004EBTGZG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

   Don’t have a Kindle? You can go to www.Amazon.com  and download their free e-reader and read Revolution in America: Noon’s Rise to Power on your computer screen but unless you already have a tablet of some sort (iPad, Aser, Nook, Kobo, etc.) you might want to consider picking one up. Why? Well for no other reason they’re very convenient. They are lightweight, the battery lasts for a month and you can easily slip it into your pocket or purse. (Just try doing that with Stephen King’s latest , Doctor Sleep

or any of the Harry Potterbooks.)

   Or imagine this scenario. You’re stuck in the house because of the weather or your car is acting up. You want something to read but there’s no way you can get to the bookstore anytime soon. So you’re out of luck, right?

Not if you have a Kindle. You just turn it on, go to Amazon’s Kindle Store, 

shop for the book you want, download it and you’re all set. Plus their best selling Standard Model is  only $69.00 (US) 

   So you might want to consider it. True, nothing can replace the beloved hard cover novel but during these tight financial times the fact that Stephen King’s latest, Doctor Sleep goes for $30.00 retail and just $10.99 as a Kindle download, That $69.00 dollar investment will pay for itself in a very short time.

   But I digress…

   So anyway, download your copy of Revolution in America: Noon’s Rise to Power today Here’s the Link once again:

http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-In-America-Noons-Power-ebook/dp/B004EBTGZG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

To my 20,000 readers

   Today my blog received its 20,000 hit, meaning 20,000 (and likely more by the time you read this) people have chosen to click on my blog and read my posts.

   Although my blog has been active for less than 2 years, over that time I have come in contact and have conversed with many fellow writers, marketers and a number of fun and interesting people.

   And for those who look forward to reading my posts and are a bit annoyed at the lengthening of time between them, I apologize. In my defense I can assure you the scarcity of new posts is not due to laziness but to the rapidly increasing workload involved, especially when it come to writing, publishing and marketing books.

   To my fellow writers out there it has been brought to my attention that if you are a relatively unknown author, any book you write should not exceed 300 pages. Because the number of pages your book has that exceeds 300 the less likely someone with take a chance on buying it. This has nothing to do with the price. People will pay top dollar for a novel from a favorite author. The problem is the amount of TIME the reader is willing to spend on a book by an author they’ve never read before.

   I’m sure you’ve picked up a lengthy novel and realized a third of the way in that the author isn’t very talented but you’ve invested this much time already so you might as well slog through the rest just to is if anything interesting happens on the way there.    

   Usually nothing does and so a significant period of your time has been wasted. 

   

   However, this also hurts novelists who are quite good but whose books are a bit on the lengthy side. (For example, my Noon books weight in at around a little under 600 pages each.)

   It has been suggested that if your sales aren't as good as they should be and your book has a high page count, but good reviews (again like my Noon series) you should break it into smaller books, serialize them and lower the price.  (This of course only applies to eBooks)

   Also take another look at your cover. Both my Noon books had professional covers that could hold their own against any Grisham or Turow novel. Very professional looking and respectable.

   The problem is that my books don’t have the advantage of extensive advertising and the backing of a massively large publishing house. So I had to reconfigure my covers to be more aggressive. Yep. Respectable and professional is out and WTF is that??! has now stepped up to the plate.

   Richard Nixon, the consummate politician once said that in order to get noticed, take a very radical stance at first and then once you collect followers slowly move toward the center.

   I believe the new covers will, if nothing else, catch your eye.

   

   Here are the two original covers now retired.

    And here are the new covers with the original Noon: The Rise to Power being split into Revolution in America: Noon’s Rise to Power and Revolution in America: The Night of the Scarecrows. And with Noon 2: The Resurgence being split into Revolution in America: Resurgence and Revolution in America: Unknown Soldier.

   I also believe the new covers better reflect the stories inside. The Noon series was never just about Noon anymore than the America Revolution was only about George Washington. It encompasses a number of flawed yet engaging characters and how they react to a very dangerous environment where the average person’s life is in almost constant danger.

   The first 280 page Noon’s Rise to Power is scheduled to be a free download on Oct 17, 18 & 19 (The reason I scheduled it for three days instead of one is because I have had problems with free promotion dates in the past and will likely kill the last day if everything goes as it’s supposed to.

   So if you want to download a free copy on those dates he’s the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-In-America-Noons-ebook/dp/B004EBTGZG/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1380913519&sr=1-3&keywords=zackary+richards

  Then again, since its only $2.99 and you likely have a rainy weekend ahead of you, maybe you’d rather not wait and download it now.

   But then you wonder, okay I can easily swing the $2.99 but is this guy really any good? Are his stories worth investing my valuable free time reading?

   The 20,000 readers of this blog seem to think so.