Audiobook sampler of Scavenger: Evolution, a sand divers in the apocalypse thriller currently available in ebook and paperback at www.spikepub.com or on Amazon. Audiobook release date is Nov. 30 on Audible. Narration by Dave Robison and Wonderthing Studios (www.wonderthingstudios.com).

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Intro to the novel, Godsknife: Revolt, an apocalyptic battle for godhood in the rift between Iowa and the Abyss. Fans of Stephen King's Dark Tower and Neil Gaiman's American Gods will feel right at home.

On sale in ebook for 99 cents until 3/19/17 - buy together on Audible for another $1.99.
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Our guest this week, Tom King, a former CIA Counterterrorism operations officer, discusses life fighting on the front lines post 9/11, and his life now as a husband, father, and full-time author. We discuss the strong themes in his novel A ONCE CROWDED SKY about war, avoiding a world full of violence, and the pull between being a hero and being a husband. Tom discusses how he still doesn’t know if he made the right decision to leave the CIA, and how his novel illustrates the lack of cut and dry answers in life that are also the hardest to live with. For the superheroes in his novel who lose their powers, they go from living the dream, to having everything taken away, and having to deal with their new, unglamorous lives. PenUltimate, the only superhero who didn’t give up his powers, is hated, and doesn’t want to leave his wife to help save the day. As the enemy returns, that decision becomes more difficult, and his story really touches the heart.

We also discuss, starting around the 28 minute mark, the writing growth that Tom went through from his “practice novel,” to A ONCE CROWDED SKY and the novel that is in the editing process with his publisher, Simon and Schuster. He also shares how writing comics is helping him improve his craft.

Stay tuned, January 28th I'll release the next episode, another panel from Chicon 7, "Conquering Writer's Block" at timothycward.com

Timothy C. Ward