Max Cossack

Zarah's Fire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Human traffickers have kidnapped ten-year-old Zarah to an alien desert. Frightened for her safety and disgusted by her captors' plans for terrorist attacks on a nearby city, Zarah escapes in the dead of night to begin a dangerous trek across the wilderness. On her flight she encounters predators and helpers; smugglers and saints; threats and kindness. Meanwhile friends of her murdered father go all out to find her and save her. From early reader reviews:-"I don't really know what to say.. I have a daughter. She lost her mother, my wife. Just read it. I'm a 61 year old combat vet. I cried at the end."-"Seamless continuation from Khaybar, Minnesota...the character's voices sound authentic. The author didn't stuff words into their mouths to make them caricatures, their words flow naturally from the character's point of view...Attention to details makes the characters believable and the story captivating...I'm ready for Book 3. What's the hold-up, Max?"-"A page turner, shining light onto evil that is not as distant as one can imagine. Addresses current news/events and dives deep into the details which work out due to individual efforts to right wrongs!"-"A well written tale of friendship, danger, love, evil, and hope. It also reveals some distressing and some delightful truths about America."-"Cossack keeps on keeping on-one good book after good book...and you have a rollicking good time along the way."- "Very satisfying...sweet, funny, extremely well written. More please."- "Hack is a great protagonist, understated hero. Girls are mature, insightful, and brave."-"Another hit from Max Cossack"

Produktdetails

• The Wilder Bunch Nr.2
• Verlag: VWAM, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9781733731317
• ISBN-10: 1733731318
• Artikelnr.: 55484318

Autorenporträt

His motto: "Today's headlines are ripped from the pages of my novels!" Growing up, Max Cossack nursed a burning desire to live his life out as an old-time mountain man, but all the best mountains were already overbuilt with condos. Instead, Max has worked in factories, steel yards, music and gunsmithing. When he gets tired of one job--which happens a lot--he just moves on to the next. Recently he met a guy who writes novels for a living. It didn't take Max long to notice the guy works only four hours a day, makes decent money, and spends the rest of his time doing whatever he wants. That seemed nice, so Max decided he should write novels himself, figuring he could just make up stuff during the four hours he writes. Then to make good use of his leisure, he could draw on his vast experience as a layabout and ne'er-do-well. Max now spends part of his new free time thinking up stories about things he loves and plotting against big institutions he despises. For example, he loves America, good music regardless of style, and good food in large quantities. Also small smart-aleck women and big loud-mouthed men. He despises big institutions that push people around, whether the institutions are governments or private corporations or some especially obnoxious combination of both. (You know who they are.) Max also loathes the politicians and media hacks who lie on behalf of these bullies and adores those among us who push back. Since lying by omission is often the bullies' go-to form of dishonesty, Max especially likes to write into his novels the realities the liars purposely ignore. Max doesn't delude himself into believing his novels will make a huge difference, but any nudge in the right direction is worth the effort. That's why he writes about people who get fed up and fight back. Even if some of these wonderful people are only figments of Max's imagination, all of us--even Max himself--can learn from their example.