Hard copy and Digital copies of SANCTUM THREAT are now available!

 Both book types are available through Amazon!

Here is the link for them. 

Not sure why Amazon had trouble completing those.  Kindle seemed to load just fine (once I got past the fact that they don't convert PDF files well... I eventually loaded a simple Word document). 

Nick Fury (left) is a little concerned about the conversion programs over at CreateSpace and Kindle. 

Here is a nice weapons cache for young Jake Sloan's next mission.  He may need something a little more powerful than usual.  He's headed to India, Bangladesh, and London.  It's still Operation DEW Drop, but its continuation and conclusion.

The next time we catch up with Jake Sloan (that is, after Operation DEW Drop) will be in his home town while working on the horse ranch of Mr. Walsh.  It also introduces Jake's very first solo Private Investigation job. 

The tendrils of that breach in security reach into the dark world of a Saudi Prince by the name of Assad.  Assad may be of noble birth, but he is not noble in character.  Jake discovers this nasty fact when he tracks down the prince's henchmen in Indonesia in the midst of human trafficking.  That's where the adventure begins.

I don't have a title (or ending) for this operation quite yet; I just know that it immediately precedes Force Multiplier (an operation that occurs in French Polynesia).

Bookfessions #1016 Plus My Commentary

Bookfessions.tumblr.com has been a fun site to visit due to the numerous thoughtful observations they make about reading, books, stories, etc.

It like 1016 (noted here), because it's the sort of observation I find myself wondering about asI write the Jake Sloan novels.  Should I include a map of the area?  Would the reader like a graphic of the location where the adventure is happening?  Do readers have an appreciation for location and/or geography? 

As a reader I know that I do, and part of my goal as a writer is to create what I think I would like to see in a book were I perusing the shelves.  That's been one of the basic pieces of advice I've taken to heart as I embarked on this adventure (of novel writing):  Write the novel you would like to see on the shelf but haven't yet.  Pretty good advice, I believe. 

It forces you to believe in your own sense of quality, genre, characterization, plot flow and plot complexity... those sorts of things. 

Part of what inspired me to attempt the feat in the first place was reading Frank Peretti's teen/young adult novels (Dr. Cooper Family adventures).  http://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Throat-Cooper-Adventure-Series/dp/1581346182

 

My kids absolutely loved them, but the series was discontinued.  I wanted to see more of them on the shelves, or more novels like them on the shelves.  Since my kids were growing up in the process I thought a slightly older character (in the young adult age range) might be in order.  So after a brainstorming session during one of our San Diego road trips to visit the grandparents, Jake Sloan Adventures were born.  I think they are just the sort of novels young Christian youth might like to read. 

I hope that including an occasional map will help readers visualize where the adventure takes place.

Sanctum Threat Available

Sanctum Threat is up for sale!!!

The CreateSpace estore has the hard copy ready.  Kindle will have the digital version ready later today, and Amazon.com their hard copy by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week (Aug.26th, 27th).

Here is the CreateSpace estore link:
https://www.createspace.com/4779455

A Brief Author Bio at Novel Crossing

Dan was born and raised in California, attended college there, with the one exception of grad school (Southern Illinois), and has taught both high school and college since the late 90's.  He presently teaches college-level communication courses in Monterey (topics such as Public Speaking, Group/Team Communication, Leadership Communication, Intercultural Communication, Oral Interpretation, Interpersonal Communication).

Having been raised in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada range Dan loves finding beautiful peaks along the West Coast to climb.  His favorites thus far have been Mt. Shasta, Mt. Whitney, Lassen Peak, and a little point in the middle of Cuyamaca State Park called Stonewall Peak.  Future goals include Mt. Hood, Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Williams, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Rainier, all West Coast peaks.

Ministry over the years has been focused on young adults and teens, beginning with summer camps in Northern California (Wolf Mountain, Camp Conner, Mt. Hope).  After serving in Mexico, Venezuela and Columbia with IYM (International Youth Mission, now renamed International Action Ministries under Rick Johnson) Dan returned in successive summers to serve as a boot camp team trainer.  Boot camps were conducted in the Anza-Borrego desert and Sonoma (a forested community in the Sierra Nevada range).  IYM focused on small teams of young men who served among front-line missions posts, especially those doing Bible translation for unreached people groups (Wycliffe and New Tribes Missions especially).  The Amazon jungle was often their end point for that service and the environment was not always inviting, either physically or politically.  So preparing them for that -- for close-knit teamwork, service under conditions of discomfort and fatigue, long days of labor in humid, inhospitable conditions, and working with odd sleep hours -- became a paramount training goal.  Dan continues to serve the young adult and teen population through local church youth groups.
 
And most recently his work has expanded into authoring YA literature with the publication of Trident's Flame (2012) with NavPress.  Forthcoming novels include Sanctum Threat (2013) and Choke Point (2014) through Alopex Publishing.  There are currently five books in the Jake Sloan Adventures, an action-adventures series focused on a 17-year old young man who aspires to follow his father’s footsteps into the world of espionage and special operations.  They are described as romaction novels as well since there is a significant relationship that develops between Jake Sloan a young lady whom he meets on his very first adventure in Alaska.  See jakesloanadventures.blogspot.com and Jake Sloan Adventures on Facebook.

 

Novel Crossing:

http://www.novelcrossing.com/author/6896/danielfox

A retired Coast Guarder reviews Trident's Flame!

Here is our 14th reviewer!  A retired Coast Guard sailor!  Ron Katz!  Thanks, Ron!

Here is his Amazon review:

5 out of 5 stars.

Outstanding work, well done.

By Ronald R. Katz on August 8, 2014

Format: Paperback

 

Being retired military, I had trouble putting the book down.
Looking forward to the next one and to see how they catch the mole?

Great book great author, keep them coming.

Thanks,
Ron Katz, USCG(RET)

 

Love those old salt sailors!  Ron was previously in the US Navy, a blue-water sailor, then finished his career with the USCG.  Glad to have him aboard!

 

Thanks, Ron.