The 5th book in the Tipping Point series, Tipping Point: Korea, is now available in eBook format on Amazon.  The paperback version will be…should be…up and ready to go by the end of today.  Mark Gagliardi has already started the narration for the audiobook and will hopefully be completed somewhere toward the end of March.  I’ll definitely keep you posted on when that come available.  I have chosen to only publish this series on Amazon as the other outlet I utilized is merging with another and the tax situation had become a nightmare.  I just don’t want to have to deal with that again, so I apologize if you purchase elsewhere.

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As you’ll note in the book, the timeline is rather condensed.  It basically covers the first 48 hours or so of North Korea’s movements toward the DMZ and the reactions of the United States and Republic of Korea.  I didn’t intend for it be come out that way, it’s just that I ran out of book while telling the story.  So, there will be lots more to come from that arena.  I’m already nearly a quarter of the way through book six and I have no idea how far down the road I’ll make it with this one.  At this stage, I’m guessing there will be a 7th book, but who knows.  I’m apparently not very good at guessing how many books it takes to finish a story.

At any rate, thank you so much for taking the chance with this series, and others.  I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the support.  So, on that note, I suppose I should get back to it and hope you have a wonderful weekend!

John

Tipping Point: Korea, the 5th book in the series, is now available for pre-order for a 10 March download.  I have the book on Amazon in eBook format.  The print version will be available for pre-order in the next day or two.  I will also be starting the audiobook narration process here shortly, but don’t have a date for when that will be ready as yet.  Stay tuned.  I hope you enjoy the continuation of the Tipping Point series and that your year is treating you well!

John

Available for Pre-order on Amazon

As the title indicates, the fourth book in the Tipping Point series, Tipping Point: Penghu has been released in its audiobook format. It took a little longer than expected, and promised, but Mark Gagliardi did another exceptional job. At least in my opinion. I hope you enjoy this next iteration.

Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Penghu-Audiobook/B0BRDGHLVC

As for the fifth book, I am nearing the end of the rough draft. I’m expecting it to be ready for publication sometime in the early part of February, although that’s subject to change. I have no idea how many books it will take to complete the story, but there will a sixth one for sure.

I want to thank you again for all of the support you’ve given over the years. I’m not sure where I’ll head once this series has been completed, but I have a fantasy genre story that has been rattling around in my mind since summer. For those waiting for the next Red Team, that hasn’t been forgotten. I hope that this year brings peace and fortune into your life!

John

Tipping Point: Penghu, the 4th book in the series, is now live on Amazon.  The rest of the eBook sites will follow within the next couple of days, if not sooner. I have started the audiobook process and that should be out sometime in early to mid-November. Thank you for your patience.

Another American carrier was hit by the Chinese, this time from their vaunted hypersonic ship-killer missiles. The United States must respond or jeopardize losing the task forces meant to keep China from the South China Sea and Taiwan. In doing so, they run the risk of escalating the conflict beyond its current regional confinement.

The hostilities between China and Taiwan are in full swing, with both sides exchanging long-range missile fire. China’s invasion fleets are gathered in their ports, ready to put to sea. Taiwan braces for the worst while the United States continues to press the undersea battles in order to be able to assist.

Will Taiwan be able to hold back the first Chinese foray?

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGD1L1NF

I truly appreciate all of your support and can’t fully describe just how much it means to me. So, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope you enjoy this new addition of the ongoing story, and please let me know what you think. I hope your week is treating you well.

John

Tipping Point: Penghu, the 4th book in the series, is now available for pre-order with a 4 October download.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGD1L1NF

Another American carrier was hit by the Chinese, this time from their vaunted hypersonic ship-killer missiles. The United States must respond or jeopardize losing the task forces meant to keep China from the South China Sea and Taiwan. In doing so, they run the risk of escalating the conflict beyond its current regional confinement.

The hostilities between China and Taiwan are in full swing, with both sides exchanging long-range missile fire. China’s invasion fleets are gathered in their ports, ready to put to sea. Taiwan braces for the worst while the United States continues to press the undersea battles in order to be able to assist.

Will Taiwan be able to hold back the first Chinese foray?

Well, the third book of the series is available in electronic and paperback versions.  I started the narration process for an Audible release, which should be ready toward the latter part of May.  The storyline for this series has run away from me again.  The original plan was for the tale to be concluded in three books.  Three books in and I’m nowhere near completing the story.  At this point, I don’t know exactly how many it will take to complete the series, but I’m thinking I can possibly finish in five.  However, I’ve said something similar in the past and I’ve been wrong nearly every time.  Once I begin immersing myself in the writing, ideas just keep coming.  However much I think I’m in charge of the story, I come to believe that the story is in charge of me.  I merely put down the words that flow through me, and when I come up for air, I notice that I’m not as far along as I’d planned.  But, I suppose that’s a good thing.  It keep the Ramen on the table.

A case in point is the next book.  I’m nearly three-quarters of the way through writing it and very few story days have passed.  There’s so much yet to tell and I’ll most likely be spending the rest of this year on the Tipping Point series.  Hanging over my head is still the Red Team story and I want to get back to A New World to continue that tale.  Crowding my limited brain space are more military thriller stories that I’d like to write.  But, to talk about those would be getting ahead of myself.  I’m not sure which direction I’ll take when I finish with this series.  More than likely, that will be determined when I sit down, ready to continue an old adventure or take up a new one.

I want to seriously thank you for the support you’ve given my writing over the years.  I’m still in awe that it has become what it has, and there’s no way I can thank you enough.  I hope 2022 is treating you well and stay safe.

John

Tipping Point: OPLAN 5015, the third book in the series, is now available for pre-order with a 25 April, 2022 download.  I’ll be starting the narration process this week and hope for an audiobook publication sometime toward the end of next month.  I’m a touch over halfway through the fourth book, and as it stands now, it appears that the series will extend to a fifth one.

Thank you so much for your support and I hope you enjoy this next chapter in the story. I also hope that your weekend treated you well!

John

I know I didn’t send a notice about Tipping Point: Escalation being published. Perhaps a bit of laziness on my part, so I apologize for that.  However, the second book of the Tipping Point series is now also out as an audiobook on Audible and Apple.  Mark Gagliardi again did a wonderful job of narrating and I’m thankful he remains available to narrate the books.

Now, as to what the future holds.  Sounds ominous, eh?  It’s not.  This series is definitely stretching to a third book and now it’s looking like a fourth may be necessary in order to finish the story.  My mind is pushing to expand the story beyond its original intent and I honestly can’t say just how many books will be in the series.  I’m not sure at this point whether I want to expand this story and put my ideas in another set of books, or to just make this series a larger one.  Right now, I’m leaning toward expanding Tipping Point.

I will say that branching out into another genre has been interesting to say the least.  In the realm of horror, apocalypse, or even science fiction, I’m able to just make stuff up to fill certain gaps or create an alternate reality.  This is not the case with military/political thrillers.  I swear there’s at least an hour of research for every hour of writing.  At one point, I almost gave up as I spent days looking up one thing or another without a single word being written down.  I did learn that military technology has not only dramatically advanced since I was in, but has come to the point that it’s almost a completely foreign environment for me.  There are still carriers, still fighters, still missiles and radar and everything I knew. But the way the integration and technology seems like a foreign language to me.  So, I had to catch up on all of the fun gadgets they get to play with nowadays.  In a way, it kind of made me feel a little nostalgic for the way things were done in my day.

So, I won’t keep you much longer.  At the moment, I feel like I might remain in the military thriller world, but there are unwritten parts of previous stories that need to be finished.  Red Team hasn’t come close to a conclusion and then there’s A New World which I’ve promised I’ll direct some attention toward.  So, I guess that’s a long, convoluted way of saying that I have no idea what I’ll do once I finish with Tipping Point.  I may toss a coin, read some tea leaves, consult the Oracle.

I want to thank you for the support you’ve given this new venture.  Tipping Point has exceeded all of my expectations and it wouldn’t happen without you.  So, although I’d love to shower you all with bills raining from the sky, I have these pesky bills to pay.  That means you’ll have to settle for my thanks.  I hope your year treats you well!

John

I haven’t updated much of anything in some time, so I figure it’s about time.  I have decided to venture off from my usual apocalypse genre and into the military/political thriller realm.  I’ve had the story in mind for quite some time, but the Covid pandemic provided the right catalyst to cement the tale in my head into action.  It was a daunting project to say the least as I haven’t been in the military for some time and technology has long-passed the knowledge I had.  Of course, a lot of things have pushed my knowledge out.  I swear some days that I’m only a step away from fading into a complete loss of memory.  But, that’s for another day…maybe.

So, this new writing is going to be a two-book series. The first one is already out in eBook and print editions with the narration nearly completed.  It’s been a fun ride so far, but the days of research have been long.  I hope those who have already read the first book are enjoying the story so far.  As with many of the other stories I’ve told, I was quite worried how this one would be received.  Especially as there are certain insinuations which some may not appreciate.  But, this is just a fictional tale without inclusion of any personal agenda or beliefs.  For me, it’s just a fun tale to write and my wish is that it’s taken in that context.  So far, the reviews have been favorable, so thank you for that.  If you’re on the fence about reading it, let me give you that little nudge to tip toward the side to go get a copy.

With regards to my writing world, I’m nearly two-thirds of the way through writing the rough draft of the second book in the series.  Once that is off into editing, providing the tale doesn’t take a third book to tell, then I’ll be getting back into the world of Jack and company.  Now, I don’t know yet whether that will take the form of Red Team or whether I’ll finally dive back into A New World.  I’m kind of feeling the characters in that universe pulling at me as they’ve been stuck in limbo for some time.  And, with the conclusion of A Shrouded World, I can entertain the thought of A New World once again.

Well, that’s about it for now.  I hope you all remain safe and healthy and thank you all for your tremendous support.

John

Red Team: Cartel Part Two is the fourth book in the series and was released on 11 December, 2020.  The audiobook process has begun but I don’t have a publication date as yet.  Look for it toward the middle to end of January, 2021.

Red Team continues their search for the two kidnapped DEA agents, systematically attempting to dismantle the cartel responsible. The agent’s location remains elusive, but Red Team continues the fight to force their release. The cartel digs in, but will they be able to halt the Red Team incursions?

While heading to a cartel location hidden in the mountains, Red Team runs into Strigoi of a different nature. The subsequent fight forces the team away and leaves Jack bleeding in the dirt with death hovering nearby. Will the team be able to extricate him in time?

I hope you enjoy the continuation of the series and that you’re having a wonderful end of 2020.  May you all have a wonderful holiday season!

John