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Get Wreckt now available for Preorder

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Everyone’s gonna get Wreckt…

Eddie Connor was a washed-up child star. Arnold Wreckt, a second-string bodybuilder with dreams of Hollywood glory. Neither of their BENT powers ever amounted to much—until they stumble into a cloud of strange red dust and come out supercharged.

Suddenly, Eddie’s got a plan: reboot Arnold’s action career, land a blockbuster deal, and ride the fame train out of obscurity—with Eddie playing fast-talking agent to his newly buffed-up best friend.

But in the world of cheap stunts and shady deals, nothing’s ever that easy.

Their producer owes the mob. Their screenwriter’s on the run. Their leading lady looks like she is eligible for Social Security. And a black-budget government agency wants to dissect them both to find out what makes their powers tick.

Now Eddie and Arnold are dodging bullets in the streets of Chicago, running from flamethrower-wielding femmes fatales, crooked cops, gangbangers, and politicians with itchy trigger fingers. Forget the cameras—this time, the action’s real.

To survive, they’ll have to fight dirty, think fast, and Get Wreckt!

Get Wreckt comes out 20 June 2025 and is available no for preorder on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4k8Z8W5

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Book Review: Rise from Ruin

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Melissa Olthoff’s Rise from Ruin is a book very reminiscent of Anne McCaffery’s Dragon Riders of Pern and Mercedes Lackey’s The Black Gryphon, in all the best ways.

It’s a fast-paced book, with elements of romance, coming-of-age, military, fantasy, and even bits of scifi. It’s got a little bit of everything and enough relatable in all its elements to pull a reader in.

There are dragons and dragon riders, doing battle against powerful foes. The griffins and their riders steal the show (sometimes literally) with personality and drive, and a fair bit of mischief. There’s a backdrop of a war, adding complications to every decision the characters make, often forcing them into situations where they have difficult choices.

Overall it’s a fun read and I recommend it. I’m hoping there’s a sequel, too, because there’s a lot more of the setting, characters, and story that I’d like to see explored.

Buy it here: https://amzn.to/3TdM3iQ

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Get Wreckt, Coming soon!

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I’m excited to announce a new book coming soon with Three Ravens Publishing: Get Wreckt. Coming 20 June 2025.

Do you like 80’s Action Movies, superheroes, and redemption stories? Get Wreckt has it all, over-the-top action, cheesy one liners, and two lost souls trying to make it in a chaotic world.

Eddie Connor is a failed child actor, trapped at the biological age of sixteen after his BENT powers activated.  His only friend is Arnold Wreckt, a semi-successful bodybuilder and failed action star with a minor BENT for major muscles.  The two are fighting the slow collapse to poverty and obscurity, when they stumble through a cloud of red dust that supercharges their formerly minor BENT powers.

The empowerment gives Eddie an idea: reboot Wreckt’s action star career, sign him on with a major movie, and get their lives back on track, with Eddie acting as his friend’s agent.  Things go wrong at every turn, though.  Their producer is in trouble with the mob.  Their script-writer has warrants.  Their leading lady looks like she’s an octogenarian.  There’s a secret government organization that wants to cut them both up and see what makes them work.

That’s only the start.  Eddie and Arnold are going to have to navigate the scummy world of movie-making, the dirty streets of Chicago, and a femme fatale with a passion for flamethrowers, if they’re going to make their movie.  They’re going to have to fend off gangbangers, crooked cops, and dirty politicians, all under orders to Get Wreckt. Eddie and Arnold have stumbled into the life of real action heroes, instead of just playing ones on the big screen.