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"Catspaw"
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"Catspaw"
- Review
"Whitetail"
- Press Release
"Whitetail"
- Review
Author's
Biography - David L. Fey
If
I Were A Monkey - Press Release
The
Wallenda Witches Flying School
- Review
Author
Biography - Lori Haynes
Setting
The Stage For Eternity - Reviews
Setting
the Stage for Eternity by
Dr. Harlan Betz
"Here's a book
that will clarify a lot of confusion. A must read!"
Dr.
Gene Getz, Ph.D
Executive
Director, Center for Church Renewal
Author
of over 35 books including, The Measure of a Man
"In this comprehensive work on believers' rewards, Dr. Betz lays
bare the sobering truth that in this life we are to weave the threads
of time into the loom of eternity."
Dr.
Norm Geisler, PH.D, Dean of Southern Evangelical Seminary
Author
of over 60 books including, I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist
"Here is a book that represents a lifetime of study
on an altogether neglected subject: the Judgment Seat of Christ and the
Christian's Rewards. Simply written, well illustrated, and definite
in its conclusions, any person will enjoy reading this book and will probably
be convicted at the same time"
Dr.
Stanley D. Toussaint, Th.D
Sr
Professor Emeritus of Bible Exposition, Dallas Theological Seminary
"Harlan Betz reminds me that I am in a race. Not
the super-competitive rat race of American acquisition and performance,
but a race to invest my time and talents in opportunities for meaning
and glory before the clock runs out. And he makes me want to win."
Lael
Arrington, Author, Godsight: Renewing the Eyes of Our Hearts
Co-host,
The Things That Matter Most broadcast
The
Wallenda Witches Flying School
by Lori Haynes
The adolescent witches-in-training at the Wallenda School, collectively
born of the minds of real kids and brought to reality through the talent
of writer Lori Haynes, do no harm to others but their errant ways create
havoc at the school. Humorous and inventive, Haynes takes us to flight
(on a variety of brooms) through the eyes of the mentor-witch, Wendy Wallenda,
who struggles to maintain order and discipline to a group of feisty, mischievous
students whose curiosity and devious behavior seems boundless. But, after
all, they ARE witches.
The analogies throughout the book (“Bat Doppler Radar System” and “Booing
X-13 Broom”) and colorful photos of witch crash-landings will keep its
young readers laughing and captivated. Haynes thoughtfully provided two
clever and inspiring sections at the end of the book (Discussion Questions
and Possible Answers and Possibly More Questions) that invite the reader
to mentally join the story and evaluate the consequences of activities
of various characters. Outwardly, these educational epilogues are a light-hearted
opportunity for the reader to participate in the dreamy world of the surreal;
subconsciously, it is a programmed text that invites the reader to evaluate
virtues, consequences, and conduct.
Rarely does an adult writer capture the essence of the imagination
of a child; and further, to draw other children into the story and cap
it off with a lesson in morality with the soft touch of a caring mother.
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 2, 2005
Children's
Book Release: If I Were A Monkey by Darla Barrington Batchler
Falcon
Publishing, LTD
LCCN
2004090604, ISBN 0-9746959-2-0. Hard Back, $12.95
If I Were A Monkey is a charming book for children,
highlighted by the intriguing illustrations of Texas artist, Kitty Parris.
It is a fun, warm look at what it would be like to be an animal, then
finding it best to just be who you are.
Batchler used the imagination of her children, Sydney (10) and Jimmy (7),
to develop the story line making sure the illustrations fit the imagery.
This is a book that will delight all children with its message
both in words and pictures.
Batchler is a Texas writer who lives in N. Richland
Hills, Texas with her husband, Jim and her two children. Her love
for children's books and the years of reading them to her children inspired
her to write this playful book.
If I Were A Monkey will be available at local
book stores, on Amazon.com and can be purchased directly from the publisher,
Falcon Publishing, LTD at www.falconpublishing.com .
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 14, 2004
Action-Thriller
Book Release: Catspaw by David L. Fey
Falcon Publishing Ltd.
LCCN 2004090585, ISBN 0-9746959-1-2
Trade Paperback, $12.95
A
series of seemingly unrelated crimes finds Deke Tanner battling wits with
a gorgeous but deadly female explosives expert—both stepping in the shadows
of the DEA, state police, gangsters, assassins and drug dealers in the
swamps of south Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin.
The concept as conceived by an enterprising Mississippi
lawyer was to create a new cocaine pipeline directly from Bolivia to Chicago,
bypassing the cartels and the DEA. It was unprecedented, brilliant and
potentially very profitable. Then, everything fell apart: an explosion,
people are dead or missing, and forty kilos of pure cocaine and two million
in cash have vanished. Motive and suspects are epidemic but every solution
points to a Cajun girl hiding in the bowels of Red-Eye Swamp near Catahoula.
Louisiana.
The author describes Catspaw in his own words:
"Catspaw is a techno-thriller that captures
the action and the urgency of the chase, the agony and fears inured by
the innocent, the pathological indifference of criminals, and the thrill
of the surprise when the reader discovers twists in the plot that glue
your eyes to the pages. Think of 'The Day of the Jackal' meets 'Clear
and Present Danger' and you'll get the idea."
David L. Fey draws from his military background,
extensive travels, experiences and close relations with the Cajuns of
south Louisiana, and knowledge of the Mississippi Delta where he was raised.
This 356-page trade paperback will be available
at book stores soon and from the publisher at www.falconpublishing.com
on the web along with Fey's first novel, "Whitetail," and his
music CD: "Mother Lode: Songs from the novel Whitetail." Log
on and read excerpts from both novels on-line.
Contact:
Gwen Tel: 713-417-7600
Fax: 281-360-8284
Email: sales@falconpublishing.com
CATSPAW
by David L. Fey
LAISSEZ LE BON TEMPS ROULER—AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARS…
Does
fast-action and a captivating main character escalate a novel to must-read
status? Usually not. But add a trail that leads from the jungles of Bolivia
to the swamps of Louisiana; adversaries including assassins, drug dealers,
the DEA, the police, lawyers, and a close-knit family of Cajuns; cap it
off with a plot where "motive is epidemic" and the story cleverly
leads to a late-night reading binge.
So much for the quiet life of our hero, Deke Tanner,
a Houston-suburb computer system salesman who really gets one caught in
the ringer in Fey's second novel (following "Whitetail," ISBN
0-9746959-0-4, Falcon Publishing, Ltd.) revolving around Tanner's efforts
to battle hard-core baddies to clear his name and stay alive. And wait,
aside from being hunted by the host of characters previously mentioned,
there's the attractive Jo Beth Delaney, fresh from teaching explosives
to CIA operatives, with an iron-willed agenda that leaves her opponents
cremated in home-brewed C-4. Throw in forty kilos of pure Bolivian cocaine
and two million in cash that is missing from a blown (literally) DEA drug
bust in St. Louis, and you have quite a spirited chase with most of the
players half-way around the track before Tanner leaves the gate. Once
the major questions get answered, all trails lead to a young woman and
her mute sister who have been hidden by their dad, a Cajun crawfisherman
from Catahoula, in a houseboat moored in a remote section of Louisiana's
Atchafalaya Swamp—and search is on.
Deke Tanner has no concern for the prevailing
issues of drugs or money but is immersed in the melee out of self-preservation.
And when the dust of conflict settles, he reflects on his part in the
overall scheme of things and what future impact it will have. Was it all
over? Or had it just begun—a ruse, a clever deception,
a Catspaw?
The 373-page novel consumes thirteen action-filled
days (by chapter) and seemingly reaches a crescendo about two-thirds of
the way through, where the reader is drawn to obvious conclusions. That's
where the title comes into play and the sleight-of-hand treatment of the
plot plasters your eyes to the page. For the reader, only one question
remains—when will the third episode
see print?
Catspaw
by David Fey
Review by Review.com
The world of drug trafficking is paved with the blood and
souls of its victims and quite often, the players themselves. Yet another
new drug ring is under the ever-watchful eye of the DEA and things are
about to get very complicated. During a planned drop some things go awry,
intense explosions, shootings, missing people and missing cash in the
amount of two million, not to mention the disappearance of 40 kilos of
pure cocaine. The players are left scratching their heads and blaming
each other, eventually losing a great deal more than a future drug deal.
Meanwhile, down in Texas, Deke Tanner is enjoying the great outdoors until
a shadow from his past pays a visit. Compelled to clear the threat of
exposure Deke hires a Private Investigator to do some digging. What he
finds does not put his mind at ease and leads him to take actions that
he wishes he didn't have to.
The character list now becomes full with diversity.
From a small town cop to a mob family boss, an innocent young woman who
can speak to the animals of the swamp, to her sister who is through with
her lowlife criminal husband, from good old boy Deke Turner who may end
up paying for his loyalty to friendship, to a mysterious female operative
who is a wiz with explosives and stealth, the protagonists are anything
but boring. The plot is twisted and complicated but full of suspense and
intrigue.
There is a bit of repetitiveness in regards to
the facts of the story. I felt that the author was trying to be sure that
everyone understood what had happened, what was going on and what was
coming. It would have been better to spell this all out exactly as it
unfolded when it occurred rather than rehashing the facts from every main
character's viewpoint, but this approach still worked and in the end the
reader is pretty clear on what all happened. At least as sure as the main
character is.
"Catspaw" is a fast paced, well thought
out adventure that will have you smiling at the power of small town family
and wondering what might really be going on out in the big world in which
we live.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 1, 2004
Action-Thriller
Book Re-release: Whitetail by David L. Fey
Falcon Publishing Ltd.
LCCN 2004090586, ISBN 0-9746959-0-4. Trade Paperback, $8.95
Deke
Tanner suspects that his best friend's death was not the "hunting
accident" as filed by the Mississippi State Police and starts his
own investigation, ostensibly protected by his anonymity. But trouble
soon finds him, he can't expose his plight to the law, and with only his
wits to aid him, he goes on the offensive. But who wants to kill him and
how can he possibly prevent the death that awaits him and his family?
Jesse Cotsworth, a Special Forces Vietnam veteran,
carried his covert skills into civilian life under the guise as a service
station owner in an upscale suburb of Houston, Texas. His macabre death,
however, exposes his association with a "Syndicate" whose agenda
was revenge and assassination of known criminals who have escaped prosecution.
Tanner gets trapped between the law, the Syndicate and Cotsworth's killers
in a series of strange twists that bring his past back to haunt him, and
a new significance to the word, "Whitetail." The plot weaves
an unusual and enlightening look at the tentacles of thought that mold
and follow a boy into manhood as well as a fresh treatment of the thriller's
themes of revenge and deception.
David L. Fey was raised and educated in the Deep
South. He is an avid hunter, a musician and a U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran.
Now in its second printing, this 246-page trade
paperback will be available at local bookstores soon and at www.falconpublishing.com
on the web, along with Fey's second novel, Catspaw, and his music CD,
Mother Lode: Songs from the novel Whitetail. Log on and hear music clips
and read excerpts from both novels.
Contact: Gwen - Tel: 713-417-7600
Fax: 281-360-8284
Email: sales@falconpublishing.com
WHITETAIL
by David L. Fey
FROM
HATEFUL BOYS TO VENGEFUL KILLERS—A FICTIONAL ODYSSEY
This
second printing of “Whitetail” precedes the pending release
of David Fey’s second thriller (“Catspaw”) in a series
that traces the adventures of the central character, Deke Tanner, from
his troubled youth into an equally errant manhood. The tentacles of this
theme cleverly weave through the thriller’s plot of revenge initiated
by the murder of Tanner’s best friend and the pure will to survive
and protect his family.
The development phase of young boys struggling
with alcoholic parents in the fictitious WASP Mississippi Delta town of
Lakewood leads the reader through the early chapters depicting the unruly
characteristics of nasty little boys. Deke (named after his grandfather,
Deacon), and his nemesis neighbor, Greg Stoner, fight bitterly at every
turn in spite of their socially-knitted parents and their best-friend,
do-gooder sisters. The two families classically dismiss their antics with
a “Boys will be Boys” attitude (the title of the first chapter)
until the bone-deep hate between the boys leads to the very edge of death,
dividing the families and molding the boys’ attitudes forever.
Fast forward a few chapters to adulthood and Tanner
has mellowed, becoming a bright, successful international computer system
salesman happily married and living in an upscale Houston suburb next
door to his close friend and hunting buddy (“they could have been
brothers” and “two men, one brain”), Jesse Cotsworth. But
Cotsworth, a local service station owner and amateur songwriter (Fey cleverly
inserts lyric excerpts from his own compositions as a lead-in to several
chapters), has a clandestine, sinister side stemming from his Special
Forces training during Vietnam and has secretly become an “operative”
for the Syndicate—an organization dedicated to eradicating known
criminals who have somehow escaped prosecution. In an interesting, if
not slyly humorous twist of events, Cotsworth draws the assignment to
eliminate one Greg Stoner, now a feared lawyer in Lakewood. Cotsworth
convinces the unsuspecting Tanner to book a deer hunting trip near Lakewood
as the vehicle for the execution, but Stoner uncovers the plot and Cotsworth
is mysteriously killed “by a pack of wild dogs during a hunting accident.”
Subsequently, a trail of evidence and the Syndicate
codename “Whitetail,” left in a letter given by Cotsworth’s
lawyer to Tanner results in an investigation he launches that leads him
back to his old home town and once again, to face the hate and bitterness
imbedded in the persona of Greg Stoner, who has learned of Tanner’s
pursuit. And the hunt is now afoot. The past comes full circle, neither
man can solicit help from the law, and it becomes a game of wits where
the stakes are life or death.
“Whitetail” is a fresh treatment on
the thriller’s themes of survival and revenge highlighted by the
events that bind the development of boys-to-men. One cannot help but applaud
Fey’s ability to capture these oft-forgotten emotions and to reflect
on the events surrounding their own development upon turning the last
page.
Author's
Biography - David L. Fey
Mr.
Fey's early years were spent in the Deep South-principally in small towns
in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. These colorful but erratic years
included attending eight different high schools, and at fifteen, working
as a deckhand on a Mississippi River towboat. During the sixties, he received
extensive training in computer sciences and was honorably discharged by
the U.S. Navy as a Vietnam veteran. His professional career includes tenure
as a System Engineer on the Apollo 11 project as well as jobs with TRW
and Xerox, followed by sales and sales management positions with international
computer systems suppliers (GE, Harris) to the electric utility industry
in the U.S. and Latin America.
His love of music started in the teens, driven
by the gutsy blues indigenous to the Delta and the birth of Rock 'n Roll
that rolled out of his radio from Memphis and Nashville. He bought a guitar,
and using the sounds that echoed in his memory, taught himself to play
and during the seventies, played in nightclubs around Houston to supplement
his income. He still plays by ear and he still loves the blues.
He readily attributes his writing skills to the
collective efforts of his high school teachers-further advanced by the
requirements of sales work followed by more artistic endeavors at songwriting.
In the nineties, he left the grind of arduous worldwide travel, to aggregate
his writing skills with his colorful background and inventive imagination
to produce novels that were both fun to write, and entertaining for the
reader. To that end, he has come a long way.
Mr. Fey speaks intermediate-level Spanish, is
an avid hunter and gun enthusiast, and enjoys woodworking and sixties-era
muscle cars. With a history and an imagination as diverse as his, he only
needs to tap into his memories for a new saga to blossom. To contact
David directly, you may email him at david@falconpublishing.com
Author
Biography - Lori Haynes
Lori Haynes grew up in Denver , Colorado , the youngest of four.
A shy but outspoken child, she learned early the power of a well-spoken
phrase in order to get the attention of her parents and siblings.
Her passion for writing came to her in high school. Though she never actively
pursued publication, she wrote over thirty poems during that period.
Haynes poetry has since been published in such works as: The International
Who's Who in Poetry, The Best Poems and Poets of 2001, The Voyage Out
of Darkness, Whimsical Recollections and others. She has written newsletters
for the Mile High United Way and Domestic Violence Coalition . She also
authored the “Family Challenges” section in the MHUW Metro Denver Needs
Assessment Report.
She was highlighted in Beyond Computing for her professional accomplishments
in the business community. This recognition also earned her a feature
article in the Houston Chronicle newspaper in 2004.
Haynes' imaginative writing stems from a desire to want the reader to
have a fresh experience through the written word. Whether it is
poetry, essays or children's books, Lori wants to paint a picture for
the reader to envision what they already know in a new and different light.
Her motto is “random acts of lunacy” to keep the brain agile and the heart
young.
To contact Lori directly, email her at lori@falconpublishing.com
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