Newest E-Book Available on Amazon.com

My latest novel is of the HORROR genre and I pulled out all the stops on this one.

The setting is England, 1590, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the First. Enidor Fox is a depraved witch hunter traveling the southern countryside in search of wealth, not witches. Even though he is a priest, it is in name only. He partners with Lords and Nobles in the counties, falsely accusing persons of witchcraft and having them summarily tried and executed. Once they are dead, the Lords confiscate the deceased's property and grants Fox a kickback for his trouble. He soon finds himself in Wokingham of Berkshire County to work his evil again, but this time he stumbles upon a real coven of witches who are not happy to see him and his entourage of cutthroats invade their territory. The two forces are soon joined in mortal combat and only the evil most holy will win the day.

Extremely graphic content of torture, sexual situations and violence. NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH OR THE EASILY OFFENDED!!!! Enter at your own risk.

This is an e-book available on Amazon.com's Kindle store. I have priced it at .99 cents. If you do purchase it, please provide a review on Amazon, good or bad. I love to hear from my detractors as much as my fans. Thanks.

www.robertcoward.com

New E-Book Available on Amazon.com

Just wanted everyone to know that my latest novel is now available on Amazon.com.

The setting is modern day and revolves around a patch of jungle deep in the Amazon Basin rain forest. Several unexplained deaths have occurred there and no surveillance technology known to man can penetrate the affected area. After several soldiers go missing, the Brazilian government realizes they need help. A European montage of scientists have been invited by Brazil to go in and determine what is causing the turmoil. A team of agents from the highly trained U. S. Bureau of Diplomatic Security are charged with their protection. Sam Harradin, the leader of the team, has explicit instructions to find the technological anomaly, capture it, and smuggle it out of Brazil and into the CIA's hands. Meanwhile, an elite commando unit of Chinese Agents are trying to beat the westerners to the prize and have orders from Beijing to be as ruthless as it takes to claim success. Unknown to them all, a de-frocked priest is bent on finding out the secret before anyone else and if he does...it will mean the end of life on earth as we know it. The main problem for them all is the jungle is highly motivated to keep its secret from being discovered, regardless of the body count.

This book is available on Kindle and I have it priced at 99 cents. If you do purchase it, please post a review on Amazon, good or bad. Thanks.

www.robertcoward.com

Houston, Texas

I like to call myself a native Houstonian, even though I was born in Pasadena, Texas. For the vast majority of my life I have lived in and around Harris County. I have called Houston my home for many years and most of my professional life has been played out here.

The Houston Oilers were my NFL team, and now it is the Houston Texans. I have attended plays, the symphony, and visited the museums here. Our city is home to the best food you can find in any restaurant anywhere in the world. I should know, since I have visited every continent save for Australia and tasted the cuisine of many cultures.

Houston is the home of the Eighth Wonder of the World, the Astrodome. Houston was the first word spoken from the moon and is home to the Johnson Space Center. It boasts a beautiful skyline at night and has some of the best people in the world to be associated with.

This town is the fifth largest city in the United States, and whenever there is a recession we have never been hit as hard as the rest of the country. This is due to its economic diversity, the pride of its people, and the willingness to forge ahead in the face of adversity. Houston is the planetary center of the Oil and Gas Industry; home to Red Adair and the best and brightest engineers in the world.

My first child was born here and cared for during her short life by the greatest medical center in the world. If you can't be saved in Houston, you can't be saved. We have the best doctors, best nurses, best technicians and best equipment money can buy.

This is a city of great opportunity. It has put food on my table, a roof over my head, cars in my garage, and clothes on my back for the greater portion of my life. In 1979 I started as a hydraulic test technician making six dollars an hour, testing control systems for blow out preventers, among many more types of equipment. Soon I was a quality control inspector and then a supervisor over the test department. Today I am a senior project manager/consultant in the oil and gas industry and make a lot more than six dollars an hour.

I have lived in London, England for nearly four years and fell in love with the city and Great Britain as a whole. I fell in love with its culture, its history and its people. But when you compare London with all its grandeur and old world style, it can't compare to Houston, Texas.

Like any other city, Houston has its problems of crime, poverty, traffic congestion, etc. But, in my mind, it stands out above the rest. God has blessed me beyond measure by placing me here. It could have been much different. I could have been born in Detroit or Iowa. I'm sure people from those places will take offense at that, but those are just two areas I shudder about when thinking where else in America I could have originated from.

I have seen Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico City, Caracas, Lagos, Paris, Tangiers, Tokyo, London (as mentioned), Stavanger, Edinburgh and many points in between. All great cities in their own right with much to offer its citizens and visitors. But in my mind...in my heart...in my soul....the greatest city in the world is Houston, Texas. And thus will it always be so.

Smorgasbord Friday

Two fishermen on Lake Ontario discovered a floating suitcase and brought it to shore. Inside was the severely decomposed torso of a dismembered woman. One of the officers said they had been finding a lot of dismembered remains in the area of late. My suggestion is to stay away from Lake Ontario.

A Houston man...naked....tried to break into someone's home last week. As most of us would do, the homeowner grabbed his trusty shotgun and blasted the intruder, sending him on his way. The bleeding man ran to his car...still naked...and sat inside of it and probably screaming in pain and calling for his mommy. It wasn't long until the police arrived, and ordered the naked, bleeding, screaming, would-be burglar to come out of the car. Well, he did. And he decided to come out fighting. In about one nano-second, the gentleman was tased with 50,000 volts of electricity. Normal people would then say, "Okay, I think I've had enough." But not our Naked Burglar Guy. He keeps on fighting. From what I understand, it took about four, big, burly Houston coppers to physically subdue the man. He is now in the hospital having shotgun pellets plucked from his body with tweezers. I hope they're doing it without anesthia.

In another part of the world, four burglars broke into a home in Leicester, England. The homeowner, thinking he lived in Texas where you can do such things, grabbed his shotgun and blasted two of them. Both of the wounded men ran away. The unwounded men decided that was a good idea and also ran away. The men who were shot immediately went to the hospital bleeding, screaming in pain, and most likely calling for their mommies. All four were eventually arrested and charged with burglary. The sticking point in the story is that in England you can't 'stand your ground' or even fight back to protect your property, much less your life, when someone is breaking into your house. The husband and wife who fought back against these four, upstanding young citizens....were arrested for causing grievous bodily harm. Go figure.

An 83 year old woman was swimming in a Wisconsin lake. Why, I don't know and am glad I wasn't around to see it. Anyway, a beaver decided that 83 year old women should not be swimming in his lake and began to attack her. It bit and clawed at her all the way back to shore, causing severe injuries to the old bird. A bystander grabbed a stick once she made it to shore and began to beat the beaver. The beaver took umbrage with this and attacked the stick wielder. Luckily, the man was able to steer clear of the large teeth on this tree killer/dam maker, and it was finally subdued and killed. The 83 year old woman will now have to submit to several shots as it was discovered the Mad Beaver was just that...rabid. She did say one thing that I think will please those who live around that area. She advised reporters that she was never going to swim in that lake again. Thank God.

The Dallas Cowboys played the New York Giants in the first football game of the 2012 season. Dallas won 24-17. I hate Dallas.

The Party conventions are over. YAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

Drew Peterson, the one-time Chicago police officer, was found guilty in the death of his third wife. His first wife was Carol Brown, his high school sweetheart. She divorced him after learning of his infedility. Victoria Connolly was his second wife who has alleged, with corroboration from her daughters, that Peterson phyically abused her during their ten year marriage. Kathleen Savio was his third wife. They found her in a dry bathtub with blunt force trauma to the head. When his fourth wife, Stacey Peterson, went missing, they dug poor old Kathleen Savio up and took a closer look, deeming her death a homocide. Now, they don't have much more than hearsay evidence against this pillar of society, and I don't know how they got a conviction. But, you ladies out there need to be a little more discerning when selecting a man. Look into his background. Don't go missing or be found dead in a bathtub simply because you're lonely. Loneliness is better than death. At least, that's what some living people tell me.

Are you tired and lonely in that itty bitty cell in a prison somewhere in Texas. Well, don't you worry about it. If you're white...hate all non-whites...have no compunctions about committing murder, dealing drugs, or any other crime apart from child molesting and rape (those are two BIG no-no's), then all you have to do is fill out your Form 12 application to join the Aryan Brotherhood. That's right folks, you have to let the leaders of this gang that permeates the Texas Prison System in on all your past bad deeds. If you're bad enough, evil enough, tough enough and know how to take orders without hesitation, then you're the kind of guy they are looking for. Oh, and by the way, once you're in....you can't get out. Membership acceptance is for life. Isn't it good to know that these people in our prisons are doing all they can to be rehabilitated so they can flawlessly enter society again once they are released? Just kind of makes you feel good all over. Doesn't it?

I Love A Good Debate

People have a tendency to think I get mad or angry with people who have different political, religious, or societal views than me. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have a lot of fun with my liberal and moderate friends. They rile me up, and I like to rile them up (even though they would never admit it).

It reminds me of a time several years ago where a couple we were befriending came over to visit one evening. The wives retreated into the dining room while us husbands enjoined in political conversation in the living area. As usual, my passion runnethed over and the projection of my voice traveled into the dining room. After they left, my wife was giggling. I asked what was so funny and she told me that when the other lady heard me speaking she leaned over to her and said, "My, your husband is angry." My wife touched the woman's arm and shook her head, saying, "No honey. That ain't mad. I've seen the man mad. This isn't even close."

I will be the first to admit that 'embellishment' is one of my forte's. I love to push the envelope and sometimes burst it open. I've been accused of annihilating people, excoriating them, dissecting them and brutalizing them....all verbally, of course. I've done no such thing. What I've done is entered into a debate with as many weapons as I can carry in order to win. I'm somewhat crazed in that respect. I don't enter into ANY game unless I plan and play to win. I never play for the sole enjoyment of the experience. Never. I suppose that is one reason why I was a well-above average chess player.

I'm a conservative capitalist. I'm a Christian. I have certain absolutes in my brain that cannot and will not be subverted into another line of thinking. I can afford to be close minded because where the fundamentals are concerned...I'm right. It is infuriating for some to debate with me, for I refuse to accept even outer fringes of liberalistic, socialistic, communal thought that bleeds from their ears.

I do not need the Democrats to tell me I need to be a member of the community. I already am. Not only that, I'm a contributor to the community on several levels and I have decided that my participation in this community has now maxed out. I want someone in office that can directly affect my life that will tell me they are in agreement. I am contributing enough.  However, I digress.

No matter what you believe, we are Americans. When 9/11 happened, a friend of mine asked why I was so upset. He said, "You don't like yankees, why are you so mad?" I responded, "Yankees are like my little brother. I can kill 'em, but nobody else can."

I am not angry with those who disagree with me. I just love a good debate and I play to win.

The Government...what???

The DNC opened with a video. Nothing wrong with that. But the video proclaimed that 'The Government is the only thing we all belong to.'  Yes, COMRADE, we belong to the government if you believe the Democratic Party. Kind of reminds me of days like this....

The Democratic Party, after making that kind of statement at their convention, should not get one more vote on any level. Does not anyone on that side of the aisle understand what such a statement means? Do those who STILL support Obama not now know what these people are that run the Democratic Party?

It seems to me that Obama did NOT mispeak when he said 'You didn't build that!'. The Democratic Party is not democratic at all if they believe that we all belong to the government. The only people that belong to the government are our soldiers. That's why they call them G.I.'s....short for Government Issue. George Washington...remember him????  George Washington said: Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Is that what you want to belong to? Do the majority of Americans WANT to belong to the government? If Obama is re-elected, then the answer will be yes. And that will be the message the Democratic Party will take and there will be nothing to stop them from truly binding us to their will.

Liberals around the country will poo-poo the statement and laugh and shake their heads like it will be impossible for our real liberties and freedoms to be taken away...and you know what? They are right. They won't be taken away. The voters of this country will have given those liberties and freedoms to the Obama's and Pelosi's of Washington. And once the government has them, it will take another civil war to regain them. But I fear this country has been so pussified by political correctness, and being told not to offend anybody, and having warning signs put on everything from a popsicle stick to a Q-Tip and having lawyers sue everybody for farting wrong that there will be no great uprising when our freedoms are no more and we actually DO belong to the government. I fear there aren't enough real men left in this country to make a decisive difference if and when our freedoms and liberties are subjugated by the ignorance of the American voter. If there isn't an outcry now, on a national scale, about such an adverse and hostile statement regarding the core of what this country was built on, then the silence will result in the drastic ideological change of this government from representation to dictatorship. Will it happen tomorrow, or the moment Obama is re-elected? No, but it will happen. And it will happen sooner than later.

Not only was this statement an absolute outrage, but the fact that God himself has been removed from the Democratic platform only doubles the outrage. Christians, you better stand up and take notice. Black, white, asian, purple....take heed. George Washington had something to say about that, too. "It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

If you don't believe that, then shame on ya. As a Pope said hundreds of years ago to one of his protege's: Do you not know my son with what little wisdom the world is ruled? In other words, it might behoove us to get on our knees every now and then and ask for Supreme guidance.

The Democratic Party is so arrogant they don't believe they need 'the opiate of the masses' anymore. They have them so hypnotized on the trinkets and crumbs they're throwing to them that they will follow them anywhere. And so they might.

Government is your god, now. Government is to whom you belong. So says the Democratic Party. And yet, Americans will go to the polls and vote for this tripe in droves and droves. I never dreamed in all my life that I would witness such a day. A day when one Party in the United States of America would openly and publicly declare that Government was our master, and that God did not matter. Not only that, we will witness millions of people affirm that stance when they go to the polls in November and possibly empower those in Washington to truly take possession of us all.

Yes, Comrade....if Obama wins....we are headed for disaster. Absolute disaster.

Novel and Publishing Update

Just a personal note on what's going on in my novel writing world.

The action/adventure novel I finished will be coming out on Amazon.com in the next few weeks. I'm going to go through it again to fine tune it and I have to get a cover design done and dusted. It will be an e-book available on Kindle. The setting is modern day where an anomaly in the Brazilian rainforest has so disturbed the government there that a special team of scientists and Diplomatic Security agents have been sent in to find out what is jamming the best technology the world has to offer. Another group of agents from China are trying to beat them to this 'new' technology. The intrigue and plot twists takes the characters on a wild ride of danger, betrayal and a look into the unknown that they all wish they hadn't seen. The title of this book is 'The Grove', and it will be on sale for .99 cents.

What a lot of people don't realize is that you don't have to own a Kindle to read the e-books available. All one has to do is download the free Kindle application on your computer, ipod, ipad, etc and voila! You have access to Kindle e-books.

I am on the downhill slide on my horror novel. Presently, it consists of 75,000 words and I am on the last chapter. This book will not be for the squeamish or the easily offended. Several days of study went into the Elizabethan era torture tactics used on those accused of being heretics and/or witches. The implements depicted in the book and how they were used to destroy the human body (mainly women) are factual and extremely graphic. The setting is 1590 England where a depraved witch hunter and his men are terrorizing southern England with accusations of witchcraft being levied at several prominent people. He doesn't believe in witches or the supernatural, even though he is by name only, a priest. Being in league with some lords and nobles, he accuses land owners of witchcraft and has them executed so the resident lord can confiscate the property. In so doing, the witch hunter receives a kickback for his services. When he arrives in Wokingham (a village I lived in for a year while working in England), he discovers an actual coven of witches and soon gets an education on the power of witchcraft and the supernatural. It becomes a battle royal with casualties on both sides as evil meets evil....and only the 'Evil Most Holy' will win the day. This is definitely an Adults Only book. I am working on a cover design and when finished it will be offered on Amazon.com as an e-book for .99 cents.

Once these two have been downloaded for sale on Amazon, my other two books, The Keeper's Dare and The Last Medal will also see their prices reduced to .99 cents. So, for a summary, here's the novel offerings that I will soon have on Amazon:

1.  The Keeper's Dare: A true crime story about my uncle who shot and killed a deputy sheriff in 1939 and never saw a trial. The book is about what led up to the shooting, what happened afterward, and how he got away with it.
2. The Last Medal: A fictional whodunit based in Houston, Texas. Anson 'Giz' Morley is the most decorated cop on the Houston Police Force and their best homicide detective. When he's assigned a high profile case, it doesn't take long for the bullets to start flying. This is a fast paced book with many twists and turns that will keep you guessing right up to the end if Morley is headed for his last medal...or not.
3. The Grove: Action/Adventure as described above.
4. Evil Most Holy: Horror as described above.

My Western, 'Hell's Gunman', has been picked up by Whiskey Creek Press and we have a signed contract with them. Soon, an editor will be assigned to me, as well as a book cover design artist, and we will start the process of getting that one on the market. At present, it is scheduled for release in July, 2013 and will be available in paper back and on all the major e-readers. I'll keep you posted on the progress there.

Next up is undecided. I am working on the outline for a Sci-fi but am also leaning toward another Western. I have an additional outline I'm working on, but the subject matter for that one will be kept on ice for now. If you're interested about other books I have available, apart from those listed on this blog, please go to www.robertcoward.com. You can find the ones presently available on that site. You can also follow me on Twitter @RCowardAuthor.

As always, if you purchase any of my work, it is much appreciated and I thank you. Please post reviews on Amazon, good or bad, when you are through reading. It helps a great deal to see your feedback.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend, and I hope your path in life is better than my own.