Thank you all very much for your patience while I worked hard to improve the book. 'Adapt and Overcome' is now available as an e-book on Amazon.com. A print edition will follow through CreateSpace within a week to ten days - watch this space for a link to it when it becomes available.
Assigned to investigate a deadly accident, Lieutenant Steve Maxwell uncovers corruption and criminal collusion reaching far above his pay grade. To save his career he's dispatched to a distant planet to help upgrade its defense forces, in the company of an old friend and some of the most experienced Marines Steve's ever met – plus one of the most distracting.
Trouble is, the planet's antiquated defenses make its new-found wealth a very tempting target – and there are those planning to take full advantage. As Steve and his colleagues strive to whip a rusty, run-down defense establishment into shape, the clock's running out...
The hard work put in by my beta readers - whom I thank very much - has helped to lift this book to a new level for me. I'm not saying there's nothing left to improve; I hope every book I write will be better than the one before, because I want to be the best writer I can be! It's feedback from beta readers - and from regular readers, too, through your comments at Amazon.com, plus your feedback here and via e-mail - that helps me to improve.
I'm also starting a monthly author e-mail newsletter, which will keep readers of my books updated about the progress of my latest work, provide an article about some aspect of writing, and host give-aways from time to time. If you'd like to subscribe, there's a link in the sidebar beneath my book listings, and I'll be adding a hot-link to the 'About The Author' page of each e-book. The first newsletter will come out in early March.
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- If you have your own blog, or are active on social media, please pass the word to your readers that the book is published and available, and (if you see fit) provide a link to its page on Amazon.com. You can copy this link, or construct your own. I depend almost entirely on word-of-mouth to help sell my books. Your help is VERY gratefully appreciated.
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Maxwell Volume 4 will take Steve into a situation he's never foreseen in his wildest dreams . . . one he's going to have a lot of trouble surviving. Look for it in July.
Peter
