I couldn't find anything I wanted to look at on BookBub this morning, and I don't have any writers waiting for a flogging, so I thought I'd give you something to chew on.
In 2018 I started giving away ebook copies of Gundown, a speculative fiction novel that addresses gun violence and the justice system.
More than 2200 downloads have taken place, though I have no idea whether or not anyone has read it. But I'm doing what I can to try to stimulate new thinking on gun control though a thriller.
So here's a link to downloading a Kindle, epub, or PDF of Gundown. I hope you enjoy it. If you do read it, reviews on Amazon are welcome. Go to www.gundownload.com.
For what it's worth,
Ray
Here's the first page:
The sky a sunny blue over Chicago, Hank lengthened his stride and sliced through the noontime trudge of pedestrians on Michigan Avenue. He didn’t want to be late— it isn’t every day an NRA executive calls you up and says he has a mission for you.
Oh, man, to have a life again. While he sure as hell didn’t miss the army, he hated not being a cop anymore, sworn to protect and serve. His sense of duty needed something to do.
He shoved aside a spike of fear that his PTSD would get in his way today— lifted by a rare rush of well-being, he felt sharp, at his best. This could be his road back.
No, more. A road forward.
Damned if he was going to be another digit in veteran suicide stats. A tiresome clump of a half dozen gang jerks swaggered toward him with cocky menace, three of them with pistols in their hands. Sure, they had the right to carry them, but these guys were pushing it. The gangbangers blocked most of the sidewalk, forcing people to step off the curb or sidle along a building front.
He locked his gaze onto the eyes of the center guy, who carried a Glock semi-automatic. Hank slid his hand inside his Windbreaker to the familiar feel of the .45 Colt semiautomatic in his shoulder holster and walked straight ahead.
The kid held onto his cool until they came together but, one stride from colliding, he (snip)