A New, And Hopefully Entertaining Book

 

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About The Mandate Of Heaven Murders

 

The Mandate Of Heaven Murders is a novel about the last days of the first of China’s ruling dynasties in recorded history to leave very much of a record.  

 

The Shang ruled from about 1600 B.C.E. to about 1046 B.C.E; nearly five and a half centuries.  The Shang were remarkable for their advances in a number of the scientific disciplines.

The last emperor/king was Di Xin, (our Shou – the “One Man).  

 

Little is known about actual specific events in the last days of the Shang; Di Xin was generally considered to be a cruel man who used torture for personal satisfaction as well as for all the usual reasons torture became an almost routine tool among nearly all peoples of the world in previous ages whether they be American Indian, the various rulers of Asia, the Vikings, the “advanced”  civilizations of the middle east and north Africa, or the so called “enlightened” peoples of the European Enlightenment.  

 

While this work is entirely a work of fiction the events depicted and the details of life in the era are entirely plausible and consistent with what is known about the Shang.

If I'm A Writer, Why Is It So Difficult To Keep This Darn Blog Current

So, I claim to be a writer.  I've written and sold, at a minimum, six million words over the past three decades.  So, can somebody please tell me why it is so difficult to keep this darn blog current?

At any rate, patience please.  The new book, The Mystery Of The Shaman's Secret should, according to my publisher, be out before Christmas in both paperback and electronic versions and the book about the on-going assault on rural lifestyles in America should hit the shelves in January or so.

For now, back to work on some articles I have due.

draft art of new book cover

I have a new book coming out in the next couple of months.  The Mystery Of The Shaman's Secret was written by Ed Kaplan and myself.  It takes place in ancient China (about 200 AD). 

Here's a draft of the artwork for the cover; rendered by Tom Hovde, one of Whatcom County's foremost artists, whether fine art or business commercial art and design.

Available Soon From Amazon, Kindle And Other Leading Outlets

Jack Petree's adventure/suspense/mystery Dangerous Game is available now from Amazon and Kindle.

Upcoming Books

It's been really hard to keep the old bottom glued to the computer and get my "real" writing done. 

Nevertheless, I do have a new work of fiction in the hands of the publisher.  Now I have to work on cover design, final reads and all the boring and time consuming work following the writing of a book.  It is a historical mystery taking place in ancient China tentatively titled "The Mystery of the Shaman's Secret."  The book was co-authored with Ed Kaplan, one of my oldest and best friends who died while the book was still in a draft form.  I hope I did a good job finishing it up Ed!

Whatcom County's Pop-Environmental Activists Consider This To Be "Sprawl" As They Seek To End Small Scale Agriculture

Also, work continues, however slowly, on a work to be titled something like, You're Next!  The Assault On Traditional Rural Lifestyles In America.  The book will use the Whatcom County experience in exploring recent trends designed to remove the choice of a traditional rural lifestyle as millions wish to enjoy it and replace that choice with a requirement that most new residents in an area are to be forced to live in high density developments inside the cities of America.  I'm hoping the thing will be ready for the marketplace by fall.

I'm also hoping to have another short story to offer at no charge on this site sometime soon.  If you didn't read the last one yet feel free to scroll down through the blogs on this page.

I continue to write for farm and forestry magazines and to pursue a legal challenge to the removal of nearly 9,000 acres of land from the Whatcom County timber resource.  That effort is consuming huge amounts of time because I can't afford a lawyer so I have to write the challenges, briefs and other legal materials myself.  Learn more about that effort at  http://newsaboutthereconveyancechallenge.blogspot.com/.

In the meantime, you can buy Dangerous Game in paperback or electronic versions at Amazon.

Thanks for checking in.

Jack