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Guest Author: Charles Salter

1/28/2014

15 Comments

 
By Jeff Salter
I'm delighted – and proud – today to welcome my own brother, Charles A. Salter — author of several novels and non-fiction monographs (as well as scores of articles). I’ve asked him to tell us about “Borrowed Bones,” the fourth novel in his Brad Stout Adventures series.  And be sure to check out these review excerpts.
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Borrowed Bones
By Charles A. Salter

 
           Borrowed Bones is based about 95% on scientific fact and true historical events.  The Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute really does have a nuclear/radiological emergency response team, packed and ready to go at a moment’s notice to any trouble spot in the world.  For instance, during my years there I was called upon to provide  the Japanese government with a plan for reducing public panic and to train all the Japanese first response nuclear medical teams following the Tokaimura nuclear incident in 1999, the worst in Japan’s history up to that time.

            The Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico really is the largest in the world and did send the famed “Arecibo Message” to possible aliens in outer space in 1974.  Cosmic ray radiation is of great scientific concern as a possible lethal hazard, and new kinds of radioactive matter such as positronium and other so-called “exotic atoms” are still being discovered.

            Historically, elements of the Puerto Rican independence movement really did try to assassinate President Truman in 1950 and shot up the U.S. Congress in 1954.  The leader of that latter shooting team was a woman (Lolita Lebron) who remained a hero in Puerto Rico until her death in 2010.

            The fictional element in this novel comes from me tying together all of the above facts and many more and then posing the question, what if an unknown source from outer space responded to the Arecibo Message with a new kind of radiation beam capable of destroying the world?  How could we identify and stop it?

            Read Borrowed Bones to find one possible solution!

Review Excerpts

            “… the story never lags, continually building intrigue and suspense ... an action-crammed thriller ... [with] many obstacles that readers will enjoy watching Stout overcome. Coursing action with a sci-fi flavor.” — Kirkus Reviews

            “… a mysterious race against time to contain a disaster … an engaging read the whole way through … realistic and interesting … enjoyable for readers of mysteries … would recommend starting from the first adventure and working through the others.” — San Francisco Book Review

            “The hair-raising, intense, and brilliantly woven mystery of Borrowed Bones will have readers on the edge of their seats.” — Readers’ Favorite

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Cover Blurb

            A lethal Unexplained Radiation Phenomenon in Puerto Rico baffles government scientists. The White House orders total secrecy and sends top radiation expert Major Brad Stout to help. Struggling to control the spreading menace, Brad must also battle a mysterious terrorist group which interferes at every step and clearly wants him dead.

            If not halted immediately, the disaster will race across Puerto Rico and the rest of the world ... but there’s a saboteur on the inside.

            And what motivates the lovely Lindsey Cowell to insinuate herself into Brad’s life? Is she trying to steal him away from bride Mary Lou? With the deadly clock ticking down, whose bones must Brad borrow to finally solve the puzzle? And can he get them in time?

            This thriller grabs the reader by the throat in the first paragraph and doesn't let go until the last!

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Brad Stout Adventures [series]

            The first trilogy of the series focused primarily on Major Brad Stout’s missions to protect the nation from radiation threats related to eBay sales and purchases of radioactive material. This trilogy was called THE EBAY DETECTIVE and included The eBay Plot (book #1), The eBay Code (#2), and The eBay Guardian (#3).

            Borrowed Bones (#4 in the series now known as Brad Stout Adventures) introduces two new recurring characters to the familiar cast of the first trilogy and launches into a new direction of action thrillers with little eBay connection.

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Amazon digital format only 99 cents!

http://www.amazon.com/Borrowed-Bones-Stout-Adventure-Adventures/dp/1492702706/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1388678037&sr=1-1



Bio Blurb

            Author Charles A. Salter served 28 years as an active-duty Army officer, nine of them at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, the primary military lab responsible for radiation defense.


15 Comments
Carol Todd
1/28/2014 10:51:50 pm

This one sounds really good! Will be getting my copy shortly. Congrats, Charles, on your fourth in the series!

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Jeff Salter
1/28/2014 11:07:13 pm

Great to have you make another visit here, Carol.
I appreciate your support of Charles' publications ... as well as my own.
I think you'll particularly enjoy the way Charles has woven the science into this novel.

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Charles Salter link
1/28/2014 11:20:11 pm

Thanks so much, Carol! Most of you don't know this, but Carol and I were in high school together and she is the only one outside of the family who read my very first novel, written during junior/senior years but never published.

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Jeff Salter
1/28/2014 11:40:35 pm

And that first novel was terrific, especially considering you were hardly 17 at the time.

Amy Mullen link
1/28/2014 11:00:58 pm

Looks fantastic!

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Jeff Salter
1/28/2014 11:08:20 pm

Thanks, Amy. Glad to have you back again.
For anyone who'd like to see Amy's guest appearance, just scroll down a couple of blogs ... right here on "Write By Salter".

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Charles Salter
1/28/2014 11:25:33 pm

Welcome, Amy, and thanks! Your medieval romance books look interesting, too. Having spent my junior year of college in England, I am very interested in castles and the medieval period. Best wishes!

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Pam Harding
1/28/2014 11:28:29 pm

The reviewers say it all. It is exciting to follow Brad on another adventure. Borrowed Bones is indeed thrilling and full of surprise, intrigue and action. What else can be said ? I can't wait for the next one.

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Charles Salter
1/28/2014 11:35:23 pm

Welcome, Pam, and thanks for the great comments! You are one of the few I know who have read the entire series so far in order. Your support means so much to me, and I am glad to hear of your continuing interest. I have written complete drafts of books 5 and 6 but am still tinkering with them to get them "just right."

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Jeff Salter
1/28/2014 11:42:14 pm

Great to see you again, Pam. And wonderful how much support and encouragement you've given my brother and this recent series of novels. Thanks!

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Iris B
1/29/2014 11:14:51 am

Book #4 ??
Oh my.
I was a lucky winner of the first book the ebay plot, which I really enjoyed. I will definitely catch up with all the other books.
Congratulations on the latest release, Charles!

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Jeff Salter
1/29/2014 12:32:09 pm

Indeed you were, Iris. And you received some licorice to boot. You should have seen me filling out the customs form to send that package to Australia.
Glad you enjoyed the first of this series and I'm sure you will find this fourth installment even better.

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Charles Salter
1/29/2014 07:32:37 pm

Good to hear from you, Iris! And I'm so glad you liked book #1. I think you will like this one even better. I'm trying to keep my characters rooted in actual time such that they continue to grow and develop over time like real people. For instance, the two romantic leads got engaged in #1, married in #2, and had their first kids in #3. Now there is a family of four, but I won't spoil the surprise of what comes next for this family in #4!

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Tonette
1/29/2014 02:33:04 pm

Congratulations,Charles! It is good to see how well you are doing.May your success continue in everything you do.
PS:Give my regards to Maryland.I was born in PG County.

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Charles Salter
1/29/2014 07:35:01 pm

Good to hear from you again, Tonette! I appreciate your kind thoughts. Lots of my friends and co-workers live in PG County. Right now we are all in an arctic deep freeze! This is our coldest winter in the 20 years we have lived up here.

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    J.L. Salter

    I’ve been a writer since my first poems and stories during elementary school
    days.
    * co-author of two non-fiction monographs (about librarianship) with a royalty publisher, plus a chapter in another book and an article in a specialty encyclopedia
    * I've also published articles, book reviews, and over 120
    poems
    * my writing has won nearly 40 awards, including several in national contests
    * as a newspaper photo-journalist, I published about 150 bylined newspaper articles, and some 100 bylined photos

    * Decorated veteran of U.S.
    Air Force (including a remote tour of duty in the Arctic … at Thule AB in N.W. Greenland).
    * worked nearly 30 years in the field of librarianship.
    * married parent of two and grandparent of six.

    Romantic comedy and
    romantic suspense are among seven completed novel manuscripts.

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