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My next book and another exciting project
Dear friends and readers,
I'm excited to share news of my next novel! But before we get to that:
I have a nonfiction story that is available to download starting today from the terrific storytelling online magazine, Atavist.com. My story is called "Company Eight." Though I have done a fair share of articles and essays in the past, this is my most extensive work of narrative nonfiction. It's a true story--and up until now an untold story--of a 19th century volunteer fire company in Boston that fought to overturn a corrupt and dangerous system. It was a kind of "Untouchables" for firefighters.
There are two ways to download "Company Eight."
The first comes with images and can be read on your computer, iPad or other tablet, phone:
download at The Atavist
The second way is text only for your Kindle:
download at Amazon
And of course the Goodreads entry: Company Eight
On to news of the next novel! It's called THE LAST BOOKANEER. It will be published in the US by Penguin Press on April 28, 2015, and around the same time in the UK by Harvill Secker. It's about literary thieves in the 19th century (fuller tease at the end of this blog entry). Because I like to keep my emailing to an average of 1-2 emails a year for those who prefer slim inboxes, please make sure to check back in on my site (www.matthewpearl.com) for further news, the cover, and also stay up to date by choosing to "like" my Facebook author page, ...and follow my Twitter feed
Want to be the first to get the book? Pre-order now! Here or your favorite book selling site.
And again, the Goodreads page:
The Last Bookaneer
As always, I'm honored to have you as readers.
THE LAST BOOKANEER
Mystery, celebrity, theft and a thrilling adventure set at the ends of the earth.
On the island of Samoa, in a house perched on a cliff beneath a smoldering volcano, a dying Robert Louis Stevenson labours over a new novel. It is rumored that this may be the author of Treasure Island's greatest masterpiece.
On the other side of the world this news fires the imaginations of the bookaneers, literary pirates who steal the latest manuscripts by famous writers to smuggle them to a hungry public. But a changing world means the bookaneers will soon become extinct.
Two adversaries set out for the south Pacific: Pen Davenport, a tortured criminal genius haunted by his past and Belial, his nemesis. Both dream of fortune and immortality with this last and most incredible heist.
THE LAST BOOKANEER thrillingly depicts the lost world of these doomed outlaws, a tropical island with a violent destiny, a brewing colonial war and a reclusive genius directing events from high in his mountain compound.
I'm excited to share news of my next novel! But before we get to that:
I have a nonfiction story that is available to download starting today from the terrific storytelling online magazine, Atavist.com. My story is called "Company Eight." Though I have done a fair share of articles and essays in the past, this is my most extensive work of narrative nonfiction. It's a true story--and up until now an untold story--of a 19th century volunteer fire company in Boston that fought to overturn a corrupt and dangerous system. It was a kind of "Untouchables" for firefighters.
There are two ways to download "Company Eight."
The first comes with images and can be read on your computer, iPad or other tablet, phone:
download at The Atavist
The second way is text only for your Kindle:
download at Amazon
And of course the Goodreads entry: Company Eight
On to news of the next novel! It's called THE LAST BOOKANEER. It will be published in the US by Penguin Press on April 28, 2015, and around the same time in the UK by Harvill Secker. It's about literary thieves in the 19th century (fuller tease at the end of this blog entry). Because I like to keep my emailing to an average of 1-2 emails a year for those who prefer slim inboxes, please make sure to check back in on my site (www.matthewpearl.com) for further news, the cover, and also stay up to date by choosing to "like" my Facebook author page, ...and follow my Twitter feed
Want to be the first to get the book? Pre-order now! Here or your favorite book selling site.
And again, the Goodreads page:
The Last Bookaneer
As always, I'm honored to have you as readers.
THE LAST BOOKANEER
Mystery, celebrity, theft and a thrilling adventure set at the ends of the earth.
On the island of Samoa, in a house perched on a cliff beneath a smoldering volcano, a dying Robert Louis Stevenson labours over a new novel. It is rumored that this may be the author of Treasure Island's greatest masterpiece.
On the other side of the world this news fires the imaginations of the bookaneers, literary pirates who steal the latest manuscripts by famous writers to smuggle them to a hungry public. But a changing world means the bookaneers will soon become extinct.
Two adversaries set out for the south Pacific: Pen Davenport, a tortured criminal genius haunted by his past and Belial, his nemesis. Both dream of fortune and immortality with this last and most incredible heist.
THE LAST BOOKANEER thrillingly depicts the lost world of these doomed outlaws, a tropical island with a violent destiny, a brewing colonial war and a reclusive genius directing events from high in his mountain compound.
