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Free Summer Read: Canis Major
If you're open to reading something different, you're definitely at the right place. Canis Major isn't typical in any way. It's what you would call a "slow burn." You've got to stick with it to feel the full effects.
Instead of blathering away, I'll give you the cover summary:
After seventeen-year-old Russell Whitford confronts and kills a rabid dog, he seeks to prevent the news from reaching the dog's owner, whose hair-trigger temper is well-known in the small town of Riley, Alabama. Russell knows he can count on silence from two of the three witnesses who watched him hack Hector Graham's Bloodhound to death, but the third, Michael O'Brien, isn't like the other two. His allegiance isn't as fixed as Russell would like it to be.
When the Centers for Disease Control arrive in town, and dogs begin running away, and gun shots start ringing out in the dead of night, Russell's summer goes from bad to worse. All he wants to do is play his piano and guitar, maybe walk his dog every now and then, not have the weight of the universe hoisted upon his shoulders.
My goal is to get as many people reading this book this summer as possible. You can get a free ebook at Smashwords:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
Or you can chip in 99 cents and get a copy at amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/Canis-Major-ebo...
All I ask is that you at least try to read this book this summer. I know the temptation is there to say, "Hey, free book!" and download it and never get around to reading it.
Please don't do that!!
While I know this novel is not for everyone, and that a lot of you will abandon it because of its length, I know that some of you will read it all the way through and be sincerely touched by not only the ending, but how you arrived there.
Whether you get the free copy or pay the 99 cents, I sincerely thank you for giving my book a shot.
Jay
Instead of blathering away, I'll give you the cover summary:
After seventeen-year-old Russell Whitford confronts and kills a rabid dog, he seeks to prevent the news from reaching the dog's owner, whose hair-trigger temper is well-known in the small town of Riley, Alabama. Russell knows he can count on silence from two of the three witnesses who watched him hack Hector Graham's Bloodhound to death, but the third, Michael O'Brien, isn't like the other two. His allegiance isn't as fixed as Russell would like it to be.
When the Centers for Disease Control arrive in town, and dogs begin running away, and gun shots start ringing out in the dead of night, Russell's summer goes from bad to worse. All he wants to do is play his piano and guitar, maybe walk his dog every now and then, not have the weight of the universe hoisted upon his shoulders.
My goal is to get as many people reading this book this summer as possible. You can get a free ebook at Smashwords:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
Or you can chip in 99 cents and get a copy at amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/Canis-Major-ebo...
All I ask is that you at least try to read this book this summer. I know the temptation is there to say, "Hey, free book!" and download it and never get around to reading it.
Please don't do that!!
While I know this novel is not for everyone, and that a lot of you will abandon it because of its length, I know that some of you will read it all the way through and be sincerely touched by not only the ending, but how you arrived there.
Whether you get the free copy or pay the 99 cents, I sincerely thank you for giving my book a shot.
Jay
Top Ten Reason to Read Canis Major This Summer
Top Ten Reason to Read Canis Major This Summer
10. No vampires or zombies
9. Teenagers saying "fuck" and "shit" every other sentence
8. Rabid dog(s)
7. A small redneck town in Alabama losing its goddamn mind over nothing
6. The enduring love between master and dog
5. A dirty cop who's in way too deep digging himself in even deeper
4. At $2.99 for Kindle Ebook and 192,000 words, that works out to be $0.0000015573 a word!
3. A deranged owner and his sick dog may be committing a most unwholesome kind of sodomy
2. Heatwave in Alabama during the Dog Days of Summer will make your summer seem more bearable in comparison
1. An ending that will freeze your heart, then thaw and shatter it
Get it here in Ebook and paperback formats:
http://www.amazon.com/Canis-Major-Jay...
10. No vampires or zombies
9. Teenagers saying "fuck" and "shit" every other sentence
8. Rabid dog(s)
7. A small redneck town in Alabama losing its goddamn mind over nothing
6. The enduring love between master and dog
5. A dirty cop who's in way too deep digging himself in even deeper
4. At $2.99 for Kindle Ebook and 192,000 words, that works out to be $0.0000015573 a word!
3. A deranged owner and his sick dog may be committing a most unwholesome kind of sodomy
2. Heatwave in Alabama during the Dog Days of Summer will make your summer seem more bearable in comparison
1. An ending that will freeze your heart, then thaw and shatter it
Get it here in Ebook and paperback formats:
http://www.amazon.com/Canis-Major-Jay...
Canis Major will be Free August 1-5
My debut novel Canis Major will be free the first five days of August. You can catch it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Canis-Major-Jay...
Fair warning: This is a loooong novel. The payoff is worth it, though. You will never read anything quite like it.
That's all.
Jay
http://www.amazon.com/Canis-Major-Jay...
Fair warning: This is a loooong novel. The payoff is worth it, though. You will never read anything quite like it.
That's all.
Jay
