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Suppression
Based on a true story, Dan Warren is an inventor with an invention that could change the world, only one problem, the Government doesn't want it and will do what ever it takes to stop the invention that could end pollution and create cheap or free energy. including stopping Dan Warren.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 20, 2014
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P.S. Winn
105 books366 followers Health problems hit, but now with book #100 out, I am looking forward to my retirement.
I am not only an avid writer, but an avid reader. I am constantly with a book, whether writing my own or reading someone else's, I am always looking for a new journey and believe that with books and a vivid imagination, anything is possible. I love and thank the readers who bring the stories to life. Thanks for what you add to the books. Your imaginations, added to my own, complete the stories.
This journey has been amazing.
Thanks, family, friends, and amazing readers
I am not only an avid writer, but an avid reader. I am constantly with a book, whether writing my own or reading someone else's, I am always looking for a new journey and believe that with books and a vivid imagination, anything is possible. I love and thank the readers who bring the stories to life. Thanks for what you add to the books. Your imaginations, added to my own, complete the stories.
This journey has been amazing.
Thanks, family, friends, and amazing readers
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August 15, 2019
The tension was palpable.
"Suppression" by P.S. Winn is a real-life thriller based on a true story. A number of years ago, I read an article in a scientific journal about an invention that stood to change the world. Then after searching for more information, the story disappeared. That's all I'm saying about it. But you can find out what it was in this exciting story. I started reading in the early afternoon and by dinnertime, I was done. And really, I could feel the tension mount as I turned the pages. Terrific story.
"Suppression" by P.S. Winn is a real-life thriller based on a true story. A number of years ago, I read an article in a scientific journal about an invention that stood to change the world. Then after searching for more information, the story disappeared. That's all I'm saying about it. But you can find out what it was in this exciting story. I started reading in the early afternoon and by dinnertime, I was done. And really, I could feel the tension mount as I turned the pages. Terrific story.
May 12, 2022
This is the story of a great invention by a naïve inventor being blocked by greed and corruption at the highest levels of Government. Based on a true story, it is not only believable but likely. A corrupt senator starts the ball rolling that prohibits the development of the invention – and one that is sorely needed in the modern world. It could easily be repeated today. I must read more of P S Winn’s books – only 30+ more to go. A great read and thoroughly enjoyed.
February 15, 2015
The author is back with one of her “you’re likely to finish it in one sitting” offerings, another breezy, page turner. The 195 page book hurtles along in the form of an engrossing paranoid conspiracy thriller. The motor driving the story is the tug of war between an engineer with a hotshot change-the-world-forever invention and the government cronies that want it suppressed at all costs. As your sense of injustice flairs, you’re ever more determined to see the underdog tunnel his way out from all the resistance heaped against him. But there’s a scary sense that we no longer live in that kind of world dogging us with each turn of the page the way the antagonists dog our hero.
The protagonist and his wife and those trying to help them are portrayed with humanity, and I found the characters easy to empathize with and project myself into. The bad guys are just as scary and formidable as their roles call for.
Honestly, for the price, and the entertainment value there’s little reason not to jump in if, like me, you’re a fan of a good conspiracy thriller.
I had few nitpicks, and those might have been more a matter of stylistic preference on my part. I thought such a big, controversial story, for one, deserved a bigger cast of characters and a larger page count. I also felt the tale got a little claustrophobic really fast around its central storyline, and could have benefited from some side stories that would later dovetail into the main storyline. But that’s kind of what happens when one writer reads another story he gets excited about and starts to think how he’d have handled it.
The better solution might be for me just to go out and write one of these things rather than faulting this author for a perfectly valid approach to conveying what profound and thought-provoking points she has for us to ponder about our culture, that include, among other things, the steep price we pay for cronyism and political corruption in our country. Could we be losing our competitive edge on account of these factors vis-à-vis other countries? Is the engine driving the American economy along stalled today as much owing to political corruption as to any other cause?
With all the gridlock in Washington, conspiracies hardly need to be posited to furnish credible reasons for our stuck-in-the-mud economy. But the questions raised by the author are no less valid, or scary, on account of that. Is the Do-Nothing government just one more tool in the corporate arsenal for ensuring that they’re never taxed, and nothing ever gets in the way of their agendas? There I go manufacturing my own conspiracies. Evidently the author did get me fired up to pen a few of these tales, to step outside of my usual sci-fi genre, and write more in the realm of current day political thrillers.
The protagonist and his wife and those trying to help them are portrayed with humanity, and I found the characters easy to empathize with and project myself into. The bad guys are just as scary and formidable as their roles call for.
Honestly, for the price, and the entertainment value there’s little reason not to jump in if, like me, you’re a fan of a good conspiracy thriller.
I had few nitpicks, and those might have been more a matter of stylistic preference on my part. I thought such a big, controversial story, for one, deserved a bigger cast of characters and a larger page count. I also felt the tale got a little claustrophobic really fast around its central storyline, and could have benefited from some side stories that would later dovetail into the main storyline. But that’s kind of what happens when one writer reads another story he gets excited about and starts to think how he’d have handled it.
The better solution might be for me just to go out and write one of these things rather than faulting this author for a perfectly valid approach to conveying what profound and thought-provoking points she has for us to ponder about our culture, that include, among other things, the steep price we pay for cronyism and political corruption in our country. Could we be losing our competitive edge on account of these factors vis-à-vis other countries? Is the engine driving the American economy along stalled today as much owing to political corruption as to any other cause?
With all the gridlock in Washington, conspiracies hardly need to be posited to furnish credible reasons for our stuck-in-the-mud economy. But the questions raised by the author are no less valid, or scary, on account of that. Is the Do-Nothing government just one more tool in the corporate arsenal for ensuring that they’re never taxed, and nothing ever gets in the way of their agendas? There I go manufacturing my own conspiracies. Evidently the author did get me fired up to pen a few of these tales, to step outside of my usual sci-fi genre, and write more in the realm of current day political thrillers.
April 1, 2020
This is an important, well-written story of an all too common abuse of power: suppressing useful inventions to protect the greedy from change. Mary has her share of problems. Powerful people within the government killed Dan, her husband, to suppress his invention that removes pollution while producing clean energy; this would threaten the established money-makers. Mary is placed in an insane asylum. Then reporter Chad enters the picture, and everything changes.
The imagery is solid. After Chad visits Mary and leaves, “The room felt cold. It was like Chad had taken the warmth with him when he left.” The story ramps up with a new discovery, leading to intriguing adventure and ending on a happier but bittersweet note. Well done!
The imagery is solid. After Chad visits Mary and leaves, “The room felt cold. It was like Chad had taken the warmth with him when he left.” The story ramps up with a new discovery, leading to intriguing adventure and ending on a happier but bittersweet note. Well done!
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March 6, 2017SUPPRESSION BY PS WINN
All Dan Warren wanted to do was make the world better simply by dealing with pollution. His invention should have made it big but didn’t because people in high places didn’t want it out there. Years later, a young reporter wants to get the widows side of the story but again it gets squashed. This is based on a true story and the author has done a wonderful job portraying the story as fiction. I give Ms. Winn praise for her telling it in her way. I swore at the corruption and sadness of the characters who were robbed of an opportunity to improve the world with a simple invention. 5 starts given for great writing.
All Dan Warren wanted to do was make the world better simply by dealing with pollution. His invention should have made it big but didn’t because people in high places didn’t want it out there. Years later, a young reporter wants to get the widows side of the story but again it gets squashed. This is based on a true story and the author has done a wonderful job portraying the story as fiction. I give Ms. Winn praise for her telling it in her way. I swore at the corruption and sadness of the characters who were robbed of an opportunity to improve the world with a simple invention. 5 starts given for great writing.
January 2, 2016
When I find an author that I enjoy, I often read all their books, but P.S. Winn has 30 plus of them, so for now I have to choose. Initially I read three of her books that had healing and paranormal elements because I am fascinated with those concepts.
Then one day I shared a post on Facebook about the environment and global warming and I received an response from her that said something to the effect that if you are interested in saving the environment you might want to read this. There was a link to the book and when I saw the words “based on a true story” on the cover, I took time to read the blurb about the book and decided to read it.
I am amazed at the great range of topics that Winn covers in her novels. Suppression is completely different than the first three books that I read, yet I found myself drawn into the story. At times my anger raged at what was happening to these two ordinary citizens, because of corruption in the government, specifically a US Senator Buchanan, who was a man with his eye on the Presidency and who had allowed many dirty deals to happen under his watch.
Through the years, I’m certain we have all heard about a new invention that would let vehicles get unbelievable gas mileage and patents for energy producing projects that never make it to market.
In Suppression, Dan Warren invents a garbage burner that has unprecedented results and, in a realistic caring society, its development would have solved much of the world’s pollution problems. Imagine—a simple burner that had a unique stack that would turn black billowing smoke into steam, absorb all the particulates—and create a source of electric energy as well! It should have been aa win/win for everyone, but it dosen’t turn out that way.
Dan Warren lives a simple life, and he had no ideas of grandeur; he just wants to help others. Instead, the life of he and his wife becomes a nightmare, and all those who want to help him move ahead with the project, quickly back off in face of threats on their lives and the security of their jobs.
I believe P.S. Winn when she says that this book is based on a true story. At the end of the book she writes, “This book is dedicated to the many inventors who have inventions and ideas suppressed by people with too much money and too much power. It is also dedicated to the real “Dan” who had the invention in this novel patented years ago and despite his best efforts was blocked and suppressed with each step he took…… As always, thanks to my family and friends… especially my husband who knows what this story is truly about.”
I wish I personally knew this author, so I could sit down and hear the real story from her and her husband, “who knows what this story is truly about.” I am so intrigued!
Winn’s portrayal of the character was so realistic that I became very involved in the lives of Mary and Dan Warren, and Chad Franklin, a very determined and creative reporter who risked everything to bring the story to light.
This is a book with a serious message for those who look past the fact that it is a great thriller, conspiracy read. Highly recommended!
Then one day I shared a post on Facebook about the environment and global warming and I received an response from her that said something to the effect that if you are interested in saving the environment you might want to read this. There was a link to the book and when I saw the words “based on a true story” on the cover, I took time to read the blurb about the book and decided to read it.
I am amazed at the great range of topics that Winn covers in her novels. Suppression is completely different than the first three books that I read, yet I found myself drawn into the story. At times my anger raged at what was happening to these two ordinary citizens, because of corruption in the government, specifically a US Senator Buchanan, who was a man with his eye on the Presidency and who had allowed many dirty deals to happen under his watch.
Through the years, I’m certain we have all heard about a new invention that would let vehicles get unbelievable gas mileage and patents for energy producing projects that never make it to market.
In Suppression, Dan Warren invents a garbage burner that has unprecedented results and, in a realistic caring society, its development would have solved much of the world’s pollution problems. Imagine—a simple burner that had a unique stack that would turn black billowing smoke into steam, absorb all the particulates—and create a source of electric energy as well! It should have been aa win/win for everyone, but it dosen’t turn out that way.
Dan Warren lives a simple life, and he had no ideas of grandeur; he just wants to help others. Instead, the life of he and his wife becomes a nightmare, and all those who want to help him move ahead with the project, quickly back off in face of threats on their lives and the security of their jobs.
I believe P.S. Winn when she says that this book is based on a true story. At the end of the book she writes, “This book is dedicated to the many inventors who have inventions and ideas suppressed by people with too much money and too much power. It is also dedicated to the real “Dan” who had the invention in this novel patented years ago and despite his best efforts was blocked and suppressed with each step he took…… As always, thanks to my family and friends… especially my husband who knows what this story is truly about.”
I wish I personally knew this author, so I could sit down and hear the real story from her and her husband, “who knows what this story is truly about.” I am so intrigued!
Winn’s portrayal of the character was so realistic that I became very involved in the lives of Mary and Dan Warren, and Chad Franklin, a very determined and creative reporter who risked everything to bring the story to light.
This is a book with a serious message for those who look past the fact that it is a great thriller, conspiracy read. Highly recommended!
March 19, 2016
How does one evaluate a true story that is adapted to become a novel? I have written that type of book and I know it is the most difficult task I have engaged in while writing. The characters of this book are real, yet they are fictionalized. The story of this book is real and yet it is fictionalized. Both the character descriptions and the story itself are masterfully recreated into a fictional version. I enjoyed the story immensely and it made me wonder a great deal. I speculated about who owned the Senator that suppressed Dan's wonderful invention. I wondered what agency would provide assistance to those who wished to suppress the use of a device that causes a decline in pollution while creating clean energy at the same time. What a concept. What a travesty that those who would help us all are thwarted in their efforts by greed.
There is a universal moral thought in this book. Greed is the creator of nothing but trouble. Greed leads men to stare their own necessities in the face and disregard the good that can be done by something new and inventive. The book made angry. It was supposed to do that. The book made me wonder if the same fools are still in government and in industry that blocked this invention. READ THIS STORY. IT IS A GOOD ONE.
There is a universal moral thought in this book. Greed is the creator of nothing but trouble. Greed leads men to stare their own necessities in the face and disregard the good that can be done by something new and inventive. The book made angry. It was supposed to do that. The book made me wonder if the same fools are still in government and in industry that blocked this invention. READ THIS STORY. IT IS A GOOD ONE.
April 23, 2015
Suppression is based on a true story which is unbelievably shocking. Dan is a self-taught inventor who never went to college. He builds an apparatus that can burn rubber and other harmful things while it contains impurities from entering the atmosphere. At the same time it creates electricity which can be harnessed for public use. It would be a boost to public consumption of energy and help save the environment from pollution. But it seems forces higher up in the government do not want to have it built. These influential people will go as far as murder to prevent Dan from introducing his invention to the world.
Chad, a brave man and resourceful reporter learns of this incredible invention and decides to delve into the mystery and interview the inventor's wife. Will Chad bring the story out and save the inventor and his wife?
This was an entertaining and insightful read that surprised this reader as to the depth some will go to protect their investments and their own financial interests at the detriment of others.
Another good read by talented and eclectic author, PS Winn. There were some editing issues that did not take away from the enjoyment of this book.
Chad, a brave man and resourceful reporter learns of this incredible invention and decides to delve into the mystery and interview the inventor's wife. Will Chad bring the story out and save the inventor and his wife?
This was an entertaining and insightful read that surprised this reader as to the depth some will go to protect their investments and their own financial interests at the detriment of others.
Another good read by talented and eclectic author, PS Winn. There were some editing issues that did not take away from the enjoyment of this book.
September 11, 2016
Based on a true story, this novel tells the tale of an invention, it's inventor and the invention's suppression by American authorities. Most people would think that something that could help lessen pollution whilst also creating free energy would be a good thing. Not here. All attempts to create such a thing and let people know about it are stopped.
Most of the story flows well, although I did sometimes find it difficult to follow when the story kept going back and forth in time with no indication it was about to happen. I liked the character Chad, a freelance journalist who is trying to tell the story of what has happened with the suppression of the invention. I liked how he managed to get Mary (the inventor's wife) talking and escape from the psychiatric unit she'd been placed in.
I hope this book goes some way towards letting the public know why this invention was suppressed and the author's note has got me really curious about what it means.
Most of the story flows well, although I did sometimes find it difficult to follow when the story kept going back and forth in time with no indication it was about to happen. I liked the character Chad, a freelance journalist who is trying to tell the story of what has happened with the suppression of the invention. I liked how he managed to get Mary (the inventor's wife) talking and escape from the psychiatric unit she'd been placed in.
I hope this book goes some way towards letting the public know why this invention was suppressed and the author's note has got me really curious about what it means.
September 23, 2016
This is an intriguing conspiracy novel, which the author tells us is based on a true story, yet is fictional. It doesn't matter how true, extensive, or violent, the suppression of Dan's invention to produce clean emissions and power was. It could be completely ficional and would still be a great story. It is well written and a quick read, although I would have liked a little more extensive editing. The suspenseful action is very imaginative and carries the ring of truth. Dan, Mary, and Chad are likeable characters, but having worked for the government, I would like to have known more about those perpetrating the conspiracy and why. The best part for me, is the extensive research the author did to make the invention sound plausible. This is a fun thought-provoking read.
February 4, 2016
It is a nice, small and fantastic book, a perfect read for a journey and the way the story is presented is pretty awesome. The story looks quite intriguing, pithy and real. Human's greed plays a major role in our society, people do unimaginable things for personal gain, and third world activities can still be seen in first world. The writing is simple but good, perfect for the common people like you and me, and it is an easy read. The talented author is a writing machine, she knows how to put a story in the best possible way, and you should read it as well.
June 10, 2014
Dan and Mary Warren are living the American dream. Dan invents a garbage burning incinerator with the ability to produce vapors. The invention is a breakthrough as an alternative energy source. But the dream ends when a greedy politician finds out and gets the EPA to block the project. Their dream turns into a nightmare and their lives are destroyed. This well-written book is riveting and disturbing, especially after learning it was based on a true story.
September 5, 2014
Suppression: Based on a true story by P.S. Winn was definitely outside of my normal tastes, but I found it to be an excellent read. I actually picked this book up as "research" for my own novel. I have an interest in environmental awareness and was very pleased to find this book. Suppression is eye-opening and suspenseful. I highly recommend to those who love a good conspiracy theory!
February 17, 2015
Based on a true story, this book had an exciting premise and I was not disappointed with P.S. Wynn's fascinating tale
Very well written and imaginative take on very real and sinister possibilities, this is a book that invites you to consider the world at large in a more evaluative manner.
A must read for lovers of suspense and conspiracy.
Very well written and imaginative take on very real and sinister possibilities, this is a book that invites you to consider the world at large in a more evaluative manner.
A must read for lovers of suspense and conspiracy.
September 25, 2014
Very Enjoyable Experience With Plenty Of Suspense!
July 5, 2016
This work of non-fiction written as fiction, is based on a true story and delves into government corruption, greed and cover-ups. Dan Warren has an invention that could change the world, unfortunately the government and the oil and gas companies that back them don't want this invention known to the public. Free energy would definitely be a problem for gas companies. This book leaves the reader wondering what else has the government hid? Great suspense novel with mystery and lots of thrills.
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