Duke Samson is Born of Vengeance

Dammit, I am really enjoying making these covers a little too much. Maybe I can hire a ghost writer to write all these so I can read them? 

Guess I need to focus and stop making covers and put 'pen to paper' eh?

Rock Johnson: Enigma Tome is complete!

Ok, to the average person this may not be that big a deal but for those that know me, they will understand. Last night I completed The Enigma Tome and quite frankly it is a miracle. I am notoriously a starter of projects but never a finisher. So completing this is a Big Deal© for me. Today I sent the document off to my friend Ivy to give it a once over and I have a couple of friends who offered to do a read and edit of what is probably a little of a mishmash of silliness. Hopefully it is not too stupid and is readable.

As for plans, I am likely going to 'release' this here on the blog for all those 'faithful readers' that bother to check out my blog. As this is sort of a niche reading genre - I do not see a lot of Men's Adventure novels coming out these days - I suspect the overlap from gaming people that visit this blog and readership is probably limited, but I hope a few people would read it and give me a little feedback like "For the love of God, never write again" to "Not too bad for a first go" to "Hey, I love it, write more" or something like that. From there I may put on Amazon and see what happens, I may make enough to buy a Coke, though with inflation these days, that might take a year or two.

Introducing Duke Samson!

We have been doing extensive remodeling here at the casa and I have not written as much as I would like, too much going on to focus on my iPad. I have been writing a little and closing in on the end of the first Rock Johnson tale, but also reading quite a bit and I had another idea:

What if we took the men's adventure aesthetic/theme/genre (or whatever you want to call it) and set the story in a post-apoc, the world has fallen scenario? Toss in a tough as nails, veteran and now a survivalist, hero in there? Trained in warfare, survival, and hunting and let him loose upon the unsuspecting world. 

Sounds like a damn good time! Bill suggested Duke Samson as our hero's name. I thought at first this was a little over the top, but then figured, why not? 

Simply "Duke" to the soldiers that adored him, served in wars, lead soldiers, and then retired after he rubbed a powerful politician the wrong way and disappeared into the mountains of his native Tennessee. Set a few years after the world came crashing down and society collapsed. Now the man just wanting to be left alone has been pushed to far! Nothing will stop The Duke when vengeance is on his mind!

I am thinking the presence of The Duke, with the impressive frame of Helmsworth, and the undeniable fighting skills and tenacity of John Wick stalking around a fallen world in search of those who wronged him.

And frankly, that sounds fucking awesome! Covers coming soon!

Rock Johnson is Beneath Berlin

 

Ok seriously, this might be my favorite one yet.

Rock Johnson & the Sheik of Baghdad

Fighting for the American way of justice and freedom in the desert oasis of Baghdad! Sounds like a good time.

Rock Johnson & the Law of the Jungle

Yeah, at this point I am having way too too much fun making these covers and coming up with wild story ideas to fit the covers. Perhaps here Rock, in search of an ancient Mayan temple in the Yucatán Peninsula (which I have visited and is fantastic) and gets caught up in the earliest beginnings of the Mexican drug cartels? We shall see...