We are about four months from the July publication of Buried Lie – the first Young Ace Roberts adventure. The book cover by Christian Troels Tverno Guldager is amazing – it was way beyond my expectations. He is currently working on several black & white drawings that will introduce key scenes inside the book as well. I can’t tell you how honored I am to have his artistic talent a part of this project.
The editor is making last minute polishes – and we will soon undergo a small, but hopefully aggressive awareness campaign. As part of that, I will be launching my author Facebook page in the next few days – and I’m considering joining Twitter. I’ve learned through my association with the Adventure Writer’s Competition – sponsored by the Clive Cussler Collector’s Society – of the power of social media in today’s world. If handled properly, you can reach an infinite audience in a manner that was not available to prior generations of authors.
I’m asked quite often what Buried Lie is about, many times in situations where I don’t have a lot of time to respond. I’ve had to develop a common tool in business, a short and concise response that gets the point across quickly. It’s called an “elevator pitch”. Here is the elevator pitch for Buried Lie.
I’ve always been fascinated with the fact that there were no major battles on US soil during World War II, and that the Nazis never found the site of the atomic bomb facility in Los Alamos, New Mexico. But what if the Nazis were so close to discovering the Manhattan Project, that Roosevelt ordered a top-secret facility built to divert their attention in another direction. And what if as a result of that construction, that an amazing, powerful discovery of biblical proportions was unearthed. So powerful, that to this day it is buried deep and protected by our government with military forces. Buried Lie takes place fifteen year after the end of the war, at a time when Nazi war criminals and Cold War spies were still very much a threat to our society. It centers around a kidnapping of a Yale Professor of Theology, and a rescue attempt by his fourteen year old son, Ace Roberts. The teenager, along with his girlfriend Debra and his best friend Brian, will face unimaginable horrors as they journey to edge of existence to uncover the truth behind … Buried Lie.