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Retirement. Publishers, thank you for the many years of reading pleasure you gave me, but all good things must come to an end. Due to failing eyesight I am forced to retire. I can no longer review your books, and any that you send will be donated to the local library, unread. Do not send any more. I can only read for a couple hours every day, and this does not allow me to finish a book in reasonable time. I will be devoting time to my own books from now on, and reading on a personal level. Books that interest me. I prefer paperbacks and hardbacks, not eBooks. My eyesight has been failing the last few years, and I cannot handle hundreds of review books any more. My books are still available for review. Anyone interested in reviewing any of them, they are found in the Link to Tom’s Books On Amazon. Contact me for pdf copies at fadingshadows40@gmail.com

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Cold War Heroes Now Available


Tom Johnson's best selling novel, Cold War Heroes is now available in hardback. NTD recently renewed the contract with Tom for his best selling boxing novel set in Cold War France of the 1960s, complete with spies, blood, and hard fist. Available from Lulu at $23.90 http://www.lulu.com/shop/tom-johnson/cold-war-heroes/hardcover/product-20583278.html It may take awhile for it to be listed on Amazon and elsewhere.

Pulp goes Top Secret in this military comedy drama set in Europe during the height of the Cold War. A group of misfit MPs must confront spies and the black market while dealing with a boxing tournament on Post! Not since M*A*S*H* and Soldier In The Rain have we been treated to an inside look at military life with a touch of humor by a soldier who actually experienced it.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Three Go Back In Hardback


Coming soon, Tom Johnson’s best selling Young Adult novel, Three Go Back now in hardback, and a new wrap-around cover by Teresa Tuneley. All editions will have the new cover.

When their teleport vehicle malfunctions, becoming a time machine, it sends three young girls back in time on a journey of discovery they never expected. From the Ice Age through the Cretaceous, Permian, Carboniferous, and finally to the beginning of the Earth's evolution of life, they experience their world's prehistoric past in all its splendor and terror, coming away with the joy of knowledge and adventure!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Cold War Heroes In Hardback


Coming Soon Tom Johnson's best selling novel, Cold War Heroes now in hardback. NTD has recently renewed the contract with Tom for his best selling boxing novel set in Cold War France of the 1960s, complete with spies, blood, and hard fist.

Pulp goes Top Secret in this military comedy drama set in Europe during the height of the Cold War. A group of misfit MPs must confront spies and the black market while dealing with a boxing tournament on Post! Not since M*A*S*H* and Soldier In The Rain have we been treated to an inside look at military life with a touch of humor by a soldier who actually experienced it.

This Week's Best Sellers


1) The Black Shadow 118,545
2)   Echoes 30 279,231
3)   The Silence of Death 465171
4)   Guns of The Black Ghost 492,842
5)   Jur: A Story of Pre Dawn Earth 511,434
6)   Hunter’s Moon 619,889
7)   The Death Tower 627,438
8)   Bad Moon Rising 696,956
9)   The Soul Stealers 807,854
10)                   Drums of Jur 838,627

A couple other Jur novels are still making a good showing:

11)                   Lost Land of Jur 872,770
12)                   Treasure of Jur 996,825

I look for the last five titles to drop out of the ratings by next week. So, next week I may just list the top five titles in my best seller listing. But then you never know, sales can be very fickle.   

Monday, December 10, 2012

The Black Shadow


Now available for $.99 on Amazon Kindle.

Chu Chul, the evil Chinese mastermind, thought to be long dead is back to win the throne of China. But first he vows to kill his mortal enemy, Dorus Noel. After Chu Chul robs a Korean temple of valuable treasures to finance his army, a mysterious assassin appears in New York’s Chinatown to assist Noel in his battle with the evil Chinaman. Could The Black Shadow be Dorus Noel’s new houseboy? Go with Noel and Kim Young Ju, as they search for the mastermind’s opium den while the cloaked figure of The Black Shadow watches over the dark streets of Chinatown.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

My Top Sellers This Week

Taking a clue from Barry Reece's listing of new pulp best sellers, I figured I would do the same thing with my books. Hey, Barry has a great idea! Anyway, I thought I should begin this starting with the current status every Sunday (the first day of the new week), and see what my best sellers are. I've sample this over the last few days, and the rating changes by the day, so it's best to just do one check per week, I think. So, with that said, and today being Sunday, following are the ten best sellers of my books on Amazon.

1) The Silence of Death 164,570
2) Guns of The Black Ghost 303,507
3) Echoes 30 335,207
4) Jur: A Story of Pre Dawn Earth 348,162
5) Hunter's Moon 534,371
6) The Death Tower 542,149
7) Bad Moon Rising 671,903
8) Secret Agent X Companion 736,003
9) The Soul Stealers 745,574
10) The Phantom Detective Companion 817,451

Curiously, three of the other Jur novels made a good showing:

11) Drums of Jur 819,017
12) Lost Land of Jur 853,235
13) Treasure of Jur 980,689

Okay, this doesn't look too shabby when you consider how many books Amazon is selling overall. To be even this low on the rating scale is pretty nice. It means that my books are selling, not only my Kindle eBooks, but books from Altus Press and NTD too. I might add that this is the first day The Silence of Death has shown in the ratings. It means that the word is getting out about this one thanks to Ric, Art, and Bruce on The Book Cave, and All Pulp's mention of my Blog a few days ago. Thanks fellas. Right now The Silence of Death is on top!
Tom