Sting of The Scorpion

Sting of The Scorpion

By Warren Stockholm

ISBN #978-0-97679143-0

Pop Pulp www.khpindustries.com

103 Pages

Price $9.99

September 2006

Rating: 5-Stars

Steeltown, Penssylvania. In this alternate universe, the Germans won WWII, but after forty years of occupation, they’ve been driven from America. Five years later, we are living in a world of Internet, email, fax machines and speakeasies and mob rule. Out of the chaos rises a paladin to battle the criminal element that the underworld knew only as The Scorpion. But the past has come back to challenge this defender of the city. As a child he was German born, and raised as a superman, one of many clones. And the evil that he must face is one of his own, a brother, and a superman just like him. But he is pure evil.

This was actually conceived as a possible series, as a new pulp magazine, titled SCORPION. This first story was powerful, the concept fantastic, and the action moved at a wonderful pace. The writing is intelligent, but the narrative awkward, switching from 3^rd person to 1^st person sometimes, plus typos that a proofreader should have caught. A second novel was advertised, The City of The Living Dead, but has not appeared yet. The author pays homage to the old pulps. There is an intersection named Robeson & Gibson Streets, another street is named Stockbridge. A Fortress of Solitude is mentioned, etc.

Besides the very minor flaws in editing mentioned above, this is a wham-bang action novel in the tradition of the old pulps, and the best new character I’ve read in many years.

This Week's Amazon Ratings

This Week’s Ratings

#1) Bad Moon Rising 118,953 (self-published on Kindle)

#2) Pangaea: Eden’s Planet 560,528 (self-published on Kindle)

#3) Queen of Jur 615,344 (self-published on Kindle)

#4) Jur: A Story of Pre Dawn Earth 670,785 (NTD)

#5) Drums of Jur 693,808 (self-published on Kindle)

#6) Lost Land of Jur 699,277 (self-published on Kindle)

#7) Savage Land of Jur 700,398 (NTD)

#8) Seven Men of Greed 710,483 (self-published on Kindle)

#9) The Soul Stealers 712,547(self-published on Kindle)

#10) Treasure of Jur 726,320 (self-published on Kindle)

#11) Guns of The Black Ghost 822,249 (self-published on Kindle)

#12) The Spider’s Web 835,373 (NTD)

#13) The Black Shadow 908,144 (self-published on Kindle)

The same books are still maintaining a good standing on Amazon. But it’s easy to see they continue to dip week after week, so I’ve got to make sure the word gets out there. I don’t want readers to forget about my books.

Bad Moon Rising

The short novel of a Recon Team and the dangers they faced in Vietnam by a soldier who was there. These soldiers aren’t your Hollywood heroes, they were only men who wanted to survive and go home. This is a collection of short episodes facing the fictional combat team led by SSgt Martin at the height of the war. Based on true incidents, and some things you may not have known about the Vietnam War.

Available on Amazon Kindle for  $.99.

My Amazon Kindle Ratings

This Week’s Ratings

#1) Bad Moon Rising 224,153 (self-published on Kindle)

#2) Pangaea: Eden’s Planet 369,824 (self-published on Kindle)

#3) Queen of Jur 507,712 (self-published on Kindle)

#4) Drums of Jur 598,674 (self-published on Kindle)

#5) Seven Men of Greed 605,211 (self-published on Kindle)

#6) The Soul Stealers 607,866 (self-published on Kindle)

#7) Jur: A Story of Pre Dawn Earth 606,604 (NTD)

#8) Lost Land of Jur 613,640 (self-published on Kindle)

#9) Savage Land of Jur 619,900 (NTD)

#10) Treasure of Jur 620,044 (self-published on Kindle)

#11) Guns of The Black Ghost 780,216 (self-published on Kindle)

#12) The Spider’s Web 784,665 (NTD)

#13) The Black Shadow 874,384 (self-published on Kindle)

The same books are still maintaining a good standing on Amazon. But it’s easy to see they continue to dip week after week, so I’ve got to make sure the word gets out there. I don’t want readers to forget about my books.

Against The Ropes

Against The Ropes (Fight Card)

By Jack Tunney (Terrence McCauley)

Fight Card Productions

BOOBF2UDFE

Kindle $2.99

Rating 5-Stars

“Take A Dive Or Die!”

That was the word Terry Quinn received as he prepared for his elimination match before fighting for the Heavyweight title. There was never a question that Quinn was going to win the bout, but the mob wants their man taking the title away from Jack Dempsey. That meant Quinn had to lose in the elimination to clear the way for their fighter.

This story is a prequel to Terrence McCauley’s novel, “Prohibition”, and takes place in 1925 New York. Terry Quinn grew up in St. Vincent’s Home For Boys, and taught to box by Father Frawley. This is another outstanding Fight Card, and sets up the novel, “Prohibition” quite well.