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Two news items to talk about:

First, Hunter Killer, the movie is back on track. Millennium Studios has settled with Relativity for the rights and will start filming in the spring. Millennium and Neal Moritz are really excited to get the movie going, so it looks like we finally may have a movie in the works.

And, for those of you who like audible books, Operation Golden Dawn is available in Audible formats either from Amazon or Audible.Com. Larry Palmer did a really great job as the narrator. He is now working on an Audible version of Final Bearing. It should be available in a couple of months.

And, (I know I said two items, but…), work is proceeding on our next book. Don and I are probably 75% through with writing this one, so hopefully we’ll have something in the fall.

MIDWAY Veteran’s Book Fair

Getting ready to participate in the USS MIDWAY Veteran’s Book Fair in San Diego next Saturday. I fly out Friday. The Fair is Saturday. Details about the book fair is at www.veteransbookfair.org

Army-Navy Club Book Forum

We held a very successful and fun presentation at the Army-Navy Club in Washington DC on 23 September. The interchange during the Q&A was lively. If you haven’t visited the Army-Navy Club, it well worth the effort to wrangle an invitation. The library is fantastic, probably the finest collection of military history and important first editions in the country.

Book Event on the USS MIDWAY on 8 Nov

Book enthusiasts are invited to attend the Military Book Fair on November 8th from
10 am to 4 pm. This book fair is unique because it will take place on the aircraft
carrier USS Midway, located in San Diego Harbor. You will have the opportunity buy one or more
books at the Midway/Fair bookstore and have them signed, as well as a chance to listen to the
authors during panel sessions. Just buy a $20 Midway ticket and you get the Fair along with a tour
of the aircraft carrier. The added benefit is that you will be helping our military, because all
proceeds go to several veterans’ organizations.

Don’t let the title fool you. In attendance (other than myself) will be authors from
various genres, almost fifty in total, including Catherine Coulter, Charles and Caroline Todd,
James Rollins, Ted Bell, C. J. Lyons, T. Jefferson Parker, Jan Burke, D. P. Lyle, Iris and Roy
Johansen, Amy Hatvany, Andrew Kaplan, Jan Burke, and Dale Brown. The panels will start at 10 am
with “Veteran Characters”; 11:15 am will be “Female Heroines”; 12:30 pm “Hot and Cold Wars”; 3 pm
“Terrorists and Politics” and ending with “Guns and Needles” at 4 pm.

In addition at 2 pm there will be a Q/A with Hank Steinberg, the executive director
of the television shows “The Last Ship” and “Without A Trace.”

Hank and all the panel authors will sign books bought ONLY at the Midway
bookstore directly after the panel discussion. For a small additional cost, you can purchase photo
opportunities, fast pass tickets, and a personal written note from an author answering a question.
Just go to the bookstore to pay for these fabulous extras.

If you want an “up close and personal” experience, buy a discounted ticket and you can join the
authors after the book fair at a cocktail party on the Midway flight deck from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
During the cocktail party, you can enjoy a performance from recording artist Jessica Sanchez, last
season’s “American Idol” runner up. At the cocktail party, you will enjoy a silent auction, food,
drinks, prizes, an author five-­‐ minute heads up on “what’s on the horizon” regarding any future
projects, and a meet and greet with most of the fifty authors.

If you have any questions please see our website: www.militarybookfair.org
or contact Elise Cooper at [email protected].