Prep for APoS-NWFO release

Today I worked on an online ad and changed up the dust cover synopsis for APoS-NWFO. Not flashy, but I can't afford to have something super-graphic done.

As of now, I'm releasing it in ebook on July 31st and in hardback on August 13th.

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Tag line: 

 1973, Houston. Seriously injured by a horrific bombing in Derry, NI, Brendan Kinsella is snuck into Houston and hidden in his aunt’s home. As he recovers, he comes to believe has found a place of safety in a city of wealth and promise so can start his life anew. But appearances can be deceiving...and promises are not always kept.

Synopsis: 

Houston 1973 

Seriously injured by a horrific bombing in Derry, Northern Ireland, Brendan has collapsed into an Akinetic Catatonia, where he is barely aware of what's going on around him. Some members of the Provisional IRA want him dead because they think he tried to warn the targets of the bombing. At the same time, the British Army seems to believe he helped set it and wants to interrogate him. But thanks to a note he left for his mother, the UK passport he’d just received, a job offer on a ship in Cobb, and the train ticket he’d bought, one-way to Dublin, all evidence suggests he had left town prior to the explosion, so that is the story all parties settle on.

In truth, while his wounds were being tended to, it was discovered he had a heart condition and was snuck into the US on a medical visa -- to be treated by a heart specialist. The name used? Brennan McGabbhinn. So for six months, he’s been kept hidden in an attic room in Houston, Texas, slowly recovering, well out of sight of everyone except his Aunt Mari, Uncle Sean, and cousins -- Scott, Brandi, and Bernadette.

But while Brendan’s body may be healing, his mind is still torn by horrific memories of that day; the understanding that Joanna, the girl he loved more than anything, is dead; and that his family is still caught in the brutality of The Troubles...and he is not allowed to contact them.

In an attempt to regain his center...as well as make a little money...he reverts to type by repairing items for the neighborhood help – irons, toasters, lawn mowers and the like. He also develops tentative friendships with Everett, a graphic artist, and Jeremy, a high school friend of Scott’s. And while he is not fond of the extreme heat and humidity of a Houston summer; he grows to believe he has found a place of safety in a city of wealth and promise.

But he slowly comes to realize that appearances can be deceiving...and promises are not always kept.