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Featured Interview With Shereen Thor

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I went to Temple City High School and attended Pasadena Nazarene Church. I currently reside in Los Angeles, Ca. I am married to a mid-western dude and have two kids. I would regularly run off to “write for the weekend” which saved my sanity during the pandemic.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was young I used to love thrillers, anything that scared the hell out of me was my jam. When I was 25 I went on a 6-week road trip in an RV across the USA. I read eight books and was hooked. I was able to detach from the hustle and bustle of regular life and give myself the gift of time. I used that time to read, and fell in love. When I was 27 I had failed at entrepreneurship and had to go back to work full time in sales. On the 4th day of my training, I had an entire night of insomnia where I was haunted by the thought, “What If I live a mundane life and never write a book.” This was what made me realize that I needed to do this in my lifetime.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I typically read self-help because I’m obsessed with getting better at life lol. But I also love to be entertained. My friend Kristin Geise wrote a book called Unverified that I loved. I tend to like authors who cuss, and get straight to the point, and help me get over my own BS. So Mark Mansen, Tim Ferris, Jen Sincero.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
It’s called Revolutionary Woman: Break the Rules, Live Your Purpose and Find Your Happy. It’s a bit of history, a lot of self-help, tons of humor, and full of real talk. It was written to help women get over their own mind trash that keeps them subjugated in their own lives. We tend to think we need to stay small and remain unthreatening. This means we get paid less, let people treat us poorly, and just generally take too much shit. My book is meant to light a fire under their asses and help them stand up for themselves more so that they can live a fulfilled and happy life.

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Featured Interview With M. E. Nash

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Florida, growing up as a Navy Brat. My families travels ended in Albuquerque, NM, in 1971. I’m still living in the Land of Enchantment enjoying the local cuisine and wide variety of wilderness available here. I consider myself a native and have no plans or desire to move anywhere else.
My dog, Crock, is a husky Basset/Dachshund mix. I call him my whack-a-do. He is very stubborn with a big heart. As far as training goes we’ve come to an understanding we both are happy with. But Crock is a great dog and my best friend, after my wife of course.
I enjoy my time with my wife, children, and Crock. When I am not camping or writing, I enjoy playing board games in the evenings with my wife and daughter. Every few weeks, I play Dungeons and Dragons with my son, younger brother, and friends. When the extended family gets together we make delicious food, play cards, enjoying each other’s company and catch up with our busy lives.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was younger I read books like the Hardy Boys and required reading for school. My fascination with books started to gain ground in high school. Finding science fiction and fantasy books in my teenage years.
I started writing seriously this year. My wife convinced me to write about camping, something I have tremendous knowledge in. Now I have two books out on Amazon, KDP and Audible. Before that I wrote in my daily journal, and free writing journal. I still write in my journal, and free write every morning.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My favorite author is Issac Asimov. The next favorite is JRR Tolkien. These authors should give you a hint as to my favorite genres, sci-fi and fantasy. I enjoy reading these genres, sparking my imagination.
For inspiration I have to go with Jerry B. Jenkins. I’ve been listening to his YouTube videos on writing. They are very informative helping me in my quest to become a better writer. I have some of the same habits as Jerry. I get my morning routine done, taking about three hours. Afterward, I sit down and write with a clear mind, focused on the book. Once I sit down to write I’d rather not get up, keeping my mind on the book. And just as inspiring is Maia Szalavitz who wrote Unbroken Brain. Her attention to detail and unrelenting style of writing inspired me to always do more research and provide my readers with comprehensive information. I picked up her book to do research on addiction, and was drawn in by her writing and format of information.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Forty years of camping experience became the inspiration for both of my books. As a new author, this gave me a great starting point.
The first book’s title is Campground Hound Follow the Hound with a Leash to Happy Camping Beginning Your Camping Adventures. This book was written with beginning campers in mind. Giving them a solid starting point to their camping experience. With easy to follow steps for successful camping.
The name of the latest book is Campground Hound Follow the Hound to New Adventures in Camping. Inspiration for this book came in the form of a progressive idea. After following the Hound to beginning camping, you can follow the Hound to other adventures.
There are nine different types of camping in book two. Including chapters on first aid, backpacking, Dutch oven cooking, and minimalist camping.

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Featured Interview With Bill Lockwood

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Baltimore, MD. Now retired, I had a career in social work first for the State of Maryland then for the State of Vermont after I moved there in 1992. I live in Bellows Falls, Vermont. I currently have no pets though there are quite a few chip monks and squirrels and a few frogs in our yard.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Pre elementary school my mother started reading the “Hardy Boys” mysteries to me. As time passed I started reading them myself , and I started trying to write one myself.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Jo0hn Irving and Tom Robbins. They both have a good sense of irony and the absurd. Mostly I read history. Reading others inspires me to write my own.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
“Gare de Lyon” Published by The Wild Rose Press – Mary O’Riley, native of Boston, goes to Paris to study art on the eve of WWII. Caught in the occupation she works in a bakery but finds herself frequently carrying messages for her boss. When the Gestapo raids the bakery and arrests the owner, Mary must flee Paris to avoid her own arrest, and the Resistance group she has helped assigns her to escort a downed RSF flyer south to Lyon.
Freddy Winston volunteered to fly secret missions to occupied France. On one of his runs, gunfire surprises him as Resistance members unload passengers and supplies. The plane catches fire, stranding him behind enemy lines. Freddy doesn’t like that Mary is Irish. She insists she is just American. They may not like each other but discover quickly they must team up to reach their mutual goal of escaping the Nazis.

Featured Interview With John Gorman

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I started writing stories back in kindergarten. Most were about ferocious beasts, knights, and brave explorers. I guess those tropes have stayed with me. I still enjoy writing fantasy/adventure, but now I’ve added a bit of humor into the mix.
I grew up in Forest Hills, and now I live with my family in Astoria NY. We also had pets. I had a cat when I was a kid. Now we have a cat and a dog.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Even as far back as Kindergarten, I knew I wanted to be a writer. My artwork was pretty crummy, but I wrote pretty good stories.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Kurt Vonnegut, Terry Pratchett, T.C. Boyle, Terry Brooks

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Quest For the Box is my latest book. It is the second book in my Nebilon Series. A giant blue egg hatches and out pops this baby dragon which causes a heap of problems for Archmage Harberk. He calls upon Luma to tame the beast. She has helped him about before, but this dragon is a handful. She starts to bond with it, and then she starts to have her visions. She is a Seer, and when she has her visions, she is usually pulled into action. Eventually, she finds this mystical box, but when she falls under its spell. Nobody in her party can rescue, so Luma has to dig deep to break the spell. I don’t want to give out any spoilers, so you have to see what happens to her and the fate of Nebilon.

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Featured Interview With James Tyler Ball

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
As well as being a writer I’m also a music producer who goes by the name, Low-Res Royalty. I make Lofi Hip-Hop and funk music, and I’ve been relatively successful. Though, some of that success with my recent releases could probably be attributed to my studies at the British & Irish Institute of Modern Music in Bristol. However, I’ve taken a break from music production this year to focus on my passion for writing, and to answer the question, what is Breatharianism? I’ve always had a strong interest in the esoteric and in outlandish ideas, and the airheaded world of Breatharianism is perhaps the strangest practice I’ve ever come across. When I came across the practice, I knew instantly that I had to explore it further, and thus my journey began. After a hiatus from the literary world, my love for writing and investigation was ignited.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve written for as long as I can remember. When I was a small child, around the age of seven I think, I would write my own comics. There was one comic in particular that I always remember quite vividly: Mr. A. It was about a business man who could plug a USB into his belly button and download whatever superpowers were available online. I eventually took the character, Ed Stone was his name, and adapted it into a novella when I was a teenager. I never properly published it, however. And it took a much darker turn. It was called, The Adventures of Mr. A: The ‘A’ Is For Alcoholism. This time, instead of downloading superpowers, Ed would take LSD and see himself as a superhero. I’ve never really stopped writing since. Sure, I took some time out to focus on my career as a music producer, but the want to write was always there. It was until I started to properly read and discover my love for books, that I developed a real understanding of what it takes to write a book. Embarrassingly, it wasn’t until the UK COVID-19 Lockdown of 2020 that I really got into reading. Once I found Jon Ronson, that was it. I now read a book a week – I spend so much money on books that I had to buy myself a Kindle so as not to keep rinsing my bank account.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read a lot of Jon Ronson and investigative journalism books. The Men Who Stare At Goats and THEM: Adventures With Extremists by Jon have been great inspirations to me, and I don’t think the idea for Don’t Hold Your Breath would have spawned had it not been for those books. Recently, however, I’ve found myself reading a lot of travelogues and memoirs like Tuk Tuk for Two by Adam Fletcher, and Girlvert by Oriana Small. I’m a big fan of Richard Ayoade too.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Don’t Hold Your Breath: The Airheaded World of Breatharianism documents my journey and exploration of the practice. I meet several Breatharians, all with differing and wild beliefs and views about the practice. Some believe in telepathy, time travel and the existence of three Earths. Perhaps the most unbelievable claim I came across during my time with Breatharianism, is that McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese Meals can help to transport you through inter-dimensional space. And so, after talking extensively with the Breatharians, I attempt to answer the question, can McDonald’s send you to space? There was really no other way for me to answer this question than to try and ascend through space, to another dimension, by following a McDonald’s meditation method I was taught. The answer to the may seem like an obvious no, but there’s a lot more to it. Some strange things happened to me throughout my time with the Breatharians.

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Featured Interview With Hadley Thorne

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a steel magnolia, empath, and ecstatic dream traveler born and bred in the feral and forgotten lands of Mississippi. I have lived all over the Southern US but something always draws me home. I have two german shepherds who I adore.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always loved books, writing, and reading. From wanting to start a neighborhood newsletter as a child to telling my friends horror stories in notes we passed in school, I have been writing as long as I can recall.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Charles De Lint is my favorite author. Mythic Fiction is my favorite genre and I love horror and fantasy. People, situations, music, and random strange things that capture my fancy inspires my writing

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Tapestry of Worlds Part One: The White Raven Awakens is my first book, it was published last December. i followed it up with Tapestry of Worlds Part Two: Running and Gunning and most recently I wrote a book that I am releasing on Kindle Vella called the Darkness and the Dawn.

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Featured Interview With J. Denison Reed

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in New Jersey. After Highschool, I joined the Army and I am now living in Northern Virginia with my wife, kids, and two cats. I still work a full-time job as a Network Engineer, I own a candle business (Reeds in the Valley) with my wife, and still find time to write. I guess you can say that I like to keep myself busy.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have loved stories as far as I can remember. When I was in middle school, I fell in love with poetry. A lot of my early poems were dark and it worried my mom. I tried writing novels, but I feel that I was too impatient at that age. Even as a young adult, I tried writing a novel and failed but those failures turned into lessons. Never stop writing. It's a process and it takes time.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I like quick reads and fast-paced stories. I also love horror and action/adventure stories. I really don't have a favorite author, but if I was forced to choose, I would say, James Patterson, because of his quick read style.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Clifford's War: The bluegrass battleground.
It is an action/adventure fiction about a private investigator who found himself in bed with the Mafia by being promoted to hitman. He has to find his way out of the mafia control with his life. It has a great set of diverse characters that (to say myself) are wonderfully written. So far, I have received nothing but great reviews. I am so excited to see that it is greatly received by so many people.

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Featured Interview With Sari Fordham

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My family moved to Uganda when I was young, and I lived there during and after the dictatorship of Idi Amin. I now live in Riverside, California, and we have two rescue dogs.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I came into writing as a reader. I would hide books under my desk in class, read when I got home from school. I even read obsessively when we visited my mother’s family in Finland. I remember driving through Turku and my mother telling me, “Look up occasionally. Who knows when will we be back in Finland?” and I was think and ‘Who knows when I’ll have a chance to read this book again?’

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love reading literary fiction and nonfiction. Some recent books that I have loved include, “Girl, Woman, Other” by Bernardine Evaristo; Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi; Made in China by Amelia Pang; and The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper.

I’m inspired by all the writers who show up every day to observe the world as honestly as possible.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My memoir WAIT FOR GOD TO NOTICE narrates my childhood in Uganda. I grew up in a house surrounded by jungle and we often saw mambas, driver ants, monkeys, and genets. The political situation was often violent and at one point, our family was under house arrest. Flash forward 10 years and my sister Sonja and I are teenagers living in America and we think our mother is scared of everything. She doesn’t drive and she is worried about strangers shooting us. I am embarrassed, as one is. When I’m in my twenties, however, she dies and I’m not sure what to do. In my memoir, I return to our shared history in Uganda, partly as a way to consider what home is and partly in an attempt to better understand my complex mother.

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Featured Interview With Karen A. Wyle

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in a few different places: in Connecticut, in two different suburbs of Hartford; in Palo Alto, CA; and in Los Angeles. I now live, and have lived for more than thirty years, in semirural Monroe County, Indiana, between two small dots on the map. We had a “Heinz 57” mutt for thirteen years, but lost her around three years ago. We hope to get a golden retriever puppy soon.

I’ve been, roughly in order (though some of these phases overlap), a would-be novelist; a poet; a lawyer; a photographer; a mother; a novelist; and an author of picture books.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started reading at around age six, and quickly became a compulsive reader. I began writing “books” (very short handwritten texts, bound in cardboard) at age eight, and poetry then or a little earlier. I attempted a novel at age ten, and again at age fourteen. I returned to writing novels in my mid-fifties (in 2010). By then, Amazon, ebooks, and a more practical form of self-publishing allowed me to realize my childhood ambition.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I will inevitably forget some of my favorite authors, but they currently include Lois McMaster Bujold; Grace Burrowes; Jane Austen; George Eliot; Becky Chambers; Naomi Novik; and M.C.A. Hogarth.

After reading mostly science fiction for many years, I’ve more recently branched out into historical romance, fantasy (though not the epic sort), and historical mysteries. I dabble in other genres, including contemporary romance and biography.

I would guess that every author whose books I finish inspires me in some way. The first to do so was probably Walter Farley — hence my cardboard-covered series about a black stallion (named Collybird). Both George Eliot and contemporary YA author Caroline Cooney impressed me with their unflinching focus on how irrevocable mistakes can be. Mary Doria Russell, during her brief career as a SF author (before turning to her excellent historical fiction), showed me just how much a science fiction author could do with the human condition. Much more recently, M.C.A. Hogarth has shown me how a set of connected series can create and flesh out a fictional universe.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I’m between two book releases right now, so I’ll briefly describe both.

What Shows the Heart, released July 15, 2021, is the third book in my Cowbird Creek historical romance series, set in 1870s Nebraska. It can be read as a stand-alone, although readers familiar with the series will encounter some old friends. Here’s the teaser:

After Jake, son and grandson of preachers, tried and failed to protect Mamie from small town cruelty, Mamie left their small town to fend for herself. Neither expected to see each other again. Now, many years later, Jake is a bitter man with little beside regrets, and Mamie, after much struggle and hazard, runs the thriving parlor house in Cowbird Creek. Can they make a future together, or will the shadow of Jake’s past overtake them both?

I wrote the rough draft in just under thirty days during National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) — which is how I write all my novel-length rough drafts. I put it away for a month and then revised and edited it for six, benefiting greatly toward the end of that time from the input of several beta readers. I should perhaps, given the presence of a madam, say (to the relief of some and the disappointment of others) that while there are sexual encounters in the book, none are prolonged or explicit.

Coming out next, in just a few days, is my first picture book(!), You Can’t Kiss A Bubble, delightfully illustrated by Siski Kalla. I started writing picture books many years ago, while pregnant with my older daughter, but am only now finding illustrators and bringing them to life. Using simple words, and a mixture of silly imagined scenes and more realistic ones, this book looks at both the charm and the transitory nature of bubbles, and helps its young audience appreciate how we can take joy even in the impermanent. Children can giggle at a little girl bringing a bubble to a friend’s house or taking it for a walk, complete with leash, through the streets of her town. Then they can lose themselves in the lovely settings showing children enjoying bubbles for what they are.

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Featured Interview With Mary Camarillo

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. My father worked in aerospace and was transferred to Southern California when I was fourteen. After high school, I went to work for the post office. It might be genetic–both her grandfathers were railway mail clerks. I sorted mail, sold stamps, worked in the accounting office, went to night school, and earned a degree in business administration, than spent nights and weekends sitting at my kitchen table, studying and passing exams to become a Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Public Accountant.

I live in Huntington Beach, California with my husband who plays ukulele and their terrorist cat, Riley who has his own Instagram page.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always been a voracious reader. I was the kid who checked out as many books as possible from the library. In high school I wrote poetry and edited the literary magazine. I thought about a career in journalism but unfortunately let a sour teacher convince me otherwise. I started writing fiction just before I retired from the Postal Service. I took classes at local colleges, joined writing groups, went to writing conferences, and worked on my own. My short stories and poems haven been published in journals such as Lunch Ticket, Sonora Review, 166 Palms and The Ear.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I read widely. One of my favorite authors in Elizabeth Strout. I love her character Olive Kitteridge and I love the form of linked short stories, such as Louise Erdich’s “Love Medicine,” Anne Sanow’s “Triple Time,” and Julie Zuckerman’s “The Book of Jeremiah.” Susan Straight is a huge inspiration in my writing because she is a master of writing about Southern California. She is the award-winning author of the memoir “In the Country of Women,” eight novels and two children’s books. She’s also a teacher at UC Riverside and curates a fence garden bookstore.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My debut novel “The Lockhart Women” was published in June of this year by She Writes Press. It’s about a family, living beyond it’s means in Huntington Beach, California in the 1990’s. Frank Lockhart is a postal employee, Brenda Lockhart is a gorgeous, stay-at-home mom, Peggy Lockhart has just graduated high school and dreams of university, and Allison Lockhart is in love with a golden surfer boy.

Frank Lockhart announces he’s leaving Brenda on the night of O. J. Simpson’s slow speed chase through Southern California, June 17, 1994. He’s in love with another women, an older (and in Brenda’s opinion) much less attractive coworker. Brenda’s never worked outside the home. She needs to look for a job. Instead, she turns on the television and gets hooked on the Simpson trials. She’s convinced Simpson is innocent. Meanwhile, her two teenage daughters are busy making their own bad decisions about lovers and crime.

I started writing this novel about six years ago. I was always fascinated by women who would tell me they wished they’d waited to get married and start a family, because they felt like they’d missed out on life. I wanted to explore choices and regrets. Everyone has them. And I thought the Simpson trial would make an interesting background to a family drama. The book is not about OJ Simpson or whether or not he was guilty. The Simpson trial is simply the soundtrack.

June of 1994 was a critical point in American television. Helicopters were just being used to capture news. Reality television was in its infancy. For the first time during the Simpson trial, cameras were allowed in the courtroom, pre-empting cartoons and soap operas. And this was also America’s introduction to the Kardashian family.

The Lockhart Women has received wonderful endorsements and reviews. Kirkus Reviews said, “A family is thrown into chaos in 1990s Southern California in Camarillo’s debut…and the novel’s ending is a satisfying one. An emotional portrait of three women dealing unexpected change.”

Richard Bausch, award-winning author of nine story collections and twelve novels including “Peace” and “Hello to the Cannibals,“ called the prose “lively, companionable, and quite satisfyingly observant in ways that surprise and delight.”

Susan Straight described The Lockhart Women as “deeply and thoroughly Southern Californian, in all the perfectly detailed cities and streets and, of course, freeways, but also in the evocation of its time – the 1990s. These women are vivid portraits – flawed and desperate and seeking redemption.”

And Eduardo Santiago, award-winning author of “Tomorrow They Will Kiss” and “Midnight Rhumba,” said it was “Unputdownable.”

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Featured Interview With Michael G

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am a 16-year veteran of the banking industry starting right out of college. I was born and raised in New Jersey near New York City. I currently reside in South Florida. I have never had any pets. Accidently killing my hermit crab when I was a kid gave me an inkling I wasn’t set out to be a pet owner.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have never been fascinated with books. It was always a struggle to get through my summer reading during my schooling years. I have always had a fascination with learning, self-educating, and personal improvement. I tended to read any self-help article and countless internet articles with lots of fun information. I always enjoyed writing for school and wrote some articles over the years, but this was the first time I attempted and completed a full-length novel.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
?* I’ve always gravitated towards self-help books and as a natural introvert and coming from a worrier family, the two books that have influenced me the most were Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.” I probably read these books 15-20 years ago, but I still sometimes stop and think about the important life lessons these books taught me.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I started in the banking industry right out of college in 2005, and the financial crisis hit in 2008. After that traumatic period passed, I envisioned my future self spending time in a small Italian village, sitting on the balcony writing a memoir about the crisis. It turns out life has different plans; as I worked from home during the Covid-19 pandemic with way too much free time on my hands, I decided that instead of writing a memoir in the future, I’d write a fictionalized version of events that may or may not have occurred. Here’s the essence of what you’ll find in the book.

In a world where success is defined by flashy cars, designer clothes, and bank balance, where profit is everything, and ruthless executives call the shots—anything is possible. Ethical and naïve, Jacob Gilbert is thrown into a pool of greed and shady business dealings as he enters his first year in banking. Surrounded by cutthroat associates who will stop at nothing to please their bosses, he languishes at the bottom of the stack ranking charts. How can he turn his career into a success while maintaining his soul? After another unsuccessful quarter, Jacob heads to Brazil to visit Rodrigo, a college buddy. Rodrigo suggests a business proposition that may turn Jacobs’s career around. But is it ethical? Will it lead to success? When the 2008 financial market crashes, the bank falls apart, and some of Jacob’s colleagues are hauled off for questioning. Caught in a web of international financial dealings, will Jacob and Rodrigo go up in flames as the US banking world explodes?

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