Your friend and humble blogger is turning 44 tomorrow, and he thought he’d reverse the usual birthday dynamic and offer his readers a gift. Those with Kindle devices, or tablets that can be Kindle devices, can download novel #1, Dismantle the Sun, gratis through the 14th of October. It’s perfect for those whose idea of a good time is bleak, snowy, upper midwestern winters; cancer; angry confrontations between science and religion; forbidden sex; and tragedy.

Just follow this link here:

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Or, for those who’d prefer to give me, or my publisher, money in exchange for the paperback, you can do that too:

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