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SECONDWORLD Trailer is LIVE

Jeremy Robinson — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:19:45 +0000

Just wanted to share the trailer for SecondWorld, my upcoming hardcover novel from Thomas Dunne Books. This is by far my best trailer yet. Hope you enjoy it, too. And if you want to pre-order the book, you can get it on Amazon. Or get it at Barnes & Noble.

The countdown to RAGNAROK begins…now!

Jeremy Robinson — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:57:37 +0000

It’s with great pleasure and relief that I can announce that Kane Gilmour, co-author of CALLSIGN: DEEP BLUE (which many Chess Team readers have raved about) will also be co-authoring the next full length Chess Team novel, RAGNAROK (click here for higher res cover image). We’re already hard at work banging out the plot, which is one of my most ambitious yet and will feature a nemesis far beyond anything King and crew have faced before. We’ll also learn the answers to many of the questions left open at the end of THRESHOLD.

What this means is: 1) RAGNAROK will be as good as the first three novels, with the same mixture of relentless action, science, mythology, creatures and humor. 2) The book will be delivered in late summer 2012 as promised. 3) I’ll have time to write the four other novels I need to write in 2012, including the last two books in THE LAST HUNTER series. AND 4) I might have time to try something new (like a screenplay, short film or an experimental novella), which will help me maintain a high level of creativity.

I’m very excited to have Kane on board for the book. Not only is he a great writer, but he also knows the series better than anyone. He’s a diehard fan of the first three novels, but he also edited all of the CALLSIGN novellas and co-authored one of them. This combination of talent and series knowledge makes him the perfect person to co-author the next full length book. Because he lives just over the state line means we’ll actually get to work out the final details in person, which should result in a flawless plot (I usually bounce ideas off the wall in my office, which provides little in the way of feedback). To sum all that up: this is going to be fun!

If you have any doubts about this collaboration, check out CALLSIGN: DEEP BLUE. Then check out Kane’s solo book, RESURRECT. Both are awesome.

The 2011 Chesspocalypse Ends with a BOOM, SPLAT and occasional YEAARGHH!

Jeremy Robinson — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:37:24 +0000

Holy crap. Not exactly an elegant expression of surprise/relief/excitement, but it pretty well summarizes how I feel as 2011 comes to a close. I wrote four novels (SECONDWORLD, THE SENTINEL, THE LAST HUNTER – PURSUIT and THE LAST HUNTER – ASCENT) which is about three more books than the average author. But I also co-authored and released SEVEN novellas collectively known as the Chesspocalypse. Each book focuses on a single member of Chess Team, a black ops team that deals with terrorists, madmen and monsters—sometimes all three at once. In November, the last three books of the Chesspocalypse arrived and brought the madness to a close. Before you ask, I’m currently planning just one Chesspocalypse book for 2012; CALLSIGN: KING – Book 3 – BLACKOUT, co-authored once again by Sean Ellis. That said, I’m also planning on releasing the fourth full length Chess Team novel, RAGNAROK in late summer, 2012. So, let’s get to the books!

CALLSIGN: BISHOP

An Iranian terrorist cell has gotten their hands on weaponized Ergot-B—a compound that causes violent hysteria, madness and death within 24 hours—and plan to unleash the weapon on major cities around the world. Successful deployment would begin a bloodbath as those exposed would kill everyone they encountered before succumbing to the compound’s lethal effects.

Erik Somers—Callsign: Bishop, is called in to investigate, but his first discovery shocks him to the core. Dawoud Abbasi, the terrorist leader planning to unleash Ergot-B, is his biological father.

Bishop, along with an undercover Delta operator known as Callsign: Joker, race across the unforgiving Iranian desert in search of the Ergot-B. Seeking answers, both professional and personal, Bishop must fight against a private army, Iranian Special Forces and men driven mad by Ergot-B. With the life of his biological mother in the balance, and countless more people in cities around the world, Bishop must call on all his strength to not only survive, but also stop the man revealed as his father—even if he has to kill him.

CALLSIGN: KNIGHT

When a team of Delta operators goes missing in Shenhuang, one of China’s newly constructed ghost cities, Shin Dae-jung—Callsign: Knight is called in to assist. But the Osprey transporting him to the scene falls prey to an EMP attack and is forced to crash land atop a parking garage. With a wounded pilot in tow, Knight explores the empty city for signs of life and finds two terrified children who warn him that something monstrous is stalking the city. When the pilot disappears, leaving a pool of blood and spent bullet casings behind, Knight doesn’t doubt their story.

As bullets fly and bodies drop, Knight must protect the children, uncover the fate of the missing Delta team and defend against an unstoppable killer whose ability to regenerate and whose horrible appearance reminds him of something he’s faced before—the mythological Hydra. But he’s not alone in the surreal abandoned city. A team of SAS soldiers, along with Anna Beck, a former member of Manifold Genetics’ private security force, join the fray. Together, they fight against a nightmare that follows its objective to the end: kill them all.

CALLSIGN: DEEP BLUE

Tom Duncan-Callsign: Deep Blue, former Army ranger, former president of the United States and handler of the black ops force known as Chess Team, is visiting the team’s new secret headquarters. The underground facility, known as Alpha, once belonged to Manifold Genetics, a corrupt corporation shut down by Chess Team. But despite being abandoned for years, Alpha still hides secrets.

Security doors slam shut and lock, sealing Duncan and his assistants inside. As Matt Carrack, the leader of Duncan’s security team, attempts to gain access, Duncan discovers they are not alone inside the abandoned facility. High tech intruders have infiltrated the base, their goal unknown. But a far greater threat rises from the subterranean depths beneath Alpha-failed regenerative experiments from the days of Manifold, and they’re fast, hostile and hungry.

While the security team are beset by ingenious death traps, determined mercenaries and vicious creatures that defy their imaginations, Duncan and his personal bodyguard must battle the growing tide of creatures, stave off the incursion of enemy forces and prevent the violent intruders from releasing the horror currently contained inside Alpha, to an unsuspecting outside world. And as the battle rages, a bomb quietly counts down in the shadows.

The Last Hunter – Ascent

Jeremy Robinson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:28:00 +0000

It’s no secret that THE LAST HUNTER series are my personal favorites out of all my books. They feature all the action, monsters, mythology and craziness of my other novels, but they’ve got more heart, and a main character, who is based on my son, Solomon. The story is more personal and moving while still being action packed and, at times, quite gory.

ASCENT is the third installment in the “Antarktos Saga” and I’m told it’s the best of the series thus far. Not only do we get to see what happens to Solomon after he **spoiler alert for those who haven’t read the first two books** steps into Tartarus, but ASCENT is the book that bridges the events in my novel ANTARKTOS RISING with the Antarktos Saga.

As you may know, the Antarktos Saga is based upon my previously published novel ANTARKTOS RISING, first published in 2007. THE LAST HUNTER – DESCENT takes place twenty years before ANTARKTOS RISING, and in ASCENT, the stories merge. The last two books of the Antarktos Saga finish BOTH story lines.

The book is available in e-book format right now and will be out in print in the next 1.5 weeks, just in time for Christmas!

DESCRIPTION:

I no longer exist. My kidnapping, breaking and corruption at the hands of the half-human, half-demon Nephilim began the journey to nothingness. I had hoped to one day rejoin my loved ones in the outside world, but before I realized it, twenty years had passed. Time is a distance I cannot traverse. If there is any memory of me, it is distant. Worse, the spirit of Nephil, Lord of the Nephilim, used my connection with the continent to decimate the surface world. I’ve done horrible things in the past, but I’m now responsible for the deaths of billions. Billions. God…

And so I have removed myself from the physical world, and Nephil’s reach, to live out eternity in Tartarus, a place of endless torture where the burden I carry crushes my soul, driving me to madness. I am weak and cold. My abilities are gone. And I am not alone in this hell. There are things here more horrible than I could have imagined.

But as much as I think I deserve this fate, I’m driven to find a way to escape. To exist again. To return to my new family–Em and Luca. To set things right. I am Solomon Ull Vincent–The Last Hunter–and I will exist again.

The Ninja’s Path – Inspirational Sayings for the Silent Assassin. Kazai!

Jeremy Robinson — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:34:44 +0000

A few years ago I had the pleasure of working with the most frustrating, aggravating people on the planet (you’ve been there, too). And when I finally removed myself from the situation, I had a storehouse of negative emotions eating at me. I needed catharsis, but I don’t box, hunt, or even hurl inanimate objects. I gave up cooking ants with a magnifying glass thirty years ago. I’m just not a violent person. Outwardly. As many of you know, my imagination is a different story. I once had a gallery art show featuring some of my comic art. I stepped up next to a woman looking at my work and she said to me, “Man, Jeremy Robinson sure is a violent person.” The point is, my catharsis would come from my imagination. But the product couldn’t just be freakishly violent. It also had to be funny because I needed to find my sense of humor again. The resulting project was THE NINJA’S PATH – INSPIRATIONAL SAYINGS FOR THE SILENT ASSASSIN, a very funny, very violent parody on inspirational books written and illustrated under the pen name, Kutyuso Deep (sound it out).

The book contains seventy illustrations and inspirational sayings along with seven chapters of text that reveal the seven pillars of ninjitsu. This hard cover tome of hilarity makes for the perfect Christmas gift for pretty much any man, teenage or adult, and while women aren’t the target audience, most find the book funny too. If you leave this sucker on the coffee table, your next gathering will have more than a few memorable conversations. I promise.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE HYSTERICAL VIRAL VIDEOS FOR THE BOOK!

Here’s the book’s description:

WITH SEVENTY ILLUSTRATIONS portraying the simple joys of the ninja lifestyle, this concise and elegantly designed book gives ninjas messages of peace and illumination in the virtues, rewards, ideals, and emotions of their chosen profession—silent assassination. The Ninja’s Path is for anyone who understands that the “wellness” messages typically spouted by the world leave the silent assassin a castrated version of his former self, overflowing with useless emotions like compassion and love.

Kutyuso Deep calls on all ninjas—aspiring and professional—to ignore all that! Instead, with this book in hand, they can finally focus on the pure and simple pleasures that come from intimidating those around them, stalking a target from the shadows, or eviscerating an enemy in his sleep.

Ninjas can now turn their attention to the seven pillars of ninjitsu wellness—Social, Occupational, Spiritual, Intellectual, Emotional, Environmental, and Physical—as poetically described and exquisitely illustrated in this book. Each pillar is represented by ten core values for which the author has provided an inspirational saying and illustration to help reveal how each value applies to the ninja.

And here’s a quick excerpt:

How do you feel about killing?

Don’t answer quickly. Ponder the question. Let your mind flash back and experience every evisceration, strangulation,and dismemberment. Taste it afresh. Smell the blood. The bile. Feel the gore between your fingers and toes. Hear the cries for mercy and the ting! of blade on bone.
This is your job.
Your occupation.
You are a ninja.
The silent assassin.
And your profession is a noble one—
perhaps the noblest.

The King is back, baby!

Jeremy Robinson — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:02:22 +0000

CALLSIGN: KING – Book 2 – UNDERWORLD has arrived ahead of schedule! I could have waited for all the Callsign Book 1s to finish out before releasing this one, but the story could not be contained. For real. It has nothing to do with Christmas being on the way. Okay, fine. Maybe a little. But the story IS awesome. Not only is Sean Ellis once again the (superb) co-author, but we’ve brought back King’s close friend, and archaeologist, George Pierce for this story, and the pair, who are deadly and brilliant when together, find themselves once again knee deep in shhhhenanigans. Check out the story description below and then hop on over to Amazon or B&N and pick it up! *Apple and print coming soon.

DESCRIPTION:

Strange things have always happened in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona… Bizarre lights, reports of cave entrances that appear and then vanish, hundreds of mysterious disappearances…and rumors of monstrous creatures that inhabit a labyrinthine underworld.

When a terrifying accident on an Arizona highway leads to a military exclusion zone and a cover-up of staggering proportions, Jack Sigler—Callsign: King, field leader of the elite and ultra-secret covert Chess Team—joined by his closest friend, archaeologist George Pierce, sets out into the desert, intent on discovering the truth.

Assisted by a beautiful paranormal investigator, dogged by soldiers intent on preserving the quarantine, and pursued by a relentless legendary hitman, King soon finds himself in a race against time to prevent all out war with the creatures that inhabit the underworld.

Jeremy Robinson’s Great Kindle Giveaway Blog Tour

Jeremy Robinson — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:03:25 +0000

In the month of October I will be visiting a different blog every weekday and answering three questions about writing, publishing, or anything else the blog owner feels like asking me. Each day will bring something different. And for the readers of these blogs there will be a chance to win not one, but two Kindles. To be entered in the contest blog readers just need to visit my website and sign up for the newsletter. On October 31st I will pick, at random, a Kindle winner. For the second Kindle, there’s a catch. The second Kindle giveaway will be triggered if any one of my books (Jeremy Robinson or Jeremy Bishop) reaches Amazon.com’s bestseller list (top 100) during the month of October. My vote is for THE SENTINEL.

Also, when you sign up for the newsletter, be sure to mention which blog referred you. I’ll be giving out two $50 Amazon.com gift certificates to blog owners, one to the blog who referred the first Kindle winner, and then second to the blog who refers the most sign-ups.

Here’s the current list of all participating blogs.

As you can see, there are still some slots open. If you own a blog or know someone who does, feel free to e-mail stan@findtheaxis.com for consideration. Check this blog post regularly for updates.

*If you’re already signed up for the newsletter feel free to unsubscribe and re-subscribe listing your favorite blog. But doing this more than once won’t improve your odds. Each person will be entered just once.

** Kindles will be purchased on Amazon.com and shipped directly to the winner. Shipping information will need to be given after the winners are announced.

THE CHESSPOCALYPSE CONTINUES – CALLSIGN: QUEEN and CALLSIGN: ROOK

Jeremy Robinson — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:56:57 +0000

The second and third books of the Chesspocalypse are available now! It’s somehow fitting that Queen and Rook come out together. Both characters have the other on the brain, but are separated by thousands of miles as Queen visits Pripyat, Russia, on the outskirts of Chernobyl, and Rook finds himself in a strange and dangerous town in northern Norway. Both books are currently available as e-books at B&N, Amazon and Smashwords, but will be in print in the next few weeks. Book covers, descriptions and buy links below!

At the beginning of her search for Rook, a missing Chess Team member, Zelda Baker, Callsign: Queen, is redirected to Pripyat, Ukraine, a ghost town on the radioactive outskirts of Chernobyl. Intel indicates that splinter cell of Manifold Genetics—a ruthless corporation dismantled by Chess Team—may be operating in the area. Tasked with confirming the existence of a Manifold facility, Queen begins a recon sweep of the abandoned town in search of clues, but soon finds herself fighting for her life. Something sinister lurks beneath the decaying, surreal remnants of Pripyat’s never-used amusement park, and it rises up to greet Queen. In Pripyat, the streets are empty, the derelict buildings crumble, but the bodies…are fresh.

After a failed mission claims the lives of his five man support team, Stan Tremblay, Callsign: Rook, flees Siberia and finds himself on the secluded coast of Norway, north of the Arctic Circle. Exhausted, cut off from the outside world, and emotionally beaten from his defeat in Russia, Rook just wants to find a place to rest. The small coastal town of Fenris Kystby seems like the perfect place.

Within hours of arriving, he discovers that the town is not as tranquil as it appears. The townspeople are mistrustful of outsiders, a pack of mysterious wolves stalk the local tundra, and two villagers have been killed by a creature that defies explanation. To make things worse, there are rumors of something sinister, something the townspeople refuse to discuss.

Despite the hostility of the locals, Rook commits to stopping the creature murdering townspeople. As the body count rises, he quickly learns that the greatest threat might walk on two legs. And when he uncovers the town’s hidden past, Rook knows only one thing for certain: something is rotten in Norway.

My Top Secret Pen Name: Revealed!

Jeremy Robinson — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:33:35 +0000

Picture this. I’m standing in front of an eager throng of reporters. I’m well dressed and looking far more metrosexual than usual. All eyes are on me, desperate for information…about someone else—Jeremy Bishop. Who is this dashing writer who appeared out of nowhere and became a #1 Amazon.com horror author overnight? His first novel, TORMENT, is loathed by an angry few and adored by many. But he’s a mystery. No one knows who he is, or where he came from and yet, I know him, I promote his books, and claim to be his “friend.” It’s reminiscent of how Peter Parker always happens to get the best pictures of Spiderman. So the questions come to the only potential source of information available to the world. Me. And the question everyone is asking is: Who is Jeremy Bishop?

I clear my throat into the microphone, ending the barrage of questions and with a cocky smile, tell the truth.

“I am Jeremy Bishop.”

Okay, not all of that is true. It’s more of an Iron Man fantasy. There are no reporters. I don’t have a cocky smile. And I’m about as far as you can get from a metrosexual without being mistaken for bigfoot. But I AM Jeremy Bishop. That part is true. I took on the pen name 1.5 years ago for a few reasons that no longer apply, so I’m revealing my secret identity. Here’s the scoop:

A year and a half ago, I realized that the Jeremy Robinson novels couldn’t support my family of five, plus my live-in father-in-law. I also realized that I was getting burned out on the “everything I write has to be explained scientifically” aspect of being a science-thriller author. So I decided to take on a pen name that could 1. Write stories with a supernatural explanation, or just leave things a mystery, and 2. Could be judged by publishers without them being biased by their preconceived notions of what Jeremy Robinson writes or how his books are selling. The goal was to get a separate book deal and double my chances of becoming a super-bestselling author.

A lot has changed since then. E-books have taken off and I’m now able to support my family without too much trouble, so the need for a second book deal is gone. But the other interesting fact is that TORMENT, the first Jeremy Bishop book, has outsold many of my past print books and has made more money than ANY of them, including the hard covers. So I’ve decided to not even take it out to publishers. I’m going it alone, which is nothing new for me, but I’m now free to reveal that I am Jeremy Bishop.

Now before you get upset at me for concealing this fact, know that I’ve tried to make it fairly obvious to my fans. The first name is the same and the last name is Bishop—as in Chess Team Bishop (if you see Jeremy Knight in the future, you know who it is!). I’ve also been mentioning the fact that I have a horror pen name, often around the same time I promote a Bishop book. AND, last but not least, the author photos are both me! I’m wearing glasses in the Bishop photo, but I’ve never believed Clark Kent was an adequate disguise for Superman.

Of course, if you didn’t figure it out, and this is news to you, then I hope you will check out the Bishop books, knowing that they are, in fact, Robinson books. The Bishop books are horror and as a result are more violent, and graphic (though only slightly more graphic than the Chess books) and have a few more curse words as is appropriate with the screwed up situations in which I put the Bishop characters. And while THE SENTINEL has a quasi-scientific explanation for things, I don’t even attempt it in TORMENT. The wonderful thing about the Bishop books is that they are experimental. TORMENT is highly original and elicits an emotional response from everyone who reads it, whether that is anger, fear or “that is so cool.” But the emotion most readers have upon finishing is powerful, and as a writer, that makes me happy. THE SENTINEL is experimental for me in that it is written in the first person from the perspective of a very sarcastic woman. Where TORMENT is serious, THE SENTINEL is fun.

Either way, if you enjoy the Robinson novels, you’re going to enjoy the Bishop books, too. So check them out. Show some love to my alter ego. And if you’re a Bishop fan who has come across this post, be sure to check out the Robinson books. You’ll enjoy the Jack Sigler books as well as THE LAST HUNTER.

Here’s some links to help you get to know Jeremy Bishop better:

Visit Jeremy Bishop’s website.

THE SENTINEL ( available print by September 23):

Buy THE SENTINEL from Amazon.com
Buy THE SENTINEL from B&N

TORMENT

Buy TORMENT from Amazon.com
Buy TORMENT from B&N

THE SENTINEL by Jeremy Bishop

Jeremy Robinson — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:44:36 +0000

Every now and then I feature a book by a friend, in this case Jeremy Bishop, whose novel, TORMENT, was previously featured here. Bishop is back with his second novel, THE SENTINEL, and it’s as awesome as the first, but far less serious and is, at times, as funny as it is frightening. And a lot of our mutual fans will be happy to know that the ending in THE SENTINEL won’t make readers as…angry? Rage-filled? Consumed with personal guilt? Heh. Story description is below, but don’t even bother reading it. Just go buy it! If you like my books, you’re going to feel right at home with Bishop… E-book only right now, but I hear print is coming by October.

Buy it on Amazon.

Buy it at B&N.

Buy it at Smashwords.com.

DESCRIPTION:

In the frigid waters off the Arctic Ocean, north of Greenland, the anti-whaling ship, The Sentinel, and her crew face off against a harpoon ship in search of Humpback whales. When the two ships collide and a suspicious explosion sends both ships to the bottom, the crews take refuge on what they think is a peninsula attached to the mainland, but is actually an island, recently freed from a glacial ice bridge.

Seeking shelter, the two opposing crews scour the island for resources. Instead, they find Viking artifacts, the preserved remains of an ancient structure and a stone totem warning of horrible creatures buried in the island’s caves. Facing violent, frigid storms, a hungry polar bear and the very real possibility that they are stranded without hope of rescue, Jane Harper leads the two crews, who must work together to defend themselves against an ancient evil upon which the modern stories of both zombies and vampires are based upon.

The original undead are awake and hungry. Beware the Draugar.

Jeremy Bishop, the #1 bestselling Amazon.com horror author is back, and his second novel, like his first, TORMENT, is full of fast-paced, run-for-your-life terror featuring a new take on the zombie (and vampire) genres. But this time, the story is tinged with sarcastic humor. As a result, THE SENTINEL is as funny as it is frightening. It is the Yin to TORMENT’S Yang.

PRAISE FOR JEREMY BISHOP

“Jeremy Bishop takes a terrifying bite out of the zombie genre with TORMENT. This is a dark and devious post-apocalypting thrill-ride!” -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times Bestselling authr of PATIENT ZERO and ROT & RUIN

“TORMENT is a nightmarish descent through Armageddon. With barely a pause for breath, Bishop drags you out of normality, straight into the depths of a devastated post-apocalyptic landscape. Surreal and extraordinary locations, grotesque characters and outlandish events rise up from the devastated ashes of the familiar in this startlingly original horror novel. Dreamlike, disturbing and never predictable, once you start reading, you won’t want to put it down.” – David Moody, author of HATER, DOG BLOOD & the AUTUMN series.

“Jeremy Bishop explodes onto the zombie scene with TORMENT, a thought-provoking gorefest that turns the genre on its head. Both shocking and riveting, this is a debut novel that leaves the reader hungry for more.” – Steven Savile, #1 bestselling author of PRIMEVAL and SILVER

“With originality not seen since Fleischer’s Zombieland, Bishop’s debut novel will drag you kicking and screaming to the very bloody end. Look out Maberry … there’s a new sheriff in town.”
– Thenovelblog.com

“This is one of those kick-ass icky books that constantly surprised me. I’m looking forward to what Bishop has up his sleeve next.” — Jeff Ayers, Author Magazine

“TORMENT is a fast paced horror story filled with monsters and zombies (but not the kind you might expect in a novel like this). [It’s] gory and intense, all things a book like this should be.”
– TheManEatingBookworm