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NAVETSUSA Life Member Eric Campbell "The first Navy Veterans' Organization created on, and for, the World Wide Web." Founder Edward C. Reese, NCCS, USN, Retired navy tHonoring your past . . . Reminding your children The Navy Biography Site	Life Member & Plank Owner  Navy Veterans of the USA  Navy Veterans USA
Rick Campbell	Eric Campbell 17815 Falconcrest Circle Germantown, MD 20874M 87107 575-313-1535 ericknoe@bellatlantic.net

My first book, a submarine thriller titled The Trident Deception, is getting fantastic reviews.  Booklist has even hailed it as – the best submarine novel written in the last 30 years!  (I’ve pasted the early reviews below.)  My publisher is very excited about the book and is heavily promoting it, and the book will be featured at the front of all Barnes & Nobles stores nationwide for two weeks.  However, over 1000 novels are published each week (7000 when you include self-published novels), and my publisher can keep me at the front of bookstores for only so long before it’s swept into oblivion by the tidal wave of new novels.

I’ve got a short window for my book to become a success.  If the book doesn’t catch on, publishers these days won’t give you a second chance – they’ll toss you aside and look for the next hot thing.  The book is getting great reviews, but that’ll amount to a hill’s worth of beans if not enough people hear about the book.  My publisher is doing everything they can via traditional means, and I’m doing my best to help, reaching out to those I think would enjoy reading it.

I think NAVetsUSA members are the perfect audience and would enjoy reading The Trident Deception.  If possible, I’d like to arrange an email from NAVetsUSA to our members when the book is published in March, letting them know about the book.  I’m willing to pay an appropriate fee or make a donation to your organization for this privilege, assuming I can afford it.

So that’s my pitch.  Can you help me?  Can you help spread the word about a really good submarine novel that’s getting fantastic reviews?  I’ve put a ton of work into writing the book, finding an agent, getting a book deal, and now I’ve got a narrow window to turn my dream of becoming a successful writer into a reality.

I would really, really, appreciate your help, letting everyone in association know there’s a really good new submarine novel they might enjoy reading.

Sincerely,
Rick Campbell
rickcampbellauthor.com
 

Here are the reviews!

“Fans of submarine thrillers who are saddened by the demise of Tom Clancy will welcome Campbell’s debut.”

— Publishers Weekly

“A terrific thriller debut. Campbell does an amazing job, balancing character interaction with high-octane action, all the while keeping the technical jargon to a level understandable by nonmilitary readers. This is the best novel about a submarine since Tom Clancy’s classic The Hunt For Red October (1984).”

— Jeff Ayers, Booklist starred review

“No one puts the reader inside a submarine like Rick Campbell does in The Trident Deception. I couldn’t put it down. Compelling and thrilling, this novel is a must read.”

— Jack Coughlin, New York Times bestselling author of Shooter and Time to Kill

“The Trident Deception is a fistfight of a thriller.  A masterpiece.”

— Dalton Fury, former Delta Force, and New York Times bestselling author of Kill Bin Laden and Tier One Wild

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