As Neil Young said, “Homegrown is the way it should be!” Support Indie Bookstores like the venerable Boulder Bookstore (http://www.boulderbookstore.net/) and Indie authors like yours truly (https://samuelmarquisbooks.com/). Why? Because it’s the right thing to do to save America! Indeed, to save the entire Free World!Samuel Marquis is the #1 Denver Post and Award-Winning Author of  The Coalition, Bodyguard of Deception, and Blind Thrust. His new thriller, Cluster of Lies, Book 2 of the Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series, will be on sale in Independent Bookstores (as well as Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Itunes, and wherever else books are sold) on September 25, 2016.

Bodyguard of Deception, Book One of the World War Trilogy, on the shelves of Boulder Bookstore.

Bodyguard of Deception sold out but was thankfully quickly restocked to beat the Labor Day rush.

Bodyguard of Deception – Volume One of the World War Two Trilogy

Samuel Marquis – Bestselling, Award-Winning Author

Catastrophically, Bodyguard of Deception recently sold out at Boulder Bookstore in Boulder, CO. Thankfully, The Slush Pile Brigadiers–Mo Shafroth, Fred Taylor, John Welch, Peter Frautschi, Tim Romer, Richard Najarian, Caleb Gates, and Andrew Bermingham–were driven and flown in as first responders to assist the Colorado National Guard  in promptly filling the bookshelves with fresh copies of the Colorado-based WWII suspense novel before literary rioters took to the streets of Boulder demanding signed copies of the hot-selling novel. The situation was desperate, but the Brigadiers and CNG were able to stock the shelves before an Invasion-of-the-Bodysnatchers-style panic seized hold of the legendary bookstore and progressive bastion of Boulder once governed (unofficially) by Joe Walsh.

Bodyguard of Deception Sold Out at Boulder Bookstore.

Slush Pile Brigadier First Responders were able to fill the bookshelves in record time in order to prevent rioting in the streets of Boulder.

Have you read one of my favorite interviews to date, with @Ronovan Hester on @LitWorld Interviews?

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Need the perfect thriller for your next beach read? Foreword Reviews describes THE COALITION as “perfect for fans of James Patterson, David Baldacci, and Vince Flynn.”

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“This ambitious thriller starts with a bang, revs up its engines, and never stops until the explosive ending…Perfect for fans of James Patterson, David Baldacci, and Vince Flynn, The Coalition is a standout thriller from an up-and-coming writer.”
—Foreword Reviews – Four-Star Review

Check out my book trailer (http://ow.ly/10vdz0) and pick up your copy of Bodyguard of Deception, the first book of my new World War Two Trilogy, today (http://www.amazon.com/Samuel-Marquis/e/B014K55UTQ)!

Here’s what Kirkus Reviews and Former Governor Roy Romer had to say about it:

BODYGUARD OF DECEPTION: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE
VOLUME ONE OF THE WORLD WAR TWO TRILOGY
By Samuel Marquis, #1 Denver Post Bestselling, Award-Winning Author

“Readers looking for an unapologetic historical action book should tear through this volume.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Bodyguard of Deception grabbed my attention right from the beginning and never let go. The character development is excellent. Samuel Marquis has a knack for using historic details and events to create captivating and fun to read tales.”—Roy R. Romer, 39th Governor of Colorado

My earthquake thriller and cautionary fracking tale, Blind Thrust: A Mass Murder Mystery was recently announced as a Foreword Reviews’ 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Winner (Thriller & Suspense-Honorable Mention). Check it out, if you dare, and also the professional book reviews below to get the inside scoop.

“Blind Thrust kept me up until 1 a.m. two nights in a row. I could not put it down. An intriguing mystery that intertwined geology, fracking, and places in Colorado that I know well. Great fun.”
—Roy R. Romer, 39th Governor of Colorado

Samuel Marquis’s earth-shattering thriller, Blind Thrust, excels at making a mystery story, with geology as background, an exciting yarn. He deftly injects nuances of shrewdness into all his characters, and his skilled use of third-person omniscient narration and short chapters allow for an intimate portrayal of each player while keeping the plot moving at a high-octane pace. With believable, intelligent characters, there is a fine thriller on these pages that could shake things up.”—Foreword Reviews – Four-Star Review

“Blind Thrust is a page-turning adventure that will hold its audience with the attention to detail only a really well-researched author can bring to the table. The science of earthquakes is fascinating, and Marquis has captured this science and packaged it into a really fine thriller ‘against the clock’ style for almost anyone to pick up and enjoy, and readers will no doubt want more from Higheagle and his intrepid grandfather once they have devoured this installment.”—Self-Publishing Review – Four-Star Review

“Blind Thrust makes good use of Marquis’ background as a professional geologist. It is the novel’s characters, however, that really stand out. Charles Quantrill is far from a cardboard villain, and as for the heroes, Joe and John Higheagle have a particularly endearing rapport. For suspense fans who enjoy science mixed with their thrills, the novel offers page-turning pleasures.”—BlueInk Review

“Blind Thrust spins a thrilling tale of what can happen when humans mess with Mother Nature. The novel definitely has the science to back up a plot filled with well-drilling and seismic events. For those interested in earthquakes or environmental issues, Marquis has created an action-packed novel filled with danger and conflict.”—IndieReader Book Review

“Mr. Marquis infuses passion and authenticity into every page of the novel, as he is a practicing geologist and paleontology/Western history buff who is an expert on what he writes. [T]he plot, characters, and pacing in Blind Thrust are all top notch, with a high level of dramatic tension sustained throughout the novel.”
—Pat LoBrutto, Former Editor for Stephen King and Eric Van Lustbader (Bourne Series)

“A mostly engaging novel by an experienced hydrogeologist who brings a lot of verisimilitude to his tale of earthquake devastation.”—Kirkus Reviews

If you like Double Cross WWII Spy Thrillers, be sure to check out my Bodyguard of Deception & Ken Follett’s Eye of Needle. Both are Top 100 Paid Amazon Historical Thrillers (Currently #25 and #26) and Top 5 on Goodreads’ Listopia Best WWII Spy Books along with Daniel Silva’s The Unlikely Spy, Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity, and Alan Furst’s Spies of the Balkans. In fact, read them all back to back to get the full WWII espionage saturation experience from both the American and British perspectives. Tally-ho, WWII Book Readers Across the Globe!

Thanks to Liesl Freudenstein of Boulder Bookstore for organizing the recent Boulder Bookstore Local Authors’ event. It was a great turnout for five wonderful authors. And thanks to my mega-fans Morrison Shafroth, Barr Hogen, Vincent Bilello, Diane Dupont Bilello, Mike Colucci, the Clurman family (Andrew, Claire, and Nate), the legendary Denison alum Bill Cross and his lovely wife, Lisa Hennessy, Mike Bilello, Jessie and Holly Shafroth, Christine Marquis, and, of course, the ever-gracious Mason Schumacher for coming out and supporting this scruffy old author at the book signing.

Next book out is Cluster of Lies, Book #2 of the Joe Higheagle Environmental Sleuth Series, coming in late September of 2016!

Authors’ Open House at the Boulder Bookstore this coming Monday night, June 20th at 7 PM (see flyer below). I will be signing my political thriller The Coalition and my new WWII thriller Bodyguard of Deception, as well as giving a brief talk on my suspense novels (samuelmarquisbooks.com).  Come on up to Boulder!