New Mike Scott thriller novella available for Christmas

December 7, 2017 By Eric Douglas

The latest thriller novella the Mike Scott series, Turks and Chaos: Hostile Waters, is now available for pre-order across all ebook formats at a special introductory price, author Eric Douglas announced.

The ninth installment in the series, this story is a thriller novella. It will be officially available on Dec. 25, as a Christmas present to readers. Between now and Christmas day, the story is priced at just $0.99. When the story goes live, the ebook novella price will go up to $2.99. A softcover version of the book will also be available on the release date.

“I wanted to challenge myself with this story a bit. No bringing in outside help or equipment. This story is entirely set on board a liveaboard dive boat,” Douglas said. “Most of the Mike Scott stories feature the location as an additional character, but this was different. It was confining, but also liberating at the same time. I had to focus on characters and limit them to what was onboard.”

Turks and Chaos: Hostile Waters

Armed gunmen board a liveaboard dive boat near Turks and Caicos in this sea story/action thriller. News photographer Mike Scott is on a dive vacation and gets taken hostage when the theft doesn’t go as planned. When the identity of the head pirate is exposed, he declares that all the passengers will die when they reach their destination. It’s up to Mike, the passengers and crew to overcome the pirates and save their own lives. It doesn’t help matters that there is a mole on board feeding the pirates information and they are heading right into a storm. Now they must rebel against the pirates and take the boat back before time runs out…

Pre-order your copy of this Mike Scott thriller today and have it ready to read on Christmas morning!

Early Reviews

“Fans of Clive Cussler will enjoy this brand-new novella in the Mike Scott thriller series from Eric Douglas.” Greg Holt, host of the talk radio show ScubaRadio.

“…a great “Murder on the Orient Express” set up going, where everyone is captive and most everyone is suspect. It gives the story a nice whodunit quality…” Suzanne Garrett

Intro to Dive-abled: The Leo Morales Story

November 1, 2017 By Eric Douglas

The following is the first page of the new book Dive-abled: The Leo Morales Story. Visit the book page to learn more about Leo, overcoming cancer and his motto that Nothing is Impossible!

Chapter 1

“Scuba diving saved my life.”

You will often hear people make broad statements without having faced true adversity. They’ve never wanted to end it all because of something that happened in their lives. They’ve never had to fight to walk again or felt like they were less of a person than they were before. And they never found joy, peace, inspiration and purpose in something.

But Leo Morales has.

By his own admission, Leo “had it all.” He was an up-and-coming young professional who had fun and made money. At twenty-eight years old, he became a bank director and won several awards for performance. His star rose fast and he enjoyed the ride.

Until 2008.

He felt a strange pain in his lower back. He wrote it off to sitting at his desk as he worked long hours at the bank. Finally, he gave in and consulted a doctor. The news was shocking. He had cancer. The tumor was on the inside of his right leg and right buttock. It weighed three kilos (6.6 pounds). The doctors told him there was a serious risk the cancer could spread into his vital organs. The only solution? Remove his entire right leg. The odds were high he would not survive the surgery. If he did, the doctors said he would have a five-year life expectancy.

Leo describes the decision to have the surgery as a leap of faith. There was a good chance he would never wake up from the anesthesia. There was a good chance he would never leave the hospital. He said goodbye to everyone he knew and loved and went to sleep on the operating table asking God for “one more day of life.”

Mike Scott Thriller Ebooks Have Wider Distribution

August 22, 2017 By Eric Douglas

Ebook readers who prefer iBooks, Nook or one of the many other ebook platforms rejoice!

Effective immediately, Cayman Cowboys and The 3^rd Key: Sharks in the Water, Guardians’ Keep, Wreck of the Huron and Tales from Withrow Key are now available on iBooks, Nook and just about every other ebook platform around the world.

The ebook versions of the entire Mike Scott thriller series will remain on Kindle, but Eric has decided to go with a wider distribution. Between now and the end of October 2017, as the exclusive contracts expire, the remaining books in the Mike Scott thriller series will become available as well.

10-20-17

Flooding Hollywood

Return to Cayman

Mike Scott Box Set #1

10-25-17

Heart of the Maya

Mike Scott Box Set #2

10-31-17

Oil and Water

Register to Win: Audiobooks for August!

August 9, 2017 By Eric Douglas

UPDATE: This contest is closed and the winners have been notified by the email they submitted.

Through Midnight on August 16, 2017, register to win a FREE audiobook and the possibility of winning THREE audiobooks filled with action, adventure and beautiful island locations.

Three of author Eric Douglas’ books are available as audiobooks. Three people, chosen at random from all entrants, will receive a code to download one of Douglas’ audiobooks and one lucky winner will receive the Grand Prize: codes to download all three stories!

Not sure which story you want to win? Learn more about Eric Douglas’ three audiobooks available through Audible.com.

To register, submit your email address and choose which book you want to listen to, if you win. That’s all there is to it. Your email address won’t be used for any purpose other than fulfilling the contest.

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If you are interested in receiving email updates from Eric about upcoming books and other projects, as well as being able to download a FREE ebook and get started at the beginning of the Mike Scott series, join the VIP mailing list now.

Don’t already use Audible for audiobooks? Follow any of the below links to begin a 30-day FREE trial of the service and start out by listening to:

Lyin’ Fish

Return to Cayman: Paradise Held Hostage

Oil and Water

Winners will be selected and notified on August 17, 2017. Three winners will receive a code and instructions on how to download a free audiobook from Audible.com. A fourth winner will receive codes for all three stories. Your email address won’t be used for any purpose other than fulfilling the contest.

Book trailer for The 3rd Key: Sharks in the Water

June 13, 2017 By Eric Douglas

Book trailers, like film trailers, are teasers for the action in the story. They are a visual representation of what some of the story is about. It’s a balance, though. You don’t want to tell the whole story, but you need to put enough crumbs out there that a viewer takes the next step and checks out the book description.

Below is the new book trailer for The 3^rd Key: Sharks in the Water. The story is much more complex than this simple 47 second video, but it still piques a potential reader’s interest.

If you like what you see, please read the online book preview.