Reprisal - Colin T. Nelson

REPRISAL


by Colin T. Nelson

What if terrorists used American children as weapons of mass destruction? It's already started with the disappearance of the Somali boys from Minnesota. Small pox was eradicated from the planet in 1979. For future research purposes, two repositories of the deadly virus were set up in Atlanta, Georgia and Vector, Russia. When an Islamic terrorist group steals samples of the virus from Russia, they need human hosts to carry the disease and infect defenseless Americans. Release of the virus is about to explode until a criminal defense lawyer gets involved. She becomes entangled in a race against time and the terrorists to save hundreds of children and her community.

BIOGRAPHY

Colin T. Nelson has been a criminal defense lawyer for over 30 years. He's been writing since high school and through law school where he wrote a humorous weekly column. Previously, he published a non-fiction book called, When Can I Tell My Boss, I Quit! He tries to both entertain readers and teach them something in his books. He's married, has two adult children, and plays the saxophone in a jazz group called BlueMood.

WEBSITE
www.colintnelson.com

PURCHASE
Amazon.com

BLOG
Courting Crime with Colin T. Nelson
www.colintnelson.com/blog

OTHER BOOKS PUBLISHED
When Can I Tell My Boss, I Quit!
A non-fiction book teaching people how to financially be able to retire.

REVIEW
"...a provocative and compelling thriller. A must read for anyone who wonders what might lay ahead for our country." Mary Logue--Author of Frozen Still

"A suspenseful, well-crafted thriller with a terrifying plot that will leave you questioning how secure we really are." Christopher Valen--Author of The Black Minute

PUBLISHER
NorthStar Press of St. Cloud
info@northstarpress.com

Jeff Holmes - Illustrator

Jeff Holmes - Illustrator

Creating abstract art taps into my passion, but I'm growing fonder of illustration every day. Abstract art is a solitary experience, but with illustration I have the opportunity to collaborate. I completely enjoy working with authors, connecting with them through their writing, getting feedback and listening for clues that help me translate the substance of their own art form into an image that honors the author's vision and sells books.




BIOGRAPHY
Jeff Holmes is an illustrator and fine artist working from his home in Chanhassen, Minnesota. He had always known that being an artist was inevitable, but didn't get serious about it until the mid-1990s.

Taking a drastic detour, Jeff graduated from Control Data Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1984 and was immediately hired as a computer programmer. Working as a Systems Analyst for 20 years wasn't the creative adventure he'd imagined, but good fortune introduced him to digital art in 2003 and it would become his primary creative outlet from that point on.

While working on his fine art portfolio in 2007, his father, author David P. Holmes, asked him to try his hand at illustrating the cover for his new book - Secrets - which was published in the fall of 2009. The cover was a hit with the publisher and since then he's created three additional covers, of which two were published in 2009.

Jeff is currently working on CD album art for local Jazz group BlueMood and has a number of book covers lined up for 2010.

WEBSITE
www.loosepaint.com