Flashpoint: Adrenaline infuse roller-ocaster ride

An adrenaline infused, roller-coaster ride into a future where a belief can cost you a brain-washing and even your life, this science-fiction novel reminds me most of the best of the "Indiana Jones" movies in its pacing and level of excitement.

The belief that can cost you a `cleaned' mind is the Word of God, which has been outlawed. The Global Government has determined that `fundamentalism' has caused wars and misery. Therefore, it has decided to use war and misery to stop fundamentalism.

Elementary, eh!

In "Flashpoint", a Christian family and their like-minded friends living in an underground network are captured and herded off to a concentration camp of sorts. The son and daughter, however, are not caught, and are determined to rescue their parents with the help of an even more secretive and powerful league of Christian warriors.

If you should turn up your nose at the infusion of Christians in science-fiction because you aren't a believer, I encourage you to change your mind. Solid science-fiction is solid science-fiction whether it's about Christians or Klingons, and you'll only be denying yourself a bunch of rollicking fun.

If you should turn up your nose at the infusion of science-fiction because you are a believer, I encourage you to change your mind as well. Frank Creek's theology is sound, and riding on roller-coasters is allowed!

In particular, I like that Creed hasn't written one dimensional Christians, but has created an interesting ensemble of fully developed people who are as imperfect as the people who are trying to suppress them. He's also said exactly what he wished to without preaching; this is a real novel, not a sermon disguised as one.

In short, Creed has written a fast paced adventure novel that can and should be enjoyed by everyone. I can't wait for the second installation!

"Flashpoint"
(Book One of "The Underground")
by Frank Creed
$9.95, 190 pages
ISBN: 978-1-934284-01-8

Reviewed by Michael G. Lail at amazon.com

TWCP Book Hits an Amazon Bestseller List

Frank's publicist created this press release celebrating the #1 ranking event (and she had the good presence of mind to capture a screen shot of the event . . . I was overcome with nervous giggles and the idea of preserving this occasion escaped me altogether):

Contact: Frank Creed
Email: frank@frankcreed.com


For Immediate Release


“Flashpoint” is an Amazon Bestseller

Lafayette, IN May 13, 2009—Frank Creed's ground-breaking Christian cyberpunk novel “Flashpoint” (The Writers' Cafe Press, 2007) passed a major milestone yesterday. It was listed as the top selling religious science-fiction/fantasy book on Amazon.com, the world's leading online bookseller.

The rankings, which are updated hourly showed Creed's book leading sales of the popular “Dragonkeeper” series by Donita Paul and the “Left Behind” series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.

“I was at Amazon.com reading a new 5 star review and I nearly fell off my chair when I saw [the ranking],” commented Creed. “I am hugely happy about this especially in light of what's coming next.”

Creed is referring to the publication of “War of Attrition,” the second book in the Underground series later this year.

Flashpoint tells the story of a brother and sister living in the Chicago Metroplex of 2036 in a world where all religious devotion regardless of sect is considered terrorism. Taking the “street names” of Calamity Kid and eGirl, they join a “muscle cell” of the underground church tasked with protecting – within the limitations of the “Agape principle”- Christian believers from persecution through the use of non-lethal weapons and spiritually empowered cybernetic implants.

For more information about Frank Creed or “The Underground series,” visit http://www.frankcreed.com/ or The Writers Cafe Press

Book Signing Mt Vernon, OH

Grab your babies and kittens, Mt Vernon, Ohio
Frank Creed and Flashpoint are coming to town.

If you happen to be near or in or around Mt Vernon

Saturday, October 4, from 11AM (man that is EARLY) to 3 PM,

mosey on over to Sips Coffee House and

Meet the Authors:

Brenda Nixon

Stephanie Reed

Cindy Thompson

Janice McCament

and

me!

Flashpoint: Pluto Award Finalist

Alas, Flashpoint, Book one of the Underground didn't win the 2008 Pluto award, but I am still chuffed that it finaled. Congratulations goes to Jana Oliver for her book Virtual Evil.

Read the press release below for more details.

Source: PRLog.Org - Global Press Release Distribution

Jana G. Oliver Wins 2008 Pluto Award

By KitchenSink Entertainment Group
Dated: Sep 02, 2008

Jana G. Oliver's Virtual Evil made the cut to become the winner of the 2008 Pluto Award given out by Yellow30 Sci-Fi Review of Books

RADFORD, VA-Yellow30 Sci-Fi, an online speculative fiction review, is proud to announce the winner of the second annual Pluto Award. This year's award goes to the second book in the Time Rovers Series by Jana G. Oliver. Ms. Oliver's Virtual Evil is a masterfully crafted book about time travel that intertwines a good gothic mystery thread throughout.

Mark Randell, the new editor at Yellow30 Sci-Fi, states the award committee had a hard time this year as the contenders for the award were some of the best books reviewed in the past year. Frank Creed's Flashpoint and Christopher Hopper's The Lion Vrie made the judges job very difficult to say the least.

Ms. Oliver can be proud of the fact that this is the second time she's won the Pluto Award. Perhaps we're seeing the rising of a new star in the science fiction writer's world.

Virtual Evil won an Honorable Mention in the ForeWord Awards for science fiction and tied for the Gold Medal in the Independent Publishers Award for science fiction.

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Gotta Love it: another FP review

Good evening.

I don't know if you will remember me, but we met briefly at MoCon not too long ago. I received a copy of your book Flashpoint.

I have recently finished your book, and wanted to give you a quick rave.
I greatly enjoyed the whole story. I found the characters to be very engaging and likeable. I thoroughly enjoyed the story being written from CK's vantage point, as if we were reading a diary. I felt it brought a lot more perspective to the circumstances. Nicely done.

But I also enjoyed the spiritual aspects of it. Although it was set in the future, I caught many instances where our present-day spiritual faith and relations with Christ were reflected in Ck's actions and "responses" from the Spirit. Namely, the way he would fail at something when he relied on his own self instead of walking in the Spirit. It made me think of the times in my life when I think I can do something and stop trusting in the Lord to get me through things.

I am anxiously awaiting getting book two.

Your brother in Christ,Drew Rub (aka AncientAlex)

Some Nice Words for Flashpoint

Thought I'd share this with you: I received this note in email this morning.

It is such a pleasure to hear from readers and special notes like this make everything worth the effort and lets me know I am glorifying Him through my writing.

Frank's new desk & steampunk mouse!

Have you read Flashpoint: Book One of the Underground? It is very strange to see gadgets that I imagined for the near future actually come into being!

Check out the brain-wave tech headset. I'm a visionary!

Emotiv brain-scanning headset
The headset is able to translate a variety of human responses into data a computer can use, from facial expressions to thought, and sends the information wirelessly to a USB dongle.


My new desk

Han Solo desk makes a statement about your skills as a boss.
If you want that message to say "I'm a gigantic nerd!" then you really can't do much better than a desk made to look like Han Solo frozen in carbonite.



My new steampunk mouse

Steampunk mouse adds a twist to traditional steampunk
What makes this steampunk mouse different is that it was designed with more in mind than just copper and pipes. This mouse's steampunk theme is around a furnace.

from the website: DVice

Todd Michael Greene and I

Todd Michael Greene and I first met mid-summer of '06 because of Daniel I. Weaver's anthology project. I joined Weaver's Christian and Biblical spec-fic critique group bearing the improbable name of: Christian_Fic_WRE_Crit_Group. I believe the unwieldy title makes this genre specific critique group the Web's best kept secret for Christian & Biblical spec-fic authors.

Eleven months later Weaver's anthology project became Light at the Edge of Darkness, edited by Cynthia Mackinnon, (June, 2007: The Writer's Café Press). That brings back great memories, literally sweating the late summer's heat, while mentally sweating through the other contributors' critique rounds. Whose fiction would make the grade?
Sidebar: Light at the Edge of Darkness made the Top Ten for Antholgies in this year's Preditors and Editors Readers Poll.

Todd's submission was a short story--I can't recall if the Work-in-Progress was yet titled "The Novelist's Child." In the second of three critique rounds, Greene announced he was pulling his submission from consideration because the story he had to tell had grown to novel-length proportions. I've respected Greene's writing instincts ever since.

Out of the blue, Todd contacted me this week, informing me he'd feature Flashpoint and yours truly *wave* on his blog: A Place Called Fiction. Please do me a favor and smack Mr. Greene's hit counter for me--he's a great guy. Leave a comment and you may win an autographed first edition of Flashpoint.

8D

Wow! Look What Jill Nelson Said!

Run on over and check out Stormi D's blog: Mystery, Suspense and God, Oh My!

She is hosting "The 12 Days of Christmas Books Extravaganza" where, for each of the first 12 days of December she features a different author.

Today, Day 3, she hosted Jill Elizabeth Nelson . . . and lo and behold, this is what Jill had to say:

In keeping with Stormi’s twelve days of Christmas theme, here are my top twelve reads of 2007 in no particular ranking order. Check them out.

Flashpoint by Frank Creed – An action-packed tale for anybody who’s hungered to read a superhero story from a Christian world view. This book will pique your imagination and stick with you long after you close the last page.

Wow! I am so honored Jill. Thank you, thank you.