Cover Reveal: 122 Rules

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It’s cover reveal time! I love covers. I love looking at them, creating mock-ups (even though they tend to suck), and I love how they look all pretty and colorful on my bookcase. The cover says so much about a book. And I have to say, the cover I have to show you today fits its story so well! I love it.

 

122

 

In his black and white world, Sam Bradford–former Marine turned government assassin–finally sees a speck of grey. He has always followed orders without question, but his latest assignment threatens to disrupt the precision of his universe and may either sever or redeem his last remaining sliver of humanity. Explore the dark side of a man living outside of society who has sacrificed all for the greater good of God and Country only to find out he isn’t working for who he thought he was.

 

Using his mastery of the 122 Rules of Psychology, Sam hunts down everyone. Imagine being able to extract people’s deepest most protected secrets by following a strict set of rules perfected by the most brilliant minds in the nation. Imagine having access to unlimited resources, information, money, and technology. What would you do? Where would you go? Who would you look for? Do you use your power for peace and prosperity, to further the advancement of your fellow man? Or do you use it to increase your own wealth and power by controlling and manipulating everyone around you? Imagine, spending a decade being sent the world over to find people and exploit them for the safety and advancement of your fellow countryman. You are following a path of idealism that is larger than you, larger than anyone. You are doing it for the greater good of God and Country.

 

The Agency sends him to find enemies of the state and eliminate them. Just as he has his rifle scope focused on his latest victim, an innocent girl entangled with the mob, his long-dormant conscience reappears for a final performance…one last ditch effort to save the sinking ship of Sam’s soul. He’s killed innocents before, but tarries on pulling the trigger this time.

 

Now imagine that you’re wrong. What you have been told is a lie.

 

When Monica escapes his crosshairs and fumbles her way across the country in a pathetic attempt to elude capture, Sam gives chase. But he’s not the only one after her. Ruthless assassins, hired by the mob, froth like bloodhounds and nip at Monica’s heels. Now Sam is faced with a choice: turn his back on the rules and jeopardize his way of life by helping her or join the pack and rip her to shreds.

 

The people who are in control are not what you thought. They are the faceless. The corrupt. They have been using you to find and manipulate others, not for one nation under God, but to increase their wealth and power.

 

What do you do? You are a lone soldier, trained to follow orders. Separate from everyone, living outside of society.

 

Can you quit? Just give up a life of stoicism and start over? Is that even possible? What of the pain you’ve left in your wake? Can you make amends for the atrocities you’ve committed?

 

Sam Bradford is a man who has just come to realize his life is not what he thought it was. He has been outside and is ready to step back in. But can he escape the past, or will his demons destroy his new life and everyone in it that matters?

 

Deek Rhew’s 122 Rules releases April 5, 2016 (according to Amazon). If  you pre-order it today, it will magically appear on your Kindle, or other reading device, on release day. Check it out here:

Also check out Rhew’s novella: Birth of an American Gigolo.

 

Watch for my review of 122 rules–coming soon!

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About Deek Rhew

Deek did not set out to be a writer. Originally, he wanted to follow father’s path as a career military man and fly for the Air Force. So, Deek spent two years in high school preparing for the ROTC. During a routine check-in, his recruiter asked about any handicaps, to which Deek jokingly replied he was colorblind. The recruiter got a funny look on his face and informed Deek that the closest he’d ever get to the pilot’s seat was from the scheduling office. Um no.

After that, Deek focused on his love for music–touring with a local rock band and majoring in the art in college. Unfortunately he didn’t enjoy the life of a pauper, so he started secondary school over. Ten years later, he walked across the stage with a computer science degree. He now slings web code for a major electronics company in his hometown.

Though he loves his job and the people he works with, Deek has been enthralled by the written word and storytelling since he picked up his first Stephen King novel, It. On his way to work one day, a scene so vivid flashed through his mind that he felt compelled to pull over and put it to paper. Having neither quill nor parchment in which to document the image, he laboriously pecked out the first chapter of 122 Rules on his phone.

Deek lives in a rainy pocket in the Pacific Northwest with the stunning YA author bride, Erin Rhew, and their writing assistant, a fat tabby named Trinity. They enjoy lingering in the mornings, and often late into the night, caught up Erin’s fantastic fantasy worlds of noble princes and knights and entwined in Deek’s dark underworld of the FBI and drug lords.

He and Erin love to share books by reading aloud to one another. In addition, they enjoy spending time with friends, running, boxing, lifting weights, and exploring the little town–with antique shops and bakeries–they call home.

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      4 Responses

      1. Deek Rhew

        Michelle, if you got any cooler, you’d be frozen! Thank you SO much for your support! I’m honored to have your blurb on the front cover.

        Keep rocking the writing!

        Deek

        • Michelle

          I’m seriously printing your comment and showing my kids… proof I’m cool!

          Congratulations on your awesome book!
          Michelle

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