The Lightning Bolts of Zeus - Softcover

Lewis, D Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193703562X ISBN 13: 9781937035624

Publisher: Kerlak Enterprises, 2013

Synopsis

Jasmine and Thyme Hawke are sisters and U.S. Secret Service agents. While investigating what appears to be a simple train robbery along the troubled U.S./Mexican border, they uncover clues that suggest a larger conspiracy is afoot. An unknown force has discovered the resting place of a long-lost Confederate airship named Zeus. The Hawke Girls know that the aerial monstrosity carried the most powerful weapon ever built, a technology that has never been duplicated and if it falls in to the wrong hands could change the world. Plagued with guilt over their mother's death, Jasmine struggles to keep herself focused on the mission, while her inexperienced younger sister is forced to come to terms with the difficulties of her first mission and her first taste of love. Braving running gun battles, mechanized battlesuits, and aerial warships, the Hawke Girls travel from the American southwest to Cuba, and finally, to the jungles of southern Mexico, but will they find Zeus first or be forced to battle an enemy that wields the power of the gods?

About this title

About the Author

In 1965, an object fell from space, somewhere near Kecksburg, PA. This was the same year that Alan was born. To date, no connection has been made between the two events but that hasn't stopped the conspiracy theorists from speculating.

D. Alan Lewis is an 'alleged' native of Chattanooga, Tennessee who now resides in Nashville with his children. In 2006, Alan took the reins of the NWMG's Novelist Group where he works with new and aspiring writers, leads writing and publishing workshops, and has worked to publish their 4 anthologies.

Alan's debut novel, a fantasy murder mystery, The Blood in Snowflake Garden was a finalist for the 2010 Claymore Award. Alan's other books include, The Lightning Bolts of Zeus from Dark Oak and The Bishop of Port Victoria  and The Airpirates of Casablanca from Pro Se Press. He is also editing of 3 anthologies for Dark Oak Press, Luna's Children: Full Moon Mayhem, Luna's Children: Stranger Worlds, and Capes & Clockwork.

He also has short stories in a number of anthologies, including Dreams of Steam 4-Gizmos, Black Pulp, Nashville Noir, Beyond the Skyline, Comfort Foods, and Midnight Movie Creature Feature Vol.2.

Alan does freelance editing and book design for Dark Oak Press, Pro-Se Productions and Glasspage Books.

Review

This is not your usual steampunk. As a reader of steampunk stories, I expected the same overly used cliches from this novel. What I got was one heck of a good time and a book that I couldn't put down. 
This is a great book, both for adults and young adults. The Hawke Girls, in my opinion, are strong, smart, and very more cleave than any man they come up against. Plus the bond between the sisters is so strong and real that I couldn't help but picture my sister and me living out this adventure.

Buy it, read it and enjoy.
Suzi Cowan
Reviewer for the Midwest Book Reviewer

Edition details

• Publisher: Kerlak Enterprises
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 193703562X
• ISBN 13: 9781937035624
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 322