About
William J. Atkins wrotehis first full-length novel after thirty years as an internationalfinancial services executive. His life experiences in internationalsales and marketing exposed him to the cultural cross currents thatfeed the characters and places in his book. He is a graduate ofHobart College, where he received a bachelors degree inphilosophy in 1975. He also studied Middle Eastern history atFranklin College in Lugano, Switzerland. In 1973, he was evacuatedfrom Eilat, Israel, days before the beginning of the Yom Kippur Warbetween Israel and Egypt. He fled to a kibbutz in Beersheba, wherehe was educated first hand about Israel's conflict with the Arabworld. William and his wife Betsy split time between homes inIndiana, the Bahamas, and Canada. He is an avid fisherman andoutdoorsman who kayaks, bikes, runs, and hikes as much as he can.
Description
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12pt;">Elisabeth was rude and selfish and demanding, and therefore had very few friends.<span> </span>When she sent out invitations to her birthday party, no one accepted.<span> </span>Her mother warned her that she needed to improve her manners and to try to get along with people.<span> </span>She told Elisabeth that she needed to use the magic word “Please”.<span> </span>So when Elisabeth went to school the next day, she thought of her mother’s advice, “What is the magic word?” and she started saying “Please” and also “Thank You”.<span> </span>She tried to become more thoughtful of others, and discovered that she was a much happier person.<span> </span>Imagine her pleasure when she returned home to find out that her new friends were all coming to her birthday party!</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p></p>
Story Behind The Book
The Blood of Zealot, a novel, is about man in his late thirties who was orphaned at birth and approaching middle age with no hope of finding a soul mate or true happiness. Through hypnotherapy, a DNA test and traditional genealogy he is launched on an international manhunt for his biological family. I hope you will buy the book and read it at Amazon.com http://tinyurl.com/84an5zx .
More importantly, I want to tell you why I wrote The Blood of Zealots, and what I hope the reader will get from their investment of time to read it. I respect your time as though it was my own, so I tried to produce a book that would both entertain and inform about some of the things in the world I find fascinating.
I lost a biological parent early in life. My father left us when I was around four. My mother, two sisters and I moved in with my grandmother. Mother remarried a few years later and our new father moved us into a suburban bungalow in the upper Midwest. He adopted us, we adopted his family genealogy, he gave us his last name and the re-branding began. I was born with the Roman numeral for three after my name (III), indicating the third in an unbroken line of males; I got a new name, but no numerals. My biological father was not spoken of until I tracked him down many years later. Anyone reading the first chapters of Zealots will notice a thread of my personal story. I decided that if I were going to write, I would draw from those experiences as much as possible in order to inject authenticity into the work. I hope that has been achieved. (read more on the author's blog at http://wp.me/1YJBz
Reviews
The Blood of Zealots is an intriguing and captivating read. Suspense, Politics, Science, And Religion combine to complete this page turning novel.<br /><br />The author has done an amazing job with characterization and storyline development. Can't wait for the next book or next installment.<br /><br />Great, Great Novel!