Jim Burkett

Jim Burkett

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Jim Burkett was born in a small coal mining town of West Virginiawhile his father was serving in Korea. Once his father returned, thefamily was transferred to Hawaii were they spent the next five yearsstationed at Hickum Air Force Base. While stationed in Hawaii, Jimspent as much time touring the submarines while they were in port as hewas allowed.

Their nexttour took them to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. For six years, hespent his weekends going with his father to the different basefacilities, often allowed permission to spend time with the airmen andofficers listening to and watching as they went about theirassignments, working on the planes and transports mechanics. At the ageof 13, he lost his father who by this time was serving overseas onceagain.

Yearslater, while pursuing a Computer Science degree, he met his future wifeCathy and they were married a year and a half later. Still marriedafter 35 years, they have two sons and have been blessed with twograndchildren.

Inaddition to his current Senior Systems Analyst position, he also servesas a senior staff photographer for a local magazine in the Tampa Bayarea. Previously, he wrote a column for the SouthWinds Sailing magazineand worked on several projects including spending a week photographingthe Canadian Olympic Team prior to the Beijing Olympics and the“Earthrace” boat which would later set a world speed recordcircumnavigating the globe. In 2006, he received the “Volunteer of theYear” award for his work with the Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

Throughhis photography and writing, he feels privileged to have met and spenttime with such men as General Tommy Franks, George Steinbrenner, PeteBethune and Steve Yerrid to name only a few. One of his closest friendsis a retired Secret Service agent who once served on Presidentialdetail under six presidents.

Holdingclose to his military roots, he has continued to study military historyand high-tech science and blends these into his first book Declaration of Surrender.   He uses his skill with a camera, and his devotion to his grandchildren to build his series Read With Me Pops, for pre-readers and early readers.

The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)

The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)

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<p>New from the author of the multiple award-winning fantasy saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2014 - Best Book in the Category of FANTASY</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Children of Darkness</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>[Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion]</strong></h2><p><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></p><p>A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant. But the vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.</p><p>Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When their friend Thomas returns from the Temple after his “teaching”—the secret coming-of-age ritual that binds young men and women eternally to the Light—they barely recognize the broken and brooding young man the boy has become. Then when Orah is summoned as well, Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her.</p><p>In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.</p><p>Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”</p><p><strong>Be sure to read the second book in this series, <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>, due to release November 30, 2015. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>

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