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Joe Washington

Joe Washington

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After serving in the military, Idistinguished myself in the private sector, working with detective andcontract security firms throughout the United States.  My company, MidMerc L.L.C. offers uniqueperspectives on many fields: Real Estate; Holistic Healthcare, and of course –publishing. I have long helda passion for literature and the arts, writing media scripts and freelancingfor corporate firms as well as performing in advertising campaigns, televisionand print.

Act of Redemption

Act of Redemption

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The "Gastar" series is four novellas when completed.  The stories follow teen assassin Shevata as she travels through history of the city of Gastar to seek redemption for her past actions and to regain her soul. The first, "Act of Redemption" was published in 2009, the second, "Children of Discord" will be available in a few weeks. Recommended age is 13+ for intense battle scenes, not erotic, minimal profanity. ebooks and kindle versions available.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxstatus-content"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">“</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';">I'm midway through the book and quite digging it.<span class="ecxstatus-content"><span style="font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">!”</span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span class="ecxstatus-content"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span></span><span class="ecxstatus-content"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">John Payne, “Los Angeles Weekly”</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxstatus-content"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">“It was a bother to have to put the book down and get back to work. And Washington's totally believable characters are action-in-motion, nothing static about them or their black ops run by our invisible government arm that topples regimes, takes out enemies around the world and in general keeps things safe for multinational corporations.”</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span>Steve Giordano - Editor, “<span class="ecx786560516-25042010"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">High on Adventure”</span></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;">“MAGNETIC!!!!!! <span> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;">Three Lives, by first time novelist Joe Washington, is a magnetic read - I couldn't put it down.”</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span></span>John R. Vacca - <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">&quot;Tech Write Independent Reviewer&quot;</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:Calibri, 'sans-serif';"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="textrun"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;">“One can hardly wait for the sequel to this book.”</span></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span>Stacie Hearne – “Authorsreading.com”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#2a2a2a;">“Readers should avoid Three Lives if they're distressed by intense<br /> action or by fevered plotting. <span> </span>Otherwise, however, they should charge<br /> ahead. <span> </span>This is a novel deeply engaged in some of the international<br /> intrigue that we all want to think &quot;can't happen here.&quot; … the<br /> story, deep with unexpected twists, ends up so believable that we're<br /> called on to admit it -- we've been warned.”</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span>Ed Nelson – Independent professional reviewer</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:#2a2a2a;">“Joe Washington has written a tough gritty novel that forces his readers to crawl through the bloody underbelly of an urban sewer. A quote from his hero, Nicholas Gambit, explains: “growing up in a Kansas City ghetto, societal expectations for me were minimal. I was expected to kill and eventually be killed, a mere product of my environment.” <span> </span>That, like his creator, Gambit has survived to age 64 and lived to tell his compelling story gives readers a powerful rationale for joining him on his crawl through the sewer. How many even make it out, much less can tell the tale in a cogent, entertaining, and thoughtful manner?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;"><span>-<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">       </span></span></span>Kay Carstens – Freelance professional reviewer<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Tahoma, 'sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;">, formerly with Penton Publishing</span></p>