About
Mike Kearby, a retired high school Reading and English teacher, is the author of nine novels. The Road to a Hanging (2006), Ride the Desperate Trail (2007), and Ambush at Mustang Canyon (fall, 2007), completed his Young Adult trilogy published by Dorchester Publishing (NY). Ambush at Mustang Canyon was honored as a 2008 Spur Award Finalist from the Western Writers of America. The Taken (Dorchester) was published in January 2011. Mike’s first graphic novel, Texas Tales Illustrated, will be published by TCU Press in April 2011. The novel features artwork by renowned illustrator, Mack White.
Description
<p><strong>KURDISH SCAVENGERS UNCOVER A CACHE OF NERVE GAS IN IRAQ AND OFFER THEM TO KURDISH FIGHTERS IN TURKEY. THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS BEDLAM ALPHA TEAM MUST SECURE THE WEAPONS BEFORE THEY CAN BE USED.</strong></p><p>"<strong>You must swear by Allah never to say a word of what I'm going to tell you. </strong><strong>This is the most important secret. Ever!"</strong></p><p><em>In their daily struggle for survival, Iraqi Kurdish scavengers uncover a cache of chemical weapons. They offer the weapons to fellow Kurdish rebels in Turkey and Syria to assist in their quest to free an imprisoned leader and create a unified homeland. After receiving a tip from an unlikely source, the newly formed Special Operations Bedlam team is called to arms! </em></p><p><em>Travel with Craig Cameron and his international team on their covert operation as they weave their way through war-torn regions seeking to locate and recover the weapons before they can be used to cause irreparable harm and instigate a world crisis. </em></p><p><em>The odds are stacked against them. Can they manage to keep their operation hidden and prevent further clashes before it's too late?</em></p><p>"The Kurdish Connection--a compelling read. A story of friendship, danger and intrigue."--<em>Ann Everett, Amazon Best Selling Author.</em></p><p>..". Randall's authentic voice adds a powerful push to keep a reader turning the pages." --<em>Janet Taylor-Perry, author of The</em><em> Raiford</em><em> Chronicles, The Legend of</em><em> Draconis</em><em> Saga, and April Chastain Intrigues.</em></p><p>"Topical - Engaging - Intriguing - Powerful ... A real page turner."--<em>Rikon Gaites</em><em>, author of Mummy's Little Soldier and Darius</em><em> Odenkirk</em><em>.</em></p><p>..". Randall Krzak brings his wealth of experience living in this troubled part of the world and his military knowledge to bear in this exciting story..."--<em>John L.</em><em> DeBoer</em><em>, author of When the Reaper Comes.</em></p><p>..". a journey full of history, suspense, intrigue, and action...a MUST READ for all!"--<em>Les Stahl, Retired</em> NSA Executive.</p><p>..". Readers need to fasten their seatbelts for a fast-paced tale made believable by a writer who knows what he's writing about."--<em>Preston</em><em> Holtry</em><em>, author of the Morgan</em><em> Westphal</em><em> mystery series and the</em><em> Arrius</em><em> trilogy (forthcoming).</em></p><p>"A behind the scenes story, ripped from today's headlines deepening the reader's understanding of an ancient strife ... filled with the sights and smells of the market place and secret meetings, the reader is admitted to the secret heart, the desperate longings of those that must fight and win, or see continued subjugation by their masters..."<em>--Oliver F. Chase, author of Camelot Games, </em>Levant Mirage, Blind Marsh, and Marsh Island.</p>
Story Behind The Book
What if the familiar words of the playground taunt, sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me— could physically hurt an individual? What if 200,000 years of hate and violence, the amount of time that human-man had been on the planet, were compressed into a singular moment in time? This is the premise of the horror novel, The Resonance.
The mutilation and murder of Bette Short in 1947 Hollywood, spawns the unholy resonance, which springs into existence out of Bette’s cleaved torso. A big bang-like phenomenon inflates the resonance to unimaginable size. The newborn amorphous entity thrives on and feeds off the vibration of every spoken word.
The dark entity quickly learns that vibrations from the darkest words—those cried out by victims of heinous crimes, such as domestic violence and murder, are the most nutritious— feeding electrical energy into the ravenous prodigy. In order to flourish, the resonance searches for humans who possess the ability to ‘synch’ with its electrical vibration and do its murderous bidding.
A dead man, Joseph Burks is the latest resonance recruit. Burks is reanimated by the dark entity and lives in a zombie-like state off the resonance’s electrical vibration. Burks travels through Texas cities meeting potential victims through an Internet service that promotes extramarital affairs. Burks proves to be very successful for the resonance, killing thirty women in fifteen years.
As the resonance thrives—growing larger and more powerful in a world abundant in hate, greed, and distrust, Burks grows younger.
After Burks’s first killing, the resonance locks onto the vibration of thirteen-year-old Molly Harmon, a curious bystander of the crime scene. The resonance recognizes that Molly not only possesses the ability to ‘synch’ with its dark energy, but can also serve as a vessel for the cast-off electrical waste from the resonance’s murderous feasts.
The resonance first appears to Molly as a piece of ribbon candy. Intrigued by the entity, Molly ‘synchs’ with the resonance and is forever bound to the dark side of humanity. The resonance tells Molly during their initial encounter, you’re the one I’ve been searching for—you’re one in a million, Molly.
Molly soon learns that her dark shadow is obsessively possessive. Anyone who touches her is aged by her powerful electrical vibration. Molly also discovers that she is not immune to the aging process—that the cast-off waste of the resonance’s feedings ages her as well.
