Betrayal and Sacrifice
Added: (Fri Mar 15 2002)
Pressbox (Press Release) -
Betrayal and Sacrifice at the Center
of New Novel “Change of Heart”
Burping Frog Publishing recently announced the release of “Change of Heart”, the first novel by Jack Allen. “Change of Heart” is the first in a new series of spy thrillers about Joshua McGowan, a Navy Intelligence operative who lives by his own selfless code of honor.
In “Change of Heart” Josh is assigned to escort Valeria Konstantinov, a former KGB spy, to the United States for interrogation after she is busted out of a Russian prison by the CIA. Valeria is a pawn in a game played by Colonel Mironov, her former KGB controller. Josh must stop Mironov and a radical branch of the Communists from restoring the Party to power in Moscow. Valeria is the key to the plan, and when Josh falls in love with her, she betrays him for the sake of her own goals. Josh must decide whether he will kill her or return her to the man she truly loves, before he is killed himself.
Jack Allen builds his characters one brick at a time, never revealing their entire structure or what drives them from within until the purpose becomes clear. Josh, Valeria, Mironov and each character become vividly clear to the reader, until their memories are as if these were real people they’ve met. The suspense in Jack’s story starts on the very first page, from the shootout on the streets of Baltimore, to the flight deck of an aircraft carrier in the middle of the Pacific, to the final confrontation in the basement of the Kremlin.
For more information, contact Jack Allen at Burping Frog Publishing, 6654 Harding, Taylor, MI 48180, call (313) 383-6768, or e-mail: jallen@burpingfrog.com. To order “Change of Heart”, contact Burping Frog Publishing or Greenleaf Book Group, 660 Elmwood Point, Aurora, OH 44202, phone: 1-800-932-5420 or e-mail: info@greenleafbookgroup.com. The price is: $14.00 for trade paperback, ISBN 0-9703053-0-3.
Burping Frog Publishing is a new publishing company in southeastern Michigan that specializes in spy thrillers and espionage novels. “Change of Heart” is the first novel in the Joshua McGowan series, to be followed by the upcoming releases: “An Innocent Among Them”, “Widow of Calcutta” and “The Lennox Conspiracy”, as well as “Breathe of the Flesh”, an espionage thriller set in WWII.