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Armed and Dangerous Book 1 and 2 "Links to all chapters"

Below you will find chronological links to all 17 Chapters of "Armed and Dangerous," A G.I.Joe Origins Story.  At the bottom of th...

Friday, December 15, 2017

Fantasy/ Dungeons and dragons Tweets

Fire elementals make terrible ice cream delivery persons.

Displacer beasts cheat at hide and go seek.

Bullywugs make great pets. They will not give you warts and can help control the mosquito population.

Never enter into a staring contest with a beholder.

If you blink, you might miss these dogs.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

"The End of Realms" Update

Hi all.
     As some of you may already know, I write G.I.Joe novels under the Kindleworlds banner, but some of you may not know that I was primarily a fantasy writer before writing Joe fiction.  dabbling in the world of orcs, dragons, and the undead. Speaking of this topic, I have been developing a fantasy novel over the past few years as a side project.  The story first came to me years ago and started as a thirty-seven-page handwritten short story in my late teens.  Today it has taken on a life of its own and blossomed into a full-length fantasy adventure.
     The story centers around Jeff Larson, an average teenager with a hot set of wheels, who by a series of supernatural events, ends up becoming the next Golden Lancer in a parallel world populated by magical creatures and mythical races.  His mentor a dwarf mage, named Mamatar, takes him under his tutelage and introduces him to his family's hidden heritage. With no clue how to become a weapon-wielding hero, he is in for one wild ride!
     This is just a quick introduction to whet your appetite. "Why bring it up you say?"  Well, I have taken a huge step forward with the story and submitted part of it to a professional editing service for critique.  If all goes well, I would expect this work to be ready for publishing in the new year.  I will provide a book excerpt when the editor releases it to me.  Thanks for reading.
Cheers!

Drakov


How does one successfully fight off a solitary
        bulette? What about a mating pair in a threatened
        environment? This battle and others await you in:
  "The End of Realms."


Friday, December 8, 2017

Just visited Nikki Sixx at his Book Signing

      OK so I'm a huge Motley Crue and Sixx A.M. fan as is my wife (in fact she's a bigger one). So over the past four years or so, we have had the honor and privilege to me Nikki Sixx a bunch of times.  Tonight we decided to pay him a visit at his book signing in Ridgewood, NJ at Bookends. The Heroin Diaries is celebrated its 10th anniversary and has been one of the inspirations for my current G.I.Joe novel Cobra's Cesspool.  Drug addiction, but now more than ever heroin addiction is on the uprise in the USA once again.  Thank you Nikki for seeing us tonight and thank you for providing me with some writing inspiration.  You're a rock star, a hero and a legend. 
So, one author to another.  Rock On my Brother!


Thursday, December 7, 2017

Hello, and welcome to my author page.

Hello All,

     I've been looking at page views over the past several months and have been both pleased and overwhelmed!  Individual blog postings are tracked differently than overall page views.  (I know a little weird)  Anyways, I have had over 7500 page views over the past several months from individuals in the US, Ukraine, Germany, France, Poland, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Brazil, Peru and Hungary. (who knew?)
     Each of you has had an opportunity to learn a little bit about me and my manuscripts and I hope that you have enjoyed them. I in turn would like to know a little bit about you and what you enjoy in terms of hobbies, literature, etc.  If possible, I would like to hear some of your general opinions on the chapters and excerpts I have shared or my current G.I.Joe novels previously available on KindleWorlds.
     Please don't be shy.  I would love the opportunity to get to know each of my readers better and in the process become a better author.
Cheers!

Below you will find chronological links to all 17 Chapters of "Armed and Dangerous," A G.I.Joe Origins Story.  At the bottom of the post is a link to all the chapters in "Enter the Headhunters," Book 2 in the series. These are the first two books in what will be a three-book story arc.

Cheers!
Drakov

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Armed and Dangerous Chapter 1

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 2

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 3

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 4

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 5

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 6

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 7

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 8

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 9

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 10

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 11

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 12

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 13

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 14

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 15

Armed and Dangerous Chapter 16

Armed and Dangerous Epilogue

Follow the link below to get to Book II "Enter the Headhunters"

"Enter the Headhunters" Book II Chapters

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

A new excerpt from Book 2 "Cobra's Cesspool." Enjoy!!

It had been many months since the failed attempt by the terrorist organization to set up a presence in the African country of Kenya.  The whole plot had been nothing more than a training exercise for the Cobra organization. A way  to make the rest of the world aware of their existence and the fact that the U.S. military had gotten soft.
The supreme Cobra Commander had done well in abandoning the outpost and making the G.I.Joe team think that his organization had retreated back to the shadows, but in reality the whole exercise had allowed them to not only expose the weaknesses of the United States military but also to infiltrate the top secret G.I.Joe team.  The commander had recalled many of his operatives and had scheduled a meeting before his ranking officers.  It was the first time they had met since their retreat to Somalia all those months ago.  The commander had reassigned most of his operatives to different missions, but now with the recent uprisings in Egypt, Turkey and North Korea, he felt he needed to get a handle on some of his assets.
“Greetingssss essteemed Cobra loyalistsss.  It is ssso good to see all of you again.”  The room erupted in loud applause as all those in attendance cheered the head snake. “It has been quite some time ssssince we have all been together under the sssame roof.  And although I have been in clossse communication with all of you over thissss time, I felt the need to arrange this homecoming.”  The room once again erupted in cheers.  Cobra Commander reveled in the admiration and respect of his compatriots.  After many seconds, he raised his hand to silence the crowd.
“It has recently been brought to my attention the many of the leadersss of the world are overstepping their boundaries and neglecting their obligations to the Cobra nation.  Thisss has been tolerated for a little too long!  And stopsss today! I have called you all back here to reassign some of you to some more…..promisssssing appointmentsss.”  
The large ballroom in front of the commander’s balcony was filled with some of the most ruthless Cobra agents the world over.  Individuals from six continents and over twenty countries had been summoned and had happily returned to heed the orders of their supreme leader.  Although the Cobra nation was still very much in its infancy, the promises of world domination, free healthcare and power had gone far to create a wide arrays of supporters.  The commander had made sure to pay them well and to provide them with all the supplies necessary to insure his ultimate ascension to worldwide power.  
Many of the room’s representatives had never even met one another before, but they all shared in a common uniting cause.  Among those in attendance were Laird Destro, or James McCullen, the president and CEO of MARS Industries and the commander’s chief  supplier of weapons and armaments.  The man stood nearly six foot four inches tall and had a physique revelling a professional wrestler in his prime.  His most notable characteristic took the form of an opulent silver, reflective full face mask that encased his entire head.  Originally designed to shame his family for dealing arms to both sides of the war, much like the man in the iron mask, Destro had turned his family’s curse into a badge of honor and a beacon of power. Few would dare to challenge the power of Castle Destro or could survive militarily without dealing with MARS Industries.
Some other noteworthy attendees were the co-CEOs of Extensive Enterprises, the Corsican twins known as Tomax and Xamot.  Their international law offices can be found on the six main continents and they have represented hundreds of thousands of corporations worldwide.  In their spare time, they are responsible for training and outfitting an elite group of Cobra operatives known as the Crimson Guard.  These specialist soldiers are all prestigious lawyers and serve as private bodyguards to the supreme Cobra leader.
As the commander looked out over the crowd he also took note of several of his trusted doctors.  Dr. Mindbender, Dr. Venom and Scalpel had served his organization well by not only providing medical care for the troops, but also by conducting valuable research in the fields of genetics, neuroscience and surgery.  
     Close to the front row stood some of his most recently deployed operatives and some of his more eccentric egomaniacs.  Big Boa and Croc Master had been pivotal in training the grunts and insuring the security of the base’s perimeter, while the bird-like Raptor, had helped to launder money through a worldwide network of trust funds and offshore accounts. One of his greatest assets at the moment took the form of the fur-collared, red-eyed Gypsy hypnotist known only as Crystal Ball.  With a PhD in psychiatry and hypnosis, this man was currently manipulating the mind of the G.I.Joe operative known as Pathfinder.  The mission in Kenya had succeeded in providing the Cobra leader with an insider on the G.I.Joe roster who didn’t even know he was acting as a Cobra informant.  The good doctor, would probe his mind while he slept and extract valuable intel about the current plans and assignments of the Joe team.

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Sorry Folks Been Writing Book 2

Hello everyone,
     Sorry for the lack of posts the past few days.  I have been very busy writing and editing my upcoming G.I.Joe novel to continue the "Armed and Dangerous"series.  I am currently at the 200 page mark and roughly 41k words. As some of you may be aware, I spend quite a bit of time contributing to the G.I.Joe/Cobra mythos.  My previous novel introduced a new Joe character named Armed and Dangerous.  In reality they are two characters as Armed is a Marine recruit and Dangerous is his cheetah ally.  My first book was a fun trip into creating voices for many characters from the late 80s Joe line that were previously underdeveloped.  This included a lot of the characters that fans love to hate like: Raptor, Croc Master, Big Boa and Crystal Ball.
      My current novel is a bit more serious diving into some genuine current real world issues.  Such as what you might ask? Book two's main focus is on the opioid/heroin epidemic taking place in the U.S. today.  I have resurrected the DEF (Drug Elimination Force) from the 1990s GIJoe line and added a present day twist.  armed and dangerous are set to take the stage here as well, but you'll have to wait for the book to see how.
      The novel takes place in parts of New Jersey like Irvington and Newark. (Some great places to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there) It spills out into parts of Connecticut, Arizona and as of now is taking the reader as far west as Sydney, Australia.  I have been having a blast referencing everything from the sexual harassment allegations going on today, to the North Korean ICBM crisis.  Nothing is off limits.
     Cobra's Cesspool will introduce old and new fans to many Joe and Cobra characters on the active roster as well as some brand new characters created from the depths of my imagination.  Keep checking back here for updates and exerpts.
Hope to hear you in the comments section.
Until then, Cheers!

Drakov

Saturday, November 25, 2017

The Christmas Tree

     Hello everyone, I trust you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Saturday etc.  I, like most people in the old US of A, had to work this wonderful weekend.  I spent five hours of my day Friday and ten hours of my Saturday working for the man, while others slept in, or spent time with their families, or Netflix.
     As was completely expected, I got absolutely no time to do any serious writing involving my current novel.  This is actually the first writing I have done in the past two days.  You're welcome!  (I'm kidding of course)  So back to the point of my post.  Friday, after spending my early morning and mid day at my second J.O.B., I went home to continue the Christmas festivities, or as I like to call it the "Madness."
     My wife is an absolute Christmas fanatic, who I sometimes refer to as the Christmas Nazi.  She has an extremely rigid way of doing things for the holidays and seldom wavers in her techniques.  The day after Thanksgiving is devoted to decorating the tree. Now, you might say, "How long can that really take?"  Hello, news flash! The entire process took nearly eight hours on Friday.  We started around 2:00 p.m.and finished somewhere around 9:30.  My wife is extremely meticulous about her decorating.
     How meticulous? You might ask.  Well, let's just say that everything on the tree needs to be in exactly the right place and if it's not just so, it will be removed and re-positioned until perfection is reached.  It is an almost endless process and enough to drive the average person insane. She starts with the smallest ornaments on the top and a step stool.  This is followed by the slightly larger ones and larger and larger.  She tries really hard to get all of the best ornaments in the front and sometimes neglects the back of the tree. This continues until clip on birds, balloons and icicles are finally hung. "I think it's a sickness. But enough, who am I to say?"  Eventually, after placing several layers of ornaments and checking and rechecking their positions, the tree is finally ready to be lit.  "Totally insane, I know, but it sure looks magnificent when we are done!"
    Hope you enjoyed this and the pictures.  They really don't do the entire display any justice.  
Cheers!
Drakov