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Re-release of Guardians’ Keep

March 18, 2013 By Eric Douglas

*** Update ***
Download Guardians’ Keep for FREE
Wednesday, March 20 through Friday, March 22 2013 you can download the latest edition of Guardians’ Keep for FREE directly through Amazon. Share the news with your friends!

Follow this link and then click on the Guardians’ Keep cover to go to Amazon.

https://www.booksbyeric.com/order.htm
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The publishing world is changing and in general that is a great thing for readers and a good thing for authors, too. Authors now have greater control of their work and how it is promoted.

Just a few weeks ago, I was able to regain the publishing rights to my third novel, Guardians’ Keep. The publisher was doing a terrible job promoting it and had it severely over-priced. It wasn’t selling, but that’s no small wonder.
I like all of my books but Guardians’ Keep is one my personal favorites. In my formative years of reading, the Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan books were hot. People stood in line to get the latest release. Those books were incredibly complex with multiple, seemingly unconnected storylines converging on a single point by the end of the story. When I started writing my own books, Clancy was one of the models I had in mind; Guardians’ Keep was the first book I wrote where I felt like I truly hit that mark.

“Dr. Francesca DeMarco, a beautiful archeologist, is searching an underwater site on the Adriatic coast of Italy. Chasing stories of a mysterious group of Guardians, she runs into roadblocks as someone is trying to keep her from discovering the truth. News photographer Mike Scott is sent to do a story on the project, but when he and Dr. DeMarco are nearly killed in the process he decides to help her discover who is behind the attacks. To unlock the mystery of the Guardians, they have to overcome a group of delusional fanatics bent to stop them at any costs. If they are successful, they might just find a religious artifact lost when the Romans overran the Temple in Jerusalem. If not, they might be locked away in a tomb for the rest of their lives.”

 

One of my favorite reviews for the first edition of the book came from Jon Rusho: 

“Guardian’s Keep is an awesome book. How can you go wrong? Chemical weapons, conspiracy, diving, exotic locations, the wanna-be bad guy that is really insane and the monologuing bad guy that claims he won’t be caught monologuing. Awesome!”

Over the weekend I re-released Guardians’ Keep in both printand Kindle editions. This Wednesday (March 20), you will be able to download the Kindle version for FREE. The offer lasts through Friday, March 22. Let your friends know to get ready.

You can see all of my novels and other books at:

  • Wreck of the Huron
  • Guardians’ Keep
  • Flooding Hollywood
  • Cayman Cowboys

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Photojournalist Mike Scott is about to get married to the woman he loves — archeologist Frankie DeMarco – but her kidnapping sets Mike on a collision course with the treasure hunter who took her. The man wants Frankie’s help finding a 400-year-old shipwreck so Mike sets out to find it first to get her back […]

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Spooky Flash Fiction For Advent 2025

December 18, 2025 By Eric Douglas

In the 1963 Andy Williams song, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” there is a line that says “There’ll be scary ghost stories, And tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago.”

Take a flight in a biplane!

https://youtu.be/WN8BrcSNel0
https://youtu.be/lFWWbTXrTJQ?si=SJAadKSt9ZLCbOvX

How I got into diving!

https://youtu.be/gKhw-4tORAM

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