In the dark heart of the Cold War, one CIA Officer stands between America and a bioweapon apocalypse. The Hardest Drug, Book Two in the Clara Verona thrillers, will be available for preorder on February 11!

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A rogue CIA officer stalks a traitor through the cocaine-swamped streets of 1983 Miami. The Hardest Drug is in complete rough draft form. I'm going to let it cool for a while, and diving immediately into the sequel.

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In this episode, author @bowengreenwood.bsky.social joins the program to discuss his publishing career, philosophy on writing, and the release of his newest book, "Seer's Blade"

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May I, like the magi, give him my treasures.

“Stop trying to change the subject. You’re in bed with a tyrant.” “We’re using him, Victor. Using him to #fight the greater evil. I know Noriega’s bad. I couldn’t love you without knowing it. But Communism is worse.” --The Hardest Drug, WIP #vss365

“If you’ve got a gun, pull the trigger.” The words had echoed in her mind for hours. So when she heard a gunshot, Clara wasn’t sure if it was a dream, a #memory, or a reality. But the sound of a body hitting the floor answered that question. --The Hardest Drug, WIP #vss365

The first people to whom angels proclaimed the news were humble workers, not princes and merchants.

Orlov had said she should escape after one hour. Clara wasn’t sure she should take that advice. She was in a FARC truck heading north, the very #apogee of Langley’s interest. Why leave, when she could stay the course and see what she learned? --The Hardest Drug, WIP #vss365

Corruption riddled Panama’s National Guard, ruled like a personal fiefdom by the infamous Manuel Noriega, unworthy successor to a man Victor had revered. Noriega had driven Clara out of Panama. Noriega had driven a wedge between her and Victor. --The Hardest Drug, WIP #vss365

This is the very heart of why anyone follows Jesus. We all do things wrong. We may tell ourselves, “I’m basically a good guy,” but secretly we know. We all go off course. Jesus came to set all of that right. That’s why he matters. That’s why he changed the world.

I’m sure most of the men out there can imagine discovering that your bride to be was pregnant, and you *know* it’s not yours, and her saying, “No, no, you don’t understand, it’s by the Holy Spirit.” But Joseph trusted God, and that’s what makes him a hero to many believing men.

This is a thing I love about Mary. She’s been told she’s about to give birth despite being a virgin, the child will be the son of God, and more, she knows what the laws of her time say happens to an unwed mother. And what does she say? Yes sir. May I be like her.

I know that I often think, “If only God would make it crystal clear, I’d be fine.” But with Mary, He did exactly that, and she was still troubled. The lesson I take away? It’s OK to be afraid. God can still do amazing things with you.

Why does Mary matter? One reason is that she’s so relevant to our modern world. She’s a young unwed mother. Her baby became the most important human being who ever lived.

Seer's Blade is live, and it's only 99 cents! Demons are real. To fight them you need a Sword of the Spirit. But only one who knows himself can ever know the Blade. Learn more in the thread.

Up until at least December 25, my plan is to post one part of the story of Jesus’s birth every afternoon.

Demons are real. To fight them you need a Sword of the Spirit. But a blade will only answer one who knows the Word, and Ewan Baxter doesn't. Not yet. Seer's Blade comes out in TWO DAYS! Get ready for a world of Seers and, demons, heaven and hell, and the war between them.

I remembered the moment well. I thought he’d just been making a poorly #timed joke. Lowell finished, “They’ve been tracking your every move.” “You piece of–” Lowell cowered, hands in front of his face. —Iron Curtain: A Sherman Iron Mystery #VSS365

"A front-line soldier’s most powerful weapon is a comm to intel or artillery. Liaising with our orbital resources is a real, #measurable contribution to the war effort." —Exile War: Liberation, #VSS365

"The Legion’s going to change the whole world! With powers like these, who wouldn’t? You saw Pitch in action. They can take on an army." —Sons of Thunder: A young adult Christian superhero story. #VSS365 #action

"Well, you have two options. For one thing, you might develop powers of your own. We’re still studying this. We don’t know exactly how it works, but we’ve definitely seen it happen." --Sons of Thunder #vss365 #option

Sons of Thunder has a new cover! It's also getting a minor editing touchup. Because it's in the same genre as Seer's Blade, I intend to use it in the launch campaign, and it's got to look ready!

Demons are real. To fight them you need a Sword of the Spirit. But the blade is not for the faint of heart. Coming December 4! Sign up for the Books by Bowen Greenwood email list to be notified when it comes out. subscribepage.io/bowengreenwood

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Lately, odd was the least of it. Strange and unsettling things had been happening—things neither she nor science could predict or explain, things that might harm the people she cared about. --Mercy Rising: An Exile War Novel #SCIFIFRI #VSS365 #science

Opposite the chapel was mighty old Healy Hall, the stone centerpiece of the campus, featured prominently in all the marketing #literature designed to entice fresh-faced high school seniors. That was the building that interested Weston. —Deeper Secrets #VSS365

The voice was an earthquake, rattling my bones. “She is mine. Mine by right, and I will have her.” Naomi replied, “The law is ancient, spawn of hell, and it has not changed. No one is worthless, and no one is lost until they die. No one.” —Seer's Blade, forthcoming. #VSS365 #law

He had had well over a month to study the difference between Exile Archons and Earth Archons. The linguistic changes had been predicted. It was not surprising that a people apart for so long had developed a #language apart. —Exile War: Onslaught #VSS365 #SciFiSat

Just as I’m starting to write the sequel, The Deepest Cut snagged another review. Thank you, kind reader!

“What is wrong with you?” Kotov asked. “We are almost out.” Clara shot back, “Run if you want.” “He is merely bourgeois! Not worth your life.” “They’ll torture him. They’re #famous for it. You ought to know, you fund them.” —The Hardest Drug, WIP #VSS365

All the educational materials about plane crashes said to remain near the wreckage. Miri wasn’t thinking about that. A giant fireball had just ripped through the air. Rescue workers might be too busy wherever it hit to hunt for her. —The Last Senator #VSS365 #Education

He’d gotten married since the war, and to avoid #domestic strife, his ship’s voice was now significantly less sultry than it used to be. “This appears to work, General. I calculate a roughly 92 percent probability of success." —Mercy Rising: An Exile War Novel #VSS365

The #creature of smoke and flame flowed toward me, and the cold flowed with it. Still it chanted its poisonous lullaby, “Take me home, protect me,” but its voice now screeched like a carrion bird. --Seer's Blade, coming soon, #vss365

She blended in with a simple black dress, neither too daring nor too boring. It had one big flaw, as far as Clara Verona was concerned. It had nowhere to conceal a gun. I started work on The Hardest Drug this morning, sequel to The Deepest Cut. Another Cold War spy thriller.

A foreign presence shoved open the doors to her mind, rooting like a child digging through a toy box. Greedy, grasping quantum entanglements twisted as Acre pulled out what he wanted like pulling the innards out of a #Halloween pumpkin. --Liberation: An Exile War Novel #VSS365

Seer's Blade has gone to the editor! I stuck with self publishing instead of trying to find an agent. There are just so many indie things I want to do: take a run at a bestseller list, enter the Self Published Fantasy Blog Off, take another stab at recording my own audiobook.

Demons, though? That was the part I couldn’t credit. More likely, they were something more rational. A new kind of AI robot. I found it a lot easier to believe in a government #experiment. Even aliens were more likely than demons. --Seer's Blade, WIP #vss365

The sidewalk seemed so different in the fading light. Gone were the looming shadows. Gone was the sense of menace and the creepy chill. It was just an ordinary Georgetown sidewalk. --Seer's Blade, WIP #vss365

The true purpose of getting a box from Amazon.

Can't push paper all day . . .

"On a subatomic level, everything is entangled to everything else. Scientists call it quantum entanglement. Molecules and atoms and smaller things still are tied to other particles. What happens to one affects the other." --Mercy Rising: An Exile War Novel #vss365 #atom

Smog and flame loomed like a mountain. Flecked with orange, the roiling cloud of #ash and black almost had to bend its neck to fit. Reality bent instead. The space seemed to grow to accommodate the demon. --Seers Blade, WIP #VSS365