Award-winning crime writer Bob Adamov is slated to read from his new book, The Other Side of Hell, this Wednesday.
The reading and book signing will be held at Books & Books at Camana Bay, from 7pm.
The Other Side of Hell is set in the Cayman Islands.
The author has teamed up with popular singer, songwriter and comedian, Mike ‘Mad Dog’ Adams to created the fifth book in the Emerson Moore series, and copy of the book includes a copy of Adams’ new 11-song CD by the same name.
Commenting on the joint venture, Adamov said, ‘Originally, my friend Mad Dog’s involvement was just as a vehicle to convey hero Emerson Moore to the Cayman Islands since Mad Dog has also been a popular entertainer there.
‘As Mike and I talked, the venture evolved into him having a featured action role in the novel and writing the corresponding song. Being such a rascal himself, Mad Dog fit right into the colourful cast of characters! And the song is awesome!’
Adams added, ‘I’m very flattered that Bob has involved me in this project in such a variety of ways and I hope that the title song, along with the rest of the CD, complement his exciting adventure story.’
The Other Side of Hell continues the popular Emerson Moore series and Adamov’s string of Lake Erie island best sellers – Rainbow’s End, Pierce the Veil, When Rainbows Walk and Promised Land. Adamov’s writing style has been compared to that of noted author Clive Cussler by Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s team, who also commented that Emerson Moore was a potential franchise hero like Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.
From the wintry ice of the Lake Erie Islands to the warm breezes of the Cayman Islands, The Other Side of Hell delivers a pirate’s treasure of murder, mayhem and suspenseful underwater scuba action with eels, barracuda and jellyfish. The novel features action in George Town, Red Bay, West Bay, Morgan’s Harbour, Nancy’s Divetech, Rum Point and East End.
The Other Side of Hell is set in 1944. A mysterious German raider from Hitler’s pirate fleet disappears in the Caribbean. Years later, a Soviet frigate sinks off the island of Grand Cayman.
A tragedy on the dangerous wintry ice of Lake Erie causes Washington Post investigative reporter Emerson Moore to escape to the Cayman Islands. There, he is drawn into the intrigue surrounding nefarious Jamaican drug lord, Pryce Clarke and his surreptitious underwater activities in Boatswain’s Bay off of DiveTech.
At the same time, Moore stumbles across information regarding the missing German raider and uncovers a deadly Soviet Union plan for the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The provocative cast of characters include Moore’s ex-navy SEAL buddy Sam Duncan, legendary Put-in-Bay singer Mike ‘Mad Dog’ Adams, an attractive and reticent Jamaican woman, a furtive Royal Cayman Police Superintendent and the rapscallions at Durty Reid’s Bar and Grille in Red Bay.
The Other Side of Hell CD is an original 11-song compilation CD featuring 10 specially chosen re-mastered songs from two of Mike ‘Mad Dog’ Adams previously released CD’s, Stuck on the Island and Lake Affect.
The new title song by the same name was expressly written for the book and is a bit of a departure musically for Adams’ in that it is a rhythmically Caribbean influenced tune that is meant to capture the spirit of the book.
Adamov is a Kent State University graduate, and resides in Wooster, Ohio. He was the featured author during the 2006 Ernest Hemingway Days in Key West. His first book, Rainbow’s End, was a finalist as the top fiction novel for the 2003 Great Lakes Book Award competition, won by Pulitzer Prize-winner Middlesex. His novels, Pierce the Veil, When Rainbows Walk, and Promised Land were named as one of 2004’s, 2005’s and 2006’s best novels in Northeast Ohio. Promised Land was also awarded an Honourable Mention at 2007’s Hollywood Book Festival and The London Book Festival.
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