I am so pleased to be with you today, Marie. I want to thank you for helping spread the word about The Last Drive. This book is about eternity and those finding their chosen way to spend the afterlife. It is not intended to be religious but does take on a spiritual tone as the conflict between souls who qualify for a great afterlife and Lucifer takes place. As you can imagine, Lucifer is not too happy that he lost his position as one of the archangels. Like most grumpy folks, Lucifer doesn’t want anyone to be happy when he isn’t happy. He has a habit of taking out his unhappiness by trying to get the pure and innocent to make big mistakes and thus fall under his control.
Here is the blurb, and then we can get to a short excerpt from the book.
The Blurb
In the sequel to Eternal Road – The final stop, Sam and James are reunited to look for two souls, Ryan and Eddie. Ryan was killed in Afghanistan, trying to avoid a schoolyard with his crippled plane. Eddie Rickenbacker, Ryan’s hero, is to guide Ryan to his Eternal Home, and now both are missing.
The higher-ups believe that there has been some interference in Ryan and Eddie’s journey by Lucifer, so Sam and James have the task of finding Ryan and Eddie to get them back on the road despite the evil interference. Unfortunately, the machinations designed to prevent Ryan and Eddie from completing their journey take the pair to horrifying testing grounds. The places visited represent the best work of the Devil. They are the trenches of World War I in France, gladiators at the Roman Coliseum, the sinking Titanic in 1912, Hiroshima 45 minutes before the bomb, and the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943.
This book is for you if you like plenty of action, strong characters, time travel, and a touch of spiritual and historical fiction. So, join Sam and James as they try to find the missing souls while staying one step ahead of the Prince of Darkness, who is determined to destroy all that is good.
An Excerpt
Sam frowns. “What do you mean ‘sign?’”
“A figure of speech. You know like when you join a club or team.”
“Yeah, I never did that. I died at age seven, remember.”
James lowers his voice. “Of course. Can we use the Oldsmobile?”
“I don’t see why not. Seems like the perfect vehicle.”
“Follow me.” A little ahead of Sam, James leads them out of the trees, and Sam spots a barn in the meadow.
“Is the Olds in there?” She quickens her pace and catches up with James.
“Yup. It’s been there since we used her last. For whatever reason—I know this, but for the life of me, I don’t know why—I haven’t thought of the Olds since then. Hey, how long ago was our search for my Eternal Home?”
Sam pulls at her ear. “I don’t know. See, keeping track of time’s unnecessary here.”
“Well, it’s not important.” At the doorway, James smiles and grabs one of the handles on the enormous sliding entryway. He gives it a pull, and the door moves effortlessly. “Wow, it’s dark in there. Let me open the other door so we can see what condition the Olds is in.”
Sam laughs. “I expect it’s perfect. This is your Eternal Place, after all. Things go the way you want them to go here.”
“I forgot. You’re the expert on all things Eternal.” James throws the door open and turns to look inside. As Sam said, the Oldsmobile appears as though it just drove off the assembly line. “Look at that.”
Sam follows James into the barn and runs her hand along the gleaming fender. “I would say she’s ready to go. I hope you didn’t lose the keys.”
“The keys are in her. Go around and get in.” James opens the door and climbs in behind the steering wheel. He gazes at the instrument panel and waits for Sam to close the passenger door. “So, where we off to?” James rubs his hands together.
A Link to the Trailer
You Tube – https://youtu.be/HEUninXiibI
Buy Links
The Last Drive is available in paper and Kindle editions on Amazon. Here are the universal links. The Kindle edition is on sale for 99¢ through mid-February.
Kindle – https://mybook.to/FYmkKr
Paper – https://mybook.to/BCsWV
Author Bio
John is an award-winning author who after an extensive business career began writing full-time in 2012. His specialty is thriller fiction novels, but John also writes poetry and short stories. He has written six other books that are on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.
John lives in Lakeway, Texas with his wife and their spoiled rescue pets.
Author links
Blog Fiction Favorites – http://johnwhowell.com
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/john.howell.98229241
Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/HowellWave
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7751796.John_W_Howell
Amazon Author’s page – https://www.amazon.com/author/johnwhowell
BookBub – https://www.bookbub.com/profile/john-w-howell
Eternal Road Buy links
Kindle Universal link – mybook.to/EternalRoad
Paper universal link – mybook.to/Eternalroadpaper
John, it was my great pleasure to have you as a guest on my blog and to spread the word about your new novel! I wish you the best in success!
Thanks for hosting John today, Marie! I enjoyed the excerpt. Congratulations, John!
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Thank you, Jill. It’s good to be here with Marie. 😁
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Thanks for coming by, Jill!
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Thanks for hosting John and helping to spread the word about a really good book.
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Thank you, Dan. I appreciate your support.
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It’s my pleasure, Dan. Thanks for coming by!
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Thank you for having me as a guest, Marie. I appreciate you helping spread the word about The Last Drive. I think it’s going to be a fun day. 😁
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It’s always a pleasure having you as a guest, John! I wish you the best with the rest of the launch. Friday the 13th is always a fun day 😉
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Yes it is. 😊
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I finished reading The Last Drive this week. Highly recommend it. Thank you for hosting John today, Marie.
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Thank you for your recommendation, Joan. I’m so glad you liked the story. 😁
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Thank you for sharing your recommendation, Joan!
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Fantastic extract and post, John. Marie, it’s lovely to come visit your place. Wishing you and John all the best. Have a wonderful weekend. Hugs 💕🙂
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Thank you for the kind words, Harmony. Wishing you a super weekend as well. 😁
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Thank you for visiting, Harmony! Hugs back at ya 🙂
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Thank you for sharing, Marie. Congratulations to John!
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My pleasure, Merril 🙂
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Thank you so much, Merril. 😁
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You’re very welcome, John!
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Nice to see the word spread about this fantastic book, Marie. I’m reading it now and really appreciate it. The story is so thought-provoking that it keeps me thinking and up past my bedtime. 🙂
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That’s a great recommendation! Thank you for visiting and sharing it 🙂
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Happy to, Marie! 🙂
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Thank you, Tim. A perfect recommendation. 😁
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Your writing is mesmerizing, John. 🙂
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It’s so nice to meet you, Marie, and for such a great reason–supporting John’s book launch. You and I have a lot of similarities though instead of cats, I have a dog, instead of yarn I have reading. Absolutely have a husband who is my best friend. I enjoyed your post.
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Nice to see you, Jacqui. I think you and I have quite a few blogging friends in common, too. I must give John all the credit for the post. He made it so easy for me 🙂
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So nice to meet new folks in the blogging world. Thanks for the visit and support, Jacqui. 😁
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Gotta love that magical Oldsmobile! It’s one of my favorite characters in the story. Congrats, John, on this new release! Thank you, Marie, for hosting today!
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My pleasure, Jan! Thanks for visiting.
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Thank you for your lovely words, Jan. I appreciate your support.
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Another great post and stop. I love the idea of everything being in good condition and being ready for us!
Thanks for hosting, Marie 🙂
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I do too. Makes life easier. Thanks, Denise. 😁
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My pleasure, D.L.!
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Another great stop on the road to eternity, I mean, John’s book tour. It’s great to meet some of John’s blogging buddies.
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I loved the Road to Eternity comment, Darlene. I think this tour will seem like that before it is finished. 🤣
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Ha ha ha … that’s a good one, Darlene. I’m sure book tours feel like a road to eternity 😉 Thanks for coming by!
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Thank you for having John over here for his book. I enjoy his work and admire him as a writer.
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Thank you so much, GP. 😁
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GP, thank you so much for coming by and supporting John and for your kind words.
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My pleasure, Marie.
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Now it’s kind of like the old gang is back together, lol. Thanks for hosting, Marie!
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It is, Teri. Marie and I had fun doing those posts
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Indeed, this is a lot of fun 🙂
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Teri, thank you for coming by and supporting John 🙂
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Beautiful presentation and post, Marie. You’ve helped make John’s tour really special. Congratulations, John. You’ve accomplished so much through your writing, and the Last Drive is a testimony to that fact. Bravo.
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Thank you, Gwen. I appreciate your comment. Yes, Marie is a super host.
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You made it easy for me, John 🙂
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Ah, thank you, Gwen. All the credit goes to John. He made this post super easy to set up. He’s a man of many talents 🙂
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Congratutions, John! I meant to mention before that I enjoyed the addition of Ryan and Eddie to the character mix.
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Thank you, Liz. I liked Ryan right away. He really loved Karen too.
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You’re welcome, John. I really enjoyed Ryan and Karen’s story.
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Thanks. 😊
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Liz, thanks for coming by and supporting John!
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My pleasure, Marie!
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It’s great to see another tour stop for John’s The Last Drive. It’s a wonderful and highly unique story that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Congratulations, John!
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Thank you, Mae. I appreciate your support and encouragement. 😊
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Thank you for visiting and sharing your thoughts on John’s latest book!
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Great promotion of John’s new bestseller, dear Marie! 🙂
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I really enjoyed your excerpt, John! And how wonderful that there is a sequel to Eternal Road – The final stop! Thank you for hosting, Marie!
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Thank you for coming by! Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond to your comment … stuff happens 😉
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I read this before, but now I don’t see my comment. Anyway, thank you so much for doing this for John. I enjoyed the book myself very much!
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