Following up on last month’s special offer when readers were invited to download free Kindle copies of his “Enemies Foreign and Domestic” trilogy, and last week’s invitation to download “The Bracken Anthology,” author Matthew Bracken today made his novel “Castigo Cay “available at no charge through Wednesday.
“My main goal with this is to get the [books] downloaded by folks who have never heard of them,” Bracken had earlier advised friends and readers on his Facebook page.
The Amazon page provides a synopsis:
Dan Kilmer is a former Marine sniper in his early thirties. He returned home from military service in the Middle East and gave college a try, but his combat experiences prevented him from fitting into campus life. In a South Florida boatyard, his uncle was attempting to refurbish an old cargo schooner, and Dan left college to help him finish the flagging project. After two years of work but before the sixty-foot boat was relaunched, his uncle fell from a scaffold and died. While still in his twenties, Dan inherited the schooner Rebel Yell. Soon after, he left the United States to embark on a series of voyages, mostly in pursuit of beautiful women and good times. While he was away from America, new federal taxes were imposed on luxury property, including privately owned yachts. Dan cannot pay these or other new taxes, so he can’t return to the States without risking confiscation of his schooner. Instead he must always fly under official radar and earn a living by his wits while staying one step ahead of the IRS and other government agencies. He must navigate the reefs of government control while always searching for a way to make money without the permission of the local authorities. This usually requires some type of shady dealing, subterfuge, and stealing from thieves as Dan moves from port to port. A shifting cast of crew members inhabits Rebel Yell, but the novel is about Dan Kilmer and his quest to live as a free man in an increasingly unfree world.
As with all three books in Bracken’s “Enemies” trilogy, this correspondent gave this novel an enthusiastic review when it first came out in hard copy. It’s high adventure true to Bracken’s trademark “bleeding-edge dystopian thriller” tradition, full of memorable characters, excitement, and importantly, an unbending commitment to liberty. And as with his other books, the author’s real-world experience as a former SEAL, shipbuilder and sailor ensures the technical details in the fictional experience ring true.
Readers can get their free Kindle download of “Castigo Cay” by clicking here. For those who don’t have a Kindle, Amazon provides free reading apps for PC, Mac and devices.
Those who take advantage of this offer are reminded that even though the book is free, it’s important for those receiving a gift to acknowledge it. The best way to express gratitude in this case (aside from purchasing one or more of Bracken’s books), is to share this offer with others, and to help him attain his goal for doing this in the first place: To get his work in front of people who would otherwise never hear of it.
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