Adam Cole: Arfing Startist

Dear Friends,

Ten years ago I began a book called A Thousand Points of Darkness, the story of a tortured executive  in the Corporate United States of America who cannot follow through with a ruthless business decision and trades his identity to become a drug worshipper.  It's gone through many lives.  One friend of mine read a version and said "It's a good book that could have been a great book."

That hurt.

So I worked on it.  And worked.  And worked.

I'm at the point now where, at long last,  I'm ready to call it "done."  But before I do, I have a decision to make, and you can help me.

One of my choices is to send the book to Kirkus Discoveries for a review.  Kirkus is a huge reviewer in the industry and generally only reviews industry-produced books.  Kirkus Discoveries was set up to give self-publishers like me access, but for a price:  $415.  Lest you think this is a scam, rest assured that a good review from Kirkus will open a lot of doors for me (agents, mainstream publishers and library markets all pay attention to good reviews from Kirkus) and would be worth the money.

IF the review is positive.  If it's negative (they guarantee a review of some kind) I'm just out of luck.

Can you help me decide if the book is worth the risk?  Just send me an e-mail at adam@acole.net and I'll send you a preview copy.  If you find you can read it, or even better, can't put it down, let me know it's got your vote.  If you hate it, simply vote with your silence, or tell me what you didn't like.

Everyone who agrees to preview the book, whether they manage to read it or not, will receive a free copy of the final product as my way of saying thanks.

Love,

Adam