Karl Boyd
Storyteller and Author
about his writing style and goals
Question: What’s your novel, “Signs of Our Times” about?
Answer: “Signs of Our Times” is a story of a terrorist plot to assassinate the president of the United States and hundreds of thousands of Americans in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex by placing nerve gas canisters disguised as fire extinguishers around the Cotton Bowl during the annual Texas/Oklahoma football game.
Q: Who are the heroes of the book?
A: Common everyday folks, dedicated policemen and members of the FBI who love America and are willing to place the safety and wellbeing of their fellow men above their own. There are also some mystery heroes I can’t discuss without giving too much of the story away. The main hero is actually a reformed assassin who combines a need for revenge and a desire to atone for his past transgressions by defeating the terrorists at their own game.
Q: What’s so special about him?
A: He’s not bound by the moralistic constraints of the law enforcement community. Knowing the terrorists don’t abide by any set of rules, he uses his own form of terrorism against them to help prevent the slaughter they envision. You’ll love what he does.
Q: What’s the setting for the story?
A: About evenly distributed between Denver, Colorado, Dallas/Fort Worth, and a fictional town of Sulfur Springs, Colorado.
You can find more information at my web site: www.karlboyd.com
Q: How would you describe your writing style?
A: I strive for realism in all my books. There are no “super heroes” who dodge a hail of bullets without getting hit while knocking off the bad guys by the dozens. Everything that happens in my novels can happen in everyday life.
Q: Where do you get your inspiration?
A: I’m a borderline insomniac. I don’t sleep much, my mind runs wild all night. It is not unusual for my wife to find me pounding away on the computer early in the morning. I get my best thoughts at that time and always act upon them.
Q: Say you do have a best seller on your hands, what will you do with the profits?
A: My wife, Carol, and I, along with our daughter, Carla, are all retired MSgts from the US Air Force. Our son-in-law, Dave, is a retired USAF Lt Col, and our grandson, Brandon, is on his first enlistment. So, you see, we are a third-generation military family
We were appalled at the lack of medical care for our wounded troops, so we decided we would donate a portion of our profits from the sale of “Signs of Our Times” and any future books to the “Wounded Warrior Project”. You can read all about the project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org
We will make an initial donation of $5,000 to this fund. When book sales reach 10,000, we will donate an additional $5,000. More donations will be made as my other books are published. We hope many of my readers will join us in this effort. Our troops deserve more than “lip service”.
Providing this book goes far, we would also like to pay off our Church mortgage.
Q: Where can readers purchase your book?
A: They can order “Signs of Our Times” by Karl Boyd on line through my web site www.karlboyd.com which has a connecting link to Publish America; or they can buy it direct from me at P. O. Box 2096, Rockport, TX, for $19.75 plus postage.
The novel is also available to order at any book store.
The all important ISBN Number is: 1-4241-7865-7.
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