The Dreamer’s Allience Series

Today begins the Detour on the Eternal Road Blog Tour. I am very grateful to Dan Antion for allowing me to visit his bar. I always enjoy the bar’s activities and interesting people who make appearances. His good friend David and the new bartender Curley always keep things moving. Dan likes to interact with Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness prompt on Saturdays. This week’s prompt is “Spoons,” so I’ll bet you’ll find that prompt there, too.

Thursday Doors Badges

Dan also coordinates the popular Thursday Doors and Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. He is one of the busiest guys on the internet, so I’m so happy he volunteered to have me visit him. Here is a link to the bar.

Dan’s Bio

Retired – Husband, father, and author of the Dreamer’s Alliance Series. When I’m not writing, I might be in my woodshop, working around the house, or walking around with a camera. I might be having a beer with friends. You can find me on my blog at NoFacilities.com and on Amazon.

More about Dan in his words

“I have always enjoyed writing, and I am thrilled that technology has made it easy for me to share what I write. No Facilities is primarily about blog posts and photographs, but my writing has expanded to include books, which I’ve now begun to publish.

As I mentioned in my profile, I enjoy woodworking, cycling, and photography. Previous hobbies have included a 30-year love affair with a Triumph Spitfire and routine maintenance of a couple of Dodge pickup trucks. Automotive work is a hobby I set aside as the Triumph aged and cars became more sophisticated. I still enjoy building and maintaining mechanical contraptions.

I have a small but loving family, some of whom I have introduced. They are important to me, but they share information about themselves or choose not to share, and I respect those choices. The topic I started this blog with, influence, is centered on this family. They are the people who consistently influence the course of my life.”

Dan’s books (click to visit)

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See you there.

It is a pleasure to have Dan Antion visit Fiction Favorites, as Dan and I have been following each other since November 2014. I think we all enjoy visiting Dan on his blog, No Facilities. You can go there now if you want to read his introduction post.

In addition, Dan hosts the popular feature Thursday Doors, which has a large following. You can go HERE if you want to learn more about that as well.

So, not only is Dan a talented blogger, but he has written four entertaining books. His visit today is to introduce you to his latest book four, Secrets Held Against Evil.

Book Blurb:

Zach Amsted, his best friend Billy, and FBI Special Agent Thomas Slocum caused a lot of collateral damage as they battled each other and then teamed against Special Agent Grayson Dyer. Many people died. Many others were drawn into a timeline that wasn’t theirs. Zach struggles with the guilt of having disrupted so many lives.

The story was fading away until a young new reporter arrived in Pittsburgh. Rachael “Rascal” Todd was given some old stories to sort through and digs into the mysteries the police and FBI seem content to ignore. Rascal’s investigation brings her into the world Zach had left behind and new enemies.

This time, Zach and Billy must take a back seat as the timeline they started plays out.

Secrets, lies, crimes, social issues, a bit of romance, and the promise of redemption are all in play as Rascal Todd is launched into her career, facing danger and learning lessons they didn’t teach in college. If you like character-driven action, suspense, and a bit of mystery with strong women in leading roles, you will enjoy this book.

Excerpt:

Bernard Bouchard had taken an early retirement from the Chicago Tribune and returned to Pittsburgh to be close to his family. Bored in retirement, he purchased the Courier-Reformeras it entered bankruptcy for the third time…

… When he heard that Rachael Todd was graduating from the University of Georgia, he reached out to his old friend.

“Frank, what are the chances your daughter would like to come work for a struggling paper under the leadership of a broken-down editor whose head is stuck in the past?”

Frank laughed. “As I recall, Bernie, people thought your head was frequently stuck somewhere much less palatable. Rachael is a good fit for you. She’s trapped by the romance of a career that no longer exists. At least she’ll get valuable experience. I’ll have her call you. Just don’t cut her any slack because she’s my kid.”

“Thanks, Frank. I won’t hold that fact against her, either.”

***

Rachael began working the week before Christmas.

“Welcome to the Courier-Reformer, Rachael.”

“Thank you, Mister Bouchard, it’s good to be here.”

“Enough with the mister stuff. Everyone around here calls me Bernie.”

Rachael smiled. “That’ll be hard. I remember you from all those years when you and my dad worked together. It was always Mister Bouchard back then.”

“And as I recall, we called you Rascal.”

Rachael giggled. “You did. All because my brother couldn’t say Rachael.”

“You know, Rascal has a certain panache. You should use that as your by-line. If you’re OK with that, that’s how I’ll introduce you in tomorrow’s editorial.”

“Editorial? Introduction?”

“You’re the first reporter we’ve hired in three years, and the only female on the news staff. I’m going to play this up big. Don’t let it go to your head. I’m still going to drop a pile of cold stories on your desk. So, are you OK with Rascal?”

“I’d like that very much, Bernie.”

Links to Purchase and Trailer

Kindle – https://relinks.me/B0CJ7N6ZGR

Paperback – https://relinks.me/B0CJ49KXN9

Dan’s Author page – https://relinks.me/DanielAntion

The trailer – https://youtu.be/F6wqexT7JBM

Bio

Dan Antion was born and raised in a small suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has been publishing the popular blog No Facilities since 2011. After a forty-two-year-long career in Information Management, he began pursuing his dream of writing novels.

When he’s not writing, he might be found working around his house, hiding in his wood shop, or exploring historic sites.