Category: Cold War

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Update on the Signing Tour for A Blanket of Steel by Timothy S. Johnston

A BLANKET OF STEEL eBook is Now Available!

December 29, 2023 • 0 Comments

A Blanket of Steel eBook: Now Available!

Links are in the post, as is the gripping book trailer. All retailers are currently delivering the eBook format (Kindle, Nook, Kobo, ePub, etc.) Links follow …

Kirkus Reviews: THE SHADOW OF WAR is an “Indie Worth Discovering!”

In This Month’s Kirkus Reviews Magazine: The Shadow of War by TSJ is an “Indie Worth Discovering!”

Kirkus Reviews! I am so proud of this book! The Shadow of War is an underwater heist/thriller with a diverse cast and a gripping story. The listing is in the November issue of Kirkus Reviews.

New Book Trailer Alert! A Blanket of Steel by TSJ!

Introducing the New Book Trailer for A Blanket of Steel!

And here it is!

A BLANKET OF STEEL’s Temp Cover is Here

The Temp Cover for A Blanket of Steel!

You can see the direction this is headed. The hull plating, the rivets, the color scheme.

Meet Timothy S. Johnston at Chapters Vega on Saturday June 24, 2023

Meet me at Chapters Vega in Mississauga on June 24, 2023

I’ll be in Mississauga at Chapters Vega on Saturday, June 24 from 12:00 until 4:00 PM signing copies of …

A Blanket of Steel is off to the Publisher!

TSJ’s A Blanket of Steel is off to the Publisher!

And it’s off!

This is the sixth and final book in my underwater colonization series, The Rise of Oceania from Fitzhenry & Whiteside LTD. It’s also the largest, at about 127,000 words. I promise a gripping spy vs. spy tale filled with excitement, action, technology, and emotion. There’s a reason it’s called A Blanket of Steel, and it ties in with the ongoing Cold War between the US, Russia, and China and the thirst for new resources on the ocean floor. But as with my other titles, there is more than one meaning here, but I will leave it for you to discover. It’s a standalone thriller; all the books in The Rise of Oceania can be read in any order. Together they tell an overall arc about the Second Cold War, the McClusky family, and the world’s quest to colonize the ocean floor during escalating climate change on the surface. And, of course, the necessary gruesome violence that it all entails. The book is coming …

TSJ’s New Bio

May 22, 2023 • 0 Comments

TSJ’s New Bio

The sixth — and final — book in my series, The Rise of Oceania, is due to publisher Fitzhenry and Whiteside at the end of the month. I’ve been working hard on it for over a year now. There’s a lot of story to wrap up, there are more graphics/schematics than in any of the previous installments, and I want this to be the most gripping conclusion possible. Each book is written as a standalone thriller, but collectively they tell a complete arc from Book 1 to Book 6. I’ve poured my energy into this for so many months now. Here is—