"Yamato-Class No. 111 - IJN Kii" fiction
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:18 pm
Since it's a fiction e-book this seemed like the best place to post.
My new fiction book "Yamato-Class No. 111 - IJN Kii" is live in the Amazon Kindle Store and has been enrolled in KDP Select.
As such, it will be available as a free download for five days, from 12-21 to 12-25, as a promotional offer.
I am unfamiliar with Amazon's Kindle 'free offer' specifics, and apologize that I can only point to the actual location of the e-book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H21NUKC.
A 'real paper' book is planned for a little later on sometime next year.
Also, I do not know if it is available at all Amazon locations worldwide including Japan or not, but would assume it is.
In brief; it is a war romance set in WWII, or the Pacific War, and it does not glorify war, nor does it vilify Americans or Japanese.
I don't want to unintentionally give out any spoilers, so I'm not sure what would be saying too much.
But I can say it describes how two allegedly unfinished BBs, Yamato-class Hull Number 111, which was to have been named IJN Kii, and Iowa-class Hull Number BB-66, which was to have been named USS Kentucky, were actually finished and end up meeting each other in a knock-down drag-out battle to the finish.
The Amazon web page gives this brief excerpt from the story:
"La Palma is an unstable mountain waiting to fall, perched high above the Atlantic and standing right at the edge of a tipping point. Ready to let go at any moment. We are here to give it a nudge."
—Captain Takada, Commanding Officer of IJN Kii.
IJN Kii's code name is 'Kyubi-no-kitsune', Japanese for 'Nine-Tail Fox', an allusion to Captain Takada's crafty bag of tricks in eluding a global USN dragnet out to hunt him and his 'nine-tailed' (9) 18.1-inch gun Yamato-class battleship down before he can complete his top secret mission.
The Dedication was written by Richard 'Dick' Landgraff, who gave me technical advice, but any errors of omission or technical mistakes are my own for which I take full responsibility.
The last page is a big 'thank you' to a few people who also helped me out, and Dick Landgraff's picture and bio is also in there.
So it'll be there, if you think you or someone you know might be looking for a free read during the winter holiday shopping season.
Thank you.
My new fiction book "Yamato-Class No. 111 - IJN Kii" is live in the Amazon Kindle Store and has been enrolled in KDP Select.
As such, it will be available as a free download for five days, from 12-21 to 12-25, as a promotional offer.
I am unfamiliar with Amazon's Kindle 'free offer' specifics, and apologize that I can only point to the actual location of the e-book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H21NUKC.
A 'real paper' book is planned for a little later on sometime next year.
Also, I do not know if it is available at all Amazon locations worldwide including Japan or not, but would assume it is.
In brief; it is a war romance set in WWII, or the Pacific War, and it does not glorify war, nor does it vilify Americans or Japanese.
I don't want to unintentionally give out any spoilers, so I'm not sure what would be saying too much.
But I can say it describes how two allegedly unfinished BBs, Yamato-class Hull Number 111, which was to have been named IJN Kii, and Iowa-class Hull Number BB-66, which was to have been named USS Kentucky, were actually finished and end up meeting each other in a knock-down drag-out battle to the finish.
The Amazon web page gives this brief excerpt from the story:
"La Palma is an unstable mountain waiting to fall, perched high above the Atlantic and standing right at the edge of a tipping point. Ready to let go at any moment. We are here to give it a nudge."
—Captain Takada, Commanding Officer of IJN Kii.
IJN Kii's code name is 'Kyubi-no-kitsune', Japanese for 'Nine-Tail Fox', an allusion to Captain Takada's crafty bag of tricks in eluding a global USN dragnet out to hunt him and his 'nine-tailed' (9) 18.1-inch gun Yamato-class battleship down before he can complete his top secret mission.
The Dedication was written by Richard 'Dick' Landgraff, who gave me technical advice, but any errors of omission or technical mistakes are my own for which I take full responsibility.
The last page is a big 'thank you' to a few people who also helped me out, and Dick Landgraff's picture and bio is also in there.
So it'll be there, if you think you or someone you know might be looking for a free read during the winter holiday shopping season.
Thank you.