When I first started writing Dragonflies: Shadow of Drones, the technology used in the book seemed almost far-fetched. I was soon to learn otherwise.  Check out this article by Chris Anderson from  sUASNews: WHEN THE FUTURE SNEAKS UP ON YOU Last month, at a Congressional hearing, Sentator Patrick Leahy quoted an FAA prediction that there would be “as many as 30,000 small, lightweight unmanned vehicles [drones] operating in the national airspace by the end of this decade”. That was considered a lot. And …

In the run-up to next month’s publication of Dragonflies: Shadow of Drones we’re running a sale on the third Frank Pavlicek novel, the Shamus Award-winning Cold Quarry, temporarily lowering the e-book price to $0.99. The book has spent some time in the top ten on the Barnes & Noble NOOK Bestsellers list yesterday and today, peaking at #8. Cold Quarry also flirted with the top 100 in Amazon’s Kindle store this morning, moving to #1 in “hardboiled mysteries”, #1 in “men’s …

I’m excited to announce the publication of a new book, the first in a new series, Dragonflies: Shadow Of Drones.  Title: Dragonflies “Shadow of Drones” by Andy Straka Genre: Science Fiction, Crime, Military, Thriller Published by: LLW Media–representation and distribution by Trident Media Group, New York ISBNs: 978-1-4756-0203-6 Mobi 978-1-4756-0204 ePub Price: $2.99  Print length: 200-240 pages Synopsis:  Former Army helicopter pilot Raina Sanchez is plagued by nightmares. She can’t erase the memories of being shot down in Afghanistan, of …

In case you missed it in the run-up to this week’s Virginia Festival Of The Book, here’s a link to my guest column “Unbindable: Ebooks Strengthen The Independence Of Authors” from the Sunday, March 17 print edition of the Charlottesville Daily Progress newspaper.             http://www.dailyprogress.com/opinion/guest_columnists/unbindable-e-books-strengthen-the-independence-of-authors/article_04893900-8fde-11e2-ac27-001a4bcf6878.html