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  • Character interview from The Usurper

    Syria Evans asked authors to submit interview questions for their characters. I chose Gary Jackson, and he gave the following interview (re-posted from Syriasays.com) Syria Says: How did you first meet your writer? Gary: He was very persistent, I’ll give him that. He popped up in all sorts of places, and I kept refusing to…

  • The Usurper on The Kindle Nation Daily

    For the start of the 2011 New Year, my novel, The Usurper, is the sponsored novel on The Kindle Nation Daily. Kindle Nation Free Book Alert: Tom Clancy meets The Manchurian Candidate in Cliff Ball’s “The Usurper” (Today’s Sponsor) http://bit.ly/e6Gzkc If you don’t have a Kindle, The Usurper can be found on Nook, Apple, Sony…

  • Reader reviews for The Usurper

    Currently, the Usurper has 6 reviews, 5 of which are 4 star on Amazon. Brian says: Cliff weaves an interesting story with enough connections to real happenings in the world today that this book seems to be non-fiction. Just when you think you know where the story line is going Cliff changes up on you.…

  • Today’s Sponsor on The Frugal eReader

    I am today’s sponsor on The Frugal eReader Ever wonder what would happen if our worst fears were realized and we elected someone who was willing to destroy the USA, even if he was destroyed himself? The Usurper is that novel. It is a fictional account of what would happen if the Soviet Union and…

  • Sales for November

    I thought I would post my sales numbers for my novels for the month of November. The Usurper Paperback through Amazon – 1 Amazon US Kindle: 21 UK Kindle – 1 Smashwords: 0 B&N Nook – 3 Apple – 0 Sony Kobo Out of Time Paperback through Amazon -1 US Kindle – 18 UK Kindle…

  • Featured on Excuse Me, Miss blog

    I am featured on the Excuse Me Miss website, and it has a scene from the novel, The Usurper. I have a bunch of scenes I could’ve used, but I went with this one: Scene: The one aircraft that everyone was searching for was still in the air, and flying over Pennsylvania. Some of the…

  • The Usurper, my newest novel

    The Soviet Union and the KGB refuse to let the purging of communists in the United States government by Senator Joe McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee deter them. Soviet Premier Khrushchev authorizes the KGB to embark on an ambitious, decades long plan to destroy the United States from within through the corruption of…

  • Updates on what I’m writing

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, mostly because I’m concentrating on finishing up college, which will be this May if everything goes as planned. I have two stories in the works, one a sequel to Don’t Mess With Earth and the other one is a political thriller, not science fiction at all. I…