The Breaker - series. Books 1 - 3:

 

The Breaker

ISBN: 9781656281517

Description:

How do you know the one you love won’t hurt you?

Or even try to kill you?
In many cases … you don’t.

How do we choose our path and purpose in life?

What makes us who we are?
When Seth Egan starts working as a private detective, he knows he’ll make enemies.
It goes with the territory.
As Seth works on a murder case and hunts down the killers, he becomes the target.
Some people have no conscience, shame, empathy, or remorse.
To get their own way, to get what they want, to take everything, they will do anything.
Even murder.
In the end, they will drag you down to hell with them.
Sometimes, our enemies are those closest to us.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/eKFZ03giKR?amp=1

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Bad Blood

ISBN: 9798682203192

Description:

No one is paying Seth Egan for his latest case.

He keeps this one unofficial.

Pro bono publico.

Off the books.

For him, this one is personal.

A matter of bad blood.

A woman with a grudge of her own leads Seth to a place where people vanish without trace.

Money is the motive.

Greed is the motivator.

Scores that can only be settled in blood.

A dark underworld of illegal gambling, prostitution, drugs, violence and murder.

Amazon link:

 

https://t.co/e0XiS8crAr?amp=1

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Mall Maze

ISBN: 9798729917235

Description:

Friday the 13th.

Unlucky for many.

What should have been a routine adultery case ends with Seth Egan fighting for his life.

Cut off from the world.

With no way to call for help.

Trapped in a place where the walls are coming down around him.

Seth is running out of places to hide.

As chaos reigns and the city burns … the hunters close in.

Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09244XVYW/

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Themes:

Abuse by proxy, Adultery, C-PTSD, crime, detective, domestic abuse, enabler, flying monkey, gaslighting, hardboiled, heist, infidelity, murder, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, personality disorder, psychopath, sociopath, suspense, thriller, vigilante, violence.

Books available in hardcover, paperback and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of my books is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

What’s On?

What’s On?

A Guide to Movies and TV Shows

Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9798342696098

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9798341177307

Kindle

ASIN: B0DJTZ8T58

Back cover description:

What’s On? … is the timeless question we have all asked ourselves almost every day of our lives, as we reach for the remote control and settle in front of the TV screen.

Jack Kost, a life-long movie buff and coffee addict, offers his choice of favorite movie and television masterpieces.

Providing possible answers to the question of What’s On? with over 1,900 titles, from golden oldies and timeless classics, to more recent releases, all meticulously logged and summarized.

An invaluable and collectable go-to source for discovering new favorites and revisiting old ones.

Perfect for film enthusiasts and casual viewers alike, this guide will spark conversations, bring back memories, and help you navigate the ever-evolving world of screen entertainment.

A wealth of recommendations and insights from a passionate movie buff to enrich your viewing experience, complete with personal reminiscences and nostalgic reflections, told with a world-wise critical eye, sardonic dry wit, a healthy dose of cynicism, biting observations, and a well-founded rant here and there.

Just don’t challenge or get him started on his personal favorites, like The Shining, Point Blank, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Duellists, Romeo Is Bleeding, or The Ninth Configuration. His opinions on these and other iconic titles are as intense and unyielding as the movies themselves.

All compiled by an author who not only watched the movies, but also read the books on which they were based, did his research, drank a lot of coffee in the process, and advocates for the importance and value of reading.

A glimpse into the over-caffeinated mind of a writer with a passion for great stories.

What’s On? is a celebration of the intersection between page and screen, and a reminder that great on-screen adaptations often start with a great book and a strong cup of coffee.

Kick back, grab your coffee, and enjoy the show!

As author Jack Kost says:

“Happy viewing … and do yourself a favor … read the books.”

Slipped Masks:

Slipped Masks

ISBN: 9781719330640

Description:

I can’t call you because if he hears me talking on the phone he’ll hit me again. He scares me. I know sooner or later he’s going to kill me. I’ll text you again when I can. I love you, Casey. I’ll spend the rest of our lives proving to you how much I love you. Please come. Please save me …

With only text messages to guide him, Casey Byrne is on the hunt, racing across five states to save his ex-girlfriend, Madison.

Casey loves Madison deeply and wants desperately to save her life and rekindle their relationship.

But the closer he gets to her, the more surreal his journey becomes as the dead bodies pile up in his wake.

Clinical Lycanthropy: the delusion that a human can physically transform into a wolf.

If you were insane, would you know it?

How would you see the world if you were convinced you could transform into a wolf?

The hunter … and the hunted.

Slipped Masks is a dark neo-noir thriller about how the need for love and companionship becomes twisted into obsession, possession, jealousy, violence and murder.

A horrifying portrait of Clinical Lycanthropy.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/2Gwb135V3m

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Themes:

Sociopathy, narcissistic abuse, personality disorder, Clinical Lycanthropy, crime, murder.

Book available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of this book is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

Work in progress:

My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.

Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.

Themes:

Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

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The Breaker is an on-going series.

I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!

Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in television history - Altered Carbon (2020 TV series):

Altered Carbon

Based on the Altered Carbon novel series by Richard K. Morgan.

All 8 episodes released February 27, 2020.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Phantom Lady.

Directed by Ciaran Donnelly.

Written by Laeta Kalogridis, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, James Saito, Jihae, Michael Shanks, Oliver Rice, Sen Mitsuji, Bradley Stryker, Marcus Aurelio, Ian Rozylo, Steve Chang, Sonia Beeksma, Craig Haas, Andrew Chin, Jill Teed, Daniel Bernhardt, Tamiko Brownlee, Trevor Goober, Charles Chi Soo Kim, Juliana Lopez Collado, Byron Mann, Hugo Raymundo, Praise Vaughn, Maxwell Sloan Yip.

Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Payment Deferred.

Directed by Ciaran Donnelly.

Written by Sarah Nicole Jones, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, James Saito, David Cubitt, Sharon Taylor, Jason Schombing, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Mark Acheson, Maxime Savaria, Max Boateng, Victor Zinck Jr., Kevan Ohtsji, Marilyn Norry, Kareem Malcolm, Xander Hall, Cecilia Deacon, Jason William Day, Fraser Aitcheson, Lorna Joan Barrie, Charles Chi Soo Kim, Nelina Nenadic.

Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Nightmare Alley.

Directed by MJ Bassett.

Written by Michael R. Perry, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Ato Essandoh, Martha Higareda, Dichen Lachman, Sharon Taylor, Britt Irvin, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Marilyn Norry, Xander Hall, Cecilia Deacon, Victoria Katongo, Brittany Mitchell, Kat Ruston, Darien Martin, Carmela Sison, Jones Bay, James Rha, Nia Cummins, Mike Wasko, Sean Owen Roberts, Karen Khunkhun, Michael Meneer, Ray G. Thunderchild, Kindall Charters, Genn Love, Daniel Bernhardt, Ian Hawes, Will Yun Lee, Sherry Nelson.

Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Shadow of a Doubt.

Directed by MJ Bassett.

Written by Sang Kyu Kim, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Neal McDonough, James Saito, Daniel Bernhardt, David Cubitt, Sharon Taylor, Michael Shanks, Hayley Law, Oliver Rice, Sen Mitsuji, Britt Irvin, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Heather Doerksen, Kamran Fulleylove, Xander Hall, Cecilia Deacon, Victor Zinck Jr., Kevan Ohtsji, Orlando Lucas, Jeremiah Oh, Damon Lipari, Daphne Hoskins, Sonia Beeksma, Kheon Clarke, Sky Kao, Teana-Marie Smith, Jackie Blackmore, Alan Mak, Nicholas Dohy, Franckie Francois, Juliana Lopez Collado, James Rha.

Season 2. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: I Wake Up Screaming.

Directed by Jeremy Webb.

Written by Cortney Norris, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Neal McDonough, James Saito, Daniel Bernhardt, Carl Lumbly, Hayley Law, Sen Mitsuji, Matt Ellis, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Alessandro Juliani, Xander Hall, Cecilia Deacon, Kira Clavell, Alexander Lowe, Karen Khunkhun, Andrew Chin, Nicholas Dohy.

Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Bury Me Dead.

Directed by Jeremy Webb.

Written by Adam Lash, Cori Uchida, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Dichen Lachman, Matt Ellis, Dalias Blake, Orphée Ladouceur-Nguyen, Skyler Mowatt, Mitra Suri, Heather Doerksen, Dagan Nish, Megan Danso, Mike McLeod, Kareem Tristan Alleyne, Alika Autran, Tamiko Brownlee, Shawn Clark, Nicholas Dohy, Joel Kinnaman.

Season 2. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Experiment Perilous.

Directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield.

Written by Nevin Densham, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Neal McDonough, James Saito, David Cubitt, Michael Shanks, Sharon Taylor, Oliver Rice, Victor Zinck Jr., Kevan Ohtsji, Mark Acheson, Orlando Lucas, Kareem Tristan Alleyne, Adam Thomas, Ely Jackson, Mike McLeod, Jorge Vargas, Bailey Corneal, Bailey Burr, Jason Cermak, Heather-Claire Nortey, Sean Millington, Darren E. Scott, Shane Kim, Elle Young, Nicholas Dohy, Charles Chi Soo Kim.

Season 2. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Broken Angels.

Directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield.

Written by Alison Schapker, Elizabeth Padden, Cortney Norris.

Created by Laeta Kalogridis.

Music by Jordan Gagne, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Carl Lumbly, Hayley Law, Oliver Rice, Sharon Taylor, Max Boateng, Orlando Lucas, Marilyn Norry, Naomi King, Fraser Aitcheson, Kareem Tristan Alleyne, Daniel Bernhardt, Nicholas Dohy, Charles Chi Soo Kim, Juliana Lopez Collado.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: Picard (2020)

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2022)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Birthright, Part II.

Released February 27, 1993.

Directed by Dan Curry.

Written by Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Cristine Rose, James Cromwell, Sterling Macer Jr., Alan Scarfe, Jennifer Gatti, Richard Herd, Majel Barrett, Cameron, Elliot Durant III, Inez Edwards, Jack Gilroy, Christi Haydon, Gary Hunter, Kairon John, Kurt Paul, Irving Ross.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Ex Posto Facto.

Released February 27, 1995.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Evan Carlos Somers, Michael Piller, Evan Carlos Somers, Kenneth Biller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Robin McKee, Francis Guinan, Aaron Lustig, Ray Reinhardt, Henry Brown, Derek Anthony, Julie Jiang, Jaehne Moebius, Louis Ortiz, Susan Sanders, Louis C. Simon, Simon Stotler, John Alex Tampoya, Ondar Tarlow.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Fusion.

Released February 27, 2002.

Directed by Rob Hedden.

Written by Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Enrique Murciano, Robert Pine, Vaughn Armstrong, John Harrington Bland, Jane Bordeaux, Michael Braveheart, Amy Kate Connolly, Evan English, Stacy Fouche, Lindley Gardner, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, John Jurgens, John Mullen, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson.

Star Trek: Picard

Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: The Impossible Box.

Released February 27, 2020.

Directed by Maja Vrvilo.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Nick Zayas.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Jonathan Del Arco, Peyton List, Barbara Eve Harris, Sumalee Montano, Marti Matulis, Ella Gross, Rico McClinton, Charlie Newhart, John Ales, Keith Campbell, Seth Fuentes, James MacKinnon, Mircea Oprea.

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Starships A-Z.

Released February 27, 2022.

Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.

Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.

Cast: André Bormanis, Marc Cushman, Rob Klein, Gates McFadden, Denise Okuda, Michael Okuda, Andrew Probert, Rick Sternbach, John Tenuto, Maria Jose Tenuto.

On this day in movie history - Number One with a Bullet (1987):

Number One with a Bullet

directed by Jack Smight,

written by Gail Morgan Hickman, Andrew Kurtzman, Rob Riley and James Belushi,

based on a story by Gail Morgan Hickman,

was released in the United States on February 27, 1987.

Music by Alf Clausen.

Cast:

Robert Carradine, Billy Dee Williams, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves, Doris Roberts, Bobby Di Cicco, Ray Girardin, Barry Sattels, Mykelti Williamson, Jon Gries, Richard Minchenberg, Michael Goodwin, LaGena Hart, Alex Rebar, Artie Ripp, Daniel Demorest, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Valerie McIntosh, Eddie Frescas, John Durbin, Tony Pierce, Joyce Cunning, Larry Poindexter, Chris DeRose, Ken Gibbel, Jerome Chambers, Venice Kong, Stacey Binn, David Sargent, Gene LeBell, Nick Cinardo, Angela Elayne Gibbs, Bill Gazzarri, Manuel Márquez, José González, Jeff Jensen, David Efron, Spice Williams-Crosby, Jean Malahni, Casey Griffin, Timothy Noyes, Patricia L. Desmond, Ancel Cook, Shari Shattuck, John Hazelwood, Chris Brown, Willie H. Reaves, Yvette Cruise, Jason Scura, Daniel D. Halleck, Bill M. Ryusaki, Carl Ciarfalio, Manny Perry, Dyee Dysart, Virgil Wilson, Herb Tanney, Kim Marriner, Prince Hughes, Jim Wilkey, Bob Aprea, Michael Yama, Faith Minton, James M. Halty, Lorrie Marlow, Natalie Alexander, George Vasilios Choulos, Gerald Walsh, Ted Mehous, Claude A. Wyle, Kevin Seymour, Hope Kelley, Helen Kelly, Shawn McBurney.

On this day in movie history - Road Games (1981):

Road Games

aka Roadgames,

directed by Richard Franklin,

written by Everett De Roche,

based on a story by Everett De Roche and Richard Franklin,

was released in the United States on February 27, 1981.
Music by Brian May.

Cast:

Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page, Thaddeus Smith, Steve Millichamp, Alan Hopgood, John Murphy, Bill Stacey, Robert Thompson, Ed Turley, Angelica La Bozzetta, Colin Vancao, Paul Harris, Rochelle Harris, Tony Bishop, Abbe Holmes, Carole-Ann Aylett, Killer (the dog), Les James, Tom Ryan.