LAS VEGAS SOUL!

LAS VEGAS SOUL!

THIS IS GREAT NEWS . . . ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOXING NOVELS, EVERY TIME I TALK TO LISTON (2004) NOW HAS A JUST RELEASED SEQUEL, LAS VEGAS SOUL . . . LAS VEGAS SOUL PICKS UP A HEARTBEAT AFTER EVERY TIME I TALK TO LISTON, FEATURING THE SAME CAST OF STRONG CHARACTERS (SCRAP IRON FLETCHER, TNT, UNC, T-BONE TAYLOR) AND A FISTFUL OF NEW ONES - OKTAY KEMAL, A WHIRLING DERVISH TURKISH FIGHTER WHO MIGHT BE THE BEST FIGHTER SCRAP HAS EVER SEEN, LYLE MACK, A POWERFUL YOUNG HEAVYWEIGHT WITH LOADS OF POTENTIAL WHO SHOWS UP IN TNT’S TRAINING CAMP UNANNOUNCED, AND A MYSTERIOUS BLUES MUSICIAN SCRAP BEFRIENDS WHO EERILY REMINDS HIM OF THE LATE, GREAT SONNY LISTON . . .

LAS VEGAS SOUL

BRIAN DEVIDO

KINDLE EDITION $3.99

After years of struggling inside the ring, former heavyweight sparring partner Amos "Scrap Iron" Fletcher is finally seeing success outside of it. When Scrap leads Rodney "TNT" Timmons to the heavyweight championship of the world, it appears that all of Scrap's dreams are coming true: he's suddenly one of the world's hottest fight trainers, he's used his management savvy to line up a multi-million dollar title-fight rematch with former champ "T-Bone" Taylor, and his relationship with his law-student girlfriend appears to be headed in the right direction.

But with his newfound success, the only thing Scrap finds he can count on is change. Is TNT losing his edge as he trains for the rematch? Are the talented

new fighters Scrap has taken under his wing as loyal as TNT? And who is the mysterious blues musician that Scrap keeps running into who eerily resembles the late heavyweight champ Sonny Liston, a fighter Scrap looks to as his patron saint?

Las Vegas Soul, the new novel from acclaimed writer Brian DeVido, explores what happens to a man once his initial dreams have been realized, and the lengths he must go to in order to make his new ones a reality.

NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!

NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!

WHILE THE E-BOOK VERSIONS OF THE FIGHT CARD SERIES ARE FEATURED UNDER THE UNIFYING PSEUDONYM OF ‘JACK TUNNEY,’ THE PAPERBACK EDITIONS FEATURE THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS … FIGHT CARD: A MOUTH FULL OF BLOOD (BY ERIC BEETNER), WHICH DEBUTED AS AN E-BOOK THIS PAST MONDAY, IS NOW ALSO AVAILABLE AS A PAPERBACK …

★ NEW FIGHT CARD NOVEL JUST RELEASED!

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FIGHT CARD: A MOUTH FULL OF BLOOD ~ NEW EXCERPT!

FIGHT CARD: A MOUTH FULL OF BLOOD ~ NEW EXCERPT!

CRIMINALELEMENT.COM IS FEATURING A NEW EXCERPT FROM THE UPCOMING FIGHT CARD RELEASE, A MOUTH FULL OF BLOOD . . .

Fight Card: A Mouth Full of Blood is the seventh action-packed crime adventure in the Fight Card series by the pseudonymous Jack Tunney (available Monday).

“Jack Tunney” is a pseudonym for several authors who write hard-hitting crime stories inspired by the great sports pulps of the 30s and 40s. They are short, action-filled throwbacks to a time when the pages ran red with great fight action in and out of the ring. Each book is written by a different author, but released under the unifying psuedonym of Jack Tunney.

A Mouth Full Of Blood continues the story of young Jimmy Wyler after his narrow escape from Kansas City at the end of Split Decision (the third of the Fightcard books, also written by Beetner). Relocated back to Chicago where he grew up in an orphanage under the guidance of Father Tim, the boxing priest, he is trying to put his life back together. A young boy he knows, Leo, is having trouble at home and Jimmy wants to help out. The trouble is deeper than Jimmy considered, however, and he must enter the underground world of unsanctioned boxing matches, using the skills in the ring he swore he’d never use again.

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FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK REVIEWED BY ROUGH EDGES!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK REVIEWED BY ROUGH EDGES!

JAMES REASONER GIVES FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK A GREAT REVIEW OVER AT HIS ROUGH EDGES BLOG . . .

The great Fight Card series goes international with King Of The Outback, which is set in Australia. Another difference is that for the first time the narrator isn't a boxer but rather the trainer for a traveling tent show of fighters. Yack, as he's known, is an American who stayed in Australia after recovering there from wounds he received fighting in the South Pacific during World War II. The star of the traveling troupe is an aborigine named Tommy King, the so-called King of the Ring.

Not surprisingly, there's a dangerous rivalry between the show Yack works for and another troupe of boxers that's backed by the local crime syndicate. That rivalry escalates into open warfare. Throw in a boxing kangaroo, a whole tribe of aborigines, arson, a crooked referee, and it all builds to a very satisfying climax that has a nice epic feel to it.

The author behind the Jack Tunney house-name this time around is David James Foster, and while I'm not familiar with his work, he does a fine job of mixing local color, good characters, humor, and plenty of pugilistic action.  Fight Card is one of the most consistently entertaining e-book series out there, and King Of The Outback is a worthy entry indeed.  Recommended.

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK ~ AVAILABLE NOW!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK ~ AVAILABLE NOW!

WE’RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MONTH’S FIGHT CARD ENTRY, KING OF THE OUTBACK FROM AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR DAVID FOSTER (WRITING AS JACK TUNNEY), AS IT IS THE FIRST FIGHT CARD NOVEL WITH AN INTERNATIONAL SETTING.  CONTAINING THE SAME GREAT CHARACTERS AND FISTIC PULP ACTION READERS HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM THE FIGHT CARD SERIES, KING OF THE OUTBACK, TRANSPORTS US TO A HARSH 1950’S AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE – WHERE THE FISTS ARE AS TOUGH AS THE LAND AND THE TIMES, YET HUMOR AND COMPASSION CAN STILL BE FOUND.  IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE FIGHT CARD SERIES, KING OF THE OUTBACK IS A GREAT PLACE TO START BEFORE GOING BACK TO CATCH UP ON ALL THE OTHER GREAT FIGHT CARD TALES . . . IN THE MONTHS TO COME, LOOK FOR MORE HARD-PUNCHING FIGHT CARD NOVELS, SET BOTH BACK HOME IN THE USA AND INTERNATIONALLY ... FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK DELIVERS A KNOCKOUT PUNCH!

FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK

Outback Australia 1954

Two rival tent boxing troupes clash over a territorial dispute in the Outback town of Birdsville. In the sweltering heat, tensions simmer, tempers flare, and as things reach boiling point, a boxing tent is burned to the ground.

Fighting men know only one way to solve their disputes, and that’s in the ring. The solution, a show-down, smack-down, winner take all bout between the two rival outfits.

In the blue corner, representing ‘Walter Wheeler’s Boxing Sideshow’ is Tommy King, a young aboriginal boxer with a big heart and iron fists.

In the red corner, representing ‘Arnold Sanderson’s Boxing Show’, is ‘Jumpin’ Jack Douglas, a monstrous wrecking machine from the city – a man who’ll do anything to win.

The fight – brutal. In the world of Tent Boxing, in the harsh Australian Outback, weight divisions and rules don’t count for much. It’s a fight to decide, who is indeed, King of the Outback!

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