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Cross swords with a blue-skinned pirate and unravel the mystery of the masked spellcaster in this second book of the Stone of Tymora trilogy!

Though robbed by a masked spellcaster and left for dead by a demon, twelve-year-old Maimun refuses to give up the magic that rightfully belongs to him. After reuniting with dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden and Captain Deudermont's crew, Maimun sets off on a sea-faring chase that will test both the strength of his spirit and of his friendships. As perilous storms rock Sea Sprite and vicious pirates bombard its decks, a mysterious force gathers in the Moonshaes, determined to bring Deudermont's ship - and Maimun's quest - crashing to an end on its shores.

In this second book of the Stone of Tymora trilogy, R.A. Salvatore and his son Geno continue their gripping tale of coming-of-age in a world filled with magic, featuring a cameo of R.A. Salvatore's signature character Drizzt Do'Urden.


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• Published on: 2010-01-14
• Released on: 2010-01-26
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Hampered by a lack of direction
By E. Ambrose
Sadly, like its predecessor The Stowaway, The Shadowmask read like fan fiction. However, where the Stowaway read like halfway decent fanfic that had ok plot and character cohesion with the exception of the brick wall ending... Well, I guess something broke when this reader crashed into the end of the first book. It picks up exactly where the last book left off, causing me to once again curse a blue streak over the terrible transitioning. My swearing swiftly morphed into multiple facepalms. To save the remnants of my sanity, I decided to treat it with all the respect I would give to a fan fiction story. Suffice to say, it did not fare well.

Most of the first third of book book felt like a romp of "how many characters from The Halfling's Gem can we string together at once?" There didn't seem to be much in the way of plot or character development aside from a few minor points. Those were swiftly drowned out by ten chapters of running amok with next to no plan. It was not particularly interesting to slog though, particularly since it began to chip at my suspension of disbelief in the characters.

The storyline is best described as "silly knees bent running about advancing behavior." I would have wished for the plot to even itself out at some point, but it never really did until the last eight chapters or so. By then, it was starting to resemble swiss cheese. Melted swiss cheese at that. Perhaps the original idea was to show exactly how big a role luck played in Maimun's life, but my patience with the character thinned more and more as the story progressed. Most of the plot felt haphazard, as if situations were thrown at the characters with the sole purpose to see what would happen and little regard for solving the problems the characters had. The framing story was just as silly as it was the first time around, providing a frame but little else of interest. Also, before I get lost in a mire of ranting, the book has the same "I ran into a brick wall" feeling that The Stowaway had. I am pretty sure that this should have been a two book series.

Quite a bit of my frustration stemmed from the first person narrative voice this book adheres to. Don't get me wrong, I love it when it is done well and I find character studies fascinating... assuming there is something interesting to them to begin with. The first book had enough contemplation and story logic that the inner voice wasn't annoying nor did it feel particularly limiting. However, with the Shadowmask the action seemed to crowd out most things character related. Then time spent alone with Maimun's thoughts frequently turned to blaming other people for his misfortunes and misconceptions. This would be ok if he snapped and asked someone in the know about what was going on once in a while (and maybe advance the plot progression past randomness), but he seemed stuck in this "I know everything" phase that began to grate on me. I started to look forwards to Robillard and Duedermont attempting to apply some semblance of common sense and discipline to Maimun. For someone spending a lot of time on a ship, the kid sure had a fuzzy concept of how ship discipline works. Asbeel was an absent menace most of the time and was not fleshed out further. Maimun was his own worst enemy.

The other thing that bothered me with this style of first person voice was the use of description. I'm used to it being extremely visceral, regardless of what age level the book is geared for. It felt dry and empty, lacking of any but the most intense of emotions and even those seemed flat. I started to long for perspectives from the other characters because Maimun just wasn't holding my attention the way that a first person narration should. everyone else was more interesting and more active than he was.

There were aspects of the book that I did like. Robillard made me happy every time he showed up. I was completely sympathetic with Duedermont's take on Maimun, since it so closely resembled my own. I was a bit happier through the last few chapters of the book because at that point something plot-like had begun to creep back from wherever it had wandered off to. It was frustrating to finally feel like the narrative was moving again only to have the book end.

There wasn't much to this book and it really didn't seem to advance the overall plot as well as it could have. Coupled with the issues I had with the narration and the ugly transitioning between this book and the last, I can't say that I hold out much hope for the final installment.

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Better continuation
By Robert "Dimndbangr" Hicks
The Shadowmask is the second book in the Stone of Tymora trilogy by R.A. and Geno Salvatore. The first book is The Stowaway and the third is The Sentinels due out in September 2010.

The Shadowmask begins right were The Stowaway left off finishing the cliff hanger from that book. It also continues the plot of Maimun telling his tale to a pirate who has captured him and through continuing the telling of his tale is keeping him alive. Once Maimun's predicament is resolved at the beginning, he continues on his journey now to be rid of the stone he possesses. An unfortunate incident happens and he aligns himself once again with Captain Deudermont and the Sea Sprite crew to chase pirates and retrieves what he has lost. Yet again there are special appearances by Drizzt and company and the reader is given a clue as to the timeline of this story which takes place during and after events in The Halfling's Gem from The Icewind Dale Trilogy. A couple subplots spring up in this one with Maimun's infatuation with a certain girl, the ambitions of a pirate captain, a woman wearing a shadowmask who can turn into a raven, and the mystery of an island.

This story moves much better than the first. There was more mystery involved and so help my interest much more. There wasn't as much of a need for character introductions so the story moved along nicely. Once again, this one is a fast read with short chapters and large print. This makes it ideal for a younger audience to read. The character development is done very well. A couple of the characters grow in ways that make sense and continues to define their growth. There is even a special appearance from one of the past characters, but to refrain from spoilers I won't say who. I feel this is a good bridge novel and I am looking forward to continuing this story. Geno Salvatore is doing a wonderful job and I am impressed with the improvement of his writing. The details and depictions of battles are just about as good as his fathers. It flows wonderfully and the pacing keeps the reader turning the pages.

Some criticisms:

1. Like the fist book, this one is written in the first person POV. I have never been a fan of this POV, but have make exceptions in the past and have read some good books utilizing this style, however, for this series, I believe a third person POV would have made the story much better.

2. Maimun's constant blaming of others or circumstances gets old. Instead of learning more about some situations it just continues to be the blame game over and over.

3. As with the first book, this one also has a cliff hanger ending, albeit, this time at least there is more of an actual ending and the cliff hanger leads more into the next book. At least this time he didn't end the book in the middle of a battle.

Some positives:

1. To me, the writing was much better and the action sequences are fantastic. The wording is not over done for the young adult audience it is geared towards.

2. Also set up for a younger audience is the length of the short chapters. It helps to five the YA reader a feeling of accomplishment while enjoying a well told story.

3. There is more of a mystery set up with this one and the way it plays out is excellent. Though there are still some things left out, I still enjoyed the read. I hope more is explained in the final book.
Overall, I had a good time reading this one. It was far better paced than the first and once again, the characters used from his father's books only enhanced the adventure and were not a focal point. Mr. Salvatore did a good job of making his characters the main part of the book. I really am looking forward to the conclusion in The Sentinels.

Happy reading

-Dimndbangr

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
I regret buying and reading this!! It is Aweful Offal!!!
By Michael McDonnell
I forced myself to read this book after struggling through the first one. I could not make it through the entire book. It is awful and the main character is a whiny punk. I have read all of the Drizzt books that RA Salvatore had to offer. I am extremely disappointed in this book. I understand that he was allowing his son to take the lead on this, I just wish that he would have guided him more. The main character is horrible and throws temper tantrums throughout the series. I cannot believe the non reaction that the main character received from the supporting characters that were on loan from RA Salvatore's other books. I wish that Drizzt and his friends were not involved in this trash!!

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In his latest Vampire Earth novel, national bestselling author E.E. Knight delivers a thrilling adventure when David Valentine’s loyal Lieutenant Alessa Duvalier disobeys his orders—and finds herself uncovering a betrayal…
 
While out scouting in southern Indiana, Alessa Duvalier comes across a Kurian Conference being attended by every major military sect the Kurians have in the Midwest. Taking advantage of the strategic opportunity to cripple their enemy, Alessa and her warriors strike and achieve victory—only to discover an even greater threat to humanity.
 
Most of the world’s resistance leaders and the Lifeweavers are gathering for a peace conference in Helsinki, Finland, and according to the intelligence materials Alessa recovered during her raid, the Kurians have already inserted an agent among the delegates.
 
David Valentine is chosen to be head of security for the Army of Kentucky representatives—and Alessa ignores his order to stay behind. Now, thrust into a lethal intrigue that threatens the entire peace process, she learns that the Kurian agent may be the least of her concerns.
 
For the Lifeweavers themselves are about to reveal something that will devastate the Resistance...  

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• Published on: 2014-04-01
• Released on: 2014-04-01
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Praise for the Novels of The Vampire Earth by National Bestselling and Compton Crook Award-Winning Author E. E. Knight
 
“Knight’s terrifying future world is an epic canvas on which he paints a tale of human courage, heroism, and yes, even love.”—Jay Bonansinga, co-author of The Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor
 
“Knight’s style made me think that if The Red Badge of Courage had been written by H.P. Lovecraft, the result would have been something like this.”—Paul Witcover, Author of Tumbling After
 
“Knight is a master of deception and tension.”—Black Gate
 
“Compelling pulp-adventure…The sympathetic hero, fast-paced action, and an intricately detailed milieu set in various well-imagined regions of twenty-first century North America make for an entertaining read.”—Publishers Weekly

About the Author
E.E. Knight was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Minnesota, and now calls Chicago home, where he abides in domestic felicity with his family, and assorted pets.  He is the author of the Vampire Earth series.

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The Hub, April, the fifty-sixth year of the Kurian Order: A new military nerve center is growing in the sleepy old resort town of French Lick, Indiana. The roads have been cleared, the rail line up to Indianapolis reopened, and even the tiny airport has a new wind sock, camouflage hangars, and a generator.

It’s a well-chosen spot. Beneath the layers of dirt and rust, the town is something of a gem in a tarnished setting.

French Lick in its Gilded Age heyday saw multiple trains daily from Chicago bringing city folk to its two huge resort hotels in the woods of Southern Indiana. It once was the seat of smoky back rooms where political prospects were reviewed and selected by the parties, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the last of the breed, chosen in this corner of Indiana in one of the conference rooms of the older of the two vast hotels.

The popularity of the resort waned during the interstate age, but the second gilded age of the late twentieth century saw the two big old hotels restored to their former glory, especially the cavernous, cream-colored West Baden Springs resort with its huge indoor rotunda. The natural beauty of the Hoosier National Forest had not changed.

French Lick had a role to play in the chaos of 2022. During the last days of the United States government in its brief move to Indianapolis, the Kurian Order and its new adherents maintained a headquarters there, briefly, for the fighting that broke up what was left of U.S. civil authority. After that, the Grog armies moved on west to St. Louis, and the Kurian Order returned to the East to make use of the long-established institutions of government and education near the Atlantic Coast. With no more tourists, French Lick quieted again, save for a small training headquarters eventually established by the Northwest Ordnance, the premier Kurian Zone of the old Rust Belt stretching west from Pittsburgh and Cleveland, through Michigan and Indiana, to the borders of Chicago and the huge patch of still-productive farmland in Central Illinois.

With a thriving new freehold in Kentucky and its attached nub at Evansville threatening the Ordnance, the vast Southern corporate state known as the Georgia Control, and potentially the patchwork of Kurian ganglia on the East Coast, something had to be done.

A third try is inevitable.

“I’ve heard we Cats have nine lives,” Alessa Duvalier said, waiting for the dusk to deepen. “I’ve never known one to get past the first.”

The freckled redhead was talking to herself, as people who spend the better parts of their waking hours outside and alone often do.

It was a way to handle the fear, to vent it like a waiting steam engine releasing pressure. In this particular time and place, any emotion was dangerous, and fear was probably the worst of all. The Reapers would pick up on it as easily as the soldiers would see her setting off Roman candles on the hillside.

She’d learned over the years to cauterize her emotions on the job. No matter what she saw, heard, or guessed was going on around her, she couldn’t let it in.

The problem was, it had to go somewhere. Emotion was a funny thing. You could suppress one, but the pressure built up anyway and came out as another, say with hatred converting itself to an inappropriate laugh, or anxiety to a nervous tic. You could get rid of a little by talking it out with yourself, but only a little.

With her, the excess always seemed to pour into her stomach. She had a bad gut, undoubtedly ulcerous, but in her line of work chances were that she wouldn’t live to suffer from it in middle age and beyond.

Opening and shutting her hands and flexing her thighs and calves in her belly-down position in a patch of liverwort beneath a thick stand of mountain laurel, she ignored her sour stomach and the occasional vile-tasting burp and contemplated the aging opulence of the resort beneath. Someone had put some serious money into this patch of hilly, heavily wooded nowhere. A local goat rancher had told her that it was the waters—they were once reputed to have healing potential and to be something of a cure-all.

She’d tried it. There were several out-of-the way natural springs in the hills. Apart from a silky tang like Epsom salts, she didn’t see what was so special about the water, other than it had made her void her bowels three times in the subsequent twenty-four hours. Her gut felt about the same as it always did, sour with a little stab now and then, as though it was afraid she’d forget about it.

So, the poopy water caused a pair of behemoth hotels to be built. You couldn’t fault the setting, a nice stretch of flatter land for golf courses and tennis courts surrounded by higher, but hardly mountainous, hills. It made for pleasant hiking. She sometimes wished she’d lived in an era when the big challenge of your day was a tennis game. Screw the Kurian propaganda spouted by the churches; any culture that can solve so many problems that you have time for the frivolous work of improving your backswing or whatever it is called is admirable.

Naturally cautious, she was ready to bag the idea of stealing into the hotel. Usually, she’d look at a place this big and dance a little jig—the larger the location, the easier it was to find a weak spot to penetrate. This hotel, however, had multiple rings of security—outer patrols with dogs on horseback, ATV, and foot, then an inner ring on the grounds checking both the outer patrols and a final layer at the entrances. All the lower- floor windows were bricked up with heavy-duty glass blocks. Vehicles were being searched at the main gate at the highway and there were temporary (by the look of the fencing) dog runs between the entrances just in case someone decided to try a climb to the roof or an upper floor.

Short of parachuting in or finding an unguarded secret entrance, she didn’t see how she could do it.

Five grueling days ago Evansville’s defense and security staff had received a tip through a chain of family relations, it seemed, that something big was up at French Lick.

Hitching a ride with one of the Evansville militia who owned a motorcycle and a sidecar, she and a Wolf named Clay hurried over a mix of defunct roads and smugglers’ trails into South-Central Indiana to check out the story. Southern Command’s forces at Fort Seng, just across the river from Evansville, went on the alert as she left, and were making preparations for moving a mechanized strike team.

That was the advantage of an independent brigade with an aggressive officer in command. Colonel Lambert got Fort Seng up and moving fast.

After mapping a route and leaving the Wolf with his pack radio back at a base camp on the other side of the old Hoosier National Forest, she penetrated the “base” to see what she could through her old pair of mini-binoculars from the hills.

Something was definitely up. It was at the bigger of the two mammoth resort hotels, a round white thing built around what she guessed was some kind of spectacular dome.

Intelligence did not have a lot of information on French Lick. The round white resort was a recuperative hotel for wounded who needed longer recoveries or adjustments to artificial limbs and so on. The one a little south on the road was allegedly a retirement home for military personnel, run by the New Universal Church. Like most institutions devoted to the elderly, it was a fiction, with the majority of the aged given a few weeks to settle in and relax, with a series of snapshots taken to send to the relatives back home before a death from a food-poisoning incident or a flu outbreak would be regretfully announced—just enough messy detail to let others delude themselves into thinking that the pensioner hadn’t had a last dance in the arms of a Reaper.

She’d learned a few things observing the hotel. She got a sense of its rhythms, where people would be, doing what, and when.

At night the huge rotunda of the hotel was lighted up like a Christmas party. Massive amounts of food were brought in, for two hundred people or more. The old hotel hadn’t seen that many rooms occupied in eighty years. From what she’d been able to observe, it wasn’t the usual Quisling high command work-hard-and-sneak-in-some-play conference, either. The only women she’d seen brought in were in uniform or had the look of professionals and a spouse or two in riding clothes for the hotel barn to the northeast. Back when she was scouting Texas or Kansas or Tennessee, with this many high-ranking Quislings they would have been bringing in sexual entertainment by the busload.

There was a time when her path inside would have been to pose as one of the hookers. She doubted she could turn the trick, so to speak, these days. Too many miles in too much weather without enough food. She wasn’t a sleek, youthful Cat anymore; now she was more like a rangy, bug-bitten feral. A man would have to be very, very desperate to risk his job security and his life over an aging specimen such as her. She’d always played down her looks, but now that they’d faded like dried flower petals, she missed them, just a bit.

But what youth and beauty couldn’t achieve, age and experience could. The latter were more reliable anyway, and they didn’t make her feel like a trollop. Might as well chance getting a little closer.

She wiggled another fifty or sixty feet down the slope just to the northwest of the hotel and paused where she could make out an Ordnance Army sign stenciled in white at the parking lot:

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She had a better vantage on the parking lot now. Yes, something big must be going on inside. There were mobile communication trucks with strange little antennae that reminded her of the rack on a charcoal grill or xylophones.

There were all sorts of vehicles here parked in the lot or on the grass, even command cars and escort vehicles with markings she didn’t recognize. The Ordnance and the Georgia Control were here in force, the pierced crescent of the Moondaggers, but there were a couple of other symbols—a Roman-looking eagle and something that resembled the twisted serpents and staff of the old caduceus, and a pyramid with an eye atop it not that different from the one that appeared on old U.S. currency. She committed them to memory; she could always pick them out of one of the intelligence ledgers later.

The lights inside the hotel flickered and she heard a throaty roar as an up-on-blocks trailer serving as an emergency generator kicked on. They probably had a salvaged generator from a diesel train or two ready to go for just such a contingency.

“Hmmmmmmmm,” she said to herself. Indiana’s more-promise-than-lick rural electricity must have choked. She reached into one of the capacious pockets of the mottled old duster she wore in the field and extracted a piece of dried meat.

Ruminating, you might call it. She tore off a hunk and chewed vigorously. One had to have a good set of teeth and strong jaws to handle Kentucky jerky. There might be a little beef or pork in there for flavor, but it was undoubtedly legworm flesh, as sure as Spam came in a can with its own opener.

A couple of soldiers in Ordnance uniform trotted out to the generator trailer and climbed inside. She traced the wire running to the hotel’s green-painted substation, artfully hidden by shrubbery.

She reached for her sword hilt before knowing why. Peripheral vision had triggered nerve synapses—

Almost seven feet of walking, robed death came out of the hotel’s rear entrance and headed for the generator trailer. Even at this distance, it was unmistakable. The Reaper paused and slowly surveyed the western hills overlooking the hotel. Duvalier dropped into her usual koan that reduced mental activity to the point where, hopefully, the Reaper wouldn’t sense her mental and emotional activity—lifesign, she’d learned to call it, but God knows what the Kurians thought of it as. She always pictured a dark beach, only the stars above glittering in the milk-warm air, and her sitting on the sand. It was half memory, half fantasy with her ever since she’d spent the night on a beach like that while visiting the Texas coast. All she’d done was mentally edit out all the garbage that the tide had thrown up to litter the beach. Her mental camera concentrated on her toes, then her whole body, and back and back it pulled across the beach, reducing the image of her until she was lost in the gentle surf.

The koan also had the practical effect of relaxing her, so if she had to she could go into action loose, with sure and steady hands.

A Reaper meant a Kurian. With these woods and hills, it had to be nearby. Probably in the hotel—nothing else in the area matched its level of security.

If a Kurian were here overseeing his generals, it was just possible that there would be other Kurians in attendance. Was the alliance already settled, and this conference was just to hammer out the details? Or were they still determining who would do what in joint action against Kentucky in the future? If it were the latter, there might be a party of Kurians keeping an eye, or whatever sensory node the Kurians used to keep from getting consumed by their cousins, on their generals. They’d also want to make sure rival rulers weren’t offering deals to the Quislings that might put them at a disadvantage.

That was their weakness. Time would tell if it was fatal. If the Kurians had shown any ability to work together, they would have subjugated humanity as easily as humans controlled life and death in a chicken coop.

That might explain all the security. Even air had some difficulty getting in, judging from the guards on the roof near the rust-streaked, multi-ton HVAC units.

Security might keep her out, or if it didn’t keep her out, find her once she made it inside the hotel.

She thought about calling in the cavalry. A single Reaper was a factoid. Intriguing, and further confirmation that something major was in the works here, but she wanted evidence before making a case that the disheveled elegance of the French Lick resort was worth the fight. Maybe they were only deciding on a new communications network or, given the problems with the electricity, establishing a new national grid for the Eastern Kurian Zones. Shooting it up would bring a world of hurt down on the assault force. They’d be lucky to make it back across the Ohio even if they scattered into small parties.

No, she couldn’t ask men to die on a hunch.

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Disappointed
By DougUSMC
I've been a fan of his for years, and really thought this series was different and interesting. The problem I have with this book is the same I've felt in the last couple: It took 300 pages for nothing to happen.

***SPOILER ALERT***
Does it really take 300 pages for a boat trip, a couple of meetings, and a battle? (The battle didn't really get covered, just 3-4 pages on an ambush)
Oh, and 100 pages of a certain Cat whining. I guess I'll just read one of the Twilight books if I want an Emo-novel
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My second biggest fear is that this series has run its course, and he doesn't have anything. My biggest is that E.E. Knight has, and he doesn't have anything left in the tank.

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Seemed a bit lazy.
By Scott Schultz
The plot idea was interesting and the ending was good. The rest seems kind of thrown together. The continuity was off and at some points in the book I got lost because they would be discussing one thing and then it would jump without context to a different conversation. It's too bad because I like this series but it seems to be going down hill. A major plot point in the series was introduced at the end but everything else was a disappointment. Also, the characters actions and reactions were out of well..character. I seriously doubt that a character would leave such an event to go look at Art when they were tasked with security. Especially when they suspect that there are enemy agents around somewhere.Hope it gets better.

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The ABSOLUTE WORST addition to the series yet!
By Lillian M. Baldwin
I loved the first 4 or 5 books in this series, but the last few books have sucked. This latest one is so badly told that it is almost unreadable as a story. He rambles all over the place, repeats himself for no reason that can be discerned, if you go back and reread it, you will see where he re-describes things that he just described a paragraph back. I know its from Smokes perspective, but it just didn't work. Its like he wrote this in a day just to make a buck. I understand that this is his series and he can do whatever he wants with it, but if he doesn't focus back on Valentine and finish the series out , he could lose all of his reader base. If I could give this no stars I would. Horrible book, just awful.

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In FINDING FATHER CHRISTMAS, Miranda Carson's search for her father leads her unexpectedly to London with only a few feeble clues as to who he might be. Immediately welcomed into a family that doesn't recognize her, and whom she's quickly coming to love, she faces a terrible decision. Should she reveal her true identity and destroy their idyllic image of her father? Or should she carry the truth home with her to San Francisco and remain alone in this world? Whatever choice she makes during this London Christmas will forever change the future for both herself and the family she can't bear to leave.

In ENGAGING FATHER CHRISTMAS Miranda Carson can't wait to return to England for Christmas and to be with her boyfriend, Ian. She has spent a lifetime yearning for a place to call home, and she's sure Carlton Heath will be it, especially when a hinted-at engagement ring slips into the conversation. But Miranda's high hopes for a jolly Christmas with the small circle of people she has come to love are toppled when Ian's father is hospitalized and the matriarch of the Whitcombe family withholds her blessing from Miranda. Questions run rampant in Miranda's mind about whether she really belongs in this cheery corner of the world. Then, when her true identity threatens all her relationships in unanticipated ways, Miranda is certain all is lost. And yet . . . maybe Father Christmas has special gifts in store for her after all.

• Sales Rank: #29161 in Books
• Brand: FaithWords/Hachette Book Group
• Published on: 2016-09-06
• Released on: 2016-09-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.00" w x 5.25" l, .55 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

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"Gunn is adept at denuding light fiction of its usual tics -mediocre prose, clichéd characters and predictable plots - and imbuing it with the hallmarks of literary fiction.  The characters are multidimensional and ring true at nearly every turn." -- Publishers Weekly

"Gunn dishes up a perfect Christmas story about sacrifice, family, and the true meaning of love."―Library Journal, on Finding Father Christmas

"With deep warmth and charming poignancy, Robin Jones Gunn brings us a tale as timeless as Christmas."―Karen Kingsbury, New York Times bestselling author of This Side of Heaven

"With magical prose and a touching story, Robin has woven a heartwarming Christmas tale. Cozy up with a cup of tea and enjoy!"―Melody Carlson, author of Your Heart's Desire on Finding Father Christmas

"Robin Jones Gunn has an incredible way with storytelling. She never fails to hold my interest and always leaves me feeling blessed."―Tracie Peterson, bestselling author of The Ladies of Liberty series

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ROBIN JONES GUNN is the much loved author of 90 books with over 5million copies sold worldwide. Her popular Christy Miller series continues inthe new Christy&Todd: The Married Years series. The award winningSisterchicks® novels are book club favorites along with her non-fictiontitles, Victim of Grace and Praying For Your Future Husband. Robin is a frequent speaker at local and international events. She and her husband have two grown children and live in Hawaii.
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ROBIN JONES GUNN is the much loved author of 90 books with over 5million copies sold worldwide. Her popular Christy Miller series continues in the new Christy&Todd: The Married Years series. The award winning Sisterchicks® novels are book club favorites along with her non-fiction titles, Victim of Grace and Praying For Your Future Husband. Robin is a frequent speaker at local and international events. She and her husband have two grown children and live in Hawaii.
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By beloved author Robin Jones Gunn, two timeless, heartwarming Christmas novellas bound together for the first time in an omnibus edition.
In FINDING FATHER CHRISTMAS, Miranda Carson’s search for her father leads her unexpectedly to London with only a few feeble clues as to who he might be. Immediately welcomed into a family that doesn’t recognize her, and whom she’s quickly coming to love, she faces a terrible decision. Should she reveal her true identity and destroy their idyllic image of her father? Or should she carry the truth home with her to San Francisco and remain alone in this world? Whatever choice she makes during this London Christmas will forever change the future for both herself and the family she can’t bear to leave. In ENGAGING FATHER CHRISTMAS Miranda Carson can’t wait to return to England for Christmas and to be with her boyfriend, Ian. She has spent a lifetime yearning for a place to call home, and she’s sure Carlton Heath will be it, especially when a hinted-at engagement ring slips into the conversation. But Miranda’s high hopes for a jolly Christmas with the small circle of people she has come to love are toppled when Ian’s father is hospitalized and the matriarch of the Whitcombe family withholds her blessing from Miranda. Questions run rampant in Miranda’s mind about whether she really belongs in this cheery corner of the world. Then, when her true identity threatens all her relationships in unanticipated ways, Miranda is certain all is lost. And yet . . . maybe Father Christmas has special gifts in store for her after all.
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Robin Jones Gunn is one of my favorite authors. I read her books as a young teenager, college student, and now as an adult. God has used her writing to encourage me in some very difficult seasons of life. Recently, two of her novellas were updated and released again to celebrate the upcoming Hallmark Christmas movie based on the books.

These novellas are two of my favorites, and reading them is a delight to my soul. Robin’s writing is very compelling, and makes the reader feel part of the story. Set at Christmas time in England, the books take you on the personal journey of a young woman looking for her father, but what she finds is more than she ever imagined. Filled with a heartwarming story of family and the right amount of romance, these books are a must read. Plan to read these when you have no other plans because you will not want to stop. I cannot wait to read her latest installment called “Kissing Father Christmas,” which I know will not disappoint. Be sure to stay tuned for my review of that one soon. Grab your favorite cup of tea, and your favorite cozy chair, and begin. Happy reading!

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A delightful heartwarming story of finding love in the Christmas season in the most delightful way!
By Pirate2240
I am so delighted when an exceptional novel gets to be made into a movie, and that is just what is happening to Robin Jones Gunn's novels Finding Father Christmas and Engaging Father Christmas. In fact since the movie is due out in December on the Hallmark Channel, the novels have been combined to allow the reader to discover how it all turns out in one spectacular seamless story line just as the movie will do. So if you are looking for a wonderful contemporary Christmas romance, trust me and pick this one up.

In Finding Father Christmas, Miranda Carson's been searching for her biological father based only on a handful of clues her mother left behind as an actress. She apparently had a brief love affair with a man who she refused to divulged to Miranda and only upon her death did she uncover a faded old black and white photo of a child in the lap of Father Christmas and an old playbill of her mother's with an apparent reference to who might be her father in it. Since Father Christmas is only recognized in London, England as well as the photography studio's name on the back of the photo, she believes that is the first place she should begin her search. After she learns that the photo studio has long been sold, she struggles for help with those in a small town of Carlton Heath, who may just know where her legacy lies. She only wishes to know who her father is, not try to upset those who may not be happy with what she uncovers and what that may mean to the family who has never heard of Miranda.

In the sequel to Finding Father Christmas, Engaging Father Christmas has led Miranda to the discovery of who her father was and the family she now has the chance to meet. However, happily ever afters seem to be only in the fairy tales, as rumors swirl of Miranda's birth and how that affects the family name of one of London's most influential families. It could spell disaster or it could bring about the only thing Miranda has ever dreamed of and that is knowing that she isn't alone in the world anymore and that she has a family who could love her if only given the chance. Is there more than the love of her family waiting or does Father Christmas have more than she could have ever wished for?

I received Finding Father Christmas/Engaging Father Christmas by Robin Jones Gunn compliments of Faith Words, a division of Hachette Book Groups for my honest review. I did not receive any monetary compensation aside from a copy of this book in exchange for my unbiased and personal opinion. I absolutely LOVED this book and it reminds me of what I always envisioned for a small town of Carlton Heath set in London, England. Some quirky but lovable characters, heart-warming small town charm, and lots of romance to be found that isn't over the top obvious, even though you know how it might all play out. You want a bit of tension that it might not work out so easily and that you fall in love not only with the main characters but all the secondary supporting ones as well. My favorite was Ellie. You just never know what she will be dressed up as, and she truly loves what she does. It does make me want to watch A Christmas Carol all over again, but more than that, to appreciate the present more than ever before! I'd easily give this a 4.5 out of 5 stars. Don't forget to pick up the 3rd novel, Kissing Father Christmas due out in October!

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In Finding Father Christmas, Miranda Carson invites you to be her guest and join her into the book - you literally feel like you are her friend inside the book with her on her journey. Her Mother - an actress - refuses to tell her anything about her Father - her Mother dies and she finds some clues her mother left behind a faded old black and white photo of a child in the lap of Father Christmas and an old playbill of her mother's with an apparent reference to who might be her father in it. Now Father Christmas is only in London, England - so as you and I would do - being her guest we all go to London to find her Father - she goes to London and finds the photo shop and that leads to a small town called Carlton Heath and when she gets there - you will not believe what happens - well she ..........you know I cannot tell you - it would ruin it - you need to go and get it - it is worth every Penney
Now as for the second book Finding Father Christmas, I am not going to say very much - Miranda meets the people in Carlton Heath and they.......well What happens to Miranda? Will she ever meet her Father Christmas? What happens when she gets involved with the town? Is there anything special that happens? Ya'll you have to get this book - it is so worth it.

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Also available in Kindle from Eugenia Riley: CHRISTMAS WITH AN ANGEL; MISSISSIPPI MADNESS; BUSHWHACKED BRIDE; BUSHWHACKED GROOM; WANTED ACROSS TIME; A TRYST IN TIME; PHANTOM IN TIME; EMBERS OF TIME; LOVERS AND OTHER LUNATICS; TIMESWEPT BRIDE; TIMESWEPT BABY; THE PHANTOM OF THE BATHTUB ; TEMPEST IN TIME; and TWO HEARTS IN TIME.

• Sales Rank: #560234 in eBooks
• Published on: 2011-09-24
• Released on: 2011-09-24
• Format: Kindle eBook

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• Sales Rank: #615754 in Books
• Published on: 2014-11-18
• Released on: 2014-11-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.13" h x .49" w x 8.34" l, 1.25 pounds
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Alejandro Jodorowsky is a Chilean-French filmmaker, playwright, actor, author, musician, comics writer and spiritual guru, best known for his avant-garde films, and for his work in comics on The Incal, Technopriests and Metabarons.
 
Dongzi Liu, from the People's Republic of China, is a comic artist and concept designer.

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Tonal shift games with thrones by a talented team.
By Jaime Gregory
It's weird that about after 4 decades of being ahead of the curve on so many things to find Jodorowsky doing something that could be considered derivative. I guess after years of being highly influential that it's ok for him to just decide to show other people he can do what they do better. In this case, it's his version of Game of Thrones. Only, it's a bit harsher and a bit crazier. Normal human behavior is even less apparent here than in anything by George RR Martin and whatever team of writers the show employs. However, it still feels more believable than the nuttiness on display in Game of Thrones.

The basic plot is about a king who gets a curse placed on him after having what can only be described as a particularly awful day. That might sound a bit flippant but I'm trying not to give anything away. It's an interesting story really it is. Even by the standards of Jodorwosky...these are some conflicted people. It's explained in story to a certain extent. The main thrust and theme being the nastiness of fate/destiny in the most Greek sense of it. Again, not new stuff but it's well executed even if ultimately it's not particularly deep and has a certain crass heavy handiness to it, which is true of all of his work. The theme in a way excuses the herky jerk nature of the story. The characters suddenly find themselves doing things contrary to their nature and the results are sometimes darkly humorous, strangely touching, or utterly disgusting sometimes within a manner of pages or panels.

Dongzi Liu is a good talent and renders Jodorowsky well. They do a good job of making some of the most unappealing violence bearable in a weird way. I would say almost counter productive from a visual standpoint even if the tone is there. Speaking of tone, the characters faces and body language have the same exaggerated effects of the script and in a way I can say that they definitely drew what was asked of them.

This might seem particularly snarky but I liked the book overall. Just like all things that are a little nutty, you have to have a sense of humor about them and that is the only way to approach someone as maybe earnest but just as likely a con-artist as Jodorowsky. If anything, the book certainly has interesting ideas of how to fertilize trees. Read the book and you'll realize that scene is exactly what I am talking about. It's both funny, weird, slightly sarcastic, maybe a put on, but played earnest. Now that right there is a ringing endorsement.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Demented riff on heroic fantasy not unlike GoT
By hollowman
Never the one to shy away from controversy, Jodorowsky delivers another wallop to the reader’s gut. Royal Blood includes themes his fans are familiar with: rape, incest, mutilation, castration and enlightenment through extreme physical suffering. Love him or hate him, he does things on his own terms and if the reader feels a little uneasy about it, so be it.

Royal Blood is a lot like a demented version of Game of Thrones; with treachery, bloodshed and the in-your-face violence cranked to 11. Like a typical Jodo story, there is an important theme—or a lesson if you prefer—the one about power and ease with which it corrupts even the most noble and selfless and turns them into murdering maniacs.

Jodorowsky’s infamous dialogue is present is well; characters tend to make bold proclamations instead of simply talking. Like this! And this! Everything is important and needs to shouted! Bigger-than-life statements by everyone and vows proclaimed on the whim! You know…typical Jodologue. I don’t even see those as a fault, that’s just his style.

Artwork is out of this world. Each panel is a marvel to look at, especially battle scenes which are truly epic. They’re dynamic and the action just jumps out of those pages. Great sense for composition too. I’m looking forward to seeing more of Dongzi Liu’s work.

My only complaint is that the story is happening too fast. It’s plot, plot, plot. The book could’ve benefited from a few more pages or from slowing things down a little. While this is not Grade A Jodorowsky, it’s still a fast and entertaining read. Did I mention this book is not for the squeamish?

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Gritty, Grimy, and Great
By Todd O'Rourke
Royal Blood:

Writer: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Illustrator: Dongzi Liu

It should be said that this book is extremely graphic. There are beheadings, mutilations, explicit language, and quite a bit of nudity. If you are okay with this type of thing, then by all means keep reading. For those that are not, you may want to try another book.

Jodorowsky’s plot will be pretty familiar to anyone who has read a fantasy novel: the King is betrayed and vows to get revenge on those who have wronged him. However where Jodorowsky’s plot may bare semblance to many stories that have come before it, Royal Blood certainly follows its own path once the King reclaims what was lost to him. People who are closest to King Alvar may be his fiercest threats, relics from his past show up to throw a wrench in his plans, and a surprising relationship buds in the most unlikely of places. There are numerous scenarios that turn his world upside down.

As far as plots are concerned, Royal Blood is far from the tightest. The plot twists are easy to forsee and don’t pose much of a surprise, while the characters are overly exaggerated and quite one-sided at times, but I will be damned if this book wasn’t awesome. It will drag you through torment and inexhaustible depravities and just when you think that you are free from the destructive nature, it will dig its claws in deeper and pull you back under. Honestly, I wouldn’t want it any other way. Royal Blood reveals that nothing is safe from guilt, happy endings don’t always exist, and everything will not be alright. If you are willing to embrace the dark and foreboding nature of this title, you will love it as much as I do.

Dongzi Liu, who’s only illustrating credit is Royal Blood, is supremely talented and quite possibly the best part about this book. Yes, Jodorowsky’s script is great, but the beauty of Liu’s illustrations enhances it. Liu’s characters exude the type of emotion that most illustrators seem incapable of capturing. When one of them feels pain, the emotion pours out from the pages, and when one of them feels happiness, it appears as if everything in the world will finally be okay. His work is remarkable.

The only negative aspect to this book is the plotting. I understand that graphic novels have to keep the pace cranked up so they can keep the readers attention, but this book could have slowed things down some. There are too many plot threads that happen one after another. Sometimes this detracts from the previous events because they feel like all they were doing was leading up to each new set piece. It works well enough, but each one of the events in Alvar’s life could have been fleshed out into its own separate book.

You would think that epic fantasy and graphic novels/comics would work hand in hand, and yet there are but a handful of truly great representations. Enter Royal Blood, a book that, if nothing else, screams at the comic industry to look at epic fantasy. Not only does Royal Blood succeed in being a great epic fantasy graphic novel, it succeeds in being a great book.

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Ditch the failed sales tactics, fill your pipeline, and crush your number

Fanatical Prospecting gives salespeople, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives a practical, eye-opening guide that clearly explains the why and how behind the most important activity in sales and business development—prospecting.

The brutal fact is the number one reason for failure in sales is an empty pipe and the root cause of an empty pipeline is the failure to consistently prospect. By ignoring the muscle of prospecting, many otherwise competent salespeople and sales organizations consistently underperform.

Step by step, Jeb Blount outlines his innovative approach to prospecting that works for real people, in the real world, with real prospects.

Learn how to keep the pipeline full of qualified opportunities and avoid debilitating sales slumps by leveraging a balanced prospecting methodology across multiple prospecting channels.

This book reveals the secrets, techniques, and tips of top earners. You’ll learn:

• Why the 30-Day Rule is critical for keeping the pipeline full
• Why understanding the Law of Replacement is the key to avoiding sales slumps
• How to leverage the Law of Familiarity to reduce prospecting friction and avoid rejection
• The 5 C’s of Social Selling and how to use them to get prospects to call you
• How to use the simple 5 Step Telephone Framework to get more appointments fast
• How to double call backs with a powerful voice mail technique
• How to leverage the powerful 4 Step Email Prospecting Framework to create emails that compel prospects to respond
• How to get text working for you with the 7 Step Text Message Prospecting Framework
• And there is so much more!

Fanatical Prospecting is filled with the high-powered strategies, techniques, and tools you need to fill your pipeline with high quality opportunities.

In the most comprehensive book ever written about sales prospecting, Jeb Blount reveals the real secret to improving sales productivity and growing your income fast. You’ll gain the power to blow through resistance and objections, gain more appointments, start more sales conversations, and close more sales.

Break free from the fear and frustration that is holding you and your team back from effective and consistent prospecting. It's time to get off the feast or famine sales roller-coaster for good!

• Sales Rank: #2105 in Books
• Published on: 2015-10-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.80" h x 1.00" w x 5.80" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

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“In Fanatical Prospecting, you’ll learn exactly what you need to do right now to open more sales conversations, fill your pipeline, and put a lot more money in your pocket. Jeb’s honest, real world approach is a refreshing and much needed wake-up call for today’s salespeople and sales leaders.” —Jill Konrath - Bestselling author of Agile Selling, Selling to Big Companies and SNAP Selling

“Empty pipelines haunt salespeople and sales organizations. Jeb Blount delivers a powerful formula for fixing activity problems and accelerating sales performance. Fanatical Prospecting is a masterpiece.” – Anthony Iannarino, author of 17 Elements & The Sales Blog

"Jeb Blount turns the most despised activity in sales – PROSPECTING - upside down. He nails it with his insights, humor, and expertise, making this a book every salesperson, entrepreneur, and executive must read. Get ready to come away with more strategies and ideas and you’ve ever found in one place.” -- Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter” author of High-Profit Selling: Win the Sale Without Compromising on Price

“The techniques Jeb teaches in Fanatical Prospecting work. If you want your sales team to get better fast, then buy this book for every sales rep in your organization now.” - Don Mikes, Senior Vice President, Penske

“I have read literally hundreds of sales books and Fanatical Prospecting is among the very best. If you want to understand exactly what it takes to be successful in sales this is the book for you.” John Spence, author of Awesomely Simple and one of the top 100 business thought leaders in the world.

“Prospecting is the core, the foundation, the heart of every successful sales effort. In Fanatical Prospecting Jeb Blount, one of the most successful sales leaders of this decade, provides answers for every aspect of successful prospecting. Blount explains core principles of prospecting in a story-telling style that begs you to write in the margins and put your own action plan into place. - Miles Austin, FillTheFunnel.com

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Fanatical Prospecting gives salespeople, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives a practical, eye-opening guide that clearly explains the why and how behind the most important activity in sales and business development—prospecting.

The brutal fact is the number one reason for failure in sales is an empty pipe and the root cause of an empty pipeline is the failure to consistently prospect. By ignoring the muscle of prospecting, many otherwise competent salespeople and sales organizations consistently underperform.

With Fanatical Prospecting as a guide, salespeople can ditch all the failed strategies and trendy, ineffective approaches, that leave them frustrated and getting nowhere, and learn a sure-fire method for increasing sales. Step by step, Jeb Blount outlines his innovative approach to prospecting that works for real people, in the real world, with real prospects.

Learn how to keep the pipeline full of qualified opportunities and avoid debilitating sales slumps by leveraging a balanced prospecting methodology across multiple prospecting channels.

You'll discover:

• The 30-Day Rule
• The Law of Replacement
• The Law of Familiarity
• 5 Cs of Social Selling
• 5 Step Telephone Framework
• 3 Keys to Turning Around Objections
• 3 Rules of E-Mail Prospecting
• 7 Keys to Text Message Prospecting
• The 3 Ps Holding You Back
• And so much more

Jeb Blount reveals the real secret to gaining more appointments and even how to get prospects to call you with social prospecting. His simple 5-Step Telephone Prospecting Framework gives you the power to cut right through resistance and objections. Learn how to double your call backs with a simple but powerful voice mail technique and develop the confidence to quickly bypass objections, brush-offs, and reflexive responses by employing an effective 3-step turn-around technique. Fanatical Prospecting also includes winning techniques for creating persuasive, compelling e-mails and text messages that turn prospects into customers.

Break free from the fear and frustration that is holding you and your team back from effective and consistent prospecting. Fanatical Prospecting is filled with the high-powered strategies, techniques, and tools you need to fill your pipeline with high-quality opportunities and become a Superstar with a super income to match.

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DISCOVER WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A SUPERSTAR SALESPERSON!

"In Fanatical Prospecting, you'll learn exactly what you need to do right now to open more sales conversations, fill your pipeline, and put a lot more money in your pocket. Jeb's honest, real-world approach is a refreshing and much needed wake-up call for today's salespeople and sales leaders."
—Jill Konrath, bestselling author of Agile Selling, Selling to Big Companies, and SNAP Selling

"Empty pipelines haunt salespeople and sales organizations. Jeb Blount delivers a powerful formula for fixing activity problems and accelerating sales performance. Fanatical Prospecting is a masterpiece."
—Anthony Iannarino, author of 17 Elements and "The Sales Blog"

"Jeb Blount turns the most despised activity in sales—prospecting—upside down. He nails it with his insights, humor, and expertise, making this a book every salesperson, entrepreneur, and executive must-read. Get ready to come away with more strategies and ideas than you've ever found in one place."
—Mark Hunter, "The Sales Hunter," author of High-Profit Selling: Win the Sale Without Compromising on Price

"The techniques Jeb teaches in Fanatical Prospecting work. If you want your sales team to get better fast, then buy this book for every sales rep in your organization now."
—Don Mikes, Senior Vice President, Penske

"I have read literally hundreds of sales books and Fanatical Prospecting is among the very best. If you want to understand exactly what it takes to be successful in sales this is the book for you."
—John Spence, author of Awesomely Simple and one of Trust Across America's Top 100 Thought Leaders

"Prospecting is the core, the foundation, the heart of every successful sales effort. In Fanatical Prospecting Jeb Blount, one of the most successful sales leaders of this decade, provides answers for every aspect of successful prospecting. Blount explains core principles of prospecting in a storytelling style that begs you to write in the margins and put your own action plan into place."
—Miles Austin, FillTheFunnel.com

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85 of 87 people found the following review helpful.
Motivational and Actionable!
By Jeremey Donovan
Until someone mentioned “Fanatical Prospecting,” I had never heard of the book or its author Jeb Blount. Noticing the book was #1 on Amazon’s telemarketing best seller list, I ordered a copy and began reading with an open mind.
The book, especially at the beginning and the very end, is about 50% standard sales motivation content covering well-trodden material like the amygdala/lizard brain, Amy Cuddy’s TED talk on body language, etc. However, the other 50% delivers very practical processes and templates that make the book one of the better sales books available. All told, I felt the book was a must read.
Here is my summary of key-take-ways:
1. Knowing that activity takes 90+ days to pay off, successful salespeople relentlessly fill their pipeline through a mixture of telephone, in-person, e-mail, social selling, text messaging, referrals, networking, inbound leads, trade shows, and cold calling.
2. Here is the brutal truth: Salespeople who ignore the phone fail.”
3. “Top performers organize their day into distinct time blocks dedicated to specific activities, concentrating their focus and eliminating distractions within those blocks… We schedule our prospecting blocks [on our calendars] into three “Power Hours” that are spread across the day—morning, midday, and afternoon.”
4. “While setting an appointment is your primary objective with prospects you have already prequalified as potential buyers, gathering information is your primary objective with prospects you have not qualified.”
5. “Our data and data that we've gathered and analyzed from a diverse set of sources indicate that it takes, on average: 1 to 3 touches to reengage an inactive customer 1 to 5 touches to engage a prospect who is in the buying window and is familiar with you and your brand 3 to 10 touches to engage a prospect who has a high degree of familiarity with you or your brand, but is not in the buying window 5 to 12 touches to engage a warm inbound lead 5 to 20 touches to engage a prospect who has some familiarity with you and your brand—buying window dependent 20 to 50 touches to engage a cold prospect who does not know you or your brand.”
6. “The bottom line is people don't want to be pitched or “sold” on social media. They prefer to connect, interact, and learn. For this reason, the social channel is better suited to building familiarity, lead nurturing, research, nuanced inbound prospecting, and trigger-event awareness.”
7. “Prospects meet with you for their reasons, not yours. You must articulate the value of spending time with you in the context of what is most important to them. Your message must demonstrate a sincere interest in listening to them, learning about them, and solving their unique problems.”
8. “Just saying, “I'd like 15 minutes of your time because I want to learn more about you and your company” works surprisingly well with many prospects.”
9. “When salespeople ask me when they should leave a voice mail, I always answer, “When it matters.”… Keep voice mail messages to 30 seconds.”
10. “Timing Teleprospecting Calls Is a Losing Strategy… So, forget about timing your calls and commit instead to a daily, first-thing-in-the-morning call block.”
11. “The feeling of rejection happens the moment you get a reflex response, brush-off, or objection (RBO)… Overcoming doesn't work. There is a universal law of human behavior: You cannot argue another person into believing that they are wrong. The more you push another person, the more they dig their heels in and resist you… There is a better way. Rather than attempting to overcome—defeating or prevailing over your prospect—you should disrupt their expectations and thought patterns when they push back with a no. The key is a disruptive statement or question that turns them around so that they lean toward you rather than move away from away from you… When they say they're busy, instead of arguing them into how you will only take a little bit of their time, say, “I figured you would be.” Agreeing with them disrupts their thought pattern… When they say, “Just send me some information,” say, “Tell me specifically what you are looking for.” This calls their bluff and forces engagement… When they say, “I'm not interested,” say, “That makes sense. Most people aren't.” Their brain isn't ready for you to agree with them… One phrase you want to avoid is “I understand.” When you use the phrase “I understand,” you sound just like every other schmuck who uses this phrase as insincere filler so they can get back to pitching. It demonstrates zero empathy and tells your prospect that you are not listening and don't care.”
12. The salespeople-help-salespeople hack is an awesome secret weapon.”
13. “Truly effective salespeople understand that it is all about asking the prospect the right questions and demonstrating that you can help them solve a particular problem or issue.”
14. Don't send bulk e-mail. Prospecting e-mail is one to one. It is one e-mail from your address sent to one individual, one e-mail at a time… Avoid attaching images… Avoid hyperlinks… never use “Hi” or “Hello” or “Dear” or any other salutation in front of your prospect's name. No one in business does that except salespeople. “Hi __” is a complete turnoff for prospects.”

84 of 87 people found the following review helpful.
Okay or Great Depending On What You've Read Up To Now
By AROB1979
This is a tough book for me to rate, because how much you get out of it really depends on your prior experience in reading sales books. I'm a completely scatterbrained prospector. I bought this book hoping to find information on many forms of prospecting, and how to bring it all together into a structure. After spending the money, and reading the book cover to cover, I can tell you what I found is a ton of motivational speaking with prospecting tips scattered about. You'll learn some good ideas about scripting for the phone, and in person cold calling. You'll get some good thoughts about using social media as leverage. And you'll get some information about time blocking your prospecting activities. If you have never read a book on prospecting and selling, this is a really nice all in one resource. If you've read a bunch of sales self help books, you likely won't find anything new here. With 320 pages, I felt for sure there would be a chapter on bringing it all together, like 'A day in the life of a fanatical prospector', to give the reader a sample framework in which to form a basis to change how they prospect. That's what I needed, as I'm pretty good with scripting, but my overall time management and flow of the multiple prospecting mediums sucks. That isn't in this book.

So whether you think it's worth the money really depends on what you've read to this point. If this is your first sales book, and you are brand new to sales, it's a great place to start. If you've read a lot of other sales books, don't spend the money.

An additional note: I'm getting a little frustrated with the fact that there are more and more books loaded with compensated reviewers on Amazon. Even more frustrating is how it seems like all of these sales self help authors endorse each other every time a book comes out. For example, Jill Koranth endorses seemingly every sales book that hits the market. And in exchange, she gets a shout out to her own stuff somewhere in said endorsed book. This one is no different.

Hope this helps!

42 of 49 people found the following review helpful.
Too many 5 star reviews make me nervous...
By Steven B Davis
... is what I wrote to Anthony Iannarino of thesalesblog.com after his rave review of Jeb Blount's Fanatical Prospecting. And I told him that I wasn't going to buy this book for that reason.

Anthony said he'd reimburse me if I wasn't satisfied.

... and he must have told Jeb because, Jeb sent me an Amazon gift certificate to buy the book (and review it fairly).

So...

DISCLAIMER - I was paid to review this book, but I wasn't paid to give it an excellent review.

The book is excellent.

It is the first sales book I've read and, after my experience with this book, it won't be the last Jeb Blount sales book I read.

I really, truly wish I had this book a decade ago when I first started my own business.

I have only limited experience in sales, but prospecting (a term I didn't know before) frustrates and scares the heck out of me. And, apparently, I'm not alone.

I devoured the book in 3 days (chewing up my weekend) and have already started using some of Jeb's strategies on social networks and in email.

Jeb covers all the bases including personal marketing (public speaking, participating in social networks, and conferences) as well as the details of phone, email, face to face, text, and social marketing.

I hadn't even thought of using text for marketing... and I'd read Jeb's chapter on it before I started.

A lot of "guru" books have one or two ideas and an awful lot of anecdote.

For me, you can judge a good business book by how many page corners are turned .

Fanatical Prospecting won't close properly anymore because I've folded so many pages (see the included photo).

Great material. No nonsense. An easy read. I'm using it already and I'm confident that it will pay off.

I'm giving it 4 stars so you'll read my review.

The real answer is that if you use the material in this book, it will pay for itself a hundred times over in more sales.

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